Re-finishing hardwood floors?

[hang10]

Should i sand and re-finish my hardwood floors or should i pay someone to do it? It will cost about $900 to pay someone.or i could do it myself.Is it worth it???

thanks-kurt

 

[Makaveli]

go to home depot, rent a big ass floor sander & do it yourself. Its not hard.

 

[wlaukaitis]

I paid someone, they sanded 3 times, very dusty. Afterward, I couldn't understand why my A/C did not work, the filter was clogged with dust. They also filed in holes and covered the old heat registers as well. They did 3 bedrooms, 1/2 kitchen, and the hallway etc. $1500

I have pics if you want.....

 

[Pronto]

I just redid my kitchen floor last week. I had done an addition 12 years ago and did the floor when it was new so this time it was just a matter of taking the finish off. I rented at Home Depot. I used the drum style last year on my daughter's house. It had the new style with expanding style rubber drum. It worked well. For my house I used a different style machine. It had four 6" velcro on discs that spin orbitaly like a buffer. It was very easy to use. In fact because it sands in all directions I moved faster than the drum style. The disc style didn't cup the floor like the drum style does. Dust wasn't that bad. I put down 2 sanding sealer coats and 3 coats of water based Polyurethane. Started sanding Thursday night, finshed last coat Poly on Saturday morn. Put the table back on Sunday. Machine rental (4 hours) and discs came to $100, sealer and poly was another $60. Applicator and pads about $15. Looks great. I only had to use 40 grit on a few areas. If your floor is not in good shape you'll need 36 to start.

 

[GN ERGY]

Do it yourself, it's not that hard. Keep the windows open and tape off the doorways with some plastic to the rooms that you're not sanding to keep the dust out. You will save a lot of $$$.
Me and my girlfriend did hers a couple years ago, glad we did it ourselves.
Tarey D.

 

[Makaveli]

the tread style sander I got had a vacuum on it... hardly any dust at all.