Tag: floor refinishing

Restoring Parquet Flooring With parquet floors, the small slats of wood are arranged in repeating patterns – and traditionally this was done one piece at a time. Modern parquet flooring is usually in tile form where the wood slats are affixed to a backing material, and the installation is then done by having the tiles …

Signs Your Hardwood Floor Needs Restoration With all the time and resources that went into installing the hardwood floor in your premises, you want it to last for long and retain its beauty. Fortunately, with wood floors, you get the opportunity to freshen them up and get rid of those signs of ageing. All that …

Preparing Your Floors For Sanding And Refinishing Floor care is an intricate process, and you want things to go well for your installation – for your peace of mind and to achieve the desired aesthetics and functional goals of the new treatments that will be applied. Each part of the process plays a role in …

When Should You Restore Your Hardwood Floor? As beautiful and durable as they are, hardwood floors are still susceptible to the wear effects of daily life. All that foot traffic, the sun’s radiation bearing down on the structure and affecting the lignin, changes in humidity resulting in the regular expansion and contraction of the wood, …

Pets And Your Wood Floor The furry friends are part of the family. While they are cute and playful, the dogs and cats in the household can be a threat to the wood floor.  As they run around with their claws drawn out, they dig into the surface, creating scratches. The claws are needed to …

Hardwood Floor Restoration vs Replacement Should you get new flooring or restore the existing one? When the floor is all dull and dilapidated, with extensive wear, deteriorated aesthetics, scratches, gaps and other imperfections on the surface, which will be the right approach to deal with the issue? Different factors are considered before making your decision. …

Top 4 Floor Sanding And Refinishing Mistakes The floor sanding industry sees its fair share of mishaps and accidents. Some result in improperly prepping of the surface- which ruins the quality of the results when the finish coats are applied later on, while others lead to outright damage of the wood floor. Lots of time …

Why Dustless Floor Sanding Is The Way To Go While the goal of the floor sanding process is to prepare the surface for the application of new finishes, how one goes about it also matters. One of the main issues about the task is the loads of dust that are generated. As the old finishes …

When DIY Floor Sanding Jobs Go Bad With the range of DIY projects nowadays, more people are putting themselves up for different challenges in the various aspects of their lives. There’s also plenty of information that is readily available, from blog posts to videos. Everything from fixing vehicle problems, concocting cleaning formulations to get rid …

Determining If Your Floor Needs To Be Sanded The floor sanding and refinishing process is important to make the installation new and restore its protection. Over time, the daily usage that the floor handles causes it to get worn out, and the finishes that have been applied need to be replaced. Ignoring this puts the …