Oak Herringbone Project

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Works done by us:

1. Subfloor and room preparation:

• Lifting the carpet along with the underlay and grippers, 

• Heavily scrubbing the subfloor using machine with wire pad- to remove the old adhesive,

• Cleaning and vacuuming the subfloor,

• Sealing the subfloor against moisture using liquid Sika rapid DPM- Damp Proof Membrane,

• Undercutting existing skirting boards and door frames to go with the wood underneath, leaving expansion gap at perimeter of the floor.

2. Installation:

• Herringbone installation of the main area of the floor- middles up to the walls making it ready for cutting the border,

• Parquet blocks installed using Lecol adhesive,

• Cutting the border,

• Installing double row border,

• Fitting cork strips next to the stone fireplace hearth and next to the plastic window frames to allow wood to expand,

• Fitting solid oak threshold between new parquet floor and dining room tiles preserving expansion gap.

3. Sanding:

• Rough Dust-free sanding for taking all height differences between each individual blocks,

• Filling any of the gaps between blocks using resin mixed with fine oak dust and checking for any imperfections,

• Fine sanding to take any excess of the filler,

• Polishing to remove any sanding lines and marks,

• Sanding threshold, cork strips and corners,

• Vacuuming the floor and preparing it for staining,

4. Finishing:

• Staining the floor, cork strips and threshold using Morrels Light Fast Wood stain in Medium oak colour,

• Applying Bona Primer Classic to prepare floor for the lacquer,

• Lacquering the floor with the clear Bona Mega waterborne lacquer in Silkmatt sheen level,

• Allowing floor to dry overnight 

• In the meantime staining and lacquering special oak pipe ferrules to fit them around any radiator pipe (coming through the new parquet floor) covering expansion gap around the pipe,

• After leaving first coats of lacquer to dry overnight, floor has been buffered to remove any roughness of the previous lacquer layer and provide key for the topcoat,

• Applying top coat of the clear Bona Mega lacquer in Silkmatt finish,

• After letting the floor to dry installation of previously prepared pipe ferrules.

5. Aftercare:

• Maintenance Instructions provided (how to care about newly installed, lacquered oak floor)