The Shiny "New" Floors

We decided that we could not handle refinishing the floors ourselves, so we solicited some recommendations for flooring contractors and had a few people come over to give us estimates. The biggest challenges were removing the concrete patches (see April 24 post) and notches from former radiator spots, repairing those damaged areas, and matching the wood on our staircase and front window ledge.

We ended up going with a place near our neighborhood (Peter Flooring). They did a fantastic job and actually completed it in about the amount of time that they promised, for a reasonable price. They took out the concrete patches, replaced the subfloor in those areas, and installed the new boards (red oak to match the existing red oak).







The floors were then sanded:



and stained with DuraSeal and three coats of water-based finish were applied.

Here are the shiny "new" floors: