Have you ever sanded floorboards?

[ACE2M]

Bet you won't do it again!

[Ironside]

have you ever MANUALLY waxed then bluffered a floor
if you has you wouldnt do it again either

[kinboshi]

LOTS of dust, lots of hard work.  Did you hire an industrial whatsit?  It's the only way to do it.

Was actually replacing floorboards today.  Bugger of a job as well.

[brummieboy]

Why would I sand floorboards

      

i've got a wife for that.

[RED-DOG]

I once sandpapered an elephant down to a greyhound.

[HOLDorFOLD]

This is so weird, we're currently re-decorating and pulled up the corner of the carpet to see how good the underlay is and discovered we have original parquet flooring   WOOHOO   complete with border and everything.  So excited.

Other half been trawling 'wood floor care' websites for ages since lol.

Wow, loads to do, remove old wax (if) applicable, sand down, fix any loose blocks, varnish - convinced Sam that it would be better to get a company in to do the lot - may have to coincide it with a weekend away and leave keys with my mum hahahahahahahahaha

[ACE2M]

LOTS of dust, lots of hard work.  Did you hire an industrial whatsit?  It's the only way to do it.

Was actually replacing floorboards today.  Bugger of a job as well.

yeah i hired the stuff but there was some sort of stain or something (whatever it was it was invented by satan and applied by sadists) on them and it jsut turned to a sticky goo and made the bands of sandpaper useless after about 30 secs.

[ACE2M]

This is so weird, we're currently re-decorating and pulled up the corner of the carpet to see how good the underlay is and discovered we have original parquet flooring   WOOHOO   complete with border and everything.  So excited.

Other half been trawling 'wood floor care' websites for ages since lol.

Wow, loads to do, remove old wax (if) applicable, sand down, fix any loose blocks, varnish - convinced Sam that it would be better to get a company in to do the lot - may have to coincide it with a weekend away and leave keys with my mum hahahahahahahahaha

If you have virgin floorboards free of wax, stain etc then it wouldn't be to bad. If you can get someone else to do it i would highly recommend it.

[kinboshi]

There is a solution

[ACE2M]

There is a solution

the plan was to do 3 rooms, i've done one and the mrs is going to peruse carpet world tomorrow for the other 2.

[HOLDorFOLD]

This is so weird, we're currently re-decorating and pulled up the corner of the carpet to see how good the underlay is and discovered we have original parquet flooring   WOOHOO   complete with border and everything.  So excited.

Other half been trawling 'wood floor care' websites for ages since lol.

Wow, loads to do, remove old wax (if) applicable, sand down, fix any loose blocks, varnish - convinced Sam that it would be better to get a company in to do the lot - may have to coincide it with a weekend away and leave keys with my mum hahahahahahahahaha

If you have virgin floorboards free of wax, stain etc then it wouldn't be to bad. If you can get someone else to do it i would highly recommend it.

From what we saw it may well be Virgin flooring. Unfortunately the carpet runners seems to have been glued on top so it will def have to be sanded down then varnished. 

[kinboshi]

There is a solution

the plan was to do 3 rooms, i've done one and the mrs is going to peruse carpet world tomorrow for the other 2.

Good idea

[Laxie]

Never have.  Never will.  OK with hiring someone to avoid the torture.

[mex]

Originalsanded floor boards have become the flooring equiv' of stone cladding, the are the Kerri Catona of floors.