Victorian Woodworks restores museum flooring

The new Ceramics Galleries, part of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, has been reopened following a refurbishment programme involving extensive flooring restoration by Victorian Woodworks.

In order to retain the character and heritage of the building, the project brief required a 'refurb-and-restoration' approach.

The programme commenced with the existing Burmese Teak woodblock flooring, which was laid to a herringbone pattern, being carefully lifted from site.

This was then transported to the Victorian Woodworks production site for assessment by the company's team of craftsmen.

Over time, wood floors are subjected to wear and tear, so, where necessary, matching replacement blocks were supplied from Victorian Woodworks' woodblock stockholding.

Once the process of restoration was complete, the floor was re-laid and finished on site.

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