If you‘ve ever renovated a home or worked in construction you know how easily accidents can happen. Hopefully no one gets hurt in these accidents but sometimes even small things like dropping tools, spilling paint or using the wrong tape can leave marks, residue, dents, dings and scratches in flooring, walls, benches and windows.
Accidents like these can set your project back not only on budget but also on time whilst you get things fixed. We’ve had many customers with hardwood floors find out the hard way that scratches and marks in the floor can be a lengthy and expensive process to fix.
If you fail to prepare, prepare to fail
Correct preparation for the protection of your floors can be the difference between your renovation project running smoothly, on time and on budget and a disaster that will stress you out, cost you money and have you sleeping in the dog house.
Most professionals will have all the stuff needed to protect floors when they’re doing upgrades or work on houses (because they call us :-), but many times in a renovation project, it’s a last minute consideration and throw rugs, old blankets or plastic sheeting is laid down to protect floors.
Rugs are for mugs
Throw rugs, whilst a cheap and easy alternative can be dangerous as they group together, tear and move around (which is the last thing you want if you’re moving a heavy item or paints, etc) Throw rugs and drop sheets are also porous so if you spill paint or render etc, this can sometimes soak through onto carpets and floors.
More often than not – particularly if you’re new to renovating, you can get caught up in the project and not notice those paint spills and drops only to remove the rugs or blankets you’ve put down at the end of your renovation project and find your floors marked with paint and render, etc.
Sheeting is fleeting
Plastic sheeting is cheap and readily available from any hardware store – don’t get us wrong, it’s a great option if you have very lightly trafficked areas. This being said anyone that’s taken the time to cut out, lay down, tape and position plastic sheeting only to have it tear or rip the first time you walk over it or scuff your boots on it knows the frustration of an exercise in futility.
Another thing to note is that some plastic films that adhere to your floors can leave residue and don’t allow floors to breathe (important for wooden floors, particularly in wet weather). Many are also quite slippery when they get wet with water, paint or mud.
Bored of boards?
Boards are tough and work well as a floor covering however you need to cut them to size, tape them together and cut them to a size small enough to get through doors. This might be OK if you’re working on many houses and you can re-use your boards, but for most renovators, their home is their primary project and purchasing boards, cutting them to size and getting them into your home is a big hassle.
What’s the solution?
Well we’re glad you asked! FloorGoop is a great option if you’re wanting to protect different floor types in your home during renovation. We can cover sealed marble, ceramic, porcelain, flagstone, quarry, mexican/terracotta, agglomerate, terrazzo.
FloorGoop is also great for timber floors taking care of polished durability class 1, 2 & 3. Durability class 4 may also be coated however the wood must be fully sealed, lacquered & cured prior to application.
And concrete is no problem. Cured, unpitted concrete eg, garage floors can all be covered and protected by FloorGoop.
How do I get FloorGoop onto my floors?
Easy – give us a call on 1300 MR GOOP (67 4667) and we will talk to you about getting FloorGoop on the floors of your next renovation project!