Chris Glanville has a lifetime of experience in all aspects of carpets and floorcoverings.
CREDENTIALS
Chris has worked in the carpet/floor covering trade for 52 years. Has been a Qualified Master Fitter for the past 37 years and for 36 years was a member of the NICF National Institute Carpet and Floorlayers NICF council including 25 years as the National Assessor and over 5 years as Vice president. Chris was also a director of FITA the Flooring Industry Training Association And is a NVQ National Vocational Qualification flooring assessor.
As well as single/joint expert witness reports his services include floor covering consultancy/arbitration/mediation/conciliation and on site supervision installation, or written specification services to major retailers, carpet manufacturers, cleaning companies, solicitors, courts, Trading Standards and Citizens Advice Bureau. Providing training, lecturing services in the UK, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, France, the USA, Australia, Zimbabwe and the Lebanon. As a Law Society Checked Single/Joint Expert Witness averaging over 25 instructions per year.
Chris has some distinctive qualifications and accredited experience of his own: 
- Law Society Single/Joint Expert Witness.
- Master carpet Fitter since 1971.
- Judge of Carpet Fitter of the Year (N.I.C.F. National Competition since 1976).
- N.I.C.F. Arbitrator. National assessor and Vice President since 1976.
- C.I.T.B./F|TA NVQ Assessor (1999)
Sadly, not every carpet and floorcovering installation goes according to plan. Sometimes you need expert advice and guidance to get back on the right track.
Today, Chris Glanville puts his extensive skills and experience to work by specialising in resolving floorcovering and carpet problems, particularly with regards to fitting and installation problems.
He is able to inspect flooring problems and render an opinion as to what party is responsible for the flooring failure. Chris is trained to give independent opinions, based on observations and tests.
