Yes, you can sand your floors by yourself. But it is not easy work and it needs some kind of skills. For the floor sanding process, you will need special tools and machines. You will need to choose a write grit of sanding paper. In the process of sanding, you will need to change a grit. You must be very careful, because you can sand floor to deep, that cind of mistake can be a reason to change your floors completely.
The floor sanding process is not easy. First, what you need to do – clean all room from furniture. Cover the books and closets with plastic sheets. The floor sanding process is less dusty if your floor is at a good level and doesn’t have gaps. But like we all now, in old houses across Uk floors is never level. The area must be clean, warm, around 20 degrees, and with good lightes. You must be sure you have all the equipment before you start a work.
If you hire a company to sand your floors. And they start to do the sanding. You can not paint the walls and doors at that moment. Because thiny dust can seal up on them. Do not walk on the floors before the sealing dry completely.
Floor sanding is removing of the scratches, damages from furniture, and fully removing off old oils, ore varnish from top surface of your wooden floors. All that process plus good sealing of your floors will make your floors look, like completely new.
The fastest way to sand your floors is to hire a professional to make this job for you. One person can do for you from 20sqm to 30 sqm per day. Depend of what kind of floors you have.
You can not wash the floor after sanding. After the sanding floor, it must be sealed with varnish or oil. If you choose a varnishing for sealing, the first washing of your floors can be not early, then 2 weeks after finishing the works. If you choose oil for sealing, you can wash your floor one weak after finishing the floors.