Floor Sanding Sandymount | The Masters Of Floor Refinishing

 

If you are just about to book a local floor sanding contractor or if you are only considering it, you should read this article and make sure that you understand the entire process, what is getting done, how it is getting done, how long it will take, how much it will cost, what can be done with your floors and what is not possible. We want our customers to be well informed and ready for booking when they call us or email us.

 

What Is Floor Sanding Or Floor Refinishing

 

For a wooden floor to be sanded, obviously it has to be made from real wood. Some wood imitations are so realistic that it actually confuses a lot of people. There are a lot of very realistic looking laminate floors, Amtico floors and Karndean floors. Natural stone floors or plastic floors cannot be sanded.

 

Hardwood Floors | The hardwood floors are the types of real wood floors manufactured from real pieces of wood without any artificial base. Floor Sanding Sandymount can guarantee that if your floor is hardwood, it can be sanded and refinished many times over.

 

Semi Solid Or Engineered Wood Floors | This type of wood floor is only about 50% real wood with a plywood base. These kinds of floors can have anything from 0.2 mm real wood topcoat up to 1 cm topcoat. These floors can be sanded 1 to 3 times. To be sure that your floors were not sanded before or to find out if there is still enough wood left for another sanding job, please book a free no obligation survey with Floor Sanding Sandymount.

 

What Can We Do For You

 

You must have a good reason for contacting Floor Sanding Sandymount. The alarm bells started ringing when the sheen is lost, when the floors have expanded, when the floors move around, when the colours are very patchy, when black watermarks appear or many other reasons. Usually, a visual inspection would be enough to decide if the floor has to be sanded and recoated or if it can be sorted out with a quick cleaning and polishing job.

 

We will assess your floors

 

After the initial contact, one of the highly skilled specialists from Floor Sanding Sandymount will drop by and assess your floors. In 99% of the cases we will know the issue instantly and we will come up with a solution. But in a few cases we might have to do a more intense investigation to discover why the issue is there, what has caused it and how to prevent it in the future.

 

We will recommend

 

All our estimates and site surveys are free of charge and no obligation. Floor Sanding Sandymount listens to whatever plans you have, what colours you are trying to match with what or whatever thoughts you might have. If it is possible, we will provide a free estimate and a lead time to do it. If whatever you want is silly, not possible or it will make your floors look cheap and fake, we will let you know. Ultimately though, you are the owner of your floors and we will do whatever you want us to do.

 

We will book you in

 

If everything works well and you are happy with our prices and our approach, you are likely to ask us to book you in. Usually, we book all our new floor sanding projects within 2 weeks. A floor sanding job is a major home improvement project, so good planning and organisation is required. While you do not have to move out because of the floor refurbishment project, you might have to keep your pets away for 1 day or organise your day in such a way to spend as little time as possible around our workers. If any help is needed, please inform Floor Sanding Sandymount in good time.

 

Our Services

 

Sanding and sealing comes as standard. The pre-existing top layer has to be removed to be able to apply a fresh one and some type of sealer has to be applied to protect the newly sanded surface. The most popular types of finish are water based floor lacquers or floor oils. We encourage our customers to go for an ultra matt floor lacquer if they love the feeling and the look of oiled floors. While the ultra matt floor lacquers look just like the hardwax oils, they do not require the same level of cleaning, refreshing and maintenance as the floor oils. 

 

Gap Filling | Floor Sanding Sandymount can also include gap filling. The gaps between your floorboards will be filled up with wood dust from the floor itself mixed up with a solvent or a water based gap filler. Then the gap filler can be stained, lacquered or oiled just like the floor. Some floors that are in constant movement might not be suitable for gap filling.

 

Wood Staining | If you are ready for a small or major change, then start with your hardwood floors. Floor Sanding Sandymount can do a number of wood stain samples to show you what works the best and what is the most suitable colour for your floors. The wood stain does not affect the durability of the floor finish. The stain is just a colour that goes into the wood before the lacquer.

 

Floor Lacquering | Your floors life expectancy is mostly decided by the quality of the floor lacquer. The floor lacquer used can be low traffic, medium traffic or intense traffic. Floor Sanding Sandymount uses some of the most natural looking two pack water based floor lacquers from Chimiver, Tover, Bona, Junckers and Saicos. We can seal and protect all your hardwood floors with natural, matt, semi gloss or glossy floor lacquers. You decide what level of sheen is the best. 

 

***All our floor finishes are designed to allow full natural ventilation and to maintain the natural look of the wood. Even our wood stains, they do not cover the wood fibre at all but instead enhance it***

 

Your Unique Price

 

Floor sanding is not cheap. It costs less than the price of having to replace your hardwood floors and it is likely to be less disruptive. With the new dustless floor sanding technology, Floor Sanding Sandymount can be out of your home in less than 10 hours. There will be no dust to clean or dangerous fumes around. 

 

The final price will depend on the size of your floors, the condition of your floor, the finish required and the location or access. Larger floors tend to cost a bit less per square meter while small floor sanding projects are likely to cost more per sq meter or to be included in our minimum charge. 

 

Floor Sanding Sandymount is fully insured and highly recommended. We are happy to adapt to any special requirements and to provide free no obligation estimates.