WOOD FLOOR SANDING - GIVE YOUR FLOOR A NEW LEASE OF LIFE

Nothing makes a room stand out like a well sanded floor. Picture the scene; you finally purchase your dream home and begin decorating it to your personal style. You pull up the dated carpet and discover a beautiful wooden floor. The only problem is that the original floor has seen better days. What do you do?

Wooden floor sanding is a very meticulous process that can deliver the results you want in the blink of an eye. People often try and undertake wood floor sanding themselves, which can be very risky and time consuming. Many people who try to sand their own wooden floors themselves struggle to do it within a day and have difficulty with corners and the room edges. The best thing to do in these circumstances is to call in the professionals who can sand the floor for you to ensure that the end result is of a high standard – because the last thing you want is for your floor to end up looking unfinished and scruffy!

When you get a flooring company to carry out the sanding of your wood floor, they will prepare the room properly so nothing gets damaged and as part of this they will clean your floor so it is at its finest condition before the sanding begins. Inevitably there will be a lot of dust; not only will a professional minimise this, but they will also make sure that necessary items are appropriately protected. Once everything is finished a professional will make sure the dust is eradicated and that everything is returned to its rightful place and back into living position.

Another important part of the floor sanding process is applying a sealer to the new floor – this ensures that the new flooring will look brand new for years to come and won’t get worn down as easily as it would without it being sealed.

Houses that require wood floor sanding tend to be quite old, so we have put together some useful tips on rejuvenating an old house:

1. Freshly paint the interior walls of the house
2. Put up new curtains and blinds
3. Install modern light switches
4. Get carpets and floors professionally cleaned
5. Add new door handles onto old doors
6. Patch up holes and cracks in the walls and ceilings

This article has been written by Mike Philbin, the company director of Nu-Life Floor Care. Mike is a stone restoration and maintenance expert, as well as being the host of Stone Care TV.