Couple of those floors look like someone saved ALOT of different scraps, and spent a great a great deal of time to make fantastic one of a kind floors. I would be so proud to have something like that in my house.
@@cflwhat parquet actually i mean was busy at work 🤣 parquet is the name of the design where you use geometric shapes like square , circle, triangle rectangles etc to make the design the floor he is sanding is herring bone design stupid auto correct no need to be deed wee ma just educated you 😎
No, not scraps each piece had to be carefully chosen and precisely cut. Various species of wood were used and the artisans had to make sure they would work well together and not expand and contract at different rates.
I'm in love with ALL the herringbone floors. I never see those here in the States. So beautiful. I especially liked the pine herringbone and the first one even though I don't usually like "busy". That first herringbone floor was STUNNING!
They used to be found a lot in Canada but many were torn out or covered because they were viewed as being 'out of date'. A sad loss of great art and talent.
Here in The Netherlands , We have 80% Tapis 6/9 mm herringbone or more complex patterns,many very very old. We place them still new , mainly prime oak.
MANY years ago when I was 18, I worked for a floor layer and helped install a floor similar to the second to last floor in your video. All the pieces were precision cut and numbered by some custom hardwood supplier and all we had to do was build the puzzle. It was 9 foot diameter Sun. There was also other contractors working in this very expensive home. It took several days to piece it together. Owner called us back, there was a 6 foot arch gouged into the floor. The other contractors were cutting framing lumber on the new floor with a circular saw, blade guard stuck back and when he put it on the floor blade still spinning it skipped right across the Sun. 35 000$ just for the hardwood. Other contractors packed up and ran. Owner then paid us to sand and refinish a brand new floor. We had to remove almost a 1/4 inch/6mm. Good thing it was 3/4inch thick boards. The owner was way more chill about it than I would have been.
We laid a prefinished floor once, there was sawdust all over the floor so it was slick. Some new kid took off running across the floor and slid on his feet risky business style and had a staple in the bottom of his shoe. That wasnt nearly as bad as what happened to yall but he got fired.
People don’t realize how extremely expensive these floors - that they were about to rip up - would be to install today! Great work! These floors look majestic!!
I live in the U.S.A. Our house is about 102 years old. We have wood floors throughout. When we bought the home 20 years ago, the first thing we did was replace all the windows. 32 windows, Yikes! Next, we pulled up all of the carpeting, and sanded the wax and wear off of the maple floors. They had some scratches, some burn marks, and we had to remove about 100 screws from the floor. (We were told the screws were to decrease the squeaky floors, LOL!) Then we carefully blended a wood look epoxy to fill in the holes, sanded and refinished, they look great!
This is the whole point of wood floors is being able to refinish and not have to replace for a lifetime. Its nice to see peolle going back to this or using marble tile, etc. for lasting results. Wood is warm and comfortable and patterns can be so artistic. The "Chris Pratt" at 7:00 and the one after (the sunburst) are my favorites.
When I was doing remodels we had a subcontractor who was fantastic with revitalizing and installing new wood floors. Was always entertaining to see the before and after. There were a couple of jobs where the owner was talked out of ripping out some scuffed up wood floors that were glad they didn't. There's nothing like a good high quality wood floor
This is what kills me. All these beautiful floors and we all know that many would be tossed if not for people who care. That’s why I’m a sucker for Victorian homes. All the woodwork and inlays. We as a people don’t have an appreciation for work like this anymore. Great video.
My artist uncle bought an old barn in the '80s. He and his friend the contractor converted it in to a beautiful home. They kept whatever of the old wood they could. (I think mostly hickory?) They even kept the built-in ladders that had led to the loft. They became sort of room dividers. What they couldn't save of the floors they replaced with oak.
That's GOT TO be a satisfying trade. What beauty you restore! It breaks my heart when new home owners prematurely rip up hardwood floors. I have a small home with simple maple floors and I treasure it.
I thought only us Americans like to throw away anything old and scruffy, lol. I've done a couple DIY home renovations and so appreciate your love for restoration :)
Great video, I have parquet flooring under my ceramic tiles that I want to restore. It's going to be a big job but wouldn't mind sharing my progress as I complete the job. FYI - Chris Pratt wasn't in The Office, he was in Parks and Recreation.
Wow! That’s what I call making a silk purse out of a sow’s ear! So satisfying to watch; I can only imagine how it must feel to actually do the restoration. Congratulations!
This floor looks gorgeous after sanding & preserving it! What a wonderful job you did on it! I absolutely love the herringbone style. And that center medallion is amazing!
At 7:12, the custom inlaid floor is amazing, you saved it with the refinishing, making it look as good as the day it was laid down. Congrats, and to the other fine jobs on display in the video.
I have been refinishing hardwood floors for over 35 years and the hummel is probably the best sander around. Nothing looks better than a refinished floor especially herringbone. Nice work !!
Back in the 60s and 70s, the latest fashion was wall to wall carpet. People were covering up their wood floors for the warmth and comfort of carpet. When I removed the carpet from our dining room, there was a broken coke bottle underneath and the carpet was laid over a muddy boot prints! We laid down oak parquet flooring.
That herringbone floor with all the different exotics was 🤩 it looked 3D when you were done and i just kept getting lost in the movement of the wood. I can only imagine how expensive that must have been when originally installed. Top notch refinish 👌
Helped a friend renovate his deceided grandfather's house. Ripped out carpet and there it was, beautiful oak floor thru out the house. At the time was a residential cabinet builder and witnessed lots of floor work. After convincing my friend that I was sure about getting good results, we rented gear and went for it. After a light sanding, and a second coat of poly, the results were way beyond his expectations. First time viewing your channel and do appreciate showing what sometimes people can't visualize. Good day. 🇺🇲🍺
Thank you for sharing! This helps teach others to RESTORE their wood floors, not cover them with cheaply-made blah. 😔 The trees deserve to be revealed and enjoyed again! The men in my family are finished carpenters so I greatly appreciate this work. You’re an inspiration and your work is beautiful.💕
You do beautiful work! So many people find the parquettry flooring too busy and old fashioned. They are absolute works of art. They involve a lot of work, planning and cutting edges and angles. They are complete works of art and many have been lost. It's unfortunate.
Small nitpick, Chris Pratt was in Parks and Recreation not the office 😅 Other than that this video is fantastic and you’re really skilled at revitalizing old wood floors
I see a lot of that first floor here in Chicago. The gray area in the middle is from Linoleum covering it for many decades. I once removed a vinyl tile floor and it's underlayment, to find a full sheet (about 8' x 10' as I recall) of vintage Linoleum, preserved underneath since the 1950s. Sadly, the Linoleum was badly damaged from a hundred or so underlayment nails driven through it. The Breakfast at The Ritz floor definitely looks like mahogany. I'm holding an oil finished piece right now. Color and grain is identical.
Beautiful floors. Great job in restoration them. Real wood can last centuries. The cork was new for me but cool. A wooden floor with a nice carpet on is the way to go, and use of indoor slippers and not shoes worn outside :-). The Colombian Pine Herring Wood tile floor at 6:47 became spectacular after but at 7:12 what an unbelievable floor, and the room!! It should not even have a furniture on it, people should just bring their mat and their essential oil japanese burner or what is called and sit there and meditate, do yoga, just enjoy life on it.
Layed and sanded floors for over 20 yrs. It was so satisfying watching the transformation. Old floors naturally end up darker than a new install. And depending on wood type. My favorites were old heart pine floors. The ones I hated most were any with wax on them 🤣
I think a couple of the floors in the beginning are walnut. You'll get the darker pieces along with the blonde along with the red. The wood grain also looks like walnut. All those floors are absolutely gorgeous after you worked your magic!
this reminded me of a house I tried to buy. when we got it, they had that garbage vinyl flooring but under it was honestly really pretty hardwood floor that just needed a little TLC but after the flood, there was no saving it. now brown recluses and wasps have taken over the whole house. it's terrifying just thinking about going down there ;~;
@SouthernBek Consider renting/hiring an ozone machine treatment. It will kill mold, mildew and the creepy crawlers. Be careful with its usage and follow all directions. Until it's "off-gassed" it is harmful to people and pets.
@@LP-mz8rc nah I've already put 30k+ into this house and there is literally nothing to show for it. Everything we fixed kept breaking from natural disasters. Those floors can't be saved now. Especially since my father in law didn't let us fully clean off the mud from the flood before he put carpet everywhere. Kitchen and bathroom included lol. Went down there recently and it's 100% a brown recluses nest. Like old cave, webs all over the place because no thing is walking through there. The only thing that can be done is burning it
Gorgeous! One of the favorite parts of my old house are my wood floors!! I need to get a repair person out since they’re starting to be some cracks in between the pieces.
That is the greatest thing about wood floors, they can be refinished. My father in law put in a hard wood floor in their house about 40 years ago and last year they had it refinishing. It still looks great
Awesome video! Loved the before and after shots! Just a heads up, "Chris Pratt in Parks and Recreations" not "The Office". It's okay though, we got what you were saying hahaha
@@HowToSandAFloor when someone says something that has to deal with something that someone else knows about, it's almost a compulsion to point it out. Most people are dicks about it! I thought it was funny and I didn't see anyone say anything about it (granted, I didn't look very hard) so I figured I'd politely point it out before someone tries to cancel you for it 😂
Home Depot rented me a faulty sander and charged me again to replace it a few hrs later. Been scared of wood floors and Home Depot since. You gave me a bit of confidence back. Good work!
My old house had beautiful narrow board oak floors under gross looking mastic and carpet glue and two layers of filthy old carpet and their degrading pads. The mastic remover was a beast and I had to start sanding with a coarse grit and work my way finer. In the end I got beautiful wood floors, and they still look good even though they’ve taken a beating for the last 5 years with a family and two large dogs in the house. Unfortunately my upstairs rooms had only the boards of the subfloor so I had to install flooring in those rooms.
Reminds me of my Uncle’s house in San Diego. Someone carpeted over these awesome hardwood floors. We sanded and refinished the floors. This was over 10 years ago. The floor sander is like magic.
I love wood floors. The floors you have shown make me want to rip up my carpeting and redo my wood floors. Unfortunately, I need the carpeting to help keep the house warm.
We recently bought a 50s house. We had the carpet ripped up to redo the flooring and it had super pretty hardwood floors under. Sadly my husband dislikes brown floors and wanted grey. So we just had the floorers keep the hardwood protected and put out flooring over it. That way whoever gets out house next has a choice between our grey vinyl floors or the natural hardwood
I will never understand why people cover or rip up wooden floors 🙈 Amazing work with the restorations! Must be so satisfying. That sunburst in the "oval office" tho 😲🤩😍
I noticed a lot of the rooms these floors are in don't have finished walls. Is it wise to have the floor refinished before repainting or wallpapering? I'd be so paranoid trying to redo the walls if my floor looked that good.
The floor at 4:54 looks the same as my house's. It's a brazilian wood we call here "Ipê amarelo". I searched and it seems it's called Yellow Lapacho in english. It's a tree from the Handroanthus genus, and considered to be a hardwood very resistant to fire and bugs.
My primary school and subsequently the church I went to both had herringbone floors - they needed some work doing to them! Love these kinds of videos and wish I had wooden floors in my house!
Gonna have to suggest this to my folks. Lots of nasty stains from small dogs over the years, no matter how clean it is it's still stained. Sanding it may be just the thing to make it new again.
That "ornate" floor was amazing. A lot of math went into that, and the craftsman had to cut so many angled cuts, perfectly. I wonder if it was made before or after the advent of table saws. Otherwise, making all of those cuts by hand would be a nightmare, and a testament to the craftsman.
My highschool main hall in New Zealand had indoor basketball, netball etc, and the floor was beautiful polished parquet woods of different species.. I remember admiring the artistry and workmanship, and it was well maintained I never saw any damage.
You are correct that one floor was mahogany I refinished a mahogany floor about 3 months ago in a mansion and it looked just like the one in this video ABSOLUTELY AMAZING looking wood
Love the video. I have a floor with staining and was going to cover it with carpet. After watching this I may try and have it saved depending on if it is cost affective or not.
hello. thanks for the video. Look like you didn't stain any of these floor. Do they stain the floor for different color rather the natural color of the wood floor they have? Thanks
So this video popped up in my feed. So of course I fell into the deep hole of TH-cam. I love wood working and this is amazing results. Thanks for sharing
When we bought our house we ripped up a battered old carpet and found near mint parquet floors underneath. We had them refinished but there was a couple of spots in the closets where the carpet adhesive strips were literally melted into the floors and no amount of sanding or chemicals could get it off
The floors look stunning. Sad to think how many get torn out that could have not only been saved but been more lovely than what they were replaced with. Side note: Chris Pratt was in “Parks and Recreation”.
I love refinishing hardwood floors over sanding new floors, any day, I've been in the hardwood floor business for over 30 years I've refinished everything from homes to bowling alleys basketball courts to dance floors
I have old pine flooring in my house. Was going to sand before I realized all the wide boards are buckled along the center. There are dust boards underneath at each seam, with no support down the center of each of the wide boards. Unfortunately, replacement would be the only option, so I'm just going over it with OSB and carpet. Sad.
I've got bit of issue. My floor needs to be boarded out, not salvageable. On a tight budget but hate idea of just putting a sheet of ply and laminating. Contemplating if I can just ply the floor and then wax or varnish it??? Or is there a better cheap boarding material?
You’d have to dig very hard to find this. But I know there are fingerblock mosaic parquets in oak that I can get for £7 per metre ($0.70 a foot) stick ply down out that on top sand and finish 👌🏻
@@HowToSandAFloor I will google for this. A parquet wood floor would be amazing. I was thinking of doing this on the edges and maybe leaving the middle carpeted (it's an open plan kitchen and living room so can't just carpet throughout).
That second one looks like books on end from all directions that was a beautiful floor and you guys did an awesome job that coming from a carpenter of 51 years 👍
Couple of those floors look like someone saved ALOT of different scraps, and spent a great a great deal of time to make fantastic one of a kind floors. I would be so proud to have something like that in my house.
Its called parky flooring or hearing bone the original like what I have from 1950s in living room is solid oak pieces
@@cflwhat parquet actually i mean was busy at work 🤣 parquet is the name of the design where you use geometric shapes like square , circle, triangle rectangles etc to make the design the floor he is sanding is herring bone design stupid auto correct no need to be deed wee ma just educated you 😎
Repent to Jesus Christ “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.”
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@@ixurlife8062 parquet flooring is my favorite with old wood. It's so pretty and distinct!
No, not scraps each piece had to be carefully chosen and precisely cut. Various species of wood were used and the artisans had to make sure they would work well together and not expand and contract at different rates.
I'm in love with ALL the herringbone floors. I never see those here in the States. So beautiful. I especially liked the pine herringbone and the first one even though I don't usually like "busy". That first herringbone floor was STUNNING!
that species of wood is Acacia Confusa.
New England has houses with herringbone. I have some in my home too.
They used to be found a lot in Canada but many were torn out or covered because they were viewed as being 'out of date'. A sad loss of great art and talent.
Here in The Netherlands , We have 80% Tapis 6/9 mm herringbone or more complex patterns,many very very old.
We place them still new , mainly prime oak.
MANY years ago when I was 18, I worked for a floor layer and helped install a floor similar to the second to last floor in your video. All the pieces were precision cut and numbered by some custom hardwood supplier and all we had to do was build the puzzle. It was 9 foot diameter Sun. There was also other contractors working in this very expensive home. It took several days to piece it together. Owner called us back, there was a 6 foot arch gouged into the floor. The other contractors were cutting framing lumber on the new floor with a circular saw, blade guard stuck back and when he put it on the floor blade still spinning it skipped right across the Sun. 35 000$ just for the hardwood. Other contractors packed up and ran. Owner then paid us to sand and refinish a brand new floor. We had to remove almost a 1/4 inch/6mm. Good thing it was 3/4inch thick boards. The owner was way more chill about it than I would have been.
So many contractors are just dumb, man. How could anyone do that
Being a bit modest, it being like a puzzle. Still a project to get right.
Well done!
That's one of those times where you're thankful it wasn't you who wasn't using his head that day.
Shiiiiit
We laid a prefinished floor once, there was sawdust all over the floor so it was slick. Some new kid took off running across the floor and slid on his feet risky business style and had a staple in the bottom of his shoe. That wasnt nearly as bad as what happened to yall but he got fired.
That sunburst floor at the end was outrageous! The guys who installed that beauty were true artists.
100% agree
wow!!!!
saving that sun floor was amazing!
it is so beautiful!!!
Awesome Craftmanship.
People don’t realize how extremely expensive these floors - that they were about to rip up - would be to install today! Great work! These floors look majestic!!
Exactly!
I love seeing these before and after pics without doing all the hard work 😂 thank you
Thank you Claire, nice of you to pop by 🤣
I live in the U.S.A. Our house is about 102 years old. We have wood floors throughout. When we bought the home 20 years ago, the first thing we did was replace all the windows. 32 windows, Yikes! Next, we pulled up all of the carpeting, and sanded the wax and wear off of the maple floors. They had some scratches, some burn marks, and we had to remove about 100 screws from the floor. (We were told the screws were to decrease the squeaky floors, LOL!) Then we carefully blended a wood look epoxy to fill in the holes, sanded and refinished, they look great!
Just watching you I can imagine how satisfying it is to take a very dilapidated looking floor and make it look almost brand new.
This is the whole point of wood floors is being able to refinish and not have to replace for a lifetime. Its nice to see peolle going back to this or using marble tile, etc. for lasting results. Wood is warm and comfortable and patterns can be so artistic. The "Chris Pratt" at 7:00 and the one after (the sunburst) are my favorites.
My favorites as well.
Repent to Jesus Christ “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.”
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@@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist3 Amen!
More than a lifetime, a few lifetimes if the rest of the structure survives.
I wish I had wood floors. Too expensive for me though... Instead I had to make do with laminate. Not as warm, but still pretty durable luckily.
When I was doing remodels we had a subcontractor who was fantastic with revitalizing and installing new wood floors. Was always entertaining to see the before and after. There were a couple of jobs where the owner was talked out of ripping out some scuffed up wood floors that were glad they didn't. There's nothing like a good high quality wood floor
This is what kills me. All these beautiful floors and we all know that many would be tossed if not for people who care. That’s why I’m a sucker for Victorian homes. All the woodwork and inlays. We as a people don’t have an appreciation for work like this anymore. Great video.
WOW...
Great to see someone have a bit of pride in the job they have done. This is more than someone just doing their job.
10 out of 10
Thank you! 🍻
Each one of those is a masterpiece, from the pine to the exotics. There truly is nothing quite like the detail of wood grain in flooring. Stunning!
Repent to Jesus Christ “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.”
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@@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist3 Amen 🙏
My artist uncle bought an old barn in the '80s. He and his friend the contractor converted it in to a beautiful home. They kept whatever of the old wood they could. (I think mostly hickory?) They even kept the built-in ladders that had led to the loft. They became sort of room dividers. What they couldn't save of the floors they replaced with oak.
Your workmanship and care started my day off as a contractor with a smile. Thank you for your efforts
That's GOT TO be a satisfying trade. What beauty you restore!
It breaks my heart when new home owners prematurely rip up hardwood floors.
I have a small home with simple maple floors and I treasure it.
The transformation of the face nailed pine floor was remarkable! Amazing work!
That floor was filthy, hard work getting that stuff off
I thought only us Americans like to throw away anything old and scruffy, lol. I've done a couple DIY home renovations and so appreciate your love for restoration :)
Great video, I have parquet flooring under my ceramic tiles that I want to restore. It's going to be a big job but wouldn't mind sharing my progress as I complete the job. FYI - Chris Pratt wasn't in The Office, he was in Parks and Recreation.
Theater one reminds me of the historical houses I work in frequently. Lots of them have these extravagant wood flooring. Absoutly amazing work
Wow! That’s what I call making a silk purse out of a sow’s ear! So satisfying to watch; I can only imagine how it must feel to actually do the restoration. Congratulations!
This floor looks gorgeous after sanding & preserving it! What a wonderful job you did on it! I absolutely love the herringbone style. And that center medallion is amazing!
At 7:12, the custom inlaid floor is amazing, you saved it with the refinishing, making it look as good as the day it was laid down. Congrats, and to the other fine jobs on display in the video.
Thank you very much!
I have been refinishing hardwood floors for over 35 years and the hummel is probably the best sander around. Nothing looks better than a refinished floor especially herringbone. Nice work !!
Back in the 60s and 70s, the latest fashion was wall to wall carpet. People were covering up their wood floors for the warmth and comfort of carpet. When I removed the carpet from our dining room, there was a broken coke bottle underneath and the carpet was laid over a muddy boot prints! We laid down oak parquet flooring.
That herringbone floor with all the different exotics was 🤩 it looked 3D when you were done and i just kept getting lost in the movement of the wood. I can only imagine how expensive that must have been when originally installed. Top notch refinish 👌
It sure did and that was my thought also.
It is satisfying to watch a video made by someone who loves their work.
Wow Ben, great work on this video! The before and after's were amazing.
Cheers Joe! Spent way to long on this 😅
Helped a friend renovate his deceided grandfather's house. Ripped out carpet and there it was, beautiful oak floor thru out the house. At the time was a residential cabinet builder and witnessed lots of floor work. After convincing my friend that I was sure about getting good results, we rented gear and went for it. After a light sanding, and a second coat of poly, the results were way beyond his expectations. First time viewing your channel and do appreciate showing what sometimes people can't visualize. Good day. 🇺🇲🍺
Thank you for sharing! This helps teach others to RESTORE their wood floors, not cover them with cheaply-made blah. 😔 The trees deserve to be revealed and enjoyed again! The men in my family are finished carpenters so I greatly appreciate this work. You’re an inspiration and your work is beautiful.💕
Thank you Tabitha 🍻
Wow. Fabulous work! I wouldn't want to put furniture in the last one. Who would want to hide that incredible workmanship?
That floor is amazing! You got the chance to work on a piece of art and add your signature to it. Those are the jobs you go above and beyond for.
Cheers James 🍻 the only ornate floor I have ever sanded
Stunning work, I came to see the custom floor which was stunning.
Amazing transformation. I love the old woodwork. Baltimore has a ton of this beautiful architecture. Great work man!!
Cheers 🍻
A few of those floors were so ornate, just beautiful! They all looked fantastic when they were done. Great job!
Cheers Stacy 🍻
Awesome video, apreciate the old sander there too and the lack of dust definitely saves the lungs.
You do beautiful work! So many people find the parquettry flooring too busy and old fashioned. They are absolute works of art. They involve a lot of work, planning and cutting edges and angles. They are complete works of art and many have been lost. It's unfortunate.
Small nitpick, Chris Pratt was in Parks and Recreation not the office 😅 Other than that this video is fantastic and you’re really skilled at revitalizing old wood floors
Glad it's not just me
Came here for this
Those floors are gorgeous!! It's a great thing that you enjoy your job!!
Thank you! 😁
Those exotic woods are so nice! And I agree they’re garish but there’s nothing wrong with a floor being the centre piece of a room
In fairness they don’t really fit in a modern contemporary house. But modern and contemporary is tasteless anyway 🤷🏼♂️
Lovely!!! Thanks for preserving and bringing back to life!!!
fantastic video. what you did not notice on one of the finished floors was that it was originally laid to give a 3D effect, look again at it
I see a lot of that first floor here in Chicago. The gray area in the middle is from Linoleum covering it for many decades. I once removed a vinyl tile floor and it's underlayment, to find a full sheet (about 8' x 10' as I recall) of vintage Linoleum, preserved underneath since the 1950s. Sadly, the Linoleum was badly damaged from a hundred or so underlayment nails driven through it. The Breakfast at The Ritz floor definitely looks like mahogany. I'm holding an oil finished piece right now. Color and grain is identical.
Beautiful floors. Great job in restoration them. Real wood can last centuries. The cork was new for me but cool. A wooden floor with a nice carpet on is the way to go, and use of indoor slippers and not shoes worn outside :-). The Colombian Pine Herring Wood tile floor at 6:47 became spectacular after but at 7:12 what an unbelievable floor, and the room!! It should not even have a furniture on it, people should just bring their mat and their essential oil japanese burner or what is called and sit there and meditate, do yoga, just enjoy life on it.
Beautiful work. Gotta love wood floors. Ugh I miss mine. Used to clean and polish em on hands and knees to be perfect lol
I loved this video! The floors look amazing. That beautiful circular floor is a famous one, seen this on tv. So glad you got to do it, great job. :)
Cheers mumma! You really seen it on TV?
Layed and sanded floors for over 20 yrs. It was so satisfying watching the transformation. Old floors naturally end up darker than a new install. And depending on wood type. My favorites were old heart pine floors. The ones I hated most were any with wax on them 🤣
Heart pine can be a real slog though. But it is beautiful
I'd love to have a custom floor like that one it looked beautiful
Same, maybe one day! I need to learn how to do it
I think a couple of the floors in the beginning are walnut. You'll get the darker pieces along with the blonde along with the red. The wood grain also looks like walnut.
All those floors are absolutely gorgeous after you worked your magic!
this reminded me of a house I tried to buy. when we got it, they had that garbage vinyl flooring but under it was honestly really pretty hardwood floor that just needed a little TLC but after the flood, there was no saving it.
now brown recluses and wasps have taken over the whole house. it's terrifying just thinking about going down there ;~;
@SouthernBek Consider renting/hiring an ozone machine treatment. It will kill mold, mildew and the creepy crawlers. Be careful with its usage and follow all directions. Until it's "off-gassed" it is harmful to people and pets.
@@LP-mz8rc nah I've already put 30k+ into this house and there is literally nothing to show for it. Everything we fixed kept breaking from natural disasters. Those floors can't be saved now. Especially since my father in law didn't let us fully clean off the mud from the flood before he put carpet everywhere. Kitchen and bathroom included lol.
Went down there recently and it's 100% a brown recluses nest. Like old cave, webs all over the place because no thing is walking through there. The only thing that can be done is burning it
Gorgeous! One of the favorite parts of my old house are my wood floors!! I need to get a repair person out since they’re starting to be some cracks in between the pieces.
If I had a old style wood floor I would never tear it up! Keep this forever. They don’t make them like these anymore.
They do it’s just rare as rocking horse poop
That is the greatest thing about wood floors, they can be refinished. My father in law put in a hard wood floor in their house about 40 years ago and last year they had it refinishing. It still looks great
Boom, great to hear. It can probably do another 40 years, even if they refinish it more regularly.
Awesome video! Loved the before and after shots!
Just a heads up, "Chris Pratt in Parks and Recreations" not "The Office". It's okay though, we got what you were saying hahaha
Haha yeah, what a flop
@@HowToSandAFloor ah, who cares? When the content is this satisfying, you could say anything you wanted and we'll still watch haha
@@wellinshort it does make me think, little mistakes like that get a lot of comments 🤔
@@HowToSandAFloor when someone says something that has to deal with something that someone else knows about, it's almost a compulsion to point it out. Most people are dicks about it! I thought it was funny and I didn't see anyone say anything about it (granted, I didn't look very hard) so I figured I'd politely point it out before someone tries to cancel you for it 😂
Home Depot rented me a faulty sander and charged me again to replace it a few hrs later. Been scared of wood floors and Home Depot since. You gave me a bit of confidence back. Good work!
Cheers Michael 🍻
My old house had beautiful narrow board oak floors under gross looking mastic and carpet glue and two layers of filthy old carpet and their degrading pads. The mastic remover was a beast and I had to start sanding with a coarse grit and work my way finer. In the end I got beautiful wood floors, and they still look good even though they’ve taken a beating for the last 5 years with a family and two large dogs in the house. Unfortunately my upstairs rooms had only the boards of the subfloor so I had to install flooring in those rooms.
Reminds me of my Uncle’s house in San Diego. Someone carpeted over these awesome hardwood floors. We sanded and refinished the floors. This was over 10 years ago. The floor sander is like magic.
So beautiful 😍
What a piece of work must it have been to do the detailed floors. Luckily the trend keeping the existing wooden floors goes strong.
Seems stronger than ever at the moment! Thanks for watching
You clearly love your job, & it's really refreshing to see someone who takes pride in doing a good job! 👍🏻
Cheers Amanda 🍻
What a sad world this would be if these priceless masterpieces were ripped up, never to be seen again. Thank you for doing what you do.
Hey, cheers Justin 🍻
I love wood floors. The floors you have shown make me want to rip up my carpeting and redo my wood floors. Unfortunately, I need the carpeting to help keep the house warm.
We recently bought a 50s house. We had the carpet ripped up to redo the flooring and it had super pretty hardwood floors under. Sadly my husband dislikes brown floors and wanted grey. So we just had the floorers keep the hardwood protected and put out flooring over it. That way whoever gets out house next has a choice between our grey vinyl floors or the natural hardwood
Grey? Who…wants a grey floor? You did good in preserving the hardwood floor.
And vinyl is really hard wearing, atleast you’re preserving the floors beneath 😁
You’d be amazed. The trend is starting to die now though
I will never understand why people cover or rip up wooden floors 🙈 Amazing work with the restorations! Must be so satisfying. That sunburst in the "oval office" tho 😲🤩😍
I'm really excited to get my floors sanded later this year!
Hey man, I sanded floors for a few years and I gotta say it's one of the most satisfying jobs to see done from start to finish
I totally agree!
I would love to do the sanding part! So satisfying!!
The herringbone pattern is stunning!!
I noticed a lot of the rooms these floors are in don't have finished walls. Is it wise to have the floor refinished before repainting or wallpapering? I'd be so paranoid trying to redo the walls if my floor looked that good.
The floor at 4:54 looks the same as my house's. It's a brazilian wood we call here "Ipê amarelo". I searched and it seems it's called Yellow Lapacho in english. It's a tree from the Handroanthus genus, and considered to be a hardwood very resistant to fire and bugs.
That has to be one of the most satisfying jobs! Wood floors in good condition add so much beauty and character to any room.
Very satisfying indeed, especially when they’re old and aged on the surface
Absolutely stunning floors. Just imagine how many homes have had their original features ripped out. Very sad to even think about.
My primary school and subsequently the church I went to both had herringbone floors - they needed some work doing to them!
Love these kinds of videos and wish I had wooden floors in my house!
Beautiful 😍 I can see how it can be so satisfying to renew something so sad into something like that!
Gonna have to suggest this to my folks. Lots of nasty stains from small dogs over the years, no matter how clean it is it's still stained. Sanding it may be just the thing to make it new again.
That "ornate" floor was amazing. A lot of math went into that, and the craftsman had to cut so many angled cuts, perfectly. I wonder if it was made before or after the advent of table saws. Otherwise, making all of those cuts by hand would be a nightmare, and a testament to the craftsman.
I absolutely love herringbone parquet floors. Lived in a condo that had them. So pretty!
Quite an encouragement for my 100+ yr old wood floors. They haven't been properly cared for and need a thorough cleaning and refinish.
Hi What do you do with the gaps between the timber on the pine floors?
I've gotten to do two old houses both three stories. You're correct, it is a very satisfying task.
Timber should rarely be painted in my view, enjoy the natural beauty of it. These revamped floors are brilliant , sunburst one is truly a work of art.
I'm watching this during work ... and i have no regrets!
stunning finish but how do you sand the sides where the big machine does not get to?
Thank you, check out my latest video it shows the whole process (you can skip around you don’t have to watch the whole thing!)
My highschool main hall in New Zealand had indoor basketball, netball etc, and the floor was beautiful polished parquet woods of different species.. I remember admiring the artistry and workmanship, and it was well maintained I never saw any damage.
You are correct that one floor was mahogany I refinished a mahogany floor about 3 months ago in a mansion and it looked just like the one in this video ABSOLUTELY AMAZING looking wood
I think it had some cherry throughout
I think it looked like cherry wood!
You sir, are a different breed of artist. Dam good stuff! Now you have got me hooked. Just amazing!
Love the video.
I have a floor with staining and was going to cover it with carpet.
After watching this I may try and have it saved depending on if it is cost affective or not.
The provincial stain from Duraseal seems to do an amazing job of masking stains.
hello. thanks for the video. Look like you didn't stain any of these floor. Do they stain the floor for different color rather the natural color of the wood floor they have? Thanks
So this video popped up in my feed. So of course I fell into the deep hole of TH-cam. I love wood working and this is amazing results. Thanks for sharing
Thank you for watching and commenting, it really does mean a lot to me
When we bought our house we ripped up a battered old carpet and found near mint parquet floors underneath. We had them refinished but there was a couple of spots in the closets where the carpet adhesive strips were literally melted into the floors and no amount of sanding or chemicals could get it off
The floors look stunning. Sad to think how many get torn out that could have not only been saved but been more lovely than what they were replaced with.
Side note: Chris Pratt was in “Parks and Recreation”.
Those transformations are astounding!!!
How reversible is the lacquer? Do the gaps between the slats get filled with something?
Absolutely beautiful 😍! Amazing work 👏
Cheers 🍻
I love refinishing hardwood floors over sanding new floors, any day, I've been in the hardwood floor business for over 30 years I've refinished everything from homes to bowling alleys basketball courts to dance floors
I have old pine flooring in my house. Was going to sand before I realized all the wide boards are buckled along the center. There are dust boards underneath at each seam, with no support down the center of each of the wide boards. Unfortunately, replacement would be the only option, so I'm just going over it with OSB and carpet. Sad.
Beautiful work. What are you using to prime/finish the floors?
Junckers Baseprime most of the time
@@HowToSandAFloor Nice, thank you. What about the top coat?
These are beautiful floors! Would you be able to make a video about going from dark to light floors?
Just posted this 😁
I've got bit of issue. My floor needs to be boarded out, not salvageable. On a tight budget but hate idea of just putting a sheet of ply and laminating. Contemplating if I can just ply the floor and then wax or varnish it??? Or is there a better cheap boarding material?
You’d have to dig very hard to find this. But I know there are fingerblock mosaic parquets in oak that I can get for £7 per metre ($0.70 a foot) stick ply down out that on top sand and finish 👌🏻
@@HowToSandAFloor I will google for this. A parquet wood floor would be amazing. I was thinking of doing this on the edges and maybe leaving the middle carpeted (it's an open plan kitchen and living room so can't just carpet throughout).
@@HowToSandAFloor Thank you.
The next to last floor, the custom medallion was done in a quilting block style, it’s a type of New York Beauty block. Also a modified Hexie block.
That second one looks like books on end from all directions that was a beautiful floor and you guys did an awesome job that coming from a carpenter of 51 years 👍
Cheers 🍻
First of all, amazing job!!!
Could you share what product you used to finish the 1:30 parquet floor? Please?
Fantastic results! Do you sand at all after priming (if yes which grit) or once it's dry do you go straight to the lacquer?
Thank you!
I never abrade the primer, always primer-> first coat of lacquer -> abrade with 150 or 180g -> vacuum -> second coat of lacquer