Original Floorboard Restoration

Before the renovation works...

The pine floorboards in this Anerley / Penge house was overall looking tired and in urgent need of refinishing. During our free survey, we did detailed inspection of the floors and discussed with the client all possible options.

Our client has decided to go for floor sanding, of 26 sqm pine floorboards and finishing the floors in satin 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.

Hardwood 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 wood 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.

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 3 coats of Junckers HT700 lacquer in satin sheen with another light screen buff between the coats, for an excellent final touch to the finish.