Plymouth · England
Wood Floor Repair for Cattedown homes
Damaged floor in Cattedown? We repair it in place, mix the colour on the day and guarantee the work for a year.
- Repairs from £95
- Chipped board edges
- Scratches from furniture and pets
Honest limits
It helps to know what we can’t do:
- Laminate swollen along the joints by water
- Boards that have lifted or warped
- Underfloor damage
Not sure? Send pictures and we will give you a straight answer before you book.
Materials we repair
- Wood-effect vinyl (ask us)
- Laminate flooring
- Engineered wood
- Solid wood
Wood floor repair in Cattedown, done in place
Laminate swollen by water can’t be repaired, and we’ll be honest about that. Boards are repaired where they lie, with the colour and grain matched by hand. If you are dealing with chipped board edges and gouges from moving appliances, we can help, on laminate flooring, solid wood and wood-effect vinyl (ask us) alike.
The work is covered for a year after we finish. If anything isn’t right, ring us and we’ll come back. Put felt pads on furniture legs and wipe spills right away.
- Location
- Cattedown (PL4, PL9, PL1)
- Region
- Plymouth
- Warranty
- A year, on every repair
- Quote
- From £95. Free, fixed price from pictures
- Telephone
- 0345 017 0787
- Page updated
- 23 October 2026
Work for landlords and builders
For developers and builders, we fix damage before handover. We can visit several plots in one trip to keep costs down.
We carry out planned and one-off repairs for housing associations and facilities teams in Plymouth and across the UK. Repairing in place avoids the disruption of a replacement, which matters when someone is living in the home.
Other services in Cattedown
DIY kit or professional repair?
For a hairline mark somewhere you’ll never see, a kit may be enough. For anything you look at every day, anything that has rusted, cracked or holed, or anything on a coloured surface, a professional repair is worth it.
If you are set on a kit, follow its instructions closely and work on a clean, dry surface, and do not use it until it has fully cured. If it fails, we can still put it right.
Cattedown: your questions answered
How soon can you come?
Your quote comes with available dates. Tell us if you need it done quickly.
Can you repair a scratched laminate floor?
Yes. We fill and colour-match scratches and chips.
It’s been repaired before. Can you still fix it?
Usually, yes. We remove the old repair before doing a new one, so let us know about it.
Do I need to move furniture?
Only from the area we’re working on.
Do I have to be there?
Yes. The technician needs access to the room for the visit, at a time we agree with you.
Do you hold any accreditations?
We are accredited with CHAS, Constructionline, SafeContractor, SMAS Worksafe and Builder’s Profile.
I rent my home. Can I book you?
Yes. Ask your landlord first, and we can send them the quote if that helps.
Can you quote from pictures?
Yes, almost always. Clear pictures let us give you a fixed price without visiting.
What we do, step by step
Here’s how a visit usually runs: we arrive at the agreed slot, protect everything around the work area, carry out the work and clear up. Plan for a few hours. Before we go, we will explain when it can be used and how to look after it.
- We clean the damaged area.
- We fill dents, chips and gouges.
- We sand the repair flush with the board.
- The colour and grain are recreated by hand.
- We finish the repair to match the sheen of the floor.
Getting ready for the visit
- Open a window if you can
- Mention any earlier repairs or resurfacing
- Keep pets and children out of the room while we work
Ask for a price
Most clients in Cattedown get their price from pictures. Add a line about what happened and your postcode, and we will send back a fixed quote and some dates.
Related advice
Prices and what affects them
Prices start from £95. We don’t charge extra for travel to Cattedown. The price depends on:
- Where the damage is and how we get to it
- The colour and finish to match
- Whether old repairs or coatings need taking off
- How many items we do on one visit
We don’t add extras on the day. The price we quote from your photos is the price you pay, and if the damage turns out to be different, we discuss it before starting.
Send pictures for a quote
It only takes a minute to photograph the damage, and it saves a visit. Please include:
- Good light, ideally daylight, without flash glare
- A picture taken from further back
- The material, if you know it
- A coin or ruler next to the damage for scale
If you are in Cattedown and want a price, the easiest route is photos: a close-up, a wider shot and your postcode. We reply with a fixed quote and our next available dates.
Do you need wood floor repair in Cattedown?
Chair legs, pets and dropped items scratch and dent wood and laminate, and moving appliances can gouge them.
Look out for any of the following:
- Dents from dropped items
- Scratches from furniture and pets
- Gouges from moving appliances
- Chipped board edges
What your quote should include
- What protection goes down before work starts
- How long the guarantee is and what it covers
- A fixed price, and whether VAT is included
- Whether the price covers travel
Why repair rather than replace?
Swapping a damaged board can mean lifting the floor back to it, sourcing a matching board and laying it all again. Repairing it works with the boards in place. Repairs from £95, with every job priced individually. A repair is priced on what needs doing, not where you live. You’ll see the full price before you book, with no extras added later.
Why choose Surface Doctor in Cattedown
- Colour mixed on the day to match
- We will tell you if it’s not worth repairing
- Free fixed quotes from pictures
- One visit for most repairs
Take a look at our prices page.
Cattedown and nearby
Cattedown is about 2 miles south of Plymouth, in Plymouth. Clients in Cattedown get the same service as everywhere else we cover: a fixed quote from your photos, and a technician at your door on the day. Cattedown is one of 59 places in Plymouth we cover.
Here we cover the PL4, PL9 and PL1 postcode area. Whether you live on Park Lane, Marine Road and Macadam Road or anywhere nearby, we can come to you. Close by, we cover Turnchapel (1 mile south), Oreston (1 mile east), Hooe (1 mile south-east), Lipson (1 mile north) and Hoe (1 mile west). Within a short drive, we also cover North Prospect (3 miles north-west), Ham (3 miles north-west), Pennycross (3 miles north-west), Keyham (3 miles north-west), Burraton (6 miles north-west) and St Budeaux (4 miles north-west).
Near you in Cattedown
Around Cattedown, we work in homes near The Plymouth Athenaeum, Plymouth Hoe and Boringdon Arms. Also close by are St Mary's Church (less than half a mile north), Prince Rock Primary School (0.6 miles north) and Plymouth High School for Girls (1.3 miles north-west). The nearest railway station is Plymouth station, roughly 1.4 miles north-west of the centre. Further afield, we also cover the area around Plymouth Castle (0.7 miles west) and Elizabethan House Museum (0.7 miles west). Open spaces near Cattedown include Penlee Battery.
About our accreditations · Every repair comes with a one-year guarantee.
