Following one of our free consultations, Dan’s Floor Store was contracted to repair the Red Oak wood flooring in a Jacksonville home as part of a renovation project.
This home has a beautiful view of the St. Johns river, and is located near University Boulevard and Atlantic Boulevard.
As part of the renovation work, the existing kitchen and a wall were removed, leaving a large hole in the existing wood flooring. Dan’s Floor Store skills in wood floor repair can help make this wood floor look beautiful again.
To fill this exposed area of subfloor, we installed new 1 1/2″ solid Red Oak plank flooring, weaving each piece into existing planks of the old wood floors. Slightly over 100 of the new planks were woven-in to repair the floors in this home. A weave-in wood floor repair is a little more difficult than installing new wood plank flooring, and more routine weave-in repairs usually involve fewer planks to added.
It’s good practice to allow the wood flooring to sit and acclimate for two weeks prior to starting the refinishing phase of the project – sanding and finishing these floors.
Several weeks later we began the next phase of this project.
This solid inch and a half strip Red Oak flooring had some cupping to it so we had to sand it at a 45 degree angle, just like we do with all new solid wood flooring. Sanding wood flooring at a 45 degree angle helps to flatten the floor surface, so that we can “cut” (sand) the floor straight with rough grit paper.
A neutral DuraSeal stain was chosen for this floor to compliment the dark cherry color cabinets to be installed. Two coats of water based polyurethane were applied, followed by a final coat of Bona Traffic satin when the remainder of the renovation work in the home was completed.
Here are some photos of the final kitchen, with new Kitchen Cabinets and Island installed by Horn Builders. Everyone likes how the new darker finished cabinets and island are set off by the lighter wood flooring.
Removing the kitchen wall resulted in a much roomier kitchen, and gave the clients the open floor plan appearance that they wanted.
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.
New Wood Floors for a Sawgrass Country Club home
/in New Wood Flooring Installation /by adminBased on our discussion during our free Dan’s Floor Store consultation, they decided to cover their 1800 square foot floor with 7″ wide, wire brushed, engineered White Oak flooring by Naturally Aged Flooring.
First we had to remove the existing carpet, padding, and tile from the floors. Then we cleaned the each of the floors to prepare for wood plank installation.
We installed the wire brushed, engineered White Oak flooring throughout the home, and the clients were very happy with the look of their new wood floors.
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White Oak with White Stain – Plantation Country Club
/in New Wood Flooring Installation /by adminWe suggested wire brushed 7 1/2′ wide White Oak engineered wood flooring from LW Flooring with a white stain for the 3 bedrooms they were wanting to renovate, which has been a popular look over the last few years for a “beach house look” in local Florida homes.
The couple liked the look and asked us to install the new flooring in 3 of their bedrooms, amounting to nearly 1000 square feet of White Oak engineered wood flooring to be installed and stained.
Here are some photos that show the bedrooms prior to installation of the new wood flooring.
And here is the White Oak engineered wood flooring installed. We “popped” the grain of the new wood flooring with water, to achieve better penetration of the white stain, for a better visual effect.
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Refinishing Wood Floors for a Beach House Look
/in Wood Floor Refinishing /by adminThe clients wanted to achieve more of a “beach house look” in their home. We could refinish their existing wood flooring as part of renovations to achieve this look.
They had some nice Red Oak flooring installed in one area of their home.
This is how the Red Oak floor looked, prior to staining and refinishing.
And this is how the Yellow Pine Kitchen floor looked, prior to staining and refinishing.
To get the “beach house look” that the clients’ wanted, we sanded the floors and then applied water to “pop” the grain of the wood (to allow the stain to penetrate deeper into the wood grain).
We stained the floors with a mixture of two parts white to one part classic gray. Then we applied the finishing coating of polyurethane to protect the wood floors so they will continue to look good for years.
The Red Oak floor, stained for the “beach house look” after refinishing.
The Yellow Pine Kitchen floor, stained for the “beach house look” after refinishing.
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Wood Floor Repair and Refinishing in Jacksonville
/in Wood Floor Refinishing, Wood Floor Repair /by adminThis home has a beautiful view of the St. Johns river, and is located near University Boulevard and Atlantic Boulevard.
As part of the renovation work, the existing kitchen and a wall were removed, leaving a large hole in the existing wood flooring. Dan’s Floor Store skills in wood floor repair can help make this wood floor look beautiful again.
To fill this exposed area of subfloor, we installed new 1 1/2″ solid Red Oak plank flooring, weaving each piece into existing planks of the old wood floors. Slightly over 100 of the new planks were woven-in to repair the floors in this home. A weave-in wood floor repair is a little more difficult than installing new wood plank flooring, and more routine weave-in repairs usually involve fewer planks to added.
It’s good practice to allow the wood flooring to sit and acclimate for two weeks prior to starting the refinishing phase of the project – sanding and finishing these floors.
Several weeks later we began the next phase of this project.
This solid inch and a half strip Red Oak flooring had some cupping to it so we had to sand it at a 45 degree angle, just like we do with all new solid wood flooring. Sanding wood flooring at a 45 degree angle helps to flatten the floor surface, so that we can “cut” (sand) the floor straight with rough grit paper.
A neutral DuraSeal stain was chosen for this floor to compliment the dark cherry color cabinets to be installed. Two coats of water based polyurethane were applied, followed by a final coat of Bona Traffic satin when the remainder of the renovation work in the home was completed.
Here are some photos of the final kitchen, with new Kitchen Cabinets and Island installed by Horn Builders. Everyone likes how the new darker finished cabinets and island are set off by the lighter wood flooring.
Removing the kitchen wall resulted in a much roomier kitchen, and gave the clients the open floor plan appearance that they wanted.
Get the quality and the look you want, with friendly service and reasonable prices.
Wood Flooring Refinish and Repair in Jacksonville Beach
/in Wood Floor Refinishing, Wood Floor Repair /by adminDan’s Floor Store was selected to refinish the wood floors in this home in Jacksonville Beach, Florida.
In addition to refinishing the wood floors, there was a section of flooring that had to be replaced; a 50 board, weave-in repair. We also installed some nice vinyl plank flooring in the upstairs master bedroom suite.
These photos show us preparing for and during the refinishing phase of this project.
The client chose the Classic Gray stain by DuraSeal for the 2 1/4″ solid Red Oak flooring downstairs. We applied Bona Traffic polyurethane (a commercial-rated, waterborne finish) coating to protect the wood floor, in a satin sheen.
We agree that our client’s selection, the Classic Gray stain by DuraSeal, conveys a very beachy look; very fitting for the location of the home, just steps away from the Beach.
At Dan’s Floor Store, we enjoy helping clients save some money while extending the life of their wood flooring.
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Wood Floor Repair, Sand, and Stain in Ponte Vedra Florida
/2 Comments/in Wood Floor Refinishing, wood staircase refinishing /by adminThe clients wanted to renovate their home with darker wood floors and stairway, and wanted our insight on a water damaged area of wood flooring in their home.
This project presented a large area of wood flooring to be sanded and stained, in addition to the area of wood flooring to be repaired.
In the damaged flooring area, the plywood sub-floor and the solid wood flooring had to be removed and the concrete dried out before the new plywood could be installed followed by new 3 1/4 inch solid Red Oak wood flooring.
The staircase treads had been the natural color of the wood floor, with white risers to the treads. The stair treads and risers would need to be sanded and stained as part of this project.
Sanding the wood floors to prepare them for staining and coating.
The customers selected a DuraSeal in Antique Brown for their floors and staircase.
A satin waterborne Bona Traffic polyurethane was used for coating.
This was a large scale flooring project, and after it was finished, it looked great and it was a fun one to work on! We enjoy helping clients save some money while extending the life of their wood flooring.
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Brazilian Cherry Wood Floor Refinishing in St. Augustine
/1 Comment/in Wood Floor Refinishing /by adminDan’s Floor Store was contracted to sand and refinish the wood floors in a home in Saint Augustine, Florida, near the marsh on Anastasia Island. We refinished all of the wood flooring in the home, some of which was Brazilian Cherry wood flooring, as featured in this article.
We sanded the wood floors, and finished them with three coats of polyurethane Bona Mega Clear Satin.
Between coats of finish, we screened (lightly sanded, not touching the actual wood) the floors to result in a smoother, thicker, deeper and richer looking protective polyurethane coating.
The Sanded, Screened and Recoated wood floors (including these Brazilian Cherry Wood floors) looked great and our clients were very pleased to see the results. We enjoy helping clients save some money while extending the life of their wood flooring.
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.
Screening and Recoating Wood Floors and Stairs in Epping Forest
/in Wood Floor Refinishing /by adminAfter inspecting the floors with the clients, we recommended a process called Screening and Recoating, a refinishing procedure for wood flooring that helps it last even longer. Based on our recommendation, the client asked us to also refinish the stair treads, for a refreshed look through their home.
From our experience, the finish on most wood floors has been scuffed by normal use after 3 to 5 years. Our Screening and Re-coating process restores the finish to like new, to last another 3 to 5 years.
The “Screening” process sands the wood flooring with clog-resistant sanding disks, removing the wood floor finish without cutting into the wood itself. Most commonly, a wood floor with a polyurethane finish coating is an excellent candidate for screening, because the polyurethane creates a non-penetrating plastic coating that actually sits on top of the wood flooring. We see better results when we screen a wood floor with a finish that is worn, scratched or dull but the wood beneath is not stained or damaged.
This photo is of the wood flooring in an area of the home before Screening.
The same wood flooring area after Screening.
The same wood flooring area during the Coating process.
Several photos of the Screened and Recoated wood stairs and floors.
The Screened and Recoated wood floors looked great and our clients were very pleased to see the results. We enjoy helping clients save some money while extending the life of their wood flooring.
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White Oak Wood Flooring Installation – Amelia Island Plantation
/in New Wood Flooring Installation /by adminDan’s Floor Store is adding 300 sq.ft. (a project that we call a “New Install”) of solid, unfinished White Oak Select with 4 solid wood, White Oak treads and a nosing, from Shamrock Plank Floors, to an elevated living room.
After an installation of unfinished wood flooring, the new flooring (and the existing 1000 sq. ft. of flooring) needs to be sanded and then finished, to seal it from dirt and wear. The client can pick from a wide variety of stains and coatings for the flooring decor they want in their home (or office, for commercial flooring installations).
Our client has already picked the stain and coating they want, so this job is going to be sanded and finished soon.
We finished this project but we lost the finished photos. Darn!
Take a look at these other wood floor refinishing and stair refinishing projects we’ve completed to see results that make clients happy
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.
Oak Wood Stair Refinishing in Atlantic Beach
/1 Comment/in Wood Floor Refinishing /by adminWe have over 15 years of wood floor refinishing. Some refinishing projects are larger, with hundreds of square feet of flooring being sanded, stained, and finished for our clients. Some projects are smaller in area (such as this wood stair refinishing project), but require application of the same refinishing techniques. Read How Dan’s Floor Store Refinishes and Restores Wood Floors.
After sanding the Oak wood stair treads to prepare them for refinishing, part of the challenge of this particular project was matching different species Maple versus Oak. We needed to match the wood color of the solid Oak treads to the color of the existing solid Maple wood flooring.
It took some time and several tries to get the tone of the stair treads to match but we did it! We used a little bit of dark Walnut ebony and white stain to create a continuous shade of wood in the flooring and stairs, throughout their home. Our clients were very happy with their refinished wood stairs!
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.