Our work

Floors we’ve put down on the Island

Real jobs from homes and businesses across the Isle of Man: residential, commercial and restoration. Filter by the kind of work you have in mind.

Case studies

A closer look at the work

The same jobs, the brief behind them: what the space needed, how we approached it, and how it turned out.

A Swales Flooring team member and a client walking across a newly fitted wood-effect floor in the bright open concourse of the Isle of Man Welcome Centre.
Wood-effect luxury vinyl through the Welcome Centre concourse, Douglas.
Commercial

Isle of Man Welcome Centre

Location
Douglas, Isle of Man
Floor
Wood-effect luxury vinyl

The brief

A busy public arrivals hall needed a hard-wearing floor that still felt warm and welcoming to thousands of visitors a week.

What we did

We laid a wood-effect luxury vinyl across the full concourse, working around live footfall to keep the building open throughout.

The result

A seamless, easy-clean floor that lifts the whole space and stands up to constant traffic.

A wide commercial corridor with a freshly laid wood-plank luxury vinyl floor leading past navy-blue doors to an open seating area.
Wood-plank LVT corridor in a public commercial building.
Commercial

Commercial concourse

Location
Isle of Man
Floor
Luxury vinyl plank

The brief

A long, high-traffic corridor needed a durable floor with a consistent run and no trip hazards.

What we did

We set out and laid a wood-plank luxury vinyl floor with clean transitions at every doorway.

The result

A calm, hard-wearing corridor that ties the building together.

A shopping-centre walkway mid-installation, with subfloor prepared and new wood-effect vinyl planking being laid alongside safety barriers outside a WHSmith.
New flooring going down through a working shopping centre.
Commercial

Shopping centre fit-out

Location
Isle of Man
Floor
Wood-effect vinyl plank

The brief

A retail walkway had to be re-floored without closing the shops either side of it.

What we did

We phased the work behind barriers, prepping and laying section by section so trade carried on around us.

The result

A refreshed mall walkway delivered with minimal disruption to retailers.

Two Swales fitters using floor grinding and preparation machines to take a healthcare corridor back to a clean, level subfloor ready for new flooring.
Grinding back to a sound, level base before a new floor goes down.
Restoration

Floor preparation, healthcare setting

Location
Isle of Man
Floor
Subfloor preparation

The brief

An old healthcare corridor floor had to be stripped and the base ground back level before anything new could be fitted.

What we did

The team mechanically prepared the subfloor, removing the old covering and grinding the surface flat and clean.

The result

A sound, level base — the unseen groundwork that makes a finished floor last.

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