ᐅ During the renovation, sanding or replacing the hardwood flooring

Hello everyone,

We are currently renovating our apartment and have an old wooden floor in two rooms that looks quite worn.

Unfortunately, we don’t know if the floors are genuine hardwood parquet that can be sanded down or not. Also, we are unsure if it’s worth restoring given the condition, or if it would be better to install a new flooring instead.

Thanks for your advice:

I would spontaneously think it’s possible! Try it out in one spot. If it works, that’s great, and if not, it will have to be redone anyway. There probably aren’t any other options.

Vicky Pedia schrieb:

My first thought is that it should work! Try it out in one spot. If it works, great; if not, you’ll have to redo it anyway. There probably aren’t many other options.

If you want to sand down the entire surface, I believe you should have a professional do it, because these sanding machines are tricky (from my experience) and can immediately cause dents in the floor. You should consider the costs involved. However, there might be the option to lightly sand and then apply varnish or hardwax oil or something similar, especially since a few scratches will inevitably appear or it might not look too bad anyway.

Well, assuming professional equipment and some skill

The wear layer looks sufficient. Unfortunately, the parquet floor was installed as a floating floor and not glued down. This basically means sanding is out of the question; no professional will do it without removing the floorboards.

So, you’ll need to remove it and install a new parquet floor. If the wear layer is 4 mm (1/6 inch) or thicker, then glue it down. Otherwise, 3 mm (1/8 inch) is enough for floating installation.

Alternatively, you can first remove the existing floor, glue it firmly, and sand it at the end.