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Budget floor Sanding does regular floor sanding of stairs for one of Brisbane’s leading home project builders. This particular set of wooden stairs were in a new house under construction at Sherwood. To match other decors in the home the owners were keen to stain the timber stairs in a black stain. To ensure the end result matches the owner’s vision, stain samples are firstly supplied for the owner’s approval. The stairs were then sanded and then a stain coat of Feast Watson Prooftint is applied to the stairs. After the stain has dried, the stairs were then finished with 3 coats of a polyurethane satin finish.

In this new house under construction, the floor had been laid with White Mahogany 130 mm tongue and groove timber flooring. This Herston home is being constructed by a builder for whom Budget Floor Sanding regularly does work. After a discussion with the homeowner, it became evident of the desire to finish the floor with a natural-looking penetrating oil style floor finish. The Whittle Wax range of finishes is ideal in this instance, particularly when using the low sheen options which produce a beautiful natural-looking soft luster to the finished wooden floor.

This near new Wavell Heights house was recently purchased by new owners. When the Blackbutt timber floors had been originally sanded and polished, they had been finished with a modified, low sheen oil floor coating. However, the new owners desired a harder wearing polyurethane coating and also wanted a gloss finish for their wooden floor. To achieve this Budget Floor Sanding sanded the wooden floor, in the process removing the old coating on both the floor and the stairs. The timber floor and stairs were then re-polished with three coats of a polyurethane gloss coating. This durable timber floor finish presents the floor with a glossy appearance and the new owners will now have a polished floor that will serve them for many years. If your timber floors could do with an update, contact Budget Floor Sanding for a free appraisal about re-sanding timber floors.

When homes change hands, this is often the catalyst for renovation and freshening up of the house. The Tasmanian Oak timber floors in this residence had been previously polished but were now in need of a timber floor restoration. The time prior to moving the furniture into a new residence is the obvious opportunity to re-sand and polish the timber floors. In this instance, Budget Floor Sanding was the preferred floor sanding and polishing contractor chose to carry out this timber floor renovation. This wooden floor was over 100 m2 in area and required four days to carry out the floor repolishing work. This involved sanding back to timber, removing the old floor coating, and then repolishing the floor with 3 coats of a polyurethane gloss finish.

Installation of a new parquetry floor was undertaken in a new home under construction in the Brisbane suburb of Red Hill. A portion of the flooring has been laid in block parquetry using Blackbutt timber. The parquetry in this instance was laid in a herringbone pattern. Once again this flooring project was completed for a regular builder that Budget Floor Sanding does floor sanding and polishing for.

Sanded and polished wooden floors do not necessarily always have to be completely re-sanded and polished. If the existing coating has maintained its integrity the floor can often be re rejuvenated by the application of an additional coat of timber floor polish.

Floor sanding and polishing were required in this recently built Holland Park home. Budget Floor Sanding was contracted by the builder to sand and polish the wooden floor and stairs. The timber flooring used in this residence was Tasmanian Oak, it is a light-colored timber with light pink tones. The timber stairs were constructed using the same timber.

The previously polished timber floors in this home at Coorparoo, are an example of a typical Queensland Hoop Pine floor that is found in almost all Queenslander style of houses. Although this wooden floor had been polished previously, it was in need of a timber floor renovation. Budget Floor Sanding sanded the old timber floor, stripping back the old wood floor finish. Then the floor was re-finished with three coats of a  semi-gloss polyurethane timber floor coating. There had been some previous timber floorboard replacement in the pine tongue and groove floor and these new timber floorboards were stained to blend them in with the old existing wooden floor.

Budget Floor sanding recently completed the timber floor renovation of an old house at New Farm. This work was completed for one of our regular customers, a Brisbane building firm. This was a particularly old house with the old Hoop Pine flooring nailed with old hand made crown head nails. Some floors are ideal for before and after photos and this timber floor restoration was certainly one of them. The first photo shows the floor at the commencement of the floor sanding work, the tongue, and groove flooring was very uneven, rough, and aged. Pine wooden floors like this require considerable sanding to even them out and to present them in the best possible condition by the end of the floor polishing project.

During Brisbane’s hot summers, timber decks around a pool offer a cool surface underfoot. Unfortunately, pool chemicals and extreme UV exposure can destroy the timber deck finish. In such a high moisture environment it is important to maintain a protective layer over the timber decking to avoid the costly process of replacing rotten or damaged wooden decking. A far more expensive option than re-sanding and coating the timber deck with a protective deck finish.