Floor Sanding Churchtown
Finding out if your floor can be sanded or finding out how much it will cost was never easier. There is no secret, no inflated prices or months of waiting. Just contact Floor Sanding Churchtown today and have us assess your floors for free and receive a free no obligation quote within a few hours. No more messy floor sanding jobs because the sanders are all dustless and no more stinky floor lacquers because most of the floor lacquers are water based and VOC free!
First Step | Call Floor Sanding Churchtown
To be able to tell you what type of floor you have, if it is actually wood or if we can do whatever you have in mind, we will need to drop by and assess your floors. This operation is hassle free and is done at no cost to you. It’s all on us. While we can give you an idea of a cost over the phone, that is informative only. Especially when dealing with semi solid or engineered hardwood floors, we really need to check the thickness of it and if there is enough wood left for another sanding. Call us now and we will see your floor within 48 hours.
Second Step | Quoting
Based on the type of floor, the condition of it, the size of it, the access, the finish required and a few other factors, we will give you a quote. The quote will detail what is and what is not included in the package deal. Bear in mind that most floor sanding contractors have a flat cost per square meter but that cost will only include average condition hardwood floors, sanded and sealed with 3 coats of floor lacquer. Any additional services like repairs, gap filling, staining or super natural looking floor lacquers, will cost extra.
Step Three | Agreeing Dates
If all the information provided by Floor Sanding Churchtown is fully satisfactory to you and if the price looks attractive, we can agree on some dates. The floor sanding industry gets very busy at specific important dates coming up to holidays and then has more choice of availability at other times. Floor Sanding Churchtown can guarantee you a booking within 2 weeks pretty much all year around but in some cases we can do it much sooner. We will do all we can to make sure that your project is completed within your selected dates.
The Types Of Floors That We Can Restore
Real wood floors. All kinds of it in any type of condition. If your wooden floor is made from a piece of real wood or if it is made from a plank base with a top layer of wood, then we can definitely do it. The original floorboards of your home can be restored, your parquet floors can be restored, your semi solid and engineered floors can be sanded a few times but the number of sandings left on those floors depends on the thickness of the top layer. A semi solid or engineered wood floor has anywhere between 2 mm to 10 mm of real wood on the top layer. The 2 mm ones can only be sanded once but the thicker ones up to 5 times.
What Kind Of Restoration Services Are Possible
The standard hardwood floor restoration service usually includes sanding and 3 coats of lacquer. This is the basic one. From that point on and based on the condition of the wood floor and the type of wood, some additional services can be added.
Repairs | Some floors are in need of re-gluing, reattachment or minor repairs. Floor Sanding Churchtown can assess your floors and we can provide a free no obligation estimate for floor repairs, floor sourcing and floor installation.
Gap Filling | The gaps between the floorboards are a great hiding place for dirt, hair, food residue and insects. Most people do not like it. In old and cold houses, those gaps are also a great source of draft. Floor Sanding Churchtown will sand up your floors, generate some very fine wood dust, mix this wood dust with a special gap filler and then fill up the gaps. While the gaps are still there, of course, they are filled and cannot absorb dirt any longer.
Wood Staining | The wood stain is a colour dye that is usually applied directly to the wood fibre to darken up the wood, brighten up the wood or create unique matching colours. The wood stain has no protective qualities at all. It is just a colour. If you are looking for a natural finish without any major colour changes, then you do not need a stain. Floor Sanding Churchtown uses over 50 different colours of wood stains from Tover, Chimiver, Bona and Junckers. Not all types of hardwood floors can be stained. Some types of wood floors, like the maple floors, absorb the stain unevenly and it looks a bit silly after staining it.
Lacquering | The durability of your finish is 100% guaranteed by the quality of the floor lacquer used. The floor lacquers used by Floor Sanding Churchtown, are 100% water based and suitable for high traffic floors. We mostly use floor lacquers from Chimiver, Bona, Tover, Junckers and Saicos. We can have your floors looking as natural or as glossy as needed.
Non Yellowing Floor Lacquers
Most of the annoying yellow finishes on old floors are created by the classic solvent based floor finishes. A good part of our business is from people who can no longer tolerate that level of yellowish on their floors. The dark mustard like finish is the old oil based floor lacquer that has reacted with the light, or with the cleaning products or with UV light and over a long period of time has transformed your oak floors into a dark yellow finish. While this coating is on, all floors look the same. Floor Sanding Churchtown uses solvent free water based floor lacquers that are unlikely to ever change colour. If you are looking for a clear natural finish, we can guarantee you that in 5 years from now on, your floors will still look clear and natural.
Pet Friendly Floor Finishes
More and more people in Churchtown are pet owners. This is the main reason why Floor Sanding Churchtown uses some of the most pet friendly water based floor lacquers ever. Our floor lacquers are fume free, odour free and contain a high level of antislip. We can recommend the most suitable type of floor lacquer based on your particular needs and the type of pet that you have. Very glossy finishes can be a hazard for happy and excited pets while very matte finishes can be very hard to clean if you have a puppy or an old pet that is likely to have some accidents once in a while. Mention the fact that you own a pet at the time you are receiving an estimate from us so we can show you the most suitable finishes for you.
The Logistics Of Floor Sanding
You are getting your floors restored so you should expect some kind of disruption. Now, this disruption shouldn`t change your life, but you should expect it. Floor Sanding Churchtown is happy to work with you and if you have nobody to help you out with the movement of the furniture or some heavy items, we can help with that.
Furniture
We expect the room to be empty of furniture where possible and if there were carpets on the floor, to be gone by the time of the appointment to prevent long delays. By having the room empty, we can actually see the condition of the floor and we can move much faster and have your floors completed within the same day. If the carpets are still on the floor, that can create unwanted surprises like broken floorboards, huge gaps, missing floorboards, etc. If the room still has all the furniture in, we will be delayed big time so your project will take much longer. The ideal scenario is when the room is empty so we can start straight away.
Pets
All pets should be out of the house at the time of the sanding project. We use heavy duty powerful sanders that can be very dangerous if a pet gets around it. We ask all our customers to organise the removal of the pets for the duration of the floor sanding project and not to allow use of the finished floor for at least 12 hours.
Finish
Before the project even started, we would have discussed the type of finish and the level of sheen. These decisions depend on you and it cannot be changed after it is done. You need to work with us on that, be around and see if you are actually happy with the level of sheen and the colour achieved.
Payments
Floor sanding or hardwood floor refinishing is not an emergency service but a home improvement service so it was planned well ahead. Make sure that you have all the finances in place at the starting date. We accept all cards, cash or EFT.
Why Book Floor Sanding Churchtown
We are here to impress you, enhance the look of your floors, work within your budget and transform the look of your home. Our company has been sanding and restoring hardwood floors since the early 2000s and we have completed thousands of similar projects just like yours over the years. We provide clear pricing, we are flexible, we are trustworthy and nice people to do business with.
