Wood Sanding and Finishing Cambridge UK: Parquet Pine and a touch of Oak

Friday 30 October 2015

Parquet Pine and a touch of Oak

Some residents of the greater Cambridgeshire area (that’s in the UK, for those folks from the United States of America that got lost on their way to Massachusetts) are quite lucky. Their homes are floored throughout with wood. Now, whether that be Pine, Oak, Ash, Teak, Walnut. Mahogany, Parquet or Ply wood…OK, not Ply (but you get the idea), they are responsible for the general upkeep and fashionable appearance of said wooden floor.

These floors set the tone of a home, they tell the visitor that the house is cared for and maintained, they tell the owner they have a warm and inviting dwelling. The rich colours and the myriad designs available to the home owner when He or She is choosing a floor are sometimes too much to contemplate. Often the previous owner made the decision for you and you can be thankful. Inheriting the upkeep on a floor is a privilege.

Now, sanding any sized area is a task, so when we’re entrusted with a large dining room, hallway and fireplace, we take it very seriously. This particular home ran Pine Parquet throughout, all the way up to and around their fireplace…and then there was a surround of Oak.

This three day job took the best of us. By that, I don’t mean we were shattered, we simply decided that for this floor, it required the crème-de-la-crème. So we sent Ben, Nathan and Paul.

Sanding any floor is time consuming; you have clean it all over, pull out those stray nails and pins, peel back the layers, remove the old varnish or lacquer and then, only then can you oil the surface to give it that just lain look.

Fireplaces are fiddly. They require a talented technician with a keen eye and a deft touch. Nathan cracked on. His attention to detail meant that the area surrounding the fireplace did not escape out sanding eye.

If you're ever faced with the opportunity to reclaim your wooden flooring from years of abandonment and neglect, you are well advised to find a professional team to do it; one that cares and takes pride in a job, very well done.