Empty Nest? Now’s the time to refinish your hardwood floors!
And you thought this day would never come didn’t you? So you’ve recently become empty nesters by way of children off to college or perhaps marriage. This situation as I know has mixed emotions, on one hand there’s a certain sadness or loneliness to a high fist pump of jubilation on the other. You’ll be just fine from the sadness (give it an hour or so…wink) because there’s some really cool things that are about to change in your newly found situation, and it’s all good from here! What to do with those vacant bedrooms, yes, an art studio; crafts room; man cave Etc. But wait, there’s more, what about the rest of the house? You think of a kitchen remodel, but wait a minute you say as you glance at your hardwood floors. That glance brings a realistic need for a service with a flashback of many years ago when your wood floors looked perfect. Now years of raising your children and the pets’ water bowls and paw scratches along with worn traffic patterns have made your hardwood floors less than desirable now. You’ve probably said to yourself a couple of million times that when the kids are grown and moved out, I’m going to get my wood floors restored back to the beauty they once had! This is a common scenario in most homes who’s wood floors have gone through the raising a family combat! Just look at a few of these photos, its okay, I know you recognize that they look just like your floors. I’m really sorry about that because I know this has to be admitted. Take a look and see the tranformation of these floors. Yes, I can see your facial expression now, and truly sense a feeling of joy and happiness just knowing that your floors can experience this exact same makeover. At Garlason’s Fine Hardwood Flooring it’s our specialty that will bring your hardwood floors back to a brand new floor again with the process of refinishing-restoration regardless of your hardwood floors age. This we know will also bring that smile of happiness to your face once again as well. You and your home both deserve this! Hardwood floors are nature’s way of continuing to give you a clean fresh outlook on how beautiful wood floor art can be! The fact that they took a beating only solidifies their absolute lifetime of endurance and they obviously can withstand more abuse if needed. But it’s time to give your floors what they’ve given you, and that’s dependability through unconditional support and love! Call us, were always happy to answer your questions.
Wood Floors Are Natures Gift To Us
Save your hardwood floors, because they deserve to be saved! More often than not, they can have a refinishing/restoration and bought back to a brand new appearance regardless of age! Hardwood floors are natures gift to us! What do you think about when you look at your wood floors? Is it the color of the wood? So many times this is what I hear in conversations. I also hear about the grain pattern in the wood. Another thing most discussed is the styling of the wood, whether its how wide the boards are or perhaps that the pattern is a square parquet style. Some conversations are around the nonindigenous to American species of woods like Teak, Brazilian Cherry, or Merbau Etc. All woods have a fasinating story story to tell from their appearance or why we selected that particular species to begin with. I grew up around the wood flooring industry. My grandfather was a wood flooring contractor; his sons were wood flooring contractors; and I’m a 3rd generation wood floor contractor, and my son who is a 4th generation floor contractor. But I aslo have two younger relatives who are 5th generation floor contractors. We’re always talking about wood flooring, I mean the species of trees that produce the real wood flooring. I say this because of the many laminates that are produced to have the appearance of real wood but is actually a plastic or some other synthethic material designed to emulate the appearance of real wood. I always like to speak on the beauty I see while looking at wood flooring wherever its applied, my home, your home, or in any commercial setting. I always see the same thing regardless of the species, and that’s a life sustaining natural material. About 30% of our oxygen comes from trees and plants through photosynthesis. This chemical reactions of carbon dioxide and water create the oxygen we breath. When I look at this wood floor with the various grain patterns, textures, and color, I’m reminded of the true value of what I’ve preserved as not only a beautiful floor, but a natural and forever reminder that this tree his the reason why I exist!
Real Wood vs Luxury Vinyl?
There’s a video that shows a flooring professional (assumed) installing a plastic laminate floor over a beautifully installed much, much older red oak herringbone hardwood floor in reasonable wear condition. The comments on the post are very judgmental against the installer of this new plastic floor that simulates real wood. If we dig deeper into the topic and place our judgement, do we side with the homeowner for not knowing what value they actually have and for just wanting change, or with the flooring installer for making a profit by giving the homeowner what they wanted? On the other hand, lets say the homeowner knew that her floors were historically valuable by design, after-all, the French Herringbone does command a premium expense and notoriety. And we’ll also say that the flooring installing professional had an in depth discussion about why they should keep the older flooring because of its generational value as well. Okay then, if this was the case, both parties are in complete harmony through communication and created a plan for both of their benefit. However, and I do mean however! My near 44 years this April 7th as a 3rd generation hardwood flooring contractor says that the latter example is clearly not the case, and heres why… Nobody disregards anything of value by mearly tossing it away! Through common sense we will hold on to value! In a nutshell a true hardwood flooring craftsman is rare today and he would have taken the time to explain the value of those floors and their unique historical design to the homeowner. He also would have offered a realistic solution to refinish the herringbone hardwood floors and apply a stain color choice that would have given the floors a new beautiful appeal. This offer would be a lesser cost to the homeowner than putting in this new plastic wood simulation product. Many of the newer generation of flooring contractors don’t really have the machine skills that are required in the restoration/refinishing part of the industry. This limited craftsmanship can only install flooring and is becoming less and less engaged with the true value of hardwood and its role in home flooring design. Refinishing an existing hardwood floor restores the life of the wood for another generation and more to experience! “Hardwood Flooring a Lifetime of Beauty” Real Wood vs Luxury Vinyl? Bygfadmin March 4, 2025 Blog There’s a video that shows a flooring professional (assumed) installing a plastic laminate floor… Read More The Floor Lords Bygfadmin February 21, 2025 Blog,Hardwood Floors The Floor Lords are a special group of hardwood floor refinishers that have reached several goals of… Read More Have a Nice Day Bygfadmin January 15, 2020 Hardwood Floors We often take for granted the simple phrase of have a nice day! And we know some days won’t… Read More Hardwood Floors Used Often in Home Sales Bygfadmin December 10, 2019 Hardwood Floors Hardwood floors is among the several top references of a homes specifications among realtors nation… Read More
The Floor Lords
The Floor Lords are a special group of hardwood floor refinishers that have reached several goals of their careers. This includes the mastery of sanding; staining wood in any colors; and years of experience. Think of the Floors Lords as the Navy Seals of the hardwood flooring industry. Working with wood has many challenges because the trees in which the hardwood material comes from has a plethora of different attributes from hardness to grain patterns. Add other characteristics as examples: Celluar Structure – Harder woods have smaller cells packed tighter together Lignin content – The amount of lignin in the wood affects its hardness Cell walls and connections – Harder woods have thicker cell walls and stronger connections between cells Bloching – Uneven densities and resinous areas in the wood can cause bloching. What is bloching? An uneven look of color consistentcy with over applied color in some areas as opposed to other areas of the floors and can appear to be much darker in color from small to very large abstract ink spots of appearance Sanding techique – Sanding techniques are critical in achieving the best overall appearance that brings a finished beauty to the wood, regardless of the species and difficulties of that species. Only years of experinece can achieve these positive end results Keep in mind that wood flooring species come in various natural colors of beauty and from every part of the globe. So as an example, we see beauty in the samples, but we don’t neccessarily ask where the wood material comes from. Many woods are imported (non indigenous) or exotic as a common explanation term. For the most part common woods we encounter on a regular basis and throughout America are Oak; both red and white species; Maple; Hickery (may be called Pecan); Cherry; Walnut; and in the last 40 years and less we’ve commonly imported Brazilian Cherry; Teak; Cumaru (Brazilian Teak) Ipe (Brazilian Walnut. And there are others of course. The bottom line is that to achieve the most beauty a natural resource like wood has to offer, we must be extremely experienced and attentive to achieve the desired goal. The above three photos show the refinishing of Cumaru (Brazilian Teak) and the below photos show the refinishing of a 120 year old Apricot Barron of Silicon Valley’s home purchased for restoration and moved to a new location. We were hired to handle the complete hardwood flooring refinishing throughout the house. On the upper level bedrooms and hallwall it was evident squaters lived there and clearly vandalized and left graffiti which wasn’t an issue for me and my team. A White Oak Hardwood Floor That’s Been Refinished and Restored to an Admired Beauty
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