Wood Floor Rescue

Wood Floor Rescue: Industrial Seattle Vibe Comes to Life

March 17, 2023

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Wood Floor Rescue: From Amber to Amazing For This School Practice Court

There was a massive amount of ambered poly to remove when Allen Sports Floors tackled this gym refinish.

November 18, 2022

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Wood Floor Rescue: Bringing Centuries-Old Beautiful Fir Back to Life

“It’s so Downton Abbey,” says Danny Stenhouse, owner of York, U.K.-based Sandhouse Floor Sanding & York Parquet Ltd., of this job site, Brockfield Hall, where he brought the wood flooring back to life.

September 16, 2022

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Wood Floor Rescue: Unveiling Heart Pine in South Carolina

Bobby Newman of It’s All Wood Hardwood Floors LLC in West Columbia, S.C., couldn't even tell what kind of wood floors were under all the layers at this historic home, but he discovered beautiful heart pine.

May 19, 2022

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Wood Floor Rescue: Taking a Chance on What Lies Beneath

Hired for an install job, wood floor pro Tony Horsman found himself campaigning for saving the original floor. See the beautiful transformation here.

July 20, 2021

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Wood Floor Rescue: Rhyme and Reason for Tassie Oak

Over decades, this home and its wood flooring had become a hodge-podge. Wood flooring pros Clint and Lisa Fudge tackled the renovation to make everything seamless.

May 19, 2021

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Wood Floor Rescue: Repairing a Hideous Repair

Wood floor pro Micah Hestad came to the rescue for this customer after another contractor created a mind-boggling repair after a wall was removed.

March 18, 2021

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Wood Floor Rescue: A Wood Floor Reveal ... Like a Boss

You never know what you might find when you're going to refinish an old wood floor, and this job by Bob Alberding held a lovely surprise.

January 19, 2021

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Wood Floor Rescue: Kiwi Native Woods Uncovered

This fantastic transformation that uncovered the true beauty of many native New Zealand woods was so much work—but so worth it.

November 19, 2020

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Wood Floor Rescue: Strange Floor Didn’t Foil These Pros

British wood flooring pro Kieren Collins had never seen a floor quite like this crazy foil-covered pine floor that he was able to refinish with great success.

September 21, 2020

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Wood Floor Rescue: 300-Year-Old Elm Saved

When British wood flooring pro Scott Bergman saw this floor, he knew he had to save it.

July 16, 2020

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Wood Floor Rescue: This Was a Serious Hot Spot

Sunshine that concentrated through a telescope inside the house torched the reclaimed wood floor. Here's how it was saved.

May 19, 2020

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State of the Industry 2023

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What Lies Beneath: How I Prevent Moisture Problems Before the Sale

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Routers 101: What a Wood Floor Pro Should Know

Walking into a job after another contractor gets kicked out is one of many situations that wood flooring pros like us must handle carefully.

How I Handle These Common but Difficult Customer Scenarios

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The Next Generation: Black Wood Floor Pros Look to the Future of the Industry

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