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Wood & laminate floor repair in Kensington, Greater London

Scratch, dent, chip and burn repairs to wood and laminate floors at your home in Kensington, with a one-year guarantee on every repair.

Repairs from £95
Gouges from moving appliances
Scratches from furniture and pets

Surface Doctor technician repairing a wooden kitchen worktop

Book wood floor repair in Kensington

Call 0345 017 0787

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When a repair isn’t the answer

Not everything can be repaired, and we’ll tell you before we start. We cannot fix:

Laminate swollen along the joints by water
Boards that have lifted or warped
Underfloor damage

If in doubt, send pictures and we will say what we think.

Materials we repair

Wood-effect vinyl (ask us)
Laminate flooring
Solid wood
Engineered wood

Wood floor repair at your home in Kensington

Boards are repaired where they lie, with the colour and grain matched by hand. Water-swollen laminate needs replacing, and we’ll tell you if that’s the case. We regularly repair laminate flooring, solid wood and engineered wood, and the jobs we see most are gouges from moving appliances and scratches from furniture and pets.

Peace of mind is built in: each job carries a one-year guarantee, and we will explain exactly what it covers when we quote. Put felt pads on furniture legs and wipe spills right away.

Technician kneeling to repair a kitchen floor

Where: Kensington (W11, W8, W14, SW7)
Region: Greater London
Cover: A year, on every repair
Quote: From £95. Fixed and free, based on pictures
Call: 0345 017 0787
Page updated: 23 October 2026

DIY kit or professional repair?

If you’re set on a kit, follow its instructions closely, make sure the area is clean and completely dry, and do not use it until it has fully cured. If it does not work out, we can still repair it properly.

What a professional repair adds is preparation, colour matching and finishing. We clean and key the area properly, mix the colour to your surface and finish it to the same sheen, then guarantee it for a year.

Where we work around Kensington

Kensington is about 5 miles west of London, in Greater London. From the centre of Kensington to the outlying streets, we offer exactly the same service: fixed prices, tidy work and a one-year guarantee. Kensington is one of 764 places in Greater London where we work.

Our technicians cover all of W11, W8, W14 and SW7 and the streets around it. Local streets include Kensington High Street, Edwardes Square and Somerset Square. Kensington is on the A402 and B316, so it’s easy for us to reach. If you’re just outside Kensington, we cover Holland Park (1 mile north), Notting Hill (1 mile north), Shepherd's Bush (1 mile west), Notting Dale (1 mile north) and White City (1 mile north-west). Further out, we also cover London (5 miles east), Marylebone (3 miles north-east), St Pancras (4 miles north-east), Shoreditch (6 miles east), Walthamstow (10 miles north-east) and Hoxton (6 miles north-east). Kensington is one of the larger places we cover in Greater London.

Landmarks near Kensington

In Kensington, that means homes near Church of St Barnabas, Kensington School and St Barnabas and St Philip's CofE Primary School and the streets around them. Also close by are Holland Park (under half a mile north-west), Holland Park School (under half a mile north), Scarsdale Tavern (less than half a mile south-east) and Abdus Salam Library (1 mile east). There is a railway station in Kensington itself: Kensington Olympia station. A little further out are Ladbroke Estate (0.9 miles north) and St Mary Abbot's Hospital (0.5 miles east). Open spaces near Kensington include WWT London Wetland Centre and The Long Water.

Map of Kensington © OpenStreetMap contributors

How the visit works

From the moment we arrive, we keep the work contained to the one room. We mask off everything nearby, the job takes a morning or an afternoon, depending on what we find, and we finish by cleaning up and talking you through the result.

We start by cleaning the damage.
Dents, chips and gouges are filled.
The repair is levelled to the board.
The colour and grain are recreated by hand.
We finish the repair to match the sheen of the floor.

How to prepare

Plan for the room to be out of bounds to pets and children
Clear toiletries, mats and anything else from around the area
Keep a parking space free if you can

How to get a price

If you are in Kensington and want a price, pictures are the quickest way: one close up, one from further back, plus your postcode. You’ll get a fixed quote with dates to choose from.

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Related advice

New-build snagging: repairing chips and scratches

Landlords, agents and businesses in Kensington

We also carry out snagging repairs for builders and developers, putting right damage done during fitting so nothing needs replacing. We hold CHAS, Constructionline and SafeContractor accreditations.

We regularly work with letting and managing agents. Send the address, photos and access details.

How we price wood floor repair

Repairs from £95. Each job gets its own fixed quote. This is what makes a difference:

Whether it’s a chip, crack, burn or wear
What the surface is made of
Previous DIY repairs that have to come out
Unusual colours or finishes

Every job is a little different, so we price each one individually. What’s damaged, how badly and how easy it is to reach all make a difference, and doing several things on one visit costs less than separate visits.

Send pictures for a quote

You can typically get a fixed quote without us visiting. To make it quick:

Daylight if possible, and no flash reflection
Your postcode, so we can check dates
A coin beside the damage so we can judge size
A photo taken from further back

To get a price, send a couple of photos using our quote form or ring us. We’ll tell you honestly whether it can be repaired.

Kensington: your questions answered

It’s been repaired before. Can you still fix it?

Yes, regularly. It can add a little time, which we include in the quote.

Do I have to be there?

Yes. We need access to the room while we work, at a time that suits you.

Will there be a smell?

It depends on the job, but often a little. Open windows and an extractor fan help.

Are there extra charges for Kensington?

There’s no separate call-out charge. Your fixed quote includes everything.

Do you work for landlords and businesses?

We do, regularly. We quote for multiple addresses and fit around tenancy changeovers.

How quickly can you book me in?

Your quote comes with available dates. Tell us if you need it done quickly.

What do you need from me?

Photos of the damage, a photo of the entire floor and your postcode. After that, we just agree a date.

Is there a guarantee?

Yes: twelve months. If anything goes wrong with the repair within the year, we return to fix it.

Repair or replace in Kensington?

Swapping a damaged board frequently means lifting boards to reach it, finding a board that matches and relaying. A repair works with the boards in place. Our wood floor repair starts from £95. Instead of hourly rates, we price the whole job up front. It depends on the damage, the material and access, and doing several items at once reduces it.