Project: Engineered Oak Floor Restoration in Kingston

Before the works

The oak engineered wood flooring in this Surbiton home was overall looking tired and in need of renovation, parallel to other renovation works in the property. During our free home survey, we did thorough inspection of the floors and discussed with the client all possible options.

Our client has decided to go for cosmetic gap filling, repalcement of existing solid oak scotia beading, which looked already tired and finishing the floors in matt lacquer.

How we did it...

Our floor restoration service begins with detailed inspection of the floors and any repairs to the engineered wood flooring will be completed in this initial stage.

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.

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

Floors were consequently sealed with a coat of primer followed by 2 coats of Bona Mega water-based lacquer in matt sheen with another light screen buff between the coats, for excellent final touch to the finish.