Refinishing old wooden floors and stairs to their earlier elegance always gives a little more happiness to the Dan’s Floor Store crew when we are working with historically significant homes. We are helping to preserve our Country’s architectural history.
Dan’s Floor store has restored old wood floors in historic homes from Jacksonville to St. Augustine. For this project, we were refinishing wood floors and stair treads in the historic Avondale community of Jacksonville, Florida.
Avondale was developed as an exclusive subdivision of the Riverside neighborhood of Jacksonville, Florida in the summer of 1920. Many of the Avondale homes were built in the Mediterranean Revival style.
This wood floor and stairs refinishing project consisted of sanding and refinishing:
– 1750 square feet of old Heart Pine wood flooring upstairs
– face-nailed White Oak flooring that was decoratively bordered by natural Walnut strip downstairs
– one room of old Heart Pine downstairs
– old Heart Pine stair treads
Here are some photos of the old wooden floor and stair treads, before we refinished them.
These are photos taken during sanding, then hand scraping, and finally applying new finish to the old wood floors and stair treads.
After thoroughly sanding all of these wood surfaces, we applied Bona DTS waterborne sealer for the first coat. Then, after the Bona sealer had thoroughly dried, we applied two coats of Bona Traffic HD satin for the final two coats of finish.
And here are photos of the refinished wooden floors and stair treads. Our clients were very happy with their refinished wood flooring and stair treads. And Dan’s Floor Store is very happy when our clients like our work.
If you are thinking about refinishing old wooden flooring in your home or office, or getting new wood floors (whether solid wood, engineered wood, or laminate), give Dan’s Floor Store a call 904.887.8303 to make an appointment for a free consultation and estimate. And if your next home improvement project involves tile or stone work, don’t forget that we professionally install those materials too.
Get the quality and the look you want, with friendly service and reasonable prices.
Visit our Ponte Vedra, Florida showroom.
Call Dan directly at (904) 887-8303.
Call the store at (904) 825-2311 to speak with our salesman or to make an appointment for a Free in-home consultation and estimate.
Refinishing Old Wooden Floors and Stairs in Historic Avondale
/in Wood Floor Refinishing, wood staircase refinishing /by adminRefinishing old wooden floors and stairs to their earlier elegance always gives a little more happiness to the Dan’s Floor Store crew when we are working with historically significant homes. We are helping to preserve our Country’s architectural history.
Avondale was developed as an exclusive subdivision of the Riverside neighborhood of Jacksonville, Florida in the summer of 1920. Many of the Avondale homes were built in the Mediterranean Revival style.
This wood floor and stairs refinishing project consisted of sanding and refinishing:
– 1750 square feet of old Heart Pine wood flooring upstairs
– face-nailed White Oak flooring that was decoratively bordered by natural Walnut strip downstairs
– one room of old Heart Pine downstairs
– old Heart Pine stair treads
Here are some photos of the old wooden floor and stair treads, before we refinished them.
These are photos taken during sanding, then hand scraping, and finally applying new finish to the old wood floors and stair treads.
After thoroughly sanding all of these wood surfaces, we applied Bona DTS waterborne sealer for the first coat. Then, after the Bona sealer had thoroughly dried, we applied two coats of Bona Traffic HD satin for the final two coats of finish.
And here are photos of the refinished wooden floors and stair treads. Our clients were very happy with their refinished wood flooring and stair treads. And Dan’s Floor Store is very happy when our clients like our work.
If you are thinking about refinishing old wooden flooring in your home or office, or getting new wood floors (whether solid wood, engineered wood, or laminate), give Dan’s Floor Store a call 904.887.8303 to make an appointment for a free consultation and estimate. And if your next home improvement project involves tile or stone work, don’t forget that we professionally install those materials too.
Get the quality and the look you want, with friendly service and reasonable prices.
Visit our Ponte Vedra, Florida showroom.
Call Dan directly at (904) 887-8303.
Call the store at (904) 825-2311 to speak with our salesman or to make an appointment for a Free in-home consultation and estimate.
Rotary Sawn Red Oak Floor Repair Sand and Stain – Ponte Vedra Beach
/in New Wood Flooring Installation, Wood Floor Refinishing, Wood Floor Repair, wood floor weave-in /by adminHomeowners in Ponte Vedra Beach contracted Dan’s Floor Store 904.887.8303 to help renovate the old floors in their home.
We started our work on this flooring project by removing the foyer tile and home office carpeting.
Most concrete subfloors require some leveling before we can install wood flooring planks and the subfloor slab in this home was no exception. The leveled surface of the concrete subfloor helps the wood flooring last longer.
We chose engineered, unfinished rotary sawn 2 1/4″ wide Red Oak plank flooring by Howell Hardwood Flooring for the foyer and home office, to perfectly mimic the existing flooring.
The existing wood flooring had a lot of moisture damage from prior pet urine stains so we recommended sanding and staining the new and existing wood flooring for a uniform look through the home. Our crew used a hand scraper to “pull” all the ends of the sanded planks, to eliminate any sanding marks on the wood floors.
We recommended a combination of coastal driftwood and gray stains by Bona for the home’s wood floors. Dan’s Floor Store crew applied three coats of the stain, which really helped to hide the moisture damage to the old wood flooring. We finished these sanded and stained wood floors with Bona Mega Clear HD.
These rotary sawn Red Oak plank floors turned out great; our clients are very happy with them. And Dan’s Floor Store likes having happy clients.
Are you ready to change the look and improve the value of your home or business office with new wood floors (whether solid wood, engineered wood, or laminate), or refinishing the wood flooring you have? Give Dan’s Floor Store a call 904.887.8303 to make an appointment for a free consultation and estimate.
If your next improvement project involves tile or stone work, don’t forget that we professionally install those materials too.
Get the quality and the look you want, with friendly service and reasonable prices.
Pacific Madrone Wood Flooring Installation – Palencia
/in New Wood Flooring Installation /by adminHer home had been one of the model homes for the community. First we had to remove the old laminate flooring that had been installed in her home. Then we could see that there was a moisture problem in the concrete slab. The slab had not been properly cured prior to installing 6 mm thick plastic as a moisture barrier. First we leveled the concrete subfloor with Bostik SL 150 self-leveling underlayment. (Most concrete slab floors must be leveled to prevent damage to the new wood flooring.) Then we solved the slab moisture problem by installing Bostik MVP (Moisture Vapor Protection) which also serves as an Anti-Fracture and Noise Reduction Membrane. Bostick MVP will protect the new wood flooring from damage by moisture from the slab.
Our client selected a beautiful 3″ wide x 9/16″ thick domestic wood flooring made of Pacific Madrone the wood of a broad leafed evergreen tree found in the Pacific Northwest of our United States. Although Madrone is not often used for flooring, this wood makes a beautiful floor, as you can see in the photos we took after installation. EcoTimber made this wood flooring, which is FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) Certified. FSC Certification is probably the hardest of certifications to get for wood flooring. Another plus for our client’s selection is that there is no formaldehyde in the adhesive that attaches the sub-ply to the veneer of this impressive Pacific Madrone wood flooring.
We also finished this job with white shoe molding around the baseboards and stained-to-match shoe molding around the kitchen cabinetry. As seen in the photos, we did not use any molding around the giant quartz fireplace. We created a seamless look with all of the Pacific Madrone wood flooring boards butted up tightly to the fireplace hearth.
Our customer was thrilled with her new wood floors. We all agreed that this was another great wood flooring job by Dan’s Floor Store.
New wood floors (whether solid wood, engineered wood, or laminate), or refinishing the wood flooring in your home or business office will improve it’s looks and value. Give Dan’s Floor Store a call 904.887.8303 to make an appointment for a free consultation and estimate.
If your next improvement project involves tile or stone work, don’t forget that we professionally install those materials too.
Get the quality and the look you want, with friendly service and reasonable prices.
French Oak Wood Flooring Installation – Odom’s Mill PVB
/in New Wood Flooring Installation /by adminFirst, we removed the the tile and carpeting. Then we could see the massive amount of floor leveling that needed to be done, in preparation for installing the new wood floors.
Bostik SL 150, self-leveling underlayment did a great job of leveling the subfloor. We took these photos while leveling the surface of the concrete subfloor.
For this French Oak wood flooring installation we used Bostik GreenForce adhesive and moisture control membrane. There was not a moisture problem in the concrete subfloor at this home. Our client said that they would feel better using the Bostik GreenForce adhesive with moisture control membrane so we did. Based on our years of experience, Dan’s Floor Store uses Bostik’s adhesives exclusively in our work.
Because of the 8 inch width of these French Oak wood flooring planks, we used special flooring straps to hold the planks together during installation.
Our client selected a grayish colored engineered, 8 inch wide by 5/8 inch thick Bella Cera French Oak hardwood designated Maracantonio in their Villa Borghese collection. This hardwood flooring is double smoked, wire brushed, hand distressed and hand stained, for an appearance that is very beachy and current.
We also removed all of the existing baseboards as part of this project. We replaced the old baseboards with 5 1/4 inch tall new baseboards and shoe molding.
Needless to say our customers were absolutely thrilled with the outcome of our work! They love their new wood floors! Reviewing this project, Dan was also very happy with the results he achieved. Dan is probably his own number one critic. Dan’s Floor Store focuses on the goal of the best craftsmanship possible with every Dan’s floor store project.
Considering changing the look and improving the value of your home or business office with new wood floors (whether solid wood, engineered wood, or laminate), or refinishing the wood flooring you have? Give Dan’s Floor Store a call 904.887.8303 to make an appointment for a free consultation and estimate.
If your next improvement project involves tile or stone work, don’t forget that we professionally install those materials too.
Get the quality and the look you want, with friendly service and reasonable prices.
New Birch Stair Treads for World Golf Village Home
/in wood staircase installation, wood staircase refinishing /by adminBecause a couple who are prior clients and homeowners in the World Golf Village community loved the engineered wood flooring that we had installed for them, they called us back for a new project.
This project involved installing 18 new solid birch stair treads. Some of the treads are very long. The stair treads range in size from the smallest, about 48″ long to the longer ones which are 60″ long to as much as 72″ long.
One of the signs of a well done stair tread installation is how tightly the treads fit to the skirt boards between the wall and the end of each stair tread. Dan’s Floor Store uses a precision jig that we built for making these cuts, to ensure each stair tread fits very tight to the skirt boards of the stairway.
For the bottom stair step, we filled out a frame that attached the subtread, to conform to the curved end of the bottom stair tread for the look that our clients wanted. Using some flexible riser material, we created a flawless look for the riser, including the curved surface of the step.
When Dan’s Floor Store installs and finishes new stair treads, or when we refinish existing stair treads, we pre-finish all of the treads to match the wood flooring prior to installing them. This approach ensures we won’t have any stain blotches / blemishes / over paint on the adjacent painted skirt board, and reduces some of the stain odor in the home. The stair case landings are usually the only portions of a stair case refinishing project that we have to sand, stain and finish in place.
The new birch stair treads turned out really beautiful! We stained them twice with Duraseal stain in Antique Brown. Then we finished the treads with three coats of Bona Mega Clear HD satin.
Thinking about changing the look and improving the value of your home or business office with new wood floors (whether solid wood, engineered wood, or laminate), or refinishing the wood flooring you have? Give Dan’s Floor Store a call 904.887.8303 to make an appointment for a free consultation and estimate.
If your next improvement project involves tile or stone work, don’t forget that we professionally install those materials too.
Get the quality and the look you want, with friendly service and reasonable prices.
Installing Solid Red Oak Wood Flooring – Avondale
/in New Wood Flooring Installation, wood floor weave-in /by adminIn order to provide a good base for the new Red Oak wood flooring in this home, and as shared in an earlier article, we previously installed plywood subfloor in the kitchen and several other areas of their home.
The new rift and quarter sawn unfinished Red Oak wood flooring was installed in the kitchen (which was formerly tile) and in several bedrooms, and closets. This Red Oak flooring installation included over 12 different weave-in sections to allow the new wood flooring to run apparently seamlessly from one room to the next.
Our Dan’s Floor Store wood flooring work complies with NWFA standards to provide beautiful results and long lasting wood floors for our customers. As an example, when installing solid wood flooring like this one, it’s important to leave room for the wood to expand and contract. That’s why we install expansion joints (which you can see in some of the photos), using nickels between the boards every 10 feet.
Once the new Red Oak wood flooring has properly acclimated, we will sand all of the wood flooring in the home, and then refinish those floors. The sand and finish portion of this project will be shared in a future article on our Dan’s Floor Store website.
The client’s home has a nice view of the St. Johns River at sunset from the back yard of their home.
Considering changing the look and improving the value of your home or business office with new wood floors (whether solid wood, engineered wood, or laminate), or refinishing the wood flooring you have? Give Dan’s Floor Store a call 904.887.8303 to make an appointment for a free consultation and estimate.
If your next improvement project involves tile or stone work, don’t forget that we professionally install those materials too.
Get the quality and the look you want, with friendly service and reasonable prices.
New Hickory Wood Flooring and Refinished Stairs in Glen Kernan
/in New Wood Flooring Installation, Wood Floor Refinishing, wood staircase refinishing /by adminAfter one of our Dan’s Floor Store free consultations, we were contracted to remove some of the old flooring and install new wood flooring in a home in the Glen Kernan Country Club community of Jacksonville, Florida.
Glen Kernan is a gated Country Club community, sitting in 600 acres of scenic, natural beauty near the Intracoastal waterway. There were some gorgeous scenes of nature to be seen during this job.
Home improvements like wood flooring and tile work can be a good investment to improve the overall appearance and value of a home.
Our crew removed 2500 square feet of mostly tile and wood flooring.
Our floor tile removal machine makes tile removal go a lot quicker. It saves us work and saves our clients money. You can see a video of our floor tile removal machine in action in our article, “White Stained White Oak Floors in Plantation Country Club PVB“.
Prior to installing the new wood flooring, we leveled the concrete slab subfloor.
The client selected random width, hand scraped, pre-finished Bella Cera Hickory wood flooring for the new look for their home.
We also sanded, hand scraped, and refinished the staircase and landing to match the new Hickory wood flooring, as part of this home improvement project.
Our clients love their new Hickory wood floors, and refinished wood stairs and landing, and we like having happy clients.
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When you are considering improving the look and value of your home or business office with new wood floors (whether solid wood, engineered wood, or laminate), or refinishing the wood flooring you have, give Dan’s Floor Store a call 904.887.8303 to make an appointment for a free consultation and estimate. If your next improvement project involves tile or stone work, don’t forget that we professionally install those materials too.
Get the quality and the look you want, with friendly service and reasonable prices.
Plywood subfloor for Red Oak Flooring Installation – Avondale
/in New Wood Flooring Installation, wood floor weave-in /by adminSome wood flooring installations require the prior addition of a plywood subfloor over the concrete slab.
This work was in preparation for a weave-in rift and quarter sawn solid Red Oak wood floor installation, with sand and finish project.
First we lay down a 6 mil thick layer of Visqueen moisture barrier along with lap cement. We carefully roll out the plastic moisture barrier to cover the concrete slab after laying tar down with a trowel.
Next we carry in our sheets of 3/4″ CDX plywood to serve as subfloor. We cut the the plywood to fit according to the American Plywood Association / Engineered Wood Association and National Wood Flooring Association standards
We fasten each sheet of plywood with our Hilti DX2 nailer gun. This gun shoots 1 1/2″nails thru the plywood and into the concrete. This step really fastens our plywood securely to the concrete slab!
In a few weeks we will return to our client’s home and weave-in and install, then later sand and finish the Red Oak flooring installation. Here’s our link to our article about about the installation of the rift and quarter sawn Red Oak hardwood flooring.
Considering changing the look and improving the value of your home or business office with new wood floors (whether solid wood, engineered wood, or laminate), or refinishing the wood flooring you have? Give Dan’s Floor Store a call 904.887.8303 to make an appointment for a free consultation and estimate.
If your next improvement project involves tile or stone work, don’t forget that we professionally install those materials too.
Get the quality and the look you want, with friendly service and reasonable prices.
Wood Look Tiles and River Rock Installation in Atlantic Beach
/in New Tile Installation /by adminHomeowners in Atlantic Beach called us for a free consultation and estimate for installing wood look tile and river rock flooring for some of the floors and bath and shower areas of their home.
The project involved installing 1000 square feet of wood look floor tiles, and also installing wood look tile in the two shower areas in the home.
One shower area was a stand up shower, in which we installed River Rock flooring by Emser Tile and mirror image corners. The other shower area that we tiled was a tub and shower surround.
The first step of the flooring installation portion of this project was cleaning and leveling the concrete subfloor. As these photos show, there was a massive amount of leveling that had to take place to ensure a flat floor prior to the tile installation.
These photos show us installing the wood look floor tiles. The tile installation was executed in a three step pattern, in which every other one will repeat. The tiles were centered up nicely in the long hallway. One of the installation photos shows some of the intricate tile cuts required to follow the outline of the natural stone surface around the fireplace foundation.
Here are some photos of the wood look tiles being installed on the walls of the tub & shower surround.
And these photos show the wood look floor tiles and tub and shower surround tiles, and River Rock floor installed.
Our clients are very happy with their tile installation home improvements by Dan’s Floor Store. And we always like to have happy clients!
If you are thinking about improving the look and value of your home with tile or stone work, give Dan’s Floor Store a call 904.887.8303 to make an appointment for a free consultation and estimate. If your next home improvement project involves new wood floors (whether solid wood, engineered wood, or laminate), or refinishing the wood flooring you have, don’t forget we are very experienced with wood, too.
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Domestic Hickory Hardwood Flooring Installation in Kensington
/in New Wood Flooring Installation /by adminNot long ago, some walk-in customers to our showroom, were looking for some wood flooring to replace the carpeting in their home, which is located in the Kensington subdivision in St. Augustine.
After 3 to 4 years, most standard, commercial grade carpeting starts to deteriorate and becomes harder to clean. If anyone in the carpeted home or business office has allergies, worn carpeting tends to trap more pollen and other allergens, causing problems year around.
Because of the width of these wood floor planks, we used special flooring straps to hold the domestic Hickory hardwood flooring planks together during installation.
This wood flooring installation project took us six days in total. Our clients are very happy with their new wood floors, and we are really happy too, because we like to satisfy the customer!
When you are considering improving the look and value of your home or business office with new wood floors (whether solid wood, engineered wood, or laminate), or refinishing the wood flooring you have, give Dan’s Floor Store a call 904.887.8303 to make an appointment for a free consultation and estimate. If your next improvement project involves tile or stone work, don’t forget that we professionally install those materials too.
Get the quality and the look you want, with friendly service and reasonable prices.