A tale of two floor coatings ...

[Spreyton22]

Yeah we know.....we did use those garden kneeling pad thingys!!! But after a while the lower back gave up.....then it was bums on the floor for a while ....then back on the knees....Gawd this sounds like some kinky sex positions....with lots pain thrown in!!!!
One of the worst things was that in the first lot of varnishing there were lots of Smithy's leg hairs stuck on the floor.....next time he wore trousers instead of shorts!!!!
Cheers Karen.

[Larry McCully]

eeeeeeeuuuuuuuu !!!!!!!!!!!

[Kerryv]

I am not as brave as you Spreyton22, and will be getting a sanding company to polish my floors. The thing is when I bought my house the people before me polished the kitchen, entrance and one bedroom so I only have half the house to do.

The existing polishing job is a bit slopping with the corners not quite right and the nail holes made a bit too big possibly by a blunt puncher. I don't know which company did the job but in my situation, do you think I will be able to get someone to match the colour and finish of the rooms to be done with the existing sanding job? Or will I have to get the whole lot done so it all looks the same?

Also does anyone know if I can save money by punching the holes and filling them myself?

Lastly very roughly how much should it cost to have the floors polished in an average sized 3 bedroom house?

Thanks

Kerry

[knightstar]

I had my floorboards sanded and polished by a Korean guy at $19 sq/m.

They work mainly in South East Melbourne. Mine was a 2 bed unit at Bonbeach. Lounge/dining and two bedrooms came to 45 sq/m, so it cost $850 cash.

Nice friendly guy. Has done a few properties for family and friends aswell.

[Spreyton22]

I don't know which company did the job but in my situation, do you think I will be able to get someone to match the colour and finish of the rooms to be done with the existing sanding job? Or will I have to get the whole lot done so it all looks the same?

Also does anyone know if I can save money by punching the holes and filling them myself?

Kerry

I'm not sure about the matching - I just going to hope all of the timber is the same and use the same sealer (CFP).

Cheers !

Stephen

[paddy17]

Bugga, my bloke in SA is charging me $25m2 and i have done all the filling