Step One:
The room should be prepared before we arrive by removing all
furniture from the area. |
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Step Two:
We remove the old carpet, tack strips, nails and staples, and
we will putty the nail holes in the process. |
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Step Three:
Your floor is sanded using a drum sander (right) and an under-radiator
sander (left). Both machines have their own vacuum system to reduce dust.
With the drum sander, we sand your floor with three to five different grits
of paper, depending on the roughness of your floor. The drum sander runs
on 220 electric power. |
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Step Four:
We use an edger to sand any areas the drum sander could not
reach. The edger also has a vacuum system to reduce dust. You may need
to do touch-up painting on your baseboards or molding after the floor is
done. We also hand scrape the corners and use an orbital sander to remove
any marks left on the floor. |
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Step Five:
After sanding, we vacuum to remove the fine dust. We then put on either a first coat of stain or a sealer, depending on the customer’s color preference, and allow it to dry overnight. For the next two to three days, we buff the floor, clean it and coat it with a clear floor finish in the sheen you have chosen, for a total of four coats.
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Step Six:
The floor needs to set for 48 hours before you can move the
furniture back into the room. We also suggest that you wait one week to
place any large area rugs on your new floor. Once we are finished, we will
send you a bill with care and cleaning instructions to keep your floors
looking like new! |
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