What do you most like about the flooring industry?
Correct subfloor preparation.

What hobbies do you have?

Grappling, messing about in the garage, making pasta sauces.

Which one record would you take onto a desert island?

Hanson – Mmmbop.  Banger.  Timeless

What is your favourite quote or saying?

‘Be reyt’.  Usually said just before some kind of flooring disaster.

What book would you recommend? 

Wolff Tools Catalogue 2026.  That or anything Neil Gaiman, American Gods is a favourite.

Name 3 people who would make up your ideal dinner party?

Steve Davies (Uzin Training), Tim Green (F-Ball Training) and Lewis Lupton (Ardex Training).  Would be some good flooring chat.

Who inspires you?

My two wonderful/ beautiful/ monstrous daughters.

What did you want to be when you were younger? 

Technical sales for a major flooring tool manufacturer.

What is the craziest thing you’ve ever done? 

Tried to remove calcium sulphate screed laitance with a copper disc when I was younger.

How did you get in to the floor industry? 

Family business.  My Dad was a floor layer and then started a commercial flooring business. Me and my brother Jamie ran it with him.