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5 Tips to keep your wood flooring spic-and-span...

22/4/2013

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No 1. Vacuum regularly

Hoovering your wood floor as frequently as possible you will prevent hard grit or sand from making nasty marks in your wood flooring. If you sweep rather than vacuum, make sure you use a soft brush so you don't drag any of the small stones etc that get brought in on shoes, over the wood. 

No 2. Dry mop your flooring

If you come across any stubborn stains or marks on your wood floor, remove them by dry mopping. So just use a regular mop that is just damp, too much moisture can really damage this type of flooring so if you do have any spillages try to soak them up as soon as possible.
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No 3. Use pads under furniture legs

To avoid making permanent marks on your floor, make sure you use furniture pads on the feet of any furniture you have. a piece of felt will do the trick, just cut it to the right size and glue to the base of the legs. Obviously you should try and avoid dragging any furniture across wood floors but the felt will help to minimise any damage.

No 4. Consider floor runners

For high traffic areas, such as hallways and routes though rooms, consider floor runners or rugs to give the wood flooring some protection and to prevent any area specific wear. This will maintain the overall look, condition and colour.

No 5. Maintenance

Sometimes it's worth considering getting a professional in to spruce up your wood flooring. Most manufacturers recommend periodic waxing and buffing and if it needs more than that, the floor can be sanded back and re-finished to restore it to it's original glory!
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Removing old tile adhesive

11/4/2013

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I should probably come clean and admit that I'm using this blog post to brag about my shiny new gadget. 

That aside I'm hoping to provide some information on getting rid of old adhesive left behind when you remove ceramic tiles. 

This recent job was for a customer who had ceramic tiles in their kitchen which needed to be removed prior to their new Amtico flooring. 

I used a 50 grit sandpaper to remove the residual adhesive which means that there is no need to screed the floor twice. This saved the customer a few pennies and also gives a smoother finish.

Have a look at my video on the right to see the results - it took me 20 minutes to sand the whole kitchen which measures approx 20m2 (don't worry the video isn't 20 mins long!) 

When i first went out to assess the work, all the tiles were cracking because of an incorrect initial installation. If you're planning on having a ceramic tile floor fitted it's worth making sure that the sub floor is prepared properly and tiles are not directly fitted onto a wayrock flooring
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    Rob Sharkey, owner of Perfect-Fit Flooring has been in the flooring business for over 20 years. Here he shares some tips, advice and probably the odd bit of shameless self promotion! 

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