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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.

This Greenslopes Queenslander in the southern suburb of Brisbane has a typical Hoop Pine floor, often found in this style of the house. Unfortunately, the wooden floor also has some of the issues that often accompany this softwood flooring. Queensland border is a common problem resulting in both structural and unsightly damage to the floor.

Tasmanian Oak flooring is a commonly found timber used in contemporary housing. It is actually a combination of three Eucalypt species commonly found in Tasmania. Together they produce a blend of beautiful colors from pale cream to pink and reddish-brown. The natural color variation is a feature of this timber species.

Brushbox timber flooring is one of the commonly found hardwood timbers used in many homes around Brisbane. However due to its limited supply and the therefore high price it is not often installed in many new houses. Brushbox has long been sought after for its unique properties and aesthetic qualities. it has a fine, even texture with a beautiful, rich color. The timber color can vary from pale pinkish grey to rich reddish-brown. The natural color variation within the Brushbox timber species is normal and one of its most appealing attributes.

On occasions, Budget Floor Sanding is asked to use the Whittle Wax range of products to coat timber floors after the floor sanding process. Whittle wax is a hard wax oil and is colorless open-pored moisture regulating coating for wood. As a penetrating product, it provides a natural finish to the timber floor and when finished in the low sheen options of satin or matte, it provides a earthy soft lustre to the timber floor. For some people, this is an attractive alternative option to polyurethane floor finishes that seal the floor with a film of product on top of the wooden floor.

While modern polyurethanes are a hard-wearing timber floor finish, they do at some stage reach the end of their life. This was the case at a customer’s Cannon Hill home, whose polished wooden floors had been previously coated some twenty years prior. Fortunately, a polished timber floor can be returned to their former glory by re-sanding and polishing the floors.

Budget Floor Sanding recently had all of its floor sanding electrical machinery tested and tagged. This is a six-monthly requirement to comply with Brisbane’s Workplace Health and Safety rules. This process involves all machinery and electrical leads being tested to ensure that they are all operating safely.

A timber deck restoration was required in Hawthorne after the water-based deck finish deteriorated on a new decking installation. The new wooden veranda areas were part of a renovation project only completed last year. The builder had then finished the deck with a couple of coats of a water-based decking finish. Six months later the timber deck coating was already showing signs of degradation. As a major feature of the home, the owners decided to have the veranda re-sanded and finished with a quality deck coating.

During the school holiday period Budget Floor Sanding returned to Somerville House School to do some additional floor sanding and polishing. Typically this work always occurs during the holiday period when there are no students at the school to be disturbed.