Hardwood Floor Cleaning in Waxahachie, TX
If your house gets used for photographs, weddings, or filming, the floor is a set, and sets get treated in ways houses do not.
Waxahachie has been standing in for other places on film for fifty years, and the West End Historic District is the reason. Those houses also get used for engagement photographs, small weddings, senior portraits, and every kind of event that wants a porch and a staircase.
It is a good use of a beautiful house and it puts a specific set of demands on the floors that ordinary living does not.
The wear is not really the issue. The equipment is.
Tape Is the Main Culprit
Gaffer tape, spike tape, and duct tape all end up on a floor during a shoot, holding down a cable run or marking a position. Gaffer tape is designed to release cleanly and mostly does. Duct tape is not, and left on a floor for a day in a warm room it will pull finish when it comes up, or leave an adhesive residue that then collects soil and turns black. Anything on the floor should come up at the end of the same day, every time.
Stands, Cases, and Cable
A light stand has three narrow feet and gets moved constantly. A flight case has hard corners and gets slid. Cable dragged across a floor picks up grit and works it along. None of it is dramatic on the day and all of it accumulates, which is why a house that is used for events three or four times a year ages like a house being used for events.
What to Put in the Agreement
It is worth having a page. No duct tape on any wood surface. Feet on all stands, which most crews carry. Nothing slid, everything lifted. And a walk-through at the end while the crew is still there, because a mark found on Tuesday is somebody's responsibility and a mark found in March is yours.
Not sure whether your floor needs cleaning or refinishing? There are three tests you can run yourself in about a minute, and they will tell you which one you are dealing with before anyone quotes you.
Hardwood problems we handle in Waxahachie
Write the no duct tape rule into whatever you send people, then book the reset for the end of the season.
Waxahachie calls go through 214-838-7852, booking works right here, and new-customer cleanings save $50.
Areas we cover around Waxahachie
Neighborhoods: North Grove, Oaks of North Grove, Buffalo Ridge, Myrtle Creek, Garden Valley Meadows, Garden Valley West, Garden Valley Ranch, West End Historic District
Zip codes: 75165, 75167, 75168
Hardwood questions from Waxahachie homeowners
Adhesive residue is left on the floor. Can it come off?
Usually, and it is one of the more satisfying things this process does, provided nobody has attacked it first with a solvent. If somebody has already used acetone on it, the finish underneath may be gone, and that is not a cleaning matter.
How often should a house that gets used like this be done?
After the busy season, whenever that lands, and not on a fixed date. For most of the historic district that means late autumn, once the portrait season is over.
Our floors are original and over a century old. Is that a problem?
It is a reason to be careful, not a reason to avoid it. An old floor may be finished in shellac or varnish, which behaves differently from modern coatings, so the technician tests a hidden area before starting and tells you what he finds.
Do you sand out anything that got damaged?
No. There is no sanding, no refinishing, and no re-staining in this service. On a hundred-year-old floor that restraint is deliberate, since sanding an original floor removes material that cannot be replaced and takes the patina with it.
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