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Oak and Herringbone Floor Repair

At the restoration project for the governor's mansion in Richmond, Bob meets with contractor Fred Ecker and they go over the process for making repairs to the floors.
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Oak and Herringbone Floor Repair

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" Well we're back in the governor's mansion now last week. The First Lady Roxanne Gilmore gave us the tour and of course there were moving out now that the whole -- you can really get a sense of the scale of this house. Behind me is the schedule sign. They tend to be back in here in six months and it's really important for the contractor that you know keep his end of the bargain in terms of getting all of this work done and they really have started there really have started in earnest. I wanted to point out some of the precautions that are being taken to protect. Some of the finishes this is the blue tape which is very easy to peel off and it doesn't have much of that government sometimes ruins woodwork. But on the floors we have something called Dura runner from this stuff protective products company. And here we've got oak parquet floors and herringbone this may be a century old they're being preserved and restored. But this product -- Dura runner has been put down throughout the first -- make sure that there isn't any damage done to it. You can still water on an apparently it's it's quite well as the name implies quite durable. One of the problems with the parquet floor that we encountered is squeaking and movement and last week they got started on doing some of the well very special processes that are going to help tip the balance out the squeaking and make the floor. Work more effectively take a look. Joining us are redeker in his group of Tidewater preservation. OK so the situation here is that we've got up a parquet floor from 196 it was laid on top of the 1813. Original southern pine floors. And we've got a lot of patching to do and then squeaking issues right right."

" What's he doing right now well this pad and the location receptacle that we installed little later today. The -- receptacles going to be installing the baseboards. So he's making hash of some part time. To replace the subfloor. And then ultimately you know related parquet flooring and for a reduction. The hole as well as the -- have been. Routed out so that you've got a little out like a lap joint -- four sides. What kind of glue is that is used is using one of the accusers that we're using to actually inject gamble. It's been wrong. -- to stop squeaking problem in the sports now okay. Now one of the objectives with the repair job here is to him. Make sure that it's reversible situation. That's correct so that if in the future the house is 300 years old and another restoration attempts made. That wants to go back to the original 1813 pine floor it would be. Easy to it to remove the the parquet that's right now that's why we're using acrylic adhesives have been formulated just for this project. Kept kept -- back -- you've got a mock up over here don't you read it explains. Just referring to terms of our ability right this is we we tested a number of acrylic and off. We put up just put a sample together of small heart pine flooring very similar to what's here samples of the original parquet flooring -- moved hallway next door right and what -- what's being done in this process. Below our feet is an injecting process. Where holes have been drilled. And the actual proxy can be forced him with a gun right actually it's in the -- accused of again. Again insuring -- stability and what we're looking -- flow which cedar we had good flow this piece was removed from there. Accused of qualities men -- equality. Through the original flooring just pulled finish off but could -- the quality to them to be -- so -- so that'll hold onto video keep it from squeaking there is running out but if it ever needs to be removed from the pine that'll be easy. Tell me about what he's doing downstairs though I'm downstairs we injected ports with a drill. In the within the tongue section of the floor what you mean is you've drilled small eighth of an inch diameter holes that's right now and with -- bulk loading caulk gun basically. -- this season. Through that route. But again not far -- up through -- a hole in the surface right so that it it again David Everett wants to be reversed that they wouldn't find -- all -- surface of the original. That's correct material. And of course almost every room in the mansion has holes such as what we have over here. Where. Radiators pipes and all sorts of other things were installed so there's quite a bit of repair or to be done. We'll stay in touch -- Bret Hart thank you sir."

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