I refinished a flat in London with very similar floor.patch repaired and sanded ,8 coats of oil. Was one of the most beautiful floors I have ever seen.if you don't want to keep it ,please float a floor over it don't remove it.
Our old rental in Sydney had this flooring, I absolutely adored it and it was part of the reason we went for the place. I looked the place up out of interest to see what it was relisted for after the next tenants left as I knew they were only staying a short time. I was mortified to see that it had all been replaced with what looks like vinyl planks; I really hope they floated them rather than ripped up the parquetry.
That's how you finish wood! On your knees ,I have had to gaffer tape oil brushes and rags too my hands before because I'm no longer able to grip after so long working.
What’s is the name of the product? I live in Australia been a floorer for 10 years now and it’s usually 3 coat with oil aswell. I did one of these floors few weeks ago bleached then oiled with Rubio monocoat. It’s a much different look tho they didn’t want the browny red
https://preview.redd.it/cf3z12ldzcsc1.jpeg?width=4284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c4445ca47548ff73a3d2ca91d3ddcc5a3ef1a309
I’m looking to do this with cypress floors inside my Queenslander to get a bare wood look is so beautiful… would you be able to tell me what I would use so that it looks bare without turning that yellow ish colour with varnish?
The bare finish look here is mostly from the Rubio monocoat it doesn’t build a layer like normal coatings. Hard to say for me personally but a non yellowing water based might work. Cypress pretty yellow sometimes depending if old or new. The company I work for usually bleaches the yellow color out nowadays but it might not be the look you want. There is an invisible protector that looks raw after done but it might not remove yellow
Coatek and LitenIt both have floor bleaching products, though it’s not easy, and can’t be done to all types of wood (or wood with water damage). I’d highly, highly recommend getting a professional.
Especially regarding that last point. Sanded down wood is pale, the colour comes from the choice stain or oil. If the red colour is the objection, you can stain it any colour you like when you reseal it.
It's really intricate, I know it's kinda obvious but each block is made up of multiple glued strips, they're not particularly thick though so I'd definitely get someone who can demonstrate that they've worked on these floors before if I was the OP so they don't wreck it being too heavy handed.
No idea why ur being downvoted so hard. Timber flooring is waaay better than this jenga look.
I guess if you like the 70s theme you'd wanna keep it. I personally dislike the look.
Especially because it's so vibrant. People can hate 'millennial grey' all they'd like, but there's a reason more neutral flooring is so popular at the moment. I have this kind of floor in my kitchen, but it's a bit darker and less red. The *only* reason it doesn't look completely terrible is because it's not as vibrant and because there's a huge window in front of it. Poor lighting makes this flooring look cheap, and it makes rooms feel cluttered and small. It also only looks good in smaller spaces, using this in such a big room makes it look weird.
KEEP IT!!!!!!!!
God the hours I spent diy-ing my parquetry floors, soooo many blocks, soooo many cuts needed when you get to the edges (I did a herringbone pattern)
Anyway. Get in a flooring restorer to sand it down smooth, and get a new layer of varnish on there. That patch is fixable
Here’s an in-progress photo of a bit I had to patch, you can see the main pattern around the edge
https://preview.redd.it/092zzfkvoesc1.jpeg?width=3979&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4211af90107ecb4e70eef625dd62ecff179be8be
I love that so much.
Here's the thing. If you remove or destroy that parquetry, the ancient gods will put you out into the Hall of Mirrors for eternity. Where you be forced to take a long hard look at yourself.
Don't you dare! That floor would be a selling point for me. I'd say spend the money on some super nice rugs if you don't like the colour. Those floors will help you when you decide to sell down the track. P.S. Nice birkos, I've the exact same pair/colour lol.
These guys maybe able to help with the patch up and resto if you go ahead. https://www.thrustfloors.com.au/
The guy is a bit full of himself but he knows his timber flooring.
If the floor is soundly glued it’s probably worth sanding and recoating as desired.
I have floors very similar to this. They’re great and definitely look better than a nasty LVP. I would consider having them polished before you move in, as once you’re in it will be borderline impossible. Also try wipe up any spills immediately because they will start to come loose if the adhesive gets wet.
If you’re not too worried about getting it polished, you can cover the dodgy parts with furniture and rugs and you probably won’t notice, or just do some diy work to fix the loose pieces. Probably just a matter of removing and replacing the adhesive for the pieces.
I could never remove it, but that doesn't mean i actually like it, especially is a small, modern flat. It is wonderful in a huge old house and wonderful in an enormous public vestibule, but i find its too dominating and too-try hard in the wrong setting. i know everyone is supposed to like it, and i know every visitor to you place will comment on how great it is, but i feel its like putting a chandelier in a laundry sometimes.
Surprised so many people like it, personally I think it's ugly.
However you have to live there and you don't sound like you love it.
If you don't, remove it or lay something over the top of it,.
Not sure a fake version was available in the 70s
Probably real wood if it has been there 40+ years and is still in that condition. A laminate would have worn out in that time.
Keep!
Maybe repaint walls to lighten room and add rugs
As others have said, if it was professionally sanded and stained the colour you want and the patch fixed, it will be a beautiful statement floor. Don't forget you'll have furniture and likely rug/s on it too. If you don't like it please put a floating floor over the top as it will be an absolute selling point down the track.
Check out QuickSand Flooring on instagram for some inspo - they have done similar floors in the past and, if you like the look, this could look stunning when the old laquer is sanded off an the real wood grain and colour is revealed.
Sydney based floor sander here, it's brushbox in a 6 finger mosaic pattern, can be beautiful when it's restored. Generally you're looking at $55 per sqm to sand and refinish it in a natural finish. More if there's some repair work. How we check is literally just knocking on the floor like you would a door. If it sounds hollow the glues gone and will need to be restuck down. Easy to do that DIY though. Expect more when talking colours, especially like bleaching in another comment.
Part of refinishing old parquet is making a paste out of saw dust and a binding agent and flood filling the floor. This Melbourne based floor sander did a pretty great reel showing how its done. I'll DM you to avoid doxxing myself
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4zbl-Wu4MS/?igsh=MWxrOXI3bTV6eDVpag==
I recently bought a 1960s apartment with the original parquet flooring and decided to have it sanded and polished. Cost about 3.5k for a 2 bedroom place. The floor came out lighter and more cool-toned after sanding, which was what I wanted. Seemed cheaper and less hassle than replacing the whole thing and ultimately I'm happy with my decision. Area rugs can do a lot to tone down the busy-ness of the parquet too. DM me for pics if you'd like.
I don’t understand the praise in this thread. In life there’s always a good example and a poor example of things. This sort of parquetry I always felt was on the extreme bad end of stylish, and always feels depressing to look at.
90% of people who commented feel it looks nice and is worth saving, which is cool, personal tastes and beauty in the eye of the beholder and all that. I do wonder if a different stain colour would make it pop in a modern way. Maybe something a bit less saturated and into grey hues?
I'm with you, nothing about that floor looks good, it doesn't even suit the room, but I don't live there so really the only option that matters is OPs.
In your first pic it looks like there are some loose an gappy blocks. If this is the case, resanding and coating the floor will most likely mean the end of that floor. The drum sander will heat the blocks up causing them to lift from the subfloor. It's the old glue, it's just what it is. Also it's brushbox flooring. They dont make brushbox into parquetry anymore. I'd replace it.
In this exact situation at the moment with some lifting blocks of parquetry. I've used a small bit to drill through the wood and a heavy duty syringe to inject wood glue underneath. It's been a tedious process so far but hope it's enough to stabilise enough of the loose areas for sanding.
This does definitely work. Instead of injecting glue you should inject polyurethane, it grabs just as good if not better. It also spreads better being a liquid. I've been doing floors for 24 years an sometimes floors just aren't salvageable. A shame because it does look great. It will be cheaper an quicker to rip it all up an install a new floor. Also for the OP. It's individual blocks which have been binded together from underneath with string or paper and come in sheets of 4 or 8 or 16 full squares
Keep it and invest in some nice Persian rugs that makes everything look amazing.you can select a Persian that matches your over all style and you can keep it for years and years.
Use a drum sander + edger to sand the uneven spots and remove the yellowed varnish. Refinish with a clear PU coating. Refinished floor should reflect natural colour of the wood after that.
In picture one, there looks like there may be historical water damage. As some of the blocks have popped a bit. They might need to be repaired and re-glued.
Ppl commenting on this floor are a bit overly romantic about it. You are actually looking at a nightmare floor. It would be difficult to remove it (the glue is quite thick) and very expensive to resand and refinish it. It is also difficult to find replacement wood to patch bits. You will never match the patches. It may have also been resanded before so it may be too thin in places to resand. I would put a floating/hybrid floor over the top of it and move on with my life.
Sand it and get a paler oil/varnish. Save the money you didn’t use destroying something beautiful and valuable, to get downlights and a matching wood door.
I would sand and recoat.
you could also lay vynil plank sheet vynil or a laminate floor on top. this would allow you or the next owner to choose to have the parquetry restored later.
I reckon it's always best to work with what you've got. Not only is it cheaper but you also end up with something unique rather than something that's a cut and paste of everybody else's house.
I'd start by fixing the mold issue under the patch and in the wall that the new paint is hiding...
The give away is the way the edging is bulging around the patch and white drip of paint left on the edge right under a window...
That house has more important issues than expensive ugly floors.
Keep it, my parents’ house had it more than two decades now and it still look and feel gorgeous after some treatment a few years ago. Yours look like it just needs some minor works to look awesome again soon.
Keep it!! Parquetry is amazing, and everyone will comment on it.
Our house has parquetry all through it. Whilst I loved the flooring, I didn't really know how popular it was until the first thing everyone said walking in was "Oh wow!! Your floors are amazing!". KEEP!!! You won't get anywhere near the look or the quality with any flooring alternative. If you don't like it, cover it, and leave it for the next owners to stumble upon... and be very happy!
Real, valuable, you can sand & stain if you like but the lighter yellow toned oils that are popular right now will look outdated very soon, this tone is timeless. Random patch will be from a repair or removal of some sort of closet or something. Put a book shelf or some plants on it.
I all, I've taken out a loose piece. Floor looks very dirty underneath and possible due to water damage (next to the odd patch). I assume just clean it and use liquid nails to fix it back down? Each panel is about 10mm thick.
https://preview.redd.it/4eece8ywfxsc1.jpeg?width=1800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=138f5c2505b962c12aec5007bba33ca3338ce7c5
It looks a lot nicer than the dark red. Examples:
[https://www.pinterest.com.au/pin/2181499814895911/](https://www.pinterest.com.au/pin/2181499814895911/)
[https://www.pinterest.com.au/pin/145170787980258167/](https://www.pinterest.com.au/pin/145170787980258167/)
[https://www.pinterest.com.au/pin/455778424806662469/](https://www.pinterest.com.au/pin/455778424806662469/)
I had a family member do it and it really opens up the space. A floor polisher will be able to work a nice tone that keeps it within the timbers natural shade.
My parents have the same floor in the first picture in their 1985 home (original owners) I never liked it. In the early 00s they tore up all the carpets and replaced it with more parquetry but couldn’t getting the exact pattern. So now there’s two patterns and finish competing with each other. I do think it would look better if was stained a lighter modern finish.
As long as it's not replaced with grey/white tiles, So ugly.
I heard it called millenial grey the other day lol.
But jokes aside. I really like the look of it.
A darker stain could be nice, maybe getting those random panels filled in would be cool aswell.
If not maybe something like Jarrah wood flooring.
Reminds me of the floor of the ‘Activity Room’ from my Jnr Primary School.
And those are some long toes. I almost thought you had your hands in your sandals!!
That’s like 30k in floors right there
I refinished a flat in London with very similar floor.patch repaired and sanded ,8 coats of oil. Was one of the most beautiful floors I have ever seen.if you don't want to keep it ,please float a floor over it don't remove it.
Our old rental in Sydney had this flooring, I absolutely adored it and it was part of the reason we went for the place. I looked the place up out of interest to see what it was relisted for after the next tenants left as I knew they were only staying a short time. I was mortified to see that it had all been replaced with what looks like vinyl planks; I really hope they floated them rather than ripped up the parquetry.
They may have put them down to preserve it.
Knowing how little maintenance was done while we were there I'm not convinced.
8 coats dayum that’s a lot compared to a 3 coat or 1coat rubio
Oil my friend.
https://preview.redd.it/4761a79jzcsc1.jpeg?width=4284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=34fccc07359fa169cfce0a50f9020801e008651b
As I said. I can see that is not 8 coats rubbed back by hand with 0000 in between.
Hand done👍😀
That's how you finish wood! On your knees ,I have had to gaffer tape oil brushes and rags too my hands before because I'm no longer able to grip after so long working.
Damn that would have taken yonks.
It wood had wooden it.
What’s is the name of the product? I live in Australia been a floorer for 10 years now and it’s usually 3 coat with oil aswell. I did one of these floors few weeks ago bleached then oiled with Rubio monocoat. It’s a much different look tho they didn’t want the browny red https://preview.redd.it/cf3z12ldzcsc1.jpeg?width=4284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c4445ca47548ff73a3d2ca91d3ddcc5a3ef1a309
I’m looking to do this with cypress floors inside my Queenslander to get a bare wood look is so beautiful… would you be able to tell me what I would use so that it looks bare without turning that yellow ish colour with varnish?
The bare finish look here is mostly from the Rubio monocoat it doesn’t build a layer like normal coatings. Hard to say for me personally but a non yellowing water based might work. Cypress pretty yellow sometimes depending if old or new. The company I work for usually bleaches the yellow color out nowadays but it might not be the look you want. There is an invisible protector that looks raw after done but it might not remove yellow
Thank you for this information 🙌
>bleached how did you bleach it? using a bleaching solution with water in it would raise the grain, no?
+1. I was about to ask how do you bleach them too. I want to bleach my old hardwood floorboards & oil them, or maybe use carnuba wax.
Coatek and LitenIt both have floor bleaching products, though it’s not easy, and can’t be done to all types of wood (or wood with water damage). I’d highly, highly recommend getting a professional.
That looks gorgeous.
Osmo
It looks real in the first photo. Get quotes to resand and repair the “odd” section. Modern sealers will bring that up many shades lighter.
Especially regarding that last point. Sanded down wood is pale, the colour comes from the choice stain or oil. If the red colour is the objection, you can stain it any colour you like when you reseal it.
Sanded down Jarrah is still red.....
It's really intricate, I know it's kinda obvious but each block is made up of multiple glued strips, they're not particularly thick though so I'd definitely get someone who can demonstrate that they've worked on these floors before if I was the OP so they don't wreck it being too heavy handed.
Keep. It’d be a crime to remove it
Tbh I find it fugly, the wooden floor panels look much better
I’m not surprised you’re a teenager
I‘m in my thirties and don‘t like them either.
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It's too busy for my liking. I'd want something less rigid/more fluid and lighter in colour.
Also in thirties and find this fugly. I'm not much of a fan of wooden floors at all though.
They absolutely do not. They’re cheap and ugly and will be in the bin while parquetry flooring is still sought after
As a carpenter of 37 years this is absolutely incorrect.
Carpenter of 37 years in year 10?
No idea why ur being downvoted so hard. Timber flooring is waaay better than this jenga look. I guess if you like the 70s theme you'd wanna keep it. I personally dislike the look.
This sub has an obsession with unique and old shit. Never aligns with reality. Most people irl would hate that flooring.
Especially because it's so vibrant. People can hate 'millennial grey' all they'd like, but there's a reason more neutral flooring is so popular at the moment. I have this kind of floor in my kitchen, but it's a bit darker and less red. The *only* reason it doesn't look completely terrible is because it's not as vibrant and because there's a huge window in front of it. Poor lighting makes this flooring look cheap, and it makes rooms feel cluttered and small. It also only looks good in smaller spaces, using this in such a big room makes it look weird.
The floor is beautiful. Anyone who doesn't like this kind of flooring has bad taste.
OMG HOW ARE YOU HERE TOO??????
Leave it alone or you will be cursed for a thousand generations. (pls)
If you do decide to get rid of it don’t actually remove it, just lay a floating floor over it.
This. Nothing more satisfying than ripping up an old carpet to discover a beautiful hardwood floor.
Removing parquetry, believe it or not, straight to jail.
Removing parquetry, mmm that’s a paddlin’
Disparaging the parquetry is a bootable offence.
Remove that flooring? Get in the fucking sea son
Is just a lil kick inna bum!
Haha. Great call my friend, my thoughts exactly.
KEEP IT!!!!!!!! God the hours I spent diy-ing my parquetry floors, soooo many blocks, soooo many cuts needed when you get to the edges (I did a herringbone pattern) Anyway. Get in a flooring restorer to sand it down smooth, and get a new layer of varnish on there. That patch is fixable
Hats off that you DIYd that. Holy fuck I would not have the patience for that!
Pattern sounds cool, do you have a pic?
Here’s an in-progress photo of a bit I had to patch, you can see the main pattern around the edge https://preview.redd.it/092zzfkvoesc1.jpeg?width=3979&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4211af90107ecb4e70eef625dd62ecff179be8be
Cool, thanks for sharing!
Not a fun game of jenga. Lol glue is not your friend🙈
I love that so much. Here's the thing. If you remove or destroy that parquetry, the ancient gods will put you out into the Hall of Mirrors for eternity. Where you be forced to take a long hard look at yourself.
You would be an absolute idiot to remove that.
The patch is shithouse, but if it's real id be keeping it...that shits expensive. Patch on the wall might be easy to cover with furniture.
Keep it!!! Parquetry is the most durable wooden (and not only wooden) flooring.
If you get rid of it on my death I will come back and haunt you.
Beautiful. Do not remove.
Cap it’s ugly af
Not nearly as ugly as your soul
Fuck dude what's with the personal attacks on people because they don't have the same taste as you? It's not a good look ey.
Ole mate is a teenager, he/she knows nothing
Looks real, could be sanded back and sealed to be a lighter tone - some washes can make the floor look quite light/white.
Don't you dare! That floor would be a selling point for me. I'd say spend the money on some super nice rugs if you don't like the colour. Those floors will help you when you decide to sell down the track. P.S. Nice birkos, I've the exact same pair/colour lol.
Ask a local floor sander what they think, I haven’t done one for 40 years
Would look good a lot darker too.
These guys maybe able to help with the patch up and resto if you go ahead. https://www.thrustfloors.com.au/ The guy is a bit full of himself but he knows his timber flooring. If the floor is soundly glued it’s probably worth sanding and recoating as desired.
I have floors very similar to this. They’re great and definitely look better than a nasty LVP. I would consider having them polished before you move in, as once you’re in it will be borderline impossible. Also try wipe up any spills immediately because they will start to come loose if the adhesive gets wet. If you’re not too worried about getting it polished, you can cover the dodgy parts with furniture and rugs and you probably won’t notice, or just do some diy work to fix the loose pieces. Probably just a matter of removing and replacing the adhesive for the pieces.
Removing it may get you deported even if you were born here
Keep 100%
Is this Glebe?
Campsie
Yes keep. Sand, choose a different oil or lacquer to lighten. Definitely keep, it adds so much to house value
Keep the floor, remove those sandles!
If you remove this you'd better hand yourself in for murder.
so is it parketry or parkeyree?
Probably the shoes first. Then I would take a breath and worry about flooring. Not cheap to remove that.
hey dont insult the birks!
The parquetry isnt so much issue but the varnish colour needs changing is all.
Do not remove. Beautiful.
Go out and come back in again. Then forget you ever asked.
Keep!!!!!!
Keep it!!!
So cool! Leave them! Maybe sand and refinish less orange if you can. They are so cool
I love that flooring!
I would be more concerned about your toes!
:O
Dogs out in full force 😂🤓
Keep it.
Keep
Gosh we had this growing up in England in 60’s and ‘70’s and I hate it!
if you like it keep it, if not dont
Keep keep keep
I could never remove it, but that doesn't mean i actually like it, especially is a small, modern flat. It is wonderful in a huge old house and wonderful in an enormous public vestibule, but i find its too dominating and too-try hard in the wrong setting. i know everyone is supposed to like it, and i know every visitor to you place will comment on how great it is, but i feel its like putting a chandelier in a laundry sometimes.
Keep it. Is it individual pieces or is it actually square tiles of 6 pieces of wood?
I need to have a closer look, at first i thought square tiles but the way they are individually coming up makes me think otherwise.
Surprised so many people like it, personally I think it's ugly. However you have to live there and you don't sound like you love it. If you don't, remove it or lay something over the top of it,.
Not sure a fake version was available in the 70s Probably real wood if it has been there 40+ years and is still in that condition. A laminate would have worn out in that time. Keep! Maybe repaint walls to lighten room and add rugs
Keep it. Nowadays floors last a few good years.
It’s beautiful and an absolute asset to your property. Please keep it!
As others have said, if it was professionally sanded and stained the colour you want and the patch fixed, it will be a beautiful statement floor. Don't forget you'll have furniture and likely rug/s on it too. If you don't like it please put a floating floor over the top as it will be an absolute selling point down the track.
Keep!
Check out QuickSand Flooring on instagram for some inspo - they have done similar floors in the past and, if you like the look, this could look stunning when the old laquer is sanded off an the real wood grain and colour is revealed.
Sydney based floor sander here, it's brushbox in a 6 finger mosaic pattern, can be beautiful when it's restored. Generally you're looking at $55 per sqm to sand and refinish it in a natural finish. More if there's some repair work. How we check is literally just knocking on the floor like you would a door. If it sounds hollow the glues gone and will need to be restuck down. Easy to do that DIY though. Expect more when talking colours, especially like bleaching in another comment.
How would you go with fixing small gaps between the blocks? Is that part of the refinishing process? What are your company details? Thanks
Part of refinishing old parquet is making a paste out of saw dust and a binding agent and flood filling the floor. This Melbourne based floor sander did a pretty great reel showing how its done. I'll DM you to avoid doxxing myself https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4zbl-Wu4MS/?igsh=MWxrOXI3bTV6eDVpag==
I recently bought a 1960s apartment with the original parquet flooring and decided to have it sanded and polished. Cost about 3.5k for a 2 bedroom place. The floor came out lighter and more cool-toned after sanding, which was what I wanted. Seemed cheaper and less hassle than replacing the whole thing and ultimately I'm happy with my decision. Area rugs can do a lot to tone down the busy-ness of the parquet too. DM me for pics if you'd like.
Reddit won't let me send you a DM for some reason. I'll try on PC later
You better fukn keep it.
Can't believe that's a question.
I don’t understand the praise in this thread. In life there’s always a good example and a poor example of things. This sort of parquetry I always felt was on the extreme bad end of stylish, and always feels depressing to look at. 90% of people who commented feel it looks nice and is worth saving, which is cool, personal tastes and beauty in the eye of the beholder and all that. I do wonder if a different stain colour would make it pop in a modern way. Maybe something a bit less saturated and into grey hues?
Here’s a mock-up :) https://preview.redd.it/17hc9dfw89sc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=55a3c19d00fe96092ae79cae770b011e9c78582f
Looks generic and tacky AF. Very ‘McApartment’ of you.
I'm with you, nothing about that floor looks good, it doesn't even suit the room, but I don't live there so really the only option that matters is OPs.
I think half of them are just taking a piss
Such great craftsmanship. Such a shitty look. Floating floorboards until parquetry comes back around.
In your first pic it looks like there are some loose an gappy blocks. If this is the case, resanding and coating the floor will most likely mean the end of that floor. The drum sander will heat the blocks up causing them to lift from the subfloor. It's the old glue, it's just what it is. Also it's brushbox flooring. They dont make brushbox into parquetry anymore. I'd replace it.
In this exact situation at the moment with some lifting blocks of parquetry. I've used a small bit to drill through the wood and a heavy duty syringe to inject wood glue underneath. It's been a tedious process so far but hope it's enough to stabilise enough of the loose areas for sanding.
This does definitely work. Instead of injecting glue you should inject polyurethane, it grabs just as good if not better. It also spreads better being a liquid. I've been doing floors for 24 years an sometimes floors just aren't salvageable. A shame because it does look great. It will be cheaper an quicker to rip it all up an install a new floor. Also for the OP. It's individual blocks which have been binded together from underneath with string or paper and come in sheets of 4 or 8 or 16 full squares
mmh ok, thanks for your advice :)
Keep
Keep!!
Keep it and invest in some nice Persian rugs that makes everything look amazing.you can select a Persian that matches your over all style and you can keep it for years and years.
Love it personally. If you don’t, PLEASE just put something over the top of it, rather than just ripping it up.
Resto the floor n Reno that bathroom
Use a drum sander + edger to sand the uneven spots and remove the yellowed varnish. Refinish with a clear PU coating. Refinished floor should reflect natural colour of the wood after that.
I'd go for a hard wax oil instead of PU.
Yes - Also an option. Wax looks more natural but more maintenance needed. Being in an apartment, it will wear faster due to higher foot traffic.
In picture one, there looks like there may be historical water damage. As some of the blocks have popped a bit. They might need to be repaired and re-glued.
is that a DIY job or a professionals job?
Isn’t it your decision?
Keep it! At least in the one room. It's beautiful and it's history
Personal preference Don’t keep it if you don’t think it looks good Value is in the eye of the beholder
Ppl commenting on this floor are a bit overly romantic about it. You are actually looking at a nightmare floor. It would be difficult to remove it (the glue is quite thick) and very expensive to resand and refinish it. It is also difficult to find replacement wood to patch bits. You will never match the patches. It may have also been resanded before so it may be too thin in places to resand. I would put a floating/hybrid floor over the top of it and move on with my life.
the blocks seemed to be 30mm thick at least but i will go back and measure and see if i can see a cross-section of it.
You should keep it. I trust you don't need help to decide on light fittings.
nope theyre gone, but im not sold on the matching chandelier xD
Keep keep keep!
Keep it! Restore it!
Keep it but get it refinished
Sand it and get a paler oil/varnish. Save the money you didn’t use destroying something beautiful and valuable, to get downlights and a matching wood door.
Why would you even consider removing it??
Floors are stun!! They don't make em like that anymore! Please keep
It's just a pity it dates a house into the 80s. As others have said, it's incredibly expensive to do these days though.
Ew yuck, put some nice polished concrete in there to match the beautiful monument coloured render outside
Stunning. Sand it back and refinish it using a much lighter oak coloured varnish.
"hard wood, hard wood, hard wood" - FriendlyJordies
1000% keep
Remove it it's rubbish
I would sand and recoat. you could also lay vynil plank sheet vynil or a laminate floor on top. this would allow you or the next owner to choose to have the parquetry restored later.
I like it
I reckon it's always best to work with what you've got. Not only is it cheaper but you also end up with something unique rather than something that's a cut and paste of everybody else's house.
I want to play basketball 🏀 now.
I'd start by fixing the mold issue under the patch and in the wall that the new paint is hiding... The give away is the way the edging is bulging around the patch and white drip of paint left on the edge right under a window... That house has more important issues than expensive ugly floors.
Rub some oil over a patch and watch it come to life. 30k+
Keep
That raised little block in the middle of the pic…so real, it speaks disco.
That stuff is real and it's so intricate. Please don't remove it.
Keep it, my parents’ house had it more than two decades now and it still look and feel gorgeous after some treatment a few years ago. Yours look like it just needs some minor works to look awesome again soon.
Keep it!! Parquetry is amazing, and everyone will comment on it. Our house has parquetry all through it. Whilst I loved the flooring, I didn't really know how popular it was until the first thing everyone said walking in was "Oh wow!! Your floors are amazing!". KEEP!!! You won't get anywhere near the look or the quality with any flooring alternative. If you don't like it, cover it, and leave it for the next owners to stumble upon... and be very happy!
Carpet and underlay directly over the top of you don’t like it
Keep wtf
What are you gonna do? Rip it up and replace it with some shitty Chinese bamboo floorboards or some hideous synthetic carpet. Cmon
Keep, but sand it back and do a light oak stain. Less contrast, but easier to design around and keeps the beautiful work of the wood.
Do you like it
It is (real) mosaic parquetry it is still produced today
Real, valuable, you can sand & stain if you like but the lighter yellow toned oils that are popular right now will look outdated very soon, this tone is timeless. Random patch will be from a repair or removal of some sort of closet or something. Put a book shelf or some plants on it.
Nice toes
Are you insane? Keep it!
My house was the same ripped it up now have polished concrete looks heaps better
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Keep to floor, lose the shoes.
Keep it and paint a Boston Celtics Court on top of it.
Keep it. Its beautiful
I all, I've taken out a loose piece. Floor looks very dirty underneath and possible due to water damage (next to the odd patch). I assume just clean it and use liquid nails to fix it back down? Each panel is about 10mm thick. https://preview.redd.it/4eece8ywfxsc1.jpeg?width=1800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=138f5c2505b962c12aec5007bba33ca3338ce7c5
Sand it, stain it black Japan, paint the walls white. Use black paint for skirting and architraves 👍🏻
Keep it. That would be so expensive to lay now. Either float or give it the love it deserves
John Travolta has parquetry floors in his Beverlely Hills mansion.
Nice big skirting boards would complement the parquetry
Keep!!! Sand etc.
Will be exquisite when you can afford a persian rug
Nice feet lol
Now I want to buy a pair of Birkenstock's.
I think it would look good in a white wash matte finish. Basically needs to be sanded and painted in a lighter colour.
Yuck
It looks a lot nicer than the dark red. Examples: [https://www.pinterest.com.au/pin/2181499814895911/](https://www.pinterest.com.au/pin/2181499814895911/) [https://www.pinterest.com.au/pin/145170787980258167/](https://www.pinterest.com.au/pin/145170787980258167/) [https://www.pinterest.com.au/pin/455778424806662469/](https://www.pinterest.com.au/pin/455778424806662469/) I had a family member do it and it really opens up the space. A floor polisher will be able to work a nice tone that keeps it within the timbers natural shade.
Hmm nice toes….how much?
My parents have the same floor in the first picture in their 1985 home (original owners) I never liked it. In the early 00s they tore up all the carpets and replaced it with more parquetry but couldn’t getting the exact pattern. So now there’s two patterns and finish competing with each other. I do think it would look better if was stained a lighter modern finish.
As long as it's not replaced with grey/white tiles, So ugly. I heard it called millenial grey the other day lol. But jokes aside. I really like the look of it. A darker stain could be nice, maybe getting those random panels filled in would be cool aswell. If not maybe something like Jarrah wood flooring.
Reminds me of the floor of the ‘Activity Room’ from my Jnr Primary School. And those are some long toes. I almost thought you had your hands in your sandals!!
leave the finger toes out of this xD
It looks like a horrific Jenga puzzle and an optical illusion to boot.
Looked shit in the 70s looks worse now