All That You Need To Know About Flooring

Flooring is the general term which is used for permanent covering of the floor. It is described as the finish material applied over the floor structure to provide walking surface. Floor covering include carpets, and rugs. Flooring include wood flooring, ceramic tile, terrazzo and various chemical floor coatings

There are number of special features than can be used to perform useful service to the floor like;

• Floor medallions
• Doormats
• Gratings
• Light strips
• Tactile strips
• Mouldings and
• Anti slip mats

Flooring Newcastle Services provided are;

Wooden floor repairing

Any product manufactures from timber that is designed to use as flooring either structural or aesthetics is referred as wooden flooring. Wooden flooring gives durability and restorability. Bamboo flooring is often considered as wood flooring. Majority of the wooden floors get damaged very easily. Usually woodworm and dry or damp rot are found in wooden floorings. Repairs can be done to restore the original flooring.

Wooden Floor

Sanding is a process which provides smoothing to the installed floor. Sanding is also used to renew the appearance of the olden floors. Fine grades of sandpaper are required to ensure stain penetration as well as to eliminate visible scratches. Solvent based cellulose stains are generally used for staining as it is opposed to colour varnishes. The colour penetrates the woods from forming a coating on the surface. There is huge range of cellulose based colours

Wooden floor sealing

Sealants are lower strength flexible bonding agents that are used between substrates of wood to form a seal. In short sealant is used for filling or smoothing. There are different types of lacquers and varnishes in the market which are used to simplify the process.

Wooden floor installation

There are different types of wooden floors in Sunderland that can be installed to give a beautiful look. They are;

Hardwood flooring

Solid hardwood floors in Northumberland are made from a single piece of timber. They were originally used for structural purposes. They are installed perpendicular to support beams of building. Solid floors have thicker surface and it can be sanded and finished more times.

Engineered wood flooring

Engineered wood flooring is composed of two or more layers of wood. Top layer is visible when the flooring is installed. Stability is achieved at an angle of 90 degrees. It is installed over all types of sub floors above, below or on grade. Engineering wood flooring is used globally