Dias Hardwood Floors

Free estimates. Great prices on refinishing your hardwood floors and installing. Over 15 years experience.and operated.we being around for 15 years.our services are unmatched in this industry.our prices are reasonable.our customers can always depend on us to get the job done.we are always open minded to our customers. You may be interested to know how we'll go about restoring your hardwood floors. Below is our detailed 19 Step procedure we use: (This assumes existing carpets are removed and any repairs needed are already completed by us or another competent tradesman.) 1 Seal off all areas and set up the dustless equipment. Whether you choose to use our 101% Dust Free System or not, we always seal off the surrounding areas with plastic sheeting and cover any wall or floor vents. This not only protects the other rooms from dust... it also protects our work area from any contamination. 2 Sweep and vacuum your floor. We like to start off with a clean area so we can see what we have to work with. This greatly helps us to do the next step properly. 3 Inspect your floor carefully looking for any protruding nails, splinters etc. Most older floors we work on in the Naperville area usually have something small we need to repair before starting the sanding process so they don't do damage to our equipment or your floor. 4 Remove the existing finish. The purpose of the first sanding is to remove the old existing finish or waxes and get down to the bare wood. We use two different machines in this process. The big belt sander sands in a straight line, up and down the length of the room. The smaller sander - called an edger - sands in a circular motion around the perimeter of the room. The number of sanding passes required will be largely determined by the condition of the floor and the type of finish you have. If the surface is in very good shape (some lightly worn through areas and small scratches) and has an easily sanded finish with no wax, one pass with a medium grit paper may be sufficient for this step. Most floors will need at least two sanding passes in this step though, with a coarse grit paper and then a medium grit paper. The majority of floors we work on have been sanded previously - a few are so thin they're at their very last sand. Because of this, we try extremely hard to remove as little wood as possible from the floor during this step. Extra Step: If there is a huge build-up of wax, finish or tar paper, or the floor has been badly abused or damaged, we may need to do more cuts with coarse paper. Depending on how bad the floors are, we may need to go through many coarse belts and discs as they gum up or dull. The extra labor and materials will be included in your estimate so you'll know ahead of time exactly how much it will cost. 5 Vacuum. This is the second of many vacuums to come. 6 Final cut with the belt sander and edger. This final sand is done with fine grit sandpaper and eliminates the coarser sanding scratches from the previous sanding. 7 Hand scrape and hand sand all the corners. The belt sander and edger aren't able to get right into the corners, around the door jambs or under and around the radiators so we need to do this by hand. The time spent in this step is one of the factors separating a good refinishing job from a great refinishing job. One of my big pet peeves in this industry is the guys that quickly rush through this step... and for obvious reasons - it's hard, painstaking, tedious work. We spend a lot of time in this step as we believe a great quality job is in the details. The extra effort is always worth it. 8 Vacuum. We thoroughly remove all of the shavings created from hand-scraping so they don't interfere with the next step. 9 Buff and flatten the floor. We use a special machine called a TRIO to blend the difference between the belt sander's straight sanding marks and the edger's circular marks. If this is done properly, when the finish is applied ...