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Parquet patterns

Popular parquet patterns There are a few different parquet patterns that are popular among homeowners. The most common parquet pattern is the herringbone, which features interlocking wood pieces that create a zig-zag effect. This pattern is classic and timeless and it fits in any room of the house. Another popular parquet pattern is the chevron,…...
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Oil or Lacquer Finish- What is best for my wood floors?

Is it better to use oil or lacquer finish on my floor? When you are done sanding your floor now the question is what would you like to protect it with? There are several distinct kinds of floor finishes on the market these days. Two of the most popular are oil or hard wax oil…...
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Floor and Allergies

Different types of allergies are common in people all over the world. Allergies are caused when our immune system overreacts to a foreign substance, such as pollen, pet dander, or dust mites. When these substances come into contact with our eyes, nose, or skin, our immune system releases histamines, which cause symptoms such as watery…...
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When to Restore Your Hard Floor

When Do You Need to Restore Your Hardwood Floors   Hardwood floors look beautiful, but they are worn out with time like everything else. There are multiple reasons behind such damage, such as high traffic and exposure to water and sun. You first need to understand the current condition of your floor to restore it.…...

Recovering an oven stripped floor

Mike of Cornwall Floor Care was called by one of his clients who had cleaned their oven. All very strange you may be thinking! However, the oven cleaner had stripped the finish of the clients engineered wood floor. Mike and his team got to work to put it right - sanding and refinishing the floor…...

Smoothing out a DIY job

Mike of Cornwall Floor Care salvages a DIY floor job. Mike was called to a DIY job, on arriving at the job it was clear to see that the floor was very uneven and had been sanded to a poor level - the floor was up and down like the Pyrenees! Mike flattened the floor…...

PARQUET FLOOR RESTORATION IN KENT

This is a quick overview of our parquet floor restoration in Kent by our local provider. Work Requirement The floor had been installed by the owner about eight years ago and oiled but he was now unhappy with the wear of the finish as it was flat and patchy in places so asked the team…...

Insulation Under Pine Floorboards

Work Requirement  The Rolin Group were asked if noise insulation could be installed under some original pine floorboards in the top floor bedroom. Walking around could be heard downstairs and television noise could be heard upstairs in the bedroom. Work Activity We began by lifting and taking away the old carpet and gripper rods. They…...

Farm Coffee Shop Floor Restoration

Work Requirement  The Rolin Group were contacted by a Farm in Cranbrook, Kent asking if we could restore their engineered wood floor in the coffee shop which was part of the farm shop. The floor also needed repairs. Supply and fit marine plywood behind the counter. Work Activity The wood floor had underfloor heating and…...

Through the looking glass in the pine floor

Work Requirement  The Rolin Group were contacted by a customer in Goudhurst, Kent to carry out a survey of the first floor hallway which had carpet on top of what they believed to be wood. Work Activity  The carpet was lifted by ourselves and we were looking at original pine boards but as we were…...

Stripping back the layers of varnish

Squirrel Property Services were asked by one of their clients to take a look at their wooden floor throughout their property. The floor was from B&Q originally and was around 10 years old.  The customer had regularly been re-coating the wooden floor in Ronseal Diamond Varnish so Steven of Squirrel Property Services had never seen…...

Lawn Care not just Floor Care

Mike of Cornwall Floor Care helps out local gardener to save his clients wooden floor. A couple of weeks ago a local gardener called Mike and asked him to go and see one of his clients in Rock Cornwall. The gardener had been carrying out lawn maintenance and the lawn fertiliser he had sprayed on…...

Squirrel Property Services takes on worktops

Here at Ultimate Floor Sanding we are all about the repair and refurbishment of wooden floors, but this week one of our Affiliate members, Squirrel Property Services, took on the job of refurbishing the wooden kitchen worktops. The job:  Following lots of wear and tear the customer was ready to rip out their wooden kitchen…...

Cornwall FloorCare make friends with a spider

The team at Cornwall FloorCare have been making friends with a spider and more specifically the Pallmann Spider. When Mike and his team where called in to take a look at a 4mm thick engineered floor in one of their clients holiday homes, they knew that the Spider would be up to the job, making…...

The pitfalls of sanding yourself

When Steven of Squirrel Property Services was asked to look at and quote for a wooden floor refurbishment, he wasn't quite sure what he'd find. The Job The customer, who has lived in their property for 18 months, wanted to refresh and refurbish their wooden floor. Upon visiting the property we found that the previous…...

What lies beneath….

Wood Floor Sanding under the carpet in Cornwall A builder asked Mike of Cornwall Floorcare whether anything could be done to save the floor they had found hiding underneath the old carpet. Take a look at the answer and the work completed by Mike. I took one look at the floor and told the builder…...

Cornwall Floorcare give holiday home new lease of life

When Mike at Cornwall Floorcare was asked to take a look at a client's holiday home, he found a wooden floor that was looking more than a little tired. Following an inspection of the floor to check it's current condition, Mike set about sanding the floor using his dust free sanding equipment.    As you…...

Floor restoration after dog urine

Floor restoration after dog urine damage When a client got in touch with Mike Dennick of Cornwall Floor Care to ask about restoring their wooden floor, they seemed pretty sure their floor couldn't be saved due to the damage it had sustained. Unfortunately, the family's dog was unwell and had accidents all over the carpet, when…...

Wedding Venue Wood Floor Refurbishment

The Bell Barn is a stunning location for weddings and events. The oak flooring was in need of restoration, but it needed to be done carefully so as not to damage any other aspects or elements that make up this iconic venue! It's amazing what Mike did with his team at Absolutely Floor Restore. Restoring…...

Wood Flooring: What’s hidden underneath your carpet?

Rolin Cleaning Services saves the day and wood flooring!...
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Walk in the Parquet Wood Floor Restoration

Walk in the Parquet Wood Floor Restoration for Rolin Cleaning Services...
Wood Dance Floor Restoration

Police Dance Floor Sanding

Takes two to tango on a wood dance floor restoration job by Rolin Cleaning Services...
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Rolin Cleaning Services Kent Show They Are A Cut Above the Rest!

Rolin Cleaning Services Kent Show They Are A Cut Above the Rest!...
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Pine Floor Restoration: Fine Pine Makes the Grade!

Rolin Cleaning Service deliver a fine pine job!...
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Wood Floor Restoration: Rolin Cleaning Services Makes Their Mark

Rolin Cleaning Services Kent make their mark with a wood floor restoration job...
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Parquet Floor: Pure Gold!

Beautiful old Oak Parquet floor restored back to its former glory...
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All Fine with the Pine! Pine Floor Restoration

Pine Floor Restoration Fir Tree, County Durham by Absolutely Floor Restore Aim of Job: Pine floor restoration of a kitchen and utility room. The client needed a quick turnaround on this work as they were imminently expecting their first child!   Difficulties Overcome: We removed kickboards from the kitchen area to ensure that there was no…...
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Citrus Floor Care: Oak Wood Floor Transformation

Citrus Floor Care helps a Luxury Rental Cottage Transform Their Oak Wood Floors on Time and Budget.   When to use a commercial lacquer in a domestic property? Linda and Brian at Lady Nina’s Cottages in Glenrothes Scotland run a high-end holiday cottage with an engineered Oak Wood Floor that was in need of attention.…...
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Wood Floor Restoration Kent

  Rolin Cleaning Services discuss a Wood Floor Restoration Project in Kent Work Requirement: Wood floor restoration to a living room and dining room solid oak floor in a rental property. The property developer had been let down by another contractor who was to carry out the work on agreed days as part of a…...
Oak Floor Sanding in London

Solid Oak Floor Polishing in London

http://vimeo.com/253816042   Silver Lining Floor Care - Solid Oak Floor Polishing Project Floor Restoration Work Requirement: The solid oak floor polishing project in the kitchen, after years of use, was very tired and needed some restoration. We listened to the client thoroughly and decided that full floor sanding is a good way forward. For a finish, we…...
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An Engineered Oak Wood Floor from Dark to Light as possible!

Let there be light! Rolin Cleaning Services helps a family remodel an Oak Wood Floor in a basement bedroom. Work Requirement: An engineered wood floor sanding of an eight-year-old floor in a basement of a house that is used as a bedroom before decorating the room and to make the finish as light as possible…...
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Godly Performance – Church Wood Floor Repair & Restoration

Work Requirement: Wood floor repair and restoration to a ten-year-old engineered floor in a church. The floor required urgent maintenance due to a VIP visit. Completing the job over four nights was necessary. Work Activity: The repairs consisted of two holes around two inches each in two different boards used for microphone wiring. We removed…...
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Rolin Cleaning Services Kent To The Rescue

We were called to a house in Croydon, Surrey, to restore two floors consisting of a living room and hallway. A damaged section had been replaced and stained by a contractor sent by the insurance company. Rolin Cleaning Services Kent to the rescue. The homeowner wasn’t happy with the different colour of the new and old…...
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Rolin Cleaning Services Kent: Pine Floor & Parquet Floor Restoration

Rolin Cleaning Services Kent complete another success job...
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The Benefits of the Brand – When the unexpected happens

When the floor sanding team from Rolin Cleaning Services attended a property in Sevenoaks, Kent to sand and finish an oak kitchen floor and hallway, the project did not go exactly according to plan. It's in situations like this, when the unexpected happens, that the benefits of the brand and being part of the largest network…...

Bristol to Paris cycle challenge: Tougher than a hardwood prep tool.

Back in May this year Adrian Cunnington of Floor Blimey! Joined 8 friends who took it upon themselves to cycle from Bristol to Paris to raise money for the British Heart Foundation and Off The Record, a Bristol based mental health charity for kids. They set off from Downend in Bristol at the beginning of…...
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Why dust free floor sanding is so important – health & safety

We are asked many questions relating to floor sanding but recently Terry Guilford was consulted about the dangers of sanding a particular type of timber floor and why dust free floor sanding is so important. The client had expressed concern that the wood used in the floor was known to cause health issues when sanded.…...
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Oak Floor Sanding Kent – Case Study

The Ultimate Floor Sanding Company recommended floor sanding service provider in Kent is Rolin Cleaning Services Ltd. They recently completed a floor sanding and finishing project on a new oak floor in Kent. This floor had already been sanded and finished by another company and the finish was not up to standard. Here is what the…...

Oak Floor Maintenance – Heavy Traffic Floor

Regular maintenance of your wood floor can increase its longevity and keep it looking beautiful for longer.  Our experts offer excellent maintenance services for clients who want to improve the appearance of their wood floor. This service is particularly useful for clients who have wood floors in high traffic areas, such as this oak floor maintenance project…...

Oak floor repair in Darlington, Co Durham

From the moment your new floor is installed or freshly restored the gradual wear and tear of general family life and foot traffic begins to work away on your beautiful floor finishes. That’s why it’s important to have a good floor maintenance regime in place and to use the best method of aftercare for your…...
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Wood Floor Advice for Commercial Property Owners

The options open to the commercial property owner when it comes to selecting a floor surface are bewildering these days with every manufacturer screaming that theirs is the most durable, the funkiest, the easiest to clean etc., etc. The reality is that the most acceptable “look” to the greatest number of people is the “natural…...
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Oak Floor Restoration Project – Case Study

This account of an oak floor restoration project undertaken by the floor sanding experts at Rolin Cleaning Services Ltd in Kent is a very useful insight into the steps involved in sanding and restoring an oak floor. It also highlights the excellent communication that we pride ourselves on. Our years of floor sanding experience mean we…...
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Wood Floor Installation Advice

If you are considering a wood floor for your home or business, you should really read this article. This comprehensive, impartial, wood floor installation advice comes from our experts, who have been working with this beautiful and complex natural material for decades. Everyone knows that wood floors come from a living, breathing object. a tree,…...
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Choosing a finish – The Beauty of Options

This article is to help with choosing a finish for your newly restored wood floor. In our current fast-paced world, we all want it easy and we want it now. We also want it cheap and we want it to be good and we, of course, want it to last a long time. In the…...
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Wood Floor Staining Advice

Mike Tinkler from Absolutely Floor Restore, our wood floor sanding and staining expert in Darlington shares his experience with some wood floor staining advice. Mike has recently undertaken two very different wood floor sanding and staining projects. The first was on a pine floor in Teeside, and the second was a very bold dark staining…...
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Is it worth restoring your pine floor?

Have you discovered floorboards under your carpet? Perhaps you’re wondering if it’s worth having them sanded and restored to make them your flooring of choice? Here we discuss the factors to consider when deciding is it worth restoring your pine floor? There are a few things to consider, we hope this short guide will help…...
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The Steam Clean Lie

My mum was a sucker for advertising if there was some faded Z list celeb endorsing a product somewhere on TV she bought it, which is why when she passed away and we cleared out her house we found two “steam” cleaners used, but put neatly back in their boxes. So before I start my tirade…...
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Sanding Engineered Wood Floors

Most people are quite nervous about getting their engineered or semi-solid wood floor sanded and their concerns are quite understandable. After all the wood layer is only a few millimetres thick and therefore easily sanded through by modern belt sanders. Here is a short guide to what to think about if you are considering sanding…...
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Care Instructions for Wooden Floors

You have just had your wooden floor sanded and refinished and it is looking like new. so how to ensure it continues to look its best?  Here are our care instructions for wooden floors - find out how to protect, clean and maintain your wooden floor. Care instructions for wooden floors -tips A lustrous polished…...
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Parquet Floor Restoration in Bath – Beware the Builder

Beware of the builder who says I can do that for you! I’ve said it before and it’s true. Anyone can sand a timber floor and get a result. But to get that professional finish takes training, experience, and the correct equipment, as I saw again recently with a parquet floor restoration in Bath. As…...
Parquet floor restoration

Parquet Floor Restoration

Parquet wood flooring has long been renowned for its quality and durability. Many Ultimate Floor Sanding Company customers contact us with a view to parquet floor restoration. Many homeowners want to look after these beautiful hardwood floors and keep them looking their best. Some customers have discovered a parquet floor hidden for years under carpets,…...
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Wood floor restoration in Bristol – Commercial Projects

Looking for professional wood floor restoration in Bristol? The wood floor at your business or commercial premises may have got to the point that it’s tired, scratched and worn looking and in need of professional restoration. We understand that it’s important your business is an attractive place for your customers but that any ‘down time’…...
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Whitewashed wood floor – How to get the Scandinavian look

The Scandinavian whitewashed wood floor look is currently very fashionable and regularly requested by our clients. It’s worth knowing a little about it. The traditional Scandinavian approach to achieving this look is to white oil the floor followed by the application of a soap treatment. This method will eventually deliver a less than pristine white…...
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Oil or Lacquer for Your Wood Floor – What to Choose?

Oil or Lacquer – What to choose? Scenario. You have moved into your new home and have found a beautiful old timber floor under the carpet. You decide to have it restored by your local floor sanding professional. At some point, he should ask you which type of finish you would prefer. So, should you…...
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Parquet Floor Restoration – Case Study

Chris and the team at Red Dragon Cleaning & Restoration in Wales recently completed a parquet floor restoration project on a beautiful historic property in Wales. The project required some specific customer service provisions as well as the expertise and efficiency of our qualified professional floor sanding ad restoring team. Find out more about Red Dragon…...
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Water Damage to Wood Floors

Water, the universal solvent is absolutely vital in bringing back most floors, such as carpet, vinyl and marble, to their former glory. Yet in the case of wood floors can be very destructive, and is therefore rarely used in the wood floor restoration process. So what causes water damage to wood floors, why is it important,…...
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The Pallmann 5 step Process

Our floor sanding experts follow the Pallmann 5 step process to ensure your floor is sanded and finished to the highest standards. This is the five step floor sanding process that underpins the our two-year guarantee. The 5 step process has been developed over many years by the Pallmann wood flooring experts in Germany, in…...

A Professional’s Advice – Don’t DIY

DON'T DIY: Why you should have a professional sand your floor. Past experience from a floor sanding professional. I recently received a call from a distressed customer who had attempted to sand and finish his newly laid floor. It was a reclaimed, rosewood herringbone floor that he laid himself (and done a very good job),…...

White Oak Restoration in Coventry

The project requiring a white oak restoration in Coventry came about because the house was being renovated from top to bottom.  During the renovation the hall carpet was lifted and revealed a 50-year-old white oak floor.  Instead of covering it with a new carpet the new homeowner wanted to restore the floor to its former…...
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Commercial Floor Sanding – Blaenavon Heritage Centre South Wales

Ultimate Floor Sanding were recently completed a commercial floor sanding project that involved restoring a floor at the Blaenavon Heritage Centre in the beautiful mining village of Blaenavon in South Wales. This centre is located in the former St Peters School which was restored and tastefully enlarged to form the focus of this World Heritage…...

Restoring a Pine Wood Floor

Our floor sanding experts are regularly asked if it is worth restoring a pine wood floor. Let's be honest, pine is not exactly the Rolls Royce of wood floors but nonetheless it is still a natural product that can look great in the correct circumstances. So for customers who have just discovered that they have…...

Dance Floor Restoration – Bristol

Adrian Cunnington, the Ultimate Floor Sanding Company provider in Bristol recently undertook an interesting commercial floor sanding project, involving the restoration of a very popular dance hall floor in Bristol.  The maple floor was over 40 years old, which meant that as well leaving a smooth as silk finish that looked stunning, Adrian and his…...
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Floor Sanding – Scandinavian White Wood Floor.

A Little White Lye Ok so it’s a terrible pun but cut me some slack, it’s 7am and I am already on my second train of the day heading towards “sunny” Manchester from Cambridge. In all probability unless you know something about wood flooring you won’t even get the reference so I’ll explain. Did you…...
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What to look for in your Floor Sanding contractor?  

Your wooden floor has for many years cried out for help. The time has finally arrived for the restoration to commence. For many people choosing the right wood floor restoration contractor can be a daunting task. This guide is written to help you ask the right questions to help you make an informed decision, so…...

Asbestos – The Dangers for Wood Floor Sanders and DIYers

ASBESTOS - YOU NEED TO READ THIS BEFORE STARTING A RENOVATION PROJECT! In February 2012 my mother died of cancer, sad but not unremarkable, she died of lung cancer, again nothing strange, it is, by far, the most prolific form of cancer. Specifically, she died of pleural mesothelioma. blank faces all round I am guessing. …...
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Wood Floor Cleaning Products

The floor sanding experts at Ultimate Floor Sanding will leave your floor looking like new, however, it is important that you implement a care and cleaning regime to keep it looking that way and to ensure that your two-year warranty remains valid, that's where Pallmann wood floor cleaning products come in!. The Ultimate Floor Sanding…...

Restoration of a School Hall Floor

We were asked by a school in Keynsham near Bristol to tender for the complete restoration of a school hall floor. We were delighted to win the contract and proceed with what was an extremely environmentally conscious restoration. The school are very concerned about the environment and the children in their care and this is…...
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Staining a Wooden Floor – What to Consider

There is more to staining a wood floor than picking a colour, whacking it down on the floor, applying the finish over it and Hey Presto -everyone’s happy. If only is were as straightforward as that.  Find out what's involved in staining a wood floor. To be honest to do full justice to this subject would…...
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What type of wood for your floor?

Designer Disasters I am willing to bet there isn’t anyone connected to the construction industry who hasn’t, at some time or other, viewed the plans of a homeowner or interior designer with some misgivings or downright disbelief. Usually, the concerns center around the wisdom of shocking pink paint on the kitchen ceiling or pure white…...

Wood Floor Maintenance

Regular wood floor maintenance is vital in order to keep your floor looking its best. So what do you need to do before embarking on any kind of maintenance on a wooden floor? Well the first thing to do is decide what type of finish the wood is treated with, is it a penetrating finish…...
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Case Study – Floor Boards Shrinking – Find Out Why

Art of Clean, the Cambridgeshire based wood floor sanding affiliate to Ultimate floor sanding has had a real interesting encounter recently. Here is their story: An engineered oak floor was sanded and sealed using Pallmann’s high end primer and lacquer finish in the late summer of 2015. Our client just had a new kitchen installed and…...
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