Office Pine Floorboards Restoration
Office Pine Floorboards Restoration
Office Pine Floorboards Restoration
Restored pine floorboards in a large open commercial space
Office Pine Floorboards Restoration
Office Pine Floorboards Restoration
Pine Floorboards During Sanding
The Floors Before the Sanding
Pine floorboards sanded & restored by Floorworks, bringing back their natural character across the entire space
Before the restoration works...
The original pine floorboards in this Shoreditch office space was overall looking tired and in serious need of refinishing. During our free survey, we did detailed inspection of the floors and discussed with the client all possible options.
After providing detailed quote and prices for the floorboards restoration, our client has decided to go for floor sanding of 185 sqm pine floorboards 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.
The thickness of the original floorboards used for commercial properties is approx. 25-30 mm when laid. Pine timber shrinks with the time and also becomes thinner every time the floors are restored. The nominal thickness, after which floorboards cannot be restored any more is approx. 15 mm.
Depending on the overall condition and level throughout, the initial floor sanding of the floorboards may start with coarser or medium grid. The aim of the initial pine floorboards restoration pocess is to remove the previous finish and level the floorboards throughout.
Unless the original floorboards have been sanded in past 10 - 15 years, they will usually not have a good level. Floorboards covered previously by carpets, may have cupping and larger gaps.
Sanding the floors with fine grids (80 - 120 gr) and a good rotary buff to the pine timber surface with high grid buffing screens is the most important stage in the preparation of the wooden flooring for finishing.
The floorboards was consequently sealed 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.
Did you know this about pine flooring?
Pine is softwood timber widely used in construction for structural and finishing elements, due to its resilience to moisture. As a porous wood, rich in resins when its fresh, pine will shrink over time slightly, but it also changes colour and makes the original floorboards, which we love to repair & restore, such attractive asset to our environment.
