Protecting wooden floor??

mel123

Spent a fortune on a wooden floor which marks easily ie ladies heel marks, ladder marks (when we were decorating), etc etc. Throwing a birthday party for a family member and i really dont want the floor to get wreaked...and i wont ask people to take off their high heels...is there any way i can protect my new floor...any ideas on anything i could put down on it?

wyndham

Rugs?

tred

mel123 wrote:

Spent a fortune on a wooden floor which marks easily ie ladies heel marks, ladder marks (when we were decorating), etc etc. Throwing a birthday party for a family member and i really dont want the floor to get wreaked...and i wont ask people to take off their high heels...is there any way i can protect my new floor...any ideas on anything i could put down on it?

We were at a party recently in a new house. new oak and pine floors down. They covered the place wiht Cardboard from large boxes. did the trick and protected the house floors, and no body really cared. It sort of ads a bit of style in the sense, oh those floors must be expensive!!

JohnDigital

You really can’t do much more than asking lady's to remove their high heels. A floor is for walking on and inevitably a wooden floor is going to be easily damaged, you really can’t be too precious about it or you will go insane. I have over 800 sq ft of semi-solid maple on my floors downstairs and quite a bit of damage has occurred in the last year. But really it doesn’t bother me.

A wooden floor will age and the whole surface will eventually be a bit scratched and battered, but only you will notice. Overall the floor will still look fab at a glance, and that is all anyone else will give it.

People who expect to put wood on the floor and have it remain looking the same as it did the day it was laid are being rather unrealistic. I think far too many people have too high an expectation of wooden floors, particularly highly polished soft wood floors. If you look closely at the surface of any antique parquet floor you will see that it is really heavily marked. Over time wear and tear it will add character to the floor.

mel123

JohnDigital wrote:

You really can’t do much more than asking lady's to remove their high heels. A floor is for walking on and inevitably a wooden floor is going to be easily damaged, you really can’t be too precious about it or you will go insane. I have over 800 sq ft of semi-solid maple on my floors downstairs and quite a bit of damage has occurred in the last year. But really it doesn’t bother me.

A wooden floor will age and the whole surface will eventually be a bit scratched and battered, but only you will notice. Overall the floor will still look fab at a glance, and that is all anyone else will give it.

People who expect to put wood on the floor and have it remain looking the same as it did the day it was laid are being rather unrealistic. I think far too many people have too high an expectation of wooden floors, particularly highly polished soft wood floors. If you look closely at the surface of any antique parquet floor you will see that it is really heavily marked. Over time wear and tear it will add character to the floor.

Of course i expect normal wear and tear, and understandably its only a new floor ive put down, so i dont want it immediately ruined. I prob wouldnt have even thought about the floor getting ruined only the same thing happened in my mothers house, and when i say her floor was 'ruined' by a pair of high heels i really mean ruined. Some woman obviously hadnt had her boots heeled so the nail must have been sticking out of the heel, and there was practically holes in the floor!!! It looks dreadful. I know there will be dancing and stuff at the birthday so id just rather try and prevent.

ifah

how about hiring a dance floor ?

http://www.caterhire.ie/products/detail/0000000170

Viking House

When we lay floors we often cover them with sheets of 10mm plywood or hardboard while we are finishing other jobs.

tdtd

can i ask what type of floor it is? ie. semi-solid, laminate or solid and what type of timber you used?

mel123

tdtd wrote:

can i ask what type of floor it is? ie. semi-solid, laminate or solid and what type of timber you used?

I think its semi-solid, not 100% sure, i know its defo not laminate anyway.

Enii

I love marked floors, I think they look great - so full of character.

I would suggest getting rugs to cover the floor as the cardboard idea reminds me of a next door neighbour who had plastic on her couch and dining room chairs. What an anal Annie!!!!!

chuckles30

If it's a party be very careful about using rugs. Mel already mentioned that there's going to be dancing. If someone trips over a rug and sues, it could be very costly indeed!! And remember some people are only looking for an opportunity to make a quick buck!!