Sanding & Refinishing Hardwood
floors
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Sanding and
refinishing hardwood floor | Sanding and refinishing hardwood floor is a very economical way to transform your home into
a great indoor. It normally takes a couple of days to complete the work. Our professional crew has many years of experience
of sanding, staining and refinishing wood flooring and stair treads.
Please see our photos below.
Professional
heavy-duty drum sander and edger are used for 90% dust free. All the door ways will be sealed by plastic sheet to prevent
dust leak. Normally floor is sanded by coarse, mediam and fine sand papers and buffer to ensure the surface get enough required
smoothness. Buffing is essential between coats or before the first coat, the floor must be buffed with a buffer machine in
order to prepare the floor and remove any unseen scratches.
For clear finish, penetrating sealer is applied as
first coat. Sealer may include a color and can be used to seal and stain the floor. Since sealer is applied right on bare
wood, it will be mostly absorbed and dry in relatively short time, then another coat of polyurethane will applied. It takes
about 24 to 48 hours for putting the last coat. Buffing between each polyurethane coat will be applied.
For stained
floor, stain will serve as the protective sealer. darker stain will take much longer time to dry than lighter stain, depending
on humidity level. Normally two or three coats will be applied after the stain. To ensure the color even, the staining process
is time consumining and skill intensive.
The sealer coat is vital to the durability of the finish. If a sealer
is not applied, the finish will soon start to peeling. This is especially true in areas where there is big humidity variation
throughout the year.
We offer customer choice of: Oil-based or water-based polyurethane; semi-gloss or high-gloss
finish. All our work is guaranteed to follow the guide of National Wood Flooring Association.
Customer's responsibility: the job site has to be clear with furniture before the scheduled
date. We can remove carpet at small extra cost. Floor can not be walked on during the refinishing process and at least 28
hours after last coat applied. After 24 hours, light traffic is allowed. Normal traffic is allowed after 48 - 72 hours. Do
not slide furniture on the floor, lift it into place after 48 hours. Area rugs can be put down after 14 days on water based
finishes and 30 days for all other finishes. Furniture and rugs placed too soon may result in finish or surface damage. Some
area rugs and padding may damage or discolor the finish. This type of damage as well as color change due to aging and intense
sunlight in not the responsibility of Huggins Flooring Inc.
Should you have any questions, please feel free
to contact us. Reference is available on request. |
How
many days will it take for a sanding job?
The estimated time is based on a average job-800sqft without stain.
For oil-modified polyurethane: The process needs 4 days.
The first day will be
sanding, sweeping, vacuum and tack the floor thoroghly. Then a high solids pure urethane sanding sealer is applied. It dries
to the touch in just one hour, and can be screened in roughly 1-1/2 hours. Then the floor needs screening and cleaning again,
and apply the second caot. Dry time: overnight.
The second day will repeat screening and cleaning, and apply the third coat. Dry time: overnight to
light traffic; 48 hours to normal traffic.
Bigger jobs need more days.
For water-based polyurethane: The process needs 3 days.
The first day will be sanding, sweeping, vacuum
and tack the floor thoroghly. Then sealer or first coat of water-based polyurethane applied. That will dry to screen in approximately
2 hours. Then second coat is applied after screening and cleaning.
The second day apply the third coat and the
last caot. It takes approximately 48 hours to normal traffic.
Icluding sealer/primer, 4 coats is recomended.
Figuring out roughly minimum 2 hours drying time between coats, sometimes a job can be done in the same day.
Costumer has a choice of gloss, semi-gloss
or satin sheen
Hardwood,
Engineered & Laminate Flooring Installation Once you have decide what kind of hardwood floor is right for you, it is important to select
the right company to do the job. when you select a Wood flooring company for your hard wood floor installation or
refinishing job, you are choosing a professional that has access to the most current information in the industry, the most
technologically advanced prefinished or unfinished hardwood floors and systems, and a wealth of hardwood information at our
fingertips. - Standard wood floor installation is included in the price
of "with-installation"hardwood flooring
- Custom wood floor installation
prices vary according to wood types and pattern complexity
- The type of installation
includs: nail down (staple down) solid hardwood floor, floating wood floor, glue down engineered wood floor
- For more information about hardwood floor installation, please contact us
Custom Design
- Hundreds of wood floor designs and
wood varieties to choose from
- Create a one-of-a-kind wood floor design with a design
consultant
- All wood floor designs are installed to customer specifications
- Perfect medallion and border for any room in your home or office
Here are some facts on our installation policies: (some policies can vary upon
jobs)
Appliances: Huggins Hardwood Flooring. is not responsible
for disconnecting or reconnecting of any gas, water or professionally installed appliances or fixtures. The customer must
make arrangements for a professional to take care of this prior to and after our arrival.
Baseboards: Huggins Hardwood Flooring. is not responsible
for damage done. The tools used for proper installation can sometimes scrape or hit the wall. The customer must do any touch
up after our services have been rendered. Our installers will of course try their best to cause as little damage as possible.
Doors: Huggins Hardwood Flooring. will usually remove the
doors from their hinges to allow proper installation. We will re-hang your doors once the floor is laid if they do not need
cutting. Frequently, installation of new carpet or vinyl will prevent doors from swinging or sliding freely. You should have
a qualified carpenter cut or shave the doors to fit.
Furniture: Huggins Hardwood
Flooring. will move some light furniture if necessary without charge. We ask you to empty the rooms as much as possible if
not completely. If we do have to move items we are not responsible for their accidental damage. We will not move these items
that follow: Water beds, pool tables, pianos, grandfather clocks, computers, lamps, books, dishes, pictures, stereos, electrical
equipment, file cabinets, stoves, ranges, ice makers, valuables, or any other non-furniture items. We do not disconnect alarm
systems, cable or any electrical connections. Customer must also empty out closets that will have new flooring installed.
Existing Flooring: Huggins Hardwood Flooring .
does not haul away old flooring materials. If requested we can cut up your old carpet into manageable pieces for your own
trash hauler to remove them. If removal of an existing floor containing asbestos should become necessary during our installation,
customer will have to arrange for this work to be done by a certified abatement specialist.
Huggins Hardwood Flooring . is a professional hardwood floor installation company serving
central New Jersey and New York City.
High Quality
Hardwood Floors
Professional
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