Beech Wood Flooring Restoration

Before the restoration works...

The beech engineered wood flooring in this Kensington flat was overall looking tired and in urgent need of refinishing. During our initial survey, we did a thorough inspection of the floors and discussed with the client all possible options.

Our client has decided to go for gap filling, floor repairs, floor sanding, of 50 sqm beech engineered wood flooring and finishing the floors in matt Lacquer.

How the renovation of the floors went...

One of the challenges we experienced while working on this project, was the amount of furniture, which we had to work around in stages.

Our floor refinishing service begins with detailed inspection of the floors and any repairs to the engineered wood flooring will be completed in this initial stage. In this project approx. we have repaired approx. of engineered wood flooring.

Engineered flooring planks come in 3 main standards of thickness, which also defines how thick is the available for sanding beech top layer of the product. Depending on the overall condition of the floors, the initial floor sanding may start with coarser or medium grid. The task of this stage is not only to remove the previous finish and get the floors to bare wood, but also to provide a good level throughout the entire floor. In the case of engineered wood flooring, the level of the floor is usually good, due the "click" or "tongue-and-groove" locking between the planks.

Next stage in the process of floor renovation was the application of the gap filling. We aim to apply resin filler in the second half of the working day, so it settles properly overnight and we can repeat it on the following day , if required. The putty is after that removed by next step of the finishing process with medium grids .

Sanding the floors with fine grids (80 - 120 gr) and a good rotary buff to the beech timber surface with high grid buffing screens is the most important stage in the preparation of the wooden flooring for finishing.

The engineered wood flooring was consequently sealed with 1 coat of primer and 3 coats of Bona Mega Lacquer in matt sheen with another light screen buff between the coats, for an excellent final touch to the finish.