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If you‘ve ever renovated a home or worked in construction you know how easily accidents can happen. 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 process and expensive to fix.
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, but many times in a renovation project, it’s a last minute consideration and people will throw rugs, old blankets or plastic sheeting down in an attempt to protect floors.
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 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.
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.
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 again 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.
Well we’re glad you asked! Bluedog Protective Coatings for floors is a great option if you’re wanting to protect different floor types in your home during a renovation. We can cover sealed marble, ceramic, porcelain, flagstone, quarry, mexican/terracotta, agglomerate, terrazzo.
Bluedog Protective Coatings for floors 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 Bluedog Protective Coatings for floors.
Easy – Go to our online store and get Bluedog Protective Coatings on the floors of your next renovation project!