Floor restoration is really the alternative to floor replacement, over time. Floors are subjected to enormous pressure by traffic, scuffing, spills and pitting of surfaces. This progressively breaks up the floor's surface integrity until major work is necessary. Floor restoration, such as
floor polishing and cleaning, prevents deterioration, extending the life of the floor surface.
Floor restoration basics
Wear and tear on floor surfaces happens at the microscopic level, as well as obvious damage. This creates minor cracks and fissures in the surface, and these spread over time, until they're noticeable. Finished surfaces in particular can suffer from these extended cracks, because they're often rigid surfaces like tile, concrete or marble, and tough as they are, they basically erode if they're not maintained effectively.
Surfaces and issues
The various different types of flooring and floor usage all need special care. These are some of the typical surfaces and their issues:
Concrete floors- pitting, cracking, abrasion, stress fractures, finish damage
Commercial carpet- fraying, build up of deposits of grit and fibre damage over time.
Timber floors- splitting along grain, finish damage, warps, scratching, pressure damage from weights
Marble- pitting, finish damage, cracks, fractures, abrasion
Tiles- finish damage, grout discoloration, abrasion, cracks, splits along grouting, fractures, dislocation through impact or pressure
Why you need professional floor restoration
The only way to deal with these potentially very expensive issues is to prevent them, and maintain the floor in good condition. That's exactly what a professional floor restoration does, systematically. A restoration is effectively a repair job.
This can quite literally save you a fortune in replacement and repair costs. By the time faults become noticeable, they're serious enough to be in need of major work. The problem is that damaged flooring naturally affects the flooring around it. That can mean the damaged area has already done some more damage to the areas around it, as pressure on the weak spots has shifted adjoining areas of flooring. Cracks spread like this, in all types of hard flooring, and carpets suffer because their weave is being affected by splits.
These are some of the typical floor restoration techniques used by professionals:
Concrete polishing
Concrete cleaning
Professional carpet cleaning
Steam carpet cleaning
Floor sanding and polishing
Marble polishing
Tile & grout cleaning
Marble cleaning
As you can see, these are all surface protection methods. This prevents the problems from happening. This form of combined cleaning and surface protection also removes things like grit, abrasive materials, chemicals from the street and other damage that gets tramped in on your flooring.
The floors last much longer, sometimes not even needing maintenance, because the surface integrity of a restored surface is secure. There's no residue of materials to affect the floor, and any weak points, pitting or damage aren't allowed to develop.
The result of a professional floor restoration job is a spotless, beautiful floor, as good as new. The effect of this work can be measured in terms of replacement and repair costs and peace of mind.
