Floor sanding, gap filling of engineered wood flooring in Chiswick
Before the renovation works...
The oak engineered wood flooring in this Chiswick house was overall looking tired and in desperate need of renovation. 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, gap filling, of 48 sqm oak engineered wood flooring and finishing the floors in extra-matt hardwax-oil.
How the floor restoration was completed...
One of the challenges we experienced while working on this project, was the amount of furniture, which we had to work around in stages.
Engineered flooring planks come in 3 main standards of thickness, which also defines how thick is the available for sanding oak 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 late hours of the working day, so it settles properly overnight and in case it is needed we can repeat it on the following morning , 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 oak 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 Osmo Polyx Hardwax-Oil hardwax-oil in extra-matt sheen with another light screen buff between the coats, for an excellent final touch to the finish.