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Junckers Floor Installation – Edgbaston, Birmingham

Junckers Sports Flooring

A new Junckers Sylvasport Premium solid beech floor over Blubat battens was required to be installed as per the schools specification.

We supplied and installed firstly a Sylvathene moisture barrier followed by the Blubat battens. The Sylvasport Premium flooring in beech was installed over the battens using secret mailing. The expansion gap was installed around the perimeter of the flooring as per Junckers recommendations.

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New Whittington School, Chesterfield

Paul at New Whittington Community Primary School contacted us for the repair and restoration to their existing parquet block floor.

An area of the parquet floor had risen up from the sub-floor and was obviously a health and safety issue for the school and the existing floor finish was tired and worn in places and had a build up of polish around the edges which needed to be removed.

The area of parquet flooring that had come loose was carefully lifted out and ...

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Wolverhampton Girls High School, Wolverhampton

Mark at Wolverhampton Girls High School contacted us to restore existing flooring in two areas by the main reception area.

We arrived at the school and we uplifted the loose parquet blocks in the two areas, cleaned out any debris from the previous adhesive used to stick the blocks down.

The blocks were then refitted into place using Bona R484 silane adhesive and allowed to dry prior to the next step.

The floor was then sanded to a fine finish and had one ...

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School Parquet Floor Installation – Chivenor School, Castle Vale

A new parquet floor was required by Chivenor School in Castle Vale, Birmingham.

The existing floor was taken up, the existing screed sub-floor had a Bona R410 DPM applied and allowed to fully dry.  We then installed an oak 230 x 70mm parquet floor with a 2 block border to the hall.

This was then sanded to a fine finish using 40-120 grit continuous sanding belts.  Once the floor had been fully sanded we applied 1 coat of Bona Prime and 3 ...

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Birmingham University – 90mm Solid Oak Prefinished flooring

A solid wood floor was required to be installed at Birmingham University.  The flooring that was chosen was a 90mm solid oak pre-finished board and this was installed over the existing wood floor.

Additional work was required to inlay the floor boxes and make a border for around the inset fireplace and hearth.  Additionally a scotia bead was installed around the perimeter of the floor over the expansion gap and we custom made door ramps to allow for the difference in ...

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School Floor Sanding – Restoration of parquet flooring, Edgbaston

School Floor Sanding, Edgbaston

Sand and reseal of existing parquet herringbone block flooring at a school in Edgbaston.  The existing floor was sanded back to bear wood to remove the existing finish. It was then sanded to a fine finish before it was sealed with 1 base coat of Bona Prime Classic and 3 coats of Bona Traffic HD floor lacquer.