Over the last two years we have built ...... correction David has built an extension to our home, a full half an house extension with bathroom, kitchen, bedrooms, garage and dining room, when all is almost complete and we are in the process of choosing a floor for the dining room and talking furniture David suggests reclaimed oak parquet flooring, not just for the dining room but the living room too! I needed some persuading, instantly I thought of the mess, the never ending upheaval of moving furniture around and of course redecorating again.... Sigh... My house will never be finished ......... As you can guess from my posting David convinced me on the parquet flooring and yesterday he travelled over an hour and a half to a reclamation yard in Doncaster to pick up 40 meters of old dirty parquet blocks.
Now what's the chances that this huge pile of oak will ever be beautiful again????
David cleaning the edges of each and every block.
After 10 hours David is still cleaning and he has only managed about 4meters!
When all edges are cleaned David will then lay the parquet still dirty he will then need to sand, sand and then sand some more to make the blocks as new and finally a few coats of hardwax oil I should end up with a beautiful floor like this.
What's the chances?????
Although this is a huge task I do believe in his skill, dedication and craftsmanship to achieve beautiful flooring, meanwhile our house will be a mess for a little more time.
I think I will try to keep an update on this one as I think it will be fun to see how it all goes.
For now wish David luck and patients.
