Professional Wood Floor Installers in:
Southport, Liverpool and Chorley
Also covering Manchester and the entire North West
Tel: 07856 308 208 01257 696056
Oak Herringbone Project
New oak herringbone parquet installation.
Living room floor (30 square meters). Floor previously covered with carpet.
Works done by us:
1. Subfloor and room preparation:
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Lifting the carpet along with the underlay and grippers,
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Heavily scrubbing the subfloor using machine with wire pad- to remove the old adhesive,
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Cleaning and vacuuming the subfloor,
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Sealing the subfloor against moisture using liquid Sika rapid DPM- Damp Proof Membrane,
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Undercutting existing skirting boards and door frames to go with the wood underneath, leaving expansion gap at perimeter of the floor.
2. Installation:
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Herringbone installation of the main area of the floor- middles up to the walls making it ready for cutting the border,
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Parquet blocks installed using Lecol adhesive,
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Cutting the border,
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Installing double row border,
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Fitting cork strips next to the stone fireplace hearth and next to the plastic window frames to allow wood to expand,
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Fitting solid oak threshold between new parquet floor and dining room tiles preserving expansion gap.
3. Sanding:
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Rough Dust-free sanding for taking all height differences between each individual blocks,
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Filling any of the gaps between blocks using resin mixed with fine oak dust and checking for any imperfections,
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Fine sanding to take any excess of the filler,
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Polishing to remove any sanding lines and marks,
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Sanding threshold, cork strips and corners,
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Vacuuming the floor and preparing it for staining,
4. Finishing:
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Staining the floor, cork strips and threshold using Morrels Light Fast Wood stain in Medium oak colour,
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Applying Bona Primer Classic to prepare floor for the lacquer,
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Lacquering the floor with the clear Bona Mega waterborne lacquer in Silkmatt sheen level,
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Allowing floor to dry overnight
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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,
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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,
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Applying top coat of the clear Bona Mega lacquer in Silkmatt finish,
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After letting the floor to dry installation of previously prepared pipe ferrules.
5. Aftercare:
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Maintenance Instructions provided (how to care about newly installed, lacquered oak floor)
Reclaimed Teak Project
Reclaimed teak wood obtained from old mosaic parquet, installed as herringbone parquet.
Ground level floors (53 square meters). Floor previously uncovered- mastic asphalt exposed.
Works done by us:
1. Subfloor and room preparation:
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Grinding high spots and levelling lower spots to create good subfloor level prior to installation,
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Cleaning and vacuuming the subfloor,
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Sealing the subfloor against moisture using liquid Sika rapid DPM- Damp Proof Membrane,
2. Installation:
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Checking reclaimed wood pieces and preparing them for installation,
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Herringbone installation of the main area of the floor- middles up to the walls (no border)
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Parquet blocks installed using Lecol adhesive,
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Fitting cork strips next to the stone fireplace hearth and next to the plastic window frames to allow wood to expand,
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Herringbone continuation throughout all of the doorways (no thresholds or soldier course)
3. Sanding:
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Rough Dust-free sanding for taking all height differences between each individual blocks,
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Filling any of the gaps between blocks using resin mixed with fine teak dust and checking for any imperfections,
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Fine sanding to take any excess of the filler,
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Polishing to remove any sanding lines and marks,
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Sanding cork strips and corners,
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Vacuuming the floor and preparing it for oiling,
4. Finishing:
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Floor finished with two coats of clear Osmo Polyx Hardwax Oil in Silkmatt finish
5. Aftercare:
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Maintenance Instructions for oiled floor provided.
Floorboards Restoration Project
Original pine floorboards renovation throughout entire apartment
Floors (110 square meters) previously covered with carpets.
Works done by us:
1. Removing old floor coverings and exposing floorboards:
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Lifting carpets along with underlay,
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Removing gripper rods,
2. Floorboards preparation:
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Fixing all lose boards,
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Replacing broken planks,
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Infilling missing places with reclaimed pine wood,
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Removing old nails and staples from the surface of the wood.
3. Sanding:
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Rough Dust-free sanding for taking all height differences,
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Filling any of the gaps between blocks using resin mixed with fine pine dust and checking for any imperfections,
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Fine sanding to take any excess of the filler,
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Polishing to remove any sanding lines and marks,
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Vacuuming the floor and preparing it for oiling.
4. Finishing:
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Floor finished with two coats of clear Osmo Polyx Hardwax Oil in Silkmatt finish
5. Aftercare:
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Maintenance Instructions for oiled floor provided.