Archive: 2026-09-01

Should You Fill Gaps Before Floor Sanding? Old floorboards are rarely perfectly even. They shift over time. Some wear faster than others. A few may have been lifted years ago for pipes or wiring, then put back with varying levels of care. Once sanding removes the old finish, the gaps suddenly stand out. And that …

Sanding An Engineered Floor Without Ruining It   A 15 mm engineered oak board sounds like plenty of timber to work with. It isn’t. Most of the thickness of the board is the engineered core and backing layer. The part a floor sander is allowed to remove is the real-wood face on top, often called …

Old Floor Sanding and Restoration An old timber floor can look tired for all sorts of reasons. The finish has dulled. There are dark marks beside the fireplace, pale patches where rugs once sat, dents beneath chair legs and a procession of nail heads that no modern flooring catalogue would volunteer for. The obvious renovation …

How Floor Sanding Changes Wood Colour Some old wooden floors seem to have been dipped in orange syrup. The grain is still there, technically. You can see it if you look hard enough. But it sits under a glossy amber coating that has darkened over the years, caught scratches in the light and made the …

How Dustless Is Floor Sanding?   Floor sanding has always had a reputation for dust. Not a little dust. The sort that seems to find the top of a door frame you did not know had a top, settles behind radiators and turns up in another room long after the sanding machine has left. Modern …

Floor Sanding Before Energy Upgrades   There is a particularly expensive way to renovate a house: finish the floor first, admire it for three weeks, then discover that somebody needs to lift half of it. That is the risk when floor sanding and an energy retrofit land in the same renovation plan. Floor insulation may …