If the vinyl or LVT across your office has gone dull, scuffed and tired, replacing it is not your only option.
If the vinyl or LVT across your office has gone dull, scuffed and tired, replacing it is not your only option. In most cases, a worn resilient floor can be restored in place, which means a deep clean, light surface preparation and a fresh protective coating rather than ripping the whole thing out. The result is a floor that looks close to new, at a fraction of the cost and disruption of a full replacement.
Here is how it works, when it is worth doing and how to tell whether your floor is a good candidate.
Resilient flooring is the umbrella term for the non-wood, non-carpet surfaces that have a bit of give underfoot. In an office, that usually means luxury vinyl tile, sheet vinyl, linoleum or rubber. You will find it running through open-plan areas, breakout spaces, kitchens, corridors and lift lobbies, and it tends to cover large continuous areas, which is exactly why replacing it is such a big job.
Pulling up a resilient floor across a working office is rarely quick or clean. The old material has to be lifted, the adhesive ground off the subfloor, the surface levelled and the new floor laid and left to settle, all before anyone can use the space again. On a large open-plan floor, that can mean days of downtime, a fair amount of mess and a skip full of material heading to landfill. For a facilities manager juggling occupied desks and a tight budget, none of that is appealing.
The alternative is to restore the floor you already have, and this is where the Bona Resilient system comes in. Rather than replacing the material, the existing floor is deep cleaned to lift out ground-in dirt and old polish, lightly abraded so a new coating will bond properly, then sealed with a protective finish formulated specifically for resilient surfaces.
The finish does two jobs. It brings back the colour and sheen that heavy use has worn away, and it adds a fresh wear layer that protects the floor going forward. Because there is no uplift and no adhesive to deal with, the whole process is far quicker and much less invasive than replacement. You can see how this sits alongside our other office floor services, from wood floor sanding to staining and maintenance.
Restoration works beautifully on floors that are worn, dull or grubby but structurally sound. If your vinyl or LVT is simply tired on the surface, it is an excellent candidate, and you will be surprised how much life is left in it.
We will always be straight with you, though. If the floor is lifting at the seams, curling, torn or damaged right through the wear layer, a coating cannot fix that, and replacement is the honest answer. Part of a proper survey is telling you which camp your floor falls into before you commit to anything.
Restoring a resilient floor typically costs a good deal less than replacing it, and it keeps the space usable far sooner. There is also the sustainability angle, which matters more and more to office occupiers with ESG commitments. Keeping a serviceable floor in use rather than sending it to landfill is a far greener choice, and it is an easy one to evidence in a sustainability report.
Before you budget for a full replacement, it is worth finding out whether the floor you have can be saved. We offer free, no-obligation surveys across London and the Southeast, and we will give you a straight answer on whether restoration is the right route. Call 0800 917 7770 or request a quote.
