Sand your floor yourself

Planning sanding and refinishing floors?

Scheduling sanding and refinishing hardwood floors is quite difficult to do, without knowing how long it takes to sand a floor. The answer to this question might surprise you!

How long does it take to sand a floor? It can take 1 to 5 days for a professional and 2 to 15 days for a DIYer, depending on the size and condition of the floor. For planning purposes, it would take 1 day per room for a professional and 2 days per room for a DIY homeowner.

Have your floors sanded by a professional

Some homeowners may be able to invest money to have their floors professionally sanded. If this is your case, good for you, you can expect a very good finish and a much shorter completion time. The larger the floor, the more labor a company can add to the project, further speeding up the completion time.

It is rare for a floor sanding and finishing job to take more than 5 days.

A whole floor will take at least 1 day. And usually you can add a day per room, but they can do it a day earlier. So 4 rooms will take 3-4 days, 5 rooms 4-5 days. This is not an absolute rule. If you have 5 pieces with oak in great condition and you don't want to stain it. They can finish this in 3 days. Heck, I know guys who could do that in 2.

Can you treat your floors yourself?

Rental sanders are much less powerful than professional sanders. The abrasives you get from rental stores also tend to be much less effective.

Even if you had the exact same tools and abrasives that we use and had someone standing over your shoulder telling you what to do, you can't be that fast, simply due to practice and experience . Sanding floors is a very tactile job. Experience breeds speed and confidence, and confidence itself breeds speed.

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Several things can affect completion time

When you take on a project, expect to manage several factors, including time. As master sandblasters, we are able to choose the best materials as well as the best tools and thus carry out your project in record completion time.

Here are some of the factors that can slow down your project.

Uneven ground If the floor is uneven, you will have to remove a lot more material to get back to that clean, flat surface. You could leave it uneven, but that would involve using a hand sander to get into those recesses. This won't save you any time. Floors that are sectioned fall into this category.

Previous finish How long does it take to sand a floor if it is covered in carpet glue? Let me tell you, much longer! If you are lucky enough to have a floor that has been oiled. Congratulations. This thing will sand like nothing. None of the products, based on vegetable oil, are just not harsh. If you are unlucky enough to have a prefinished floor with an “aluminum oxide” finish. Prepare for tough times ahead

Damage Many types of damage can sink into the surface and cause increased sanding time. The first is the bumps. Deep dents caused by dropping heavy objects or even just stiletto heels can mean having to remove a lot of wood from the floor surface, as mentioned above. UV damage penetrates deep into the wood. UV damage is the lightening (or sometimes darkening) caused by sunlight. Many believe it was the finish that was damaged by UV and not the wood. However, UV damage not only affects the surface of the wood, but it can also penetrate quite deeply. Again, this means more material needs to be removed.

The type of wood Oak is generally very pleasant to sand, it has the perfect properties for this. Some pines sand easily and some are very durable. There are some very hard woods like Jarrah and Rhodesian Mahogany that require a lot of sanding to remove this material. You also get woods that work well with coarse abrasives but can be very difficult with finer grits like teak. As well as woods that don't respond well to coarse abrasives, but for some reason sand very well and easily with higher grits.

I have sanded oak floors over 100 years old. The oak begins to petrify over time. In this case, one piece took me all day just to sand. You can ask any professional and they will tell you about nightmare jobs where the floor was so difficult to sand and it took so long.

As a floor renovation specialist, we believe our customers deserve the best when it comes to choosing top quality varnishes.

All the varnishes we use are ecological, durable and odorless and above all do not contain any toxic products harmful to the environment.

With Doctor Sandblasting, your peace of mind is assured at every stage of the project. We take care of every little detail.