Granwood Floors There are many Granwood floors around the world that are in sports centres, offices, schools and many other places. Granwood flooring is made up from wood fibres that are stuck together to make a tile block. Granwood flooring is installed like a tiled floor, the blocks are stuck down with an adhesive. Once the Granwood blocks have been laid and set, the floor will then need to be sanded flat and level as well as be buffed to a smooth surface. The Granwood flooring then needs to be lacquered with 3 coats of granguard to protect and conserve the floor. Granwood sports flooring are very tough and heavy duty floors, ready for lots of high traffic. These are great features for flooring as the floor will last a lifetime if the correct maintenance is followed.
Granwood sports floors is also very hard and durable surface which is great for sports as it has high traffic passing over the sports floor all of the time. Granwood is also laid on top of sprung wooden flooring giving it a bit of flex in the sports floor. Installing granwood floors over a sprung sports floor is called Gransprung sports flooring. Granwood and Gransprung sports flooring is an excellent choice for sports flooring as it is low maintenance due to the very hard wearing and high gloss lacquer that is applied to finish the floor.
When Granwood floors gets refurbished and sanded it creates lots of very fine dust that gets in the air. To prevent the fine dust making a mess everywhere, there are high powered vacuums that will extract all of the dust. When sanding a Granwood sports floor it can be sanded and buffed to an extremely smooth finish, but it is important not to sand too much out of the Granwood blocks as they can wear too thin and start to crumble, it will also make the Granwood blocks go a darker yellow colour. When Granwood sports flooring has been over sanded, it is normally time for a new sports floor to be installed. Sometimes it is not necessary to completely sand the floor if it's not too badly damaged as it can just be lightly buffed and cleaned followed by two coats of Granwax granguard lacquer. When a sports floor gets resealed it is important to touch up any sports line markings before resealing, as the seal protects the sports line markings.
Granwood flooring needs to be maintained properly if it is to last a long time. In order to maintain a Granwood floor it is important to keep the floor as clean as possible, especially keeping any grit or small grains of dirt off the floor. Grit is the worst thing for a Granwood floors lacquer as it will wear and scratch the flooring. It is also important to get the Granwood floors resealed regularly as to protect the floor and prevent the need for sanding it as much. The more the Granwood blocks get sanded then the less time the floor will last as the blocks are only so deep. Granwood floors is no different to any other type of sports floors, so make sure to maintain it and to keep it clean to make it last as long as possible.
Granwood Sports Floors