BUNGALOW WOOD FLOORS

This guide of how to clean & maintain your wood floors applies only to floors with a surface coating type of finish such as oil-based polyurethane finish, water based finishes, etc. For floors with penetrating finish, refer to your manufacturer's instructions....

Learn how to choose the right wood floor finish for your bungalow to restore & preserve your floors’ beauty for the next 100 years.

I’m a tree-hugging, wood flooring profession, specializing in the restoration & preservation of historic floors. I’d like to pass on what I have learned over 35 years in the trade. I consider historic bungalow floors to be the single most endangered historic fabric, well, maybe second to windows.

There are several species of wood flooring most commonly found in historic bungalows. I have seen others but the species below are the ones to consider first when you do not know what  your floor is. It is important to know the species of your bungalow wood floor...

This bungalow wood floors restoration glossary will help you in dealing with trade professionals & in understanding your proposal/contract.

by Dennis Prieur, a guy who has seen hundreds of historic bungalow subfloors as well as those in other styles of other historic houses, 40 year veteran of the wood flooring industry. A Popular speaker at Historic Homes Workshop he has supported me in my preservation...

by Dennis Prieur, 40 year veteran of the wood flooring industry, writes about how to decide when to refinish the wood floors in your bungalow. Dennis was a 25 year member of the National Wood Flooring Association where he sent his craftsmen for certification & was...