When we tell Kirkcaldy customers to repair, not replace
If original boards or block parquet survive underneath — common enough in mixed-era Kirkcaldy stock — sanding and finishing usually costs less than a good new floor and lasts longer.
We check for board thickness, previous sanding, nail heads and water damage before recommending it. If it won't take another sand, we say so instead of taking the job and finding out halfway.
Subfloor first: what's actually under a Kirkcaldy park home
Fife's largest town: sandstone Victorian terraces in the centre, 1930s semis on the hill, post-war estates at Templehall and modern builds at Chapel and Dunnikier. That dictates the whole job. Suspended timber wants ventilation kept clear and boards screwed rather than skim-filled; a solid base wants moisture readings before anything is glued to it.
The reading we take at the survey is the difference between a floor that stays flat and one that telegraphs every board line by the second winter. In Kirkcaldy we take it in more than one room, because ground levels vary across a plot.
Fitting gripper to a solid concrete floor
Carpet gripper is nailed to timber but needs a different fixing method on solid concrete, usually adhesive or masonry pins, and the base has to be clean and dry first. Get this wrong and the gripper lifts within months, taking the carpet edge with it.
Many mixed-era properties around KY1 have solid ground floors extended or replaced at some point, so we check what's actually underfoot at survey rather than assuming timber throughout the park home.
Straight answers
Condensed: subfloor variety changes street by street is the thing to settle first in a Kirkcaldy park home. Everything after that is preference, and we're happy to talk it through without a sales pitch. No deposit at survey, no obligation, and an itemised figure covering the park home room by room.