Piedmont Remodel – Adding New Floors and Refinishing Existing
We work a lot in the Piedmont area refinishing 100 year old oak floors and repairing them. This time the clients wanted us to add white oak floors to their addition, and refinish their old floors so that in the end everything matched.
After a quick visit to the site, inspecting the construction of the new sub floors and moisture conditions I advised my clients to use an unfinished engineered white oak. That was of course of great quality with a thick layer of veneer on top that can be sanded several times.
The conditions inside the addition didn’t permit installing solid floors without them buckling. There was too much concrete poured around and under the sub floors, and the addition was cut into the hill so we treated it as below grade install.
After acclimating the new white oak floors, we installed the floors throughout the addition. The design was a classy look for this old Piedmont home; big spaces with plenty details in the finish carpentry.
By the time we got the call for the floor install, the addition was nearly completed. All the painting was done and the kitchen was all installed. The light fixtures and finish trim were all in place. Our clients knew that we would be careful working around all the finished surfaces, and with our dust collection systems the sanding would be as close to dust free as possible.
We took the time to make color samples on the wood floor for the clients to choose from. At our recommendation they chose the first (of eight) colors we applied to the floor.
We sanded the white oak hardwood floor to perfection careful not to damage any of the finished surfaces around us. After we were done with the stain and the first coat of finish, our clients mentioned how impressed they were with the results. They were comparing our floors to the ones they had on the top floor, which were sanded years ago by another company.
It was good to make another client happy and to know that our professional opinion counts when it comes to product selection.
Leave a Reply
Want to join the discussion?Feel free to contribute!