Thread: A tale of two floor coatings ...

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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

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.

Originally Posted by Kerryv

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

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