The question ... New Install or Renovation? ... hardly arises with your customers any more.

Certainly, the cost factor for a new install is also an important aspect for the decision of your customers. From a visual point of view, there is hardly a difference between a professionally renovated and a newly laid wood floor.

Obviously for you, as a specialist, the differences are clearly recognizable.

The Differences between Solid Wood Flooring and Engineered Wood Flooring

Wer seine Kosten z. B. beim Hausbau begrenzen möchte, trifft mit Fertigparkett eine gute Wahl. Es unterscheidet sich optisch kaum von Massivparkettböden und ist ebenso renovierbar. Allerdings sollten für die Renovierung eines Fertigparketts erfahrene Handwerker beauftragt werden, da diese die einzelnen Tücken kennen. Heute entscheidet man zwischen Zwei- und Dreischichtfertigfertigparkett.

[Those who want to limit their costs, for example, when building a house, make a good choice with prefabricated parquet. It hardly differs visually from solid parquet flooring and can be renovated just as easily. However, for the renovation of a finished parquet should be experienced craftsmen, because they know the individual pitfalls. Today, one decides between two-layer and three-layer prefabricated parquet.]

Results:

Our experiment has shown that in principle several renovations of an engineered wood floor are possible.
Important factors for the renovation of an engineered floor, however are, the flatness of the floor, the type of the install (glued or floating), the condition of the surface (damage / pollution) and the surface coating / finish.
 
In practice an engineered wood floor with a 3.5 mm wear layer should be renovated no more than three times. You should always keep in mind that a certain thickness of the wear layer has to be maintained so that it can continue to withstand the general wear. If the wear layer gets too thin the floor will likely start cupping.
 
► Engineered wood floors can be renovated.
► Depending on the condition of the floor you can renovate it up to a maximum of 3 times.
► Use the TRIO according to our Premium Sanding Technology (PST^®) concept.
► Use Lägler zirconium abrasives.

Note: Consider and be aware of the risks when renovating engineered wood flooring. Before you start sanding, check the condition of the top layer and the substrate. Point out the risk of the wear layer being too thin and the potential of sanding through.

Another important point at our booth was the subject of machine maintenance. After our "Wall of Shame” - as we call it lovingly - seemed to be growing, we wanted to sensitize our visitors to this issue. Our visitors were able to live test and sand with a machine (year 2004) which has never been maintained and a continuously maintained machine (year 1993). Due to the slow wear of the machines people often don't realize the change in their sanding quality, this demo caused a lot of customers to pay more attention to maintenance.

For you as a customer, regular maintenance always has only advantages:

► You can advertise to your customers with well maintained machines. You know best how important your image is. Therefore a "well-groomed appearance" of your machines is important.
 
► The cost of individual maintenance is reduced. Your machines are checked at regular intervals, which avoids increased follow-up costs in subsequent maintenance. 

► You save yourself a lot of effort on the job site when sanding floors. Cause of sanding traces could be a sign of soiled or worn out wear part.

More about maintenance

LÄGLER^® goes "social media"

Early 2015, we expanded our communication portfolio. Social networks such as Facebook and Instagram are opening new paths to our customers.

We not only use social media to inform our customers, but to answer sales and technical support questions. Social media gives us an even faster way to provide customer service.