Archive for 2017

Rustic Parquet Floor, Whitacre Heath

Rustic 280mm Parquet Block Floor

A stunning parquet floor was installed using rustic 280mm solid oak blocks. These were fitted in a double herringbone pattern.

Sub-floor preparation was required involving the supply and installation both a plywood sub-floor and self levelling latex and DPM.

Also a floor fitted electric point was installed and covered with a removable lid to enable easy access.

The floor was then sanded to a fine finish and coated with one base coat and 2 top coats of Bona Mega ...

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Oratory of St. Philip Neri, Edgbaston, Birmingham

New Basketweave Parquet Floor

Brother Patrick asked us to install Basketweave Parquet flooring at The Oratory of St Philip Neri in Edgbaston, Birmingham.  The existing sub-floor was covered with plywood to ensure it was level. 280 x 70 x 22mm solid oak parquet from Brooks Bros Ltd were installed using a silane adhesive directly to the ply-wood sub-floor.  The parquet flooring was then sanded and resealed using Bona Classic Prime and Bona Traffic HD lacquer

 

 

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City of Birmingham Orchestra (CBSO) – Birmingham, West Midlands

Existing oak floor restoration at the City of Birmingham Orchestra.  The oak floor needed to be restored including a couple of repairs due to damage to existing oak flooring, the work was to include 2 studios.  These needed to be completed first to allow for use later in the week, with the main hall to be completed last.

The main hall had some repairs to be undertaken to the oak floor before finally it could be sanded back to bare and ...

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Oak & Walnut Engineered Flooring, Harborne Birmingham

CMT Flooring fitted a Kahr’s Walnut Vermont and Oak Winchester engineered flooring into 3 rooms in a house in Harborne Birmingham. The floors
were laid over underlay and fitted underneath the skirting to give a beautiful and seamless look.

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St John’s Church, Tamworth

Father Michael asked us to repair the existing parquet block floor at St John’s Church in Tmworth as alterations were being made and the floor needed to be extended where wwalls were being moved and replaced. Reclaimed blocks were sourced by Father Michael to match the existing blocks.

We needed to do a lot of floor preparation work before the blocks could be installed due to the unevenness of the existing floor along holes or damaged areas within the floor. Once ...

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