Restored Hardwood Flooring
Restored Hardwood Flooring
Restored Hardwood Flooring
Restored Hardwood Flooring
Restored Hardwood Flooring
Restored Hardwood Flooring
Before Restoring the Hardwood Floor
Before Restoring the Hardwood Floor
Solid wood flooring fully sanded by Floorworks, ready for staining and sealing to bring back its natural beauty
Before the works...
The solid oak wood flooring in this Property was overall looking tired and in serious need of restoration. During our free survey, we did a thorough inspection of the floors and discussed with the client all possible options.
After providing a quote with pricing & spec for the solid oak floor renovation, our client has decided to go for floor sanding, gap filling of 23 sqm oak solid wood flooring and finishing the floors in matt Lacquer.
How we made it happen...
One of the challenges we experienced while working on this project, was the amount of furniture, which we had to work around in stages.
Solid wood flooring comes usually as "tongue-and-groove" planks and would have approx. 6-7 mm sandable depth, measured form the surface to the position of the T&G on the plank. This upper layer defines what is the remaining thickness available for sanding on the plank. Depending on the overall condition of the floors, the initial solid oak floor sanding may start with coarser or medium grid. The task of this initial floor sanding stage of the hardwood flooring is to remove the previous finish and provide a good level throughout all planks.
Overall, the level of the hardwood flooring is expected to be good, due to the "tongue-and-groove" locking between the planks, however due to presence of past, current or seasonal damp in some cases the planks may get slight sides curving with the time.
Next stage in the process of floor restoration was the application of the gap filling. We aim to apply the resin filler with saw dust in the end of the working day, so it settles properly overnight and in case it is needed we can repeat it on the following morning , if required. The filler is after that removed by next stages of the floor sanding process in medium grids .
Sanding the floors with fine grids (80 - 120 gr) and a good rotary buff to the oak timber surface with high grid buffing screens is the most important stage in the preparation of the wooden flooring for finishing.
The solid wood flooring was consequently sealed by The Sanding Company with 1 coat of primer and 2 coats of Bona Traffic Lacquer in matt sheen with another light screen buff between the coats, for an excellent final touch to the finish.
