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Island Life - August/September 2010

Bringing the exotic
touch into your home

used by a variety of top businesses and companies, including
listed buildings. Nigel continued: “We offer a full restoration
service to old existing floors. Our sanding system is 98 per
cent dust free and our finishes include natural oils and wax
oils as well as lacquers to old pine plank, parquet and all
When it comes to such an important feature as flooring, there hardwood floors.”
Even though the woods used for the hardwood flooring
is simply no substitute for quality. A floor can be viewed as
come
from far and wide, and then have to be on site usually
the biggest piece of furniture in the home.
for
a
week
to acclimatise to conditions, the turnaround time
Newport-based Goldman Harrison pride themselves on
for
a
Goldman
Harrison service is usually little more than
being able to supply a range of hardwood flooring that will
three
weeks.
enhance any environment.
How about bamboo? Nigel added: “Bamboo is actually
Nigel Harrison and Simon Boyle, whose company have built
a
type of grass, but bamboo flooring can beat wooden
a glowing reputation for style and quality since starting some
floorings
in hardness, strength and stability. Today's
12 years ago, are rightly proud of the standards that have
technology
enables the installation of almost any floor type
been set.
on
any
sub-floor
provided correct preparation is carried out.”
The large range of hardwoods available to customers are
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Dodnor
Lane,
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sourced from across the world, but the company guarantees
that they are all non-rainforest materials under the Forestry
Stewardship heading.
“We source from a variety of locations including Europe
and the Far East, which is where the exotic species mainly
come from,” explained Nigel. “Although we provide a
supply-only service to the public and trade we have