My Wood Floor Sanding team has sanded, finished and re-finished many hundreds of wood floors over the past ten years. Spending the majority of our time in the domestic sector, has meant dealing with a great variety of flooring types including Pine floorboards, Herringbone, Mosaic, Strip, Parquet, Planks and Hardwood Veneer.

Although for some, the thought of sanding there own wood floors is appealing, for most its a foregone conclusion that wood floor sanding and finishing, is a job best left for professional flooring contractors.

For the real DIY enthusiast there's nothing more challenging than taking on the task of sanding there own wood flooring, Which is fine, but firstly think about it, do you know how?

Sure anyone can phone a hire shop and order a floor sanding machine, but does the hire shop person know how to sand a floor, they may have a clue, they may not, to simply start up a sanding machine and push it up and down a wood floor does not guarantee great results if you've never sanded before it will lead to disaster.

What grades of sandpaper do you need? What tools will you need? Can you sand across the grain, How do you fill gaps in floorboards ? How do you apply varnish? Whats the best varnish to use? The list of questions could go on and on.

For the wise diy'ers out there this web site has an extensive data-base of flooring professional, trade suppliers and specialized hire shops, so you can find a good quality craftsman or at least get the right machinery and flooring products you will need.

Wood floor sanding really is best left to those that are skilled in the profession, But if you are really brave and must attempt the DIY Strategy, please at least look through this web site and familiarize yourself with the methods and procedures of how to sand your own wood floor, it might just save your life.