Restoration of an Engineered Oak Flooring

Before the works...

The oak parquet flooring in this Hockerill Property was overall looking tired and in urgent need of restoration. 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 floor sanding and gap filling of 100 sqm oak parquet 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.

Parquet flooring restoration requires many years of experience, skills and the right restoration equipment. Depending on the overall condition of the floors, the initial parquet floor sanding may start with coarser or medium grid. The task of this step 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. Some older parquet floors may require more thorough work at this stage.

Next stage in the process of floor restoration 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 we can repeat it on the following morning , if required. The filler 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 parquet flooring was consequently sealed with 1 coat of primer and 2 coats of Lacquer in matt sheen with another light screen buff between the coats, for an excellent final touch to the finish.