Sanding

Reflecting on Reputation: A Day in the Life of Contractor Joe Robbins

When Joe Robbins started his wood flooring business at the age of 21, it was just him, his machines, and-only in the event of a difficult client-his dad. The business, Dallas-based Deep Reflections, now has 10 employees including Robbins' younger brother John, and it is one of the most highly rated and recommended wood flooring companies in northern Texas, having won the Angie's List Superior Service Award for the region every year since 2007. In April, Hardwood Floors got to ride along with Robbins to see what got him all of those rave reviews.

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Troubleshooting

Q&A: What Are These Strange Raised Areas in this Wood Floor?

After sanding, water-popping and staining the wood floor, these strange raised areas appeared. What are they and where did they come from?

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Wood Floor Rescue

Wood Floor Rescue: An Intimidating Wide-Plank Pine

This was the oldest and widest pine floor Benny Powell had ever worked on, and he needed a boost of confidence from his mentor to make it happen.

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Sports Flooring

How Long Should a Wood Gym Floor Last?

Gym floor expert Paul Nelson explains the factors that can affect the long-term performance of a maple sports floor.

This gym floor in the community center in Emblem, Wyo., is a great example of the longevity possible for a gym floor—originally installed around 1930, we were able to resand and coat this floor in 2022.

2023 Tools + Supplies Product Focus

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How Do You Control Dust on Your Wood Flooring Jobs?

Readers of Wood Floor Business share which tools and techniques they use to contain dust when installing and sanding on their wood flooring job sites.

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How I Did This Job: Strip to Plank

Wood floor pro Matthew Szyszka shows the steps he took to transform this traditional strip oak floor into one that appears to be hand-scraped plank.

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My Trigger Phrase: ‘Been Doing It That Way for 35 Years’

T.J. Haas's father, Mark Haas, was highly motivated, supremely intelligent and well-liked among his peers in the industry, but a series of electrical hookup accidents may have contributed to his premature death.

My dad was an innovator in the industry, but his life ended too early, potentially in part due to being electrocuted when hooking up power. In this photo he is running a Sharpless Built Super Sander, which was a hardplate belt sander we used for our intermediate cuts and leveling.

Wood Floor of the Week: A Mysterious Pegged Floor

Wood floor pro James Harbour of Harbour Precision Floors in North Wilkesboro, N.C., has seen a lot in his career as a wood floor pro, but he’d never seen a floor like this early-1970s teak before.

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WFB Asks ChatGPT: Can My Wood Floor Just Have a Light Sanding?

WFB asked AI-powered ChatGPT a question about wood flooring. Below is its verbatim response. How did it do?

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Wood Floor Rescue

Wood Floor Rescue: Original Attic Floor Transformed for Modern Life

Zach Christie and his brothers weren’t even supposed to be the wood flooring contractors on this job, an attic in a Pennsylvania home dating to the 1800s.

Tricks of the Trade

Trick of the Trade: Protecting Existing Flooring in a Flash

Wood floor pro Anthony Magaro has a simple tip for protecting existing adjacent flooring when sanding a wood floor.

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