Five ways floors get damaged during a build
Almost every damaged floor we hear about was damaged during the build, not after it. These are the five that come up again and again.
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Practical writing for builders, renovators and property managers. What to lay on which surface, what goes wrong, and how to stop it.
Coatings, curing times and what belongs over a finished floor.
Low tack films, shield rolls, stairs and keeping dust out of pile.
Lift cars, corridors, corner guards and occupied buildings.
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Almost every damaged floor we hear about was damaged during the build, not after it. These are the five that come up again and again.
In a building that stays open while you work, the floor is only part of what needs covering. Here is the order we would work through it.
Carpet is the surface most often written off at the end of a job, and almost always because the wrong tape went down on it.
They look similar on the shelf and they cost different money. The difference shows up in week three of a build, not on day one.
A new coating keeps curing for days after the last coat goes down. Seal it under plastic and you trap that moisture against the finish. Here is what to put down instead.
Describe the surface and the program and we will tell you what we would put down, before you order anything.
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