quite a dull question but just moved into a new house today and the attic room has got wooden floor boards. is it possible to polish them etc. anyone know how to go about this/done it before?cheers
Aye But if you want to save you back and loads of time you need to hire one of these:- http://www.hss.com/Images/Catalogue/2004/200pixelout/05412_FC01UK04_Floor-Sander.jpg as long as the boards dont have massive chunks missing or loads of nails sticking up it'll come up a treat
Agree with Spartacus It's hard graft (need to manually do the corners) but it does come up a treat.</p> Dunt envy you lugging the fecker up all thems stairs mind !</p>
Cost us £60 for week including paper used Did the whole house in a week. You'll do one room in a day. It also had a fault. It cut out, so I went to turn it off at the mains. I took two steps away from it when it started speeding across the floor like a f.uking train, hit an internal breeze wall and went through that barstard. Smart.
btw Stripped and varnished floorboards in the whole house cost us about £100. You couldn't get a cheap, nasty carpet in one room for anywhere near that. Use oil based vaernish. Water based just isn't tough enough.
RE: btw cheers mate - were your floorboards in bad condition to start with? mine are quite bad at the moment, bits of cement on in some places.
RE: btw You can't sand cement. They need to be as smooth as poss, knock all nails well down. The worst thing is the paper ripping and having to change it constantly. It's a fkin horrible job, worst diy thing I've ever done.
They looked pretty grotty But they come up great. So long as they're not split they're fine. Just chip the bits of cement off before they start. And don't try to sand every little defect out. Old boards have character that you want to keep in. If you sand them too much you may as well have just replaced the boards with new ones. One thing you MUST do. And it's a tedious job. Get a nail punch and make sure you hammer all the nails below the surface of the boards. Otherwise you just rip the sand paper in no time.
To be fair Apart from rimming your university room mate, the list of dirty jobs you've ever had to do is pretty small.
RE: To be fair I ended up living with a girl from Swinton just to get away from my room mate. He was the uber geek.
I know it was a long shot..... But a Barnsley fan has just moved in across the road. Thought it may have been you.
Ronseal Diamond Hard Varnish Top quality finish, they do an applicator pack which is dead easy to use.
RE: nice one , cheers Get a hand sander for the corners as well. The hire co. on Doncaster Road are decent, can't think what they're called. On the bend coming out of town just before Oakwell Lane.
