LVT (vinyl) offers plank wood floor look in Bellingham
If a plank look is desired without the cost and wood floor care and maintenance, consider LVT. A vinyl plank. The technology has become really good at replicating the look of real wood.
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House remodel, clean up and hardwood floor
This beach house had sea otters living in the crawl space, rats in the ceiling and 10 cats, termites in the home. Lots of clean up was required! See the pictures!
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Hardwood Floor Installation Lake Padden Bellingham Wa
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This house had an existing “select” red oak hardwood floor. We are going to add additional flooring in the rest of the house.
Scope: Remove old carpet in the living, halls and 3 bedrooms with closets.
Read MoreFinding the Stain Match
In this picture, which stained board is the factory pre-finished? Obviously, the board fully stained. As you can see the other half stained board is pretty darn close and is my attempt at matching the prefinished piece. To replicate the stain, required mixing together a wiping stain in one color and 2 separate colors in a different transparent product. Many jobs require custom stain mixing to arrive at a color to:
- match a previously stained or pre-finished floor
- match a picture seen in a magazine
- to work well with a color palette selected for the home
- replicate aging
Whatever your color need, use my expertise to arrive at the look you desire!
Read MoreClear Coats Add Hardwood Floor Protection Bellingham WA
After floors are properly sanded, application of finish coats will seal the wood and offer a walkable film layer to protect the surface from wear, scuffs and dirt. This picture includes a bottle of Bona’s Satin Traffic floor finish. This is a top of the line water based finish.
Unlike stinky Swedish finishes, this product can be applied and you could be in the house sooner with no seriously harsh chemical out gasing.
Ugly no longer, beauty is here to stay!
Even what seems to be the ugliest floor can be turned into a real beauty! Just ask us how.
Read MoreUgly floor hides true identity
The sanding process is underway.
An aggressive sandpaper was used to “hog” through the old brittle, but rubbery carpet pad. I call this kind of sandpaper “shards of rock, bonded to paper” as the grit size is about 1/8″ and very sharp and angular.
Remember, always wear hearing protection and a breathing mask. I do not recommend those paper throw away dust masks. Spend $20 for a good fitting mask with HEPA filters-HEPA filters are generally pink color coded.
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