From time to time your wooden floor will need repairing, either to remove scratches or stains or even to correct a floor that was badly laid in the first place. Scratches can be sanded away using fine to medium sand paper but it is recommended that any stained floorboards be replaced because, depending how deeply the stain has entered the wood, you may have to sand quite hard to get the stain out and this could mean that section of wood flooring Naples FL will not look the same as the rest.
Aged & distressed floor. Aged wood floor or distressed flooring presents a stylish, lived in look. It looks, for all the world, as if your floor has been laid for years and adds a certain authenticity to your home. Aged and distressed flooring is also a very practical choice for both homes and commercial properties because it keeps looking good for longer. The rugged, worn, lived in appearance will not show the scratches and marks caused by everyday usage.
Solid wood floors are made of timber that are between 1/4" and 1" in thickness. It is the most durable, best-wearing floor that stays put for long. The boards are fitted together and are then nailed down to 3/4" plywood sub floor. Owing to the fact that you cannot nail into solidified concrete, the solid timber floor can't be fitted over such a floor without connecting a timber sub floor. This makes it a bit costly and the floor is elevated slightly.
Engineered floor. Engineered floors can be installed which either floating on underlay, are secretly nailed to existing wood sub floors or fully glued to the concrete or timber sub floor. Engineered floors are very good if you need to reduce the noise level in a room and they work well with under floor heating systems. They are available in a wide range of sizes from 14mm 3 strip floors to 20mm structural engineered wide planks.
Matching a pre-finished floor perfectly requires that you carefully choose an unfinished one and have it installed then conduct the process of finishing while it is in place. For most other cases, just take a pre-finished solid floor as it allows a homeowner to customize it as much as possible.
Hiring a professional to do the job will leave you with the perfect finish and may even end up saving you money. This is much more economical in terms of manpower, hiring costs and the service costs. If you decide to do this by yourself, the stress of buying all materials and putting everything in place would be so overwhelming. Obviously, the job you would do will not be good enough like that done by a professional, prompting you to hire one and have him fix everything allover again.
End grain block floors. This type of floor is available in a number of log species including European Larch, European Smoked Oak, European Oak, Pine and Spruce. The log is cut across the growth rings to produce a very different look to that achieved using the more usual strip floor. It is extremely hard wearing and so is ideal for areas that experience a lot of foot traffic.
Ask to see proof of their qualifications. Properly qualified UK flooring contractors will have passed City & Guilds NVQ Level 2 in floor coverings and should have passed their health & safety test and hold a valid CSCS card for commercial works. Check out the kind of equipment they plan to use and ask what measures they put in place to minimize dust. The last thing you want is to be cleaning the house for weeks after they've gone.
Aged & distressed floor. Aged wood floor or distressed flooring presents a stylish, lived in look. It looks, for all the world, as if your floor has been laid for years and adds a certain authenticity to your home. Aged and distressed flooring is also a very practical choice for both homes and commercial properties because it keeps looking good for longer. The rugged, worn, lived in appearance will not show the scratches and marks caused by everyday usage.
Solid wood floors are made of timber that are between 1/4" and 1" in thickness. It is the most durable, best-wearing floor that stays put for long. The boards are fitted together and are then nailed down to 3/4" plywood sub floor. Owing to the fact that you cannot nail into solidified concrete, the solid timber floor can't be fitted over such a floor without connecting a timber sub floor. This makes it a bit costly and the floor is elevated slightly.
Engineered floor. Engineered floors can be installed which either floating on underlay, are secretly nailed to existing wood sub floors or fully glued to the concrete or timber sub floor. Engineered floors are very good if you need to reduce the noise level in a room and they work well with under floor heating systems. They are available in a wide range of sizes from 14mm 3 strip floors to 20mm structural engineered wide planks.
Matching a pre-finished floor perfectly requires that you carefully choose an unfinished one and have it installed then conduct the process of finishing while it is in place. For most other cases, just take a pre-finished solid floor as it allows a homeowner to customize it as much as possible.
Hiring a professional to do the job will leave you with the perfect finish and may even end up saving you money. This is much more economical in terms of manpower, hiring costs and the service costs. If you decide to do this by yourself, the stress of buying all materials and putting everything in place would be so overwhelming. Obviously, the job you would do will not be good enough like that done by a professional, prompting you to hire one and have him fix everything allover again.
End grain block floors. This type of floor is available in a number of log species including European Larch, European Smoked Oak, European Oak, Pine and Spruce. The log is cut across the growth rings to produce a very different look to that achieved using the more usual strip floor. It is extremely hard wearing and so is ideal for areas that experience a lot of foot traffic.
Ask to see proof of their qualifications. Properly qualified UK flooring contractors will have passed City & Guilds NVQ Level 2 in floor coverings and should have passed their health & safety test and hold a valid CSCS card for commercial works. Check out the kind of equipment they plan to use and ask what measures they put in place to minimize dust. The last thing you want is to be cleaning the house for weeks after they've gone.
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