Refinishing hardwood floors is a process - and we subcontracted out. Our downstairs prefinished oak was in good shape, but the pine upstairs was a disaster. I love the look of dark floors and knew that's what I wanted in my home so in the name of uniformity I opted to refinish the lighter colored oak as well. Initially we were just going to patch and repair the upstairs, but the floors were in such bad shape we ended up putting new floors down. (Note here - once we pulled up the carpet we realized our original hardwoods were nailed to the floor joists; we had no subfloor. At first I was like "WTH?! I'm going to be on my way to the bathroom and fall through to the kitchen." It's actually not that bad. In older homes like ours you'll find a lot of hardwoods with no subfloor. That was just the design in the early 1900s and it's ok; you won't fall through.)
Ok so the first thing you want to make sure happens - whether you do it or your subcontractor does it - is cover your vents and protect any of your finishes.
The sanding dust will go everywhere and I do mean everywhere. We finished over a week ago and I'm still wiping down walls.
Then you sand ...
Then you pick your stain ... (I picked the one on the bottom.)
Then you refinish! Here are some Before and Afters.
BEFORE
AFTER
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