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How to make your sports floor last for longer M
ost schools will have areas of hardwood flooring somewhere in their premises. You may have a hardwood strip floor in your sports hall or gym, or a showpiece floor in your reception area. In older schools there are often large areas of beautiful herringbone or parquet flooring in the hall, corridor, and classroom areas. These floors can serve your school well for decades if they are properly looked after, and they are often more robust than people think. You rarely need to lay protection over a solid wood floor in your sports hall if you want to use it for exams or social functions.
The key to getting 50, 60, 70 or more years life out of a good quality solid hardwood floor is maintenance. This doesn’t involve anything complicated or expensive but does require a plan. A good way to go about this is to plan for maintenance in combination with a trusted and competent contractor.
How many times can you refurbish the floor? A Junckers solid wood floor can be sanded and sealed up to ten times and with 12-year intervals between sandings, a typical lifespan of 60 years will comfortably
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be exceeded, a claim that probably no other type of sports floor can match. Compared with a typical 15-year life of a synthetic or “engineered” floor there really is no comparison in terms of life cycle cost.
Can you repair it? Floors made from large elements, typically plywood or chipboard sheets onto which vinyl, polyurethane or linoleum is laid, can be difficult to repair because of the large sheet size. This means repairs will often result in large amounts of waste. The sheets will be glued together and often glued down as well. In contrast, floors made from smaller elements that are not fixed together, such as solid hardwood boards, are easier to repair on a localised basis with far less waste.
Can it be recycled? Contributing to a more circular economy is becoming more and more important, to architects and specifiers as well as end users including schools. Keeping raw materials in use for as long as possible reduces the impact on the environment. A Junckers solid wood floor can more often than not be re-purposed – we often see decades old floors lifted from sports halls reused in commercial and even residential settings. This can be a powerful
sustainability message to tell students – at the end of its long life in the school hall, a Junckers floor can be carefully lifted and installed in a new location.
Check to condition of your school floor Regular professional maintenance will keep your floor in optimum condition and extend its lifespan. Junckers is offering all schools and education facilities a free health check for their floors, to assess the condition and performance level. A Junckers’ Approved Contractor will inspect the floor and recommend a maintenance regime, no matter what flooring surface you have.
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