Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering 1 Jun 08, 2010 12:57 pm Hi Everyone, This is my first post! My wife an I are in the process of purchasing our first home and we're trying to get an idea of the costs involved in ripping up carpet/lino and restoring the floor boards underneath ? I'm also after some advice from anyone who's done this as to how difficult/time consuming this would be to do yourself. The area I would be looking at doing is around 35 m2 Cheers, Pat Re: Restoring Floor Boards 3Jun 08, 2010 5:21 pm Dont know what happened to my last reply - so here goes again. The cost for floorsanding varies greatly depending upon things like which city your in, the state of the floor and the type of finish you are looking at. For a difficult floor finished with a Hardwax Oil I am charging around $45 per sqm. But this is at the upper end, if you budget around $38 per sqm you should be pretty close to the mark. I think people get a better result using the pro's, the problem being for DIY'ers is generally the quality of the tools they are hiring and the time factor. Send some pics of the floor and I'll have a crack at identifying it for you Cheers Re: Restoring Floor Boards 5Jun 08, 2010 8:46 pm $30 per sqm is pretty reasonable. The solvent based finishes are the cheapest option, the only drawback is that they yellow over time and have a degree of toxicity until they become inert. They are very hard wearing though. Re: Restoring Floor Boards 7Jun 08, 2010 9:49 pm Regarding the level of toxicity - the industry in general is moving away from the products with the higher levels of VOC's (volatile organic compounds). The best thing to do is contact the sander and get details of what brand of finish they are looking at using. Probably something like Polycure or something similar, then contact an organisation like ATFA (Australian Timber Flooring Association) to get details on the finish itself. You could also quite easily find the MSDS for the product and do you own comparisons. As for suitability for Kauri Pine, I tend to suggest that the best finish for a 'mucky' looking floor is a Hardwax Oil as it gives it a warm lived in type feel. If the floor comes up looking very newish, then I tend to suggest the water based polys. Re: Restoring Floor Boards 8Jun 09, 2010 1:35 pm Cheers Namtrak, I'm not too sure on the state of the floor or what sort of boards they are but I imagine we'll have to wait until we get in there before we can a good look at them - I'll be sure to send some photos when we do! ~$40 per sqm sound pretty good. Anyone else had any experience going down the DIY track ? Cheers, Pat Re: Restoring Floor Boards 9Jun 11, 2010 10:18 am Namtrak, Since you're the pro, i was hoping you could tell me your thoughts about Baltic pine floor boards. We have this throughout our house under the carpet and tiles. How does it come up? Obviously baltic pine is quite yellow - can it be stained a darker colour? Re: Restoring Floor Boards 10Jun 11, 2010 3:52 pm Harvey1 Namtrak, Since you're the pro, i was hoping you could tell me your thoughts about Baltic pine floor boards. We have this throughout our house under the carpet and tiles. How does it come up? Obviously baltic pine is quite yellow - can it be stained a darker colour? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!! Baltic Pine is a beautiful timber floor. It is fairly soft in the scheme of things but it is one of my favourite floors. Finish it with a Hardwax Oil and you will be the envy of all friends and family alike!! Staining it would be a crime - but like I have said elsewhere I am hardly objective. Thanks Chippy,I do have one that I levered out. I'll try to find a brand name on the windows then do some searching. Here is a photo where you can see how worn they are. 2 7961 To put anything over slate you will need to put self level compound over the entire area as slate various in thickness and is very un even. To install most types of… 1 419 |