Gateshead · England

Wood & laminate floor repair in Sunniside, Gateshead

Scratch, dent, chip and burn repairs to wood and laminate floors in Sunniside, carried out at your home and guaranteed for a year.

  • Repairs from £95
  • Dents from dropped items
  • Chipped board edges
Surface Doctor technician repairing a wooden kitchen worktop

Wood floor repair near Sunniside

Wood floor repair in Sunniside, done in place

We repair damaged boards in place, 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 engineered wood, solid wood and laminate flooring, and the jobs we see most are burns and dents from dropped items.

You are covered after we leave: each job carries a one-year guarantee, and we will explain exactly what it covers when we quote. Use felt pads under furniture and wipe up spills promptly.

Floor repair in progress in a customer’s kitchen
Where
Sunniside (NE16)
County
Gateshead
Warranty
One year on every repair
Quotes
From £95. Free and fixed, from your pictures
Call
0345 017 0787
Page updated
23 October 2026

Honest limits

We will always be straight with you, so here’s what a repair won’t do:

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

Not sure? Send photos and we will give you a straight answer before you book.

Surfaces we repair

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

What wood floor repair costs

Repairs from £95. There’s no area surcharge for Sunniside. The price reflects:

  • Whether it’s a chip, crack, burn or wear
  • Access to the area
  • Previous DIY repairs that have to come out
  • How hard the colour is to match

Instead of hourly rates, we price the whole job up front. It depends on the damage, the material and access, and combining items on one visit brings it down.

How to get a fixed price

Almost every job we do is priced from pictures. This is what to send:

  • What it’s made of, if you know
  • A photo taken from further back
  • Where you are, by postcode
  • Daylight if possible, and no flash reflection

A quote takes minutes to ask for: take one close-up and one wider shot of the floor, include your postcode and send them to us. You’ll get a fixed quote, not an estimate.

Sunniside: your questions answered

What happens next?

You will get a fixed quote back. You’re under no obligation.

Are there extra charges for Sunniside?

There is no separate call-out charge. The fixed quote covers the visit and the work.

How much does wood floor repair cost in Sunniside?

Prices start from £95. Every job gets a fixed price based on photos of the damage. Send a close-up of the damage and a wider photo with your NE16 postcode.

What do you need from me?

Some photos, your postcode and how to reach you. On the day, we only need access to the room.

How soon can you come?

It depends on the time of year and where you are. Send pictures with your postcode and we will reply with the earliest dates.

Is my repair covered?

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

Do you do work for letting agents?

Yes, frequently. We can quote for several properties together and work between tenancies.

Are you a vetted contractor?

We hold CHAS, Constructionline, SafeContractor, SMAS Worksafe and Builder’s Profile accreditations.

Repair or replace: which is better?

Replacing a board often means lifting boards to reach it, sourcing a matching board and relaying. Repairing it works with the boards in place. Prices start from £95. No two jobs are quite the same, so we price each one individually. What’s damaged, how badly and how easy it is to reach all make a difference, and combining jobs on one visit brings the cost down.

What you get with us

  • Everything repaired in place
  • CHAS and Constructionline accredited
  • Same prices wherever you are
  • We’ll tell you if it’s not worth repairing

Take a look at our pricing.

Landlords, agents and businesses in Sunniside

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

We carry out planned and one-off repairs for housing associations and facilities teams. Repairing in place avoids the disruption of a replacement, which is easier on the people living there.

The process

Here’s how a visit usually runs: we arrive at the agreed slot, sheet and mask the area around the job, carry out the work and tidy away. Plan for a morning or an afternoon. Before leaving, we tell you when it can be used and how to care for it.

  1. First the damaged area is cleaned.
  2. Dents, chips and gouges are filled.
  3. We level the repair to the board surface.
  4. We recreate the colour and grain by hand.
  5. Finally we match the sheen of the floor.

How to prepare

  • Keep children and pets away from the room on the day
  • Mention if the room is upstairs or in a flat
  • Tell us about parking, stairs or access

How to get a price

To get a price, send two or three photos through our quote form or call us. We will say immediately if a repair is the right fix.

Get a free quote

Advice

Can I fix it myself?

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, and the work is guaranteed.

DIY kits are sold for most surfaces, and they can make a small mark look better. The trouble is colour and preparation: they come in a handful of shades, and if the surface is not prepared the repair will not last.

Signs you need wood floor repair in Sunniside

Chair legs, pets and dropped items scratch and dent wood and laminate, and moving appliances can gouge them.

Keep an eye out for these signs:

  • Chipped board edges
  • Gouges from moving appliances
  • Burns
  • Dents from dropped items

What to look for in a quote

  • Whether there are any call-out or travel charges
  • What the guarantee covers, and for how long
  • When it can be used again
  • Who turns up on the day

How to compare quotes

Where we work around Sunniside

Sunniside is about 1 mile south of Whickham, in Gateshead. Wherever you are in the NE16 postcode area, we come to you. Sunniside is one of 49 places in Gateshead where we work.

Postcode districts we cover here: NE16. Whether you live on Neill Drive, Prinn Place and Laburnum Grove or anywhere nearby, a technician can come to you. Neighbouring places we cover include Street Gate (1 mile east), Marley Hill (1 mile south-west), Fellside (1 mile west), Whickham (1 mile north) and Causey (2 miles south). Further out, we also cover Gateshead (4 miles north-east), Blaydon (3 miles north-west), Ryton (4 miles north-west), Winlaton (3 miles north-west), Felling (5 miles east) and Crawcrook (5 miles north-west).

What’s near Sunniside

Typical jobs here are in homes near Whickham School, Whickham School and Clover Hill Community Primary School. Sunniside’s nearest station is Dunston station, about 2.3 miles north-east of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Dunston Hill Hospital (1.7 miles north-east) and Saltwell Park Museum (3.2 miles east). For a walk, there’s Addison and Hedgefield Woods.

  • Other local spots include Blaydon Urban District (3 miles north-west)
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