Monthly Archives: March 2015

A Guide to Hardwood Floor Refinishing

The first step in hardwood floor refinishing is removing the old finish. You will need to sand off the old finish using a walk-behind floor sander, which you can rent from a local home supply store. You might also want to rent a handheld power edge sander to sand hard-to-reach areas in corners and doorways […]

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5 Questions to Ask When Choosing Hardwood Flooring for Your Home

So you’ve decided you want hardwood flooring. It’s easy, right? You just pick the wood you want and you’re done. But like most things in life, it’s a bit more complicated than that. There are a lot of different factors that will determine what kind of flooring your home can support, and what will look […]

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Screen & Coat

Sometimes hardwood floors just need an extra coat of finish rather than a total refinish. Choosing to have your floors screened and coated instead can save a lot of money and it’s only a one day process. A few reasons for considering getting your floors screened and coated are indentations, showing of raw wood, and […]

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Dust is a Thing Of The Past

A decade ago it was assumed that refinishing and sanding a hardwood floor made for a messy and undesirable clean up. From a homeowner’s perspective that could be a turn off when it comes to deciding whether or not to refresh their hardwood floors or get on-site finish. It’s nice that our industry has taken […]

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Advantages of On-Site Hardwood Floors

Value: You will get the best value out of on-site hardwood flooring that lasts a lifetime. Realtors rate on-site finished flooring as the number one flooring choice in United States. Seamless: The hardwood is installed, sanded and finished on-site, which eliminates seams between each board. This can give the visual effect of a floor that […]

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Disadvantages of Pre-finish Hardwood Flooring

Kinsey Hardwood Flooring wants you to make the best choice when putting new hardwood floors in your home. Seams: Because the material is finished at the factory, a sealing agent is not applied to the lines between the planks when they are installed. This can lead to dirt and grime getting caught in these seams. […]

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Top Nail Hardwood Flooring

Top nail hardwood flooring is very unique and a totally different style than tongue and groove flooring. I see a lot of these hardwood floors in older homes or homes that have some historical presence. A single board of top nail strip measures 3/8 inch thick by 2 inches wide. Top nail flooring brings a […]

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Prepping the hardwood floors before coating

Kinsey Hardwood Flooring believes in delivering the best end product as possible. We believe in adding an extra step to stay with the best competitors and keeping our floors top notch. The TRIO machine does just that. The TRIO machine is 100% dust free and has three discs that are eight inches wide that rotate […]

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Estimates for refinishing hardwood floors

Refinishing hardwood floors can be a wonderful experience if it’s done right. I’d like to take a couple minutes and talk about getting your hardwood floors refinished. Every company can offer a great salesman. Can that company do everything that they’re selling? The first step is the dustless system and the plastic job to insure […]

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Patch & Repairs

I’d like to get into some simple fixes known as patch and repair of damage caused by pets and homeowners. Patching and repairing hardwood floors to bring them back their original look without any stain spots or damaged boards is an easy task to accomplish. One great thing about hardwood floors is that anything can […]

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