Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

     

Left Nav S-B Home Register FAQ Members List S-B on Facebook Arcade WEAX Tides Buoys Calendar Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read Right Nav

Left Container Right Container
 

Go Back   Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating » Striper Chat - Discuss stuff other than fishing ~ The Scuppers and Political talk » DIY - Forum

DIY - Forum Do It Yourself for Non-Fishing Items

Reply
 
Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes
Old 04-01-2013, 08:31 AM   #1
Ian
Idiot
iTrader: (0)
 
Ian's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Glastonbury, CT
Posts: 2,287
Cost to refinish hardwood floors

Might entering a bidding war for a house this week. Anyone have an estimate on the cost to refinish ~1200 sqft of hardwood in an unoccupied house? I am hearing $2-3/sqft.
Ian is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-01-2013, 11:30 AM   #2
Grapenuts
Registered User
iTrader: (0)
 
Grapenuts's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Between the thighs
Posts: 559
Depends on the co....boat people 2.00.......long time local co..3.50
Grapenuts is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-01-2013, 07:34 PM   #3
ProfessorM
Uncle Remus
iTrader: (0)
 
ProfessorM's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
Posts: 14,773
lol. boat people

"A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real"
ProfessorM is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-02-2013, 08:15 AM   #4
lazzyone
Registered User
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 44
Prices vary, but your range sounds about right. Get a million quotes and let them know you are shopping around. Ask people you know for recommendations this way you can see the work. Im getting mine done next week for a 1.75 a square foot, which is damn cheep and they do good work.
lazzyone is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-02-2013, 08:46 AM   #5
Ian
Idiot
iTrader: (0)
 
Ian's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Glastonbury, CT
Posts: 2,287
Quote:
Originally Posted by lazzyone View Post
Prices vary, but your range sounds about right. Get a million quotes and let them know you are shopping around. Ask people you know for recommendations this way you can see the work. Im getting mine done next week for a 1.75 a square foot, which is damn cheep and they do good work.
I already have a couple people pointing me in the right direction. Some people I know are getting them done now so it will be good to have a sample of the work I may have done.
Ian is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-02-2013, 12:05 PM   #6
fatcow
Registered User
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 147
If ur in MA i got a guy that does great work. Hes done all of my 6 apartments. Let me know i will get u his #
fatcow is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-02-2013, 12:30 PM   #7
nightfighter
Seldom Seen
iTrader: (0)
 
nightfighter's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2001
Posts: 10,379
My bids run at 2.50/sf from my go to flooring sub. Father sons operation. Sand, sealer coat, two finish coats with light sand in between. Oil poly, not water based. They were recently out bid by an Asian company, who ended up asking for more money when the job was finished, saying it was more work blah blah blah... 90% of the time, you get what you pay for.
nightfighter is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 04-02-2013, 07:00 PM   #8
trevier
Registered User
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 331
oil finish takes longer to do, looks better, water based is faster, usually can do two coats in one day it dries that fast, coat in the morning,crank the heat come back in the afternoon, screen it vacuum it then coat again comeback in the morning third coat, problem is water based poly looks like crap although it won't yellow like oil does.
trevier is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-03-2013, 07:29 AM   #9
Raven
........
iTrader: (0)
 
Raven's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
Blog Entries: 1
if i may... you do it yourself : sanding, refinishing... ect... whats your labor worth
if your mainly repair "problem areas" on an otherwise recently refinished floor
per hour (ballpark estimate)
Raven is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-03-2013, 10:09 AM   #10
Ian
Idiot
iTrader: (0)
 
Ian's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Glastonbury, CT
Posts: 2,287
Quote:
Originally Posted by Raven View Post
if i may... you do it yourself : sanding, refinishing... ect... whats your labor worth
if your mainly repair "problem areas" on an otherwise recently refinished floor
per hour (ballpark estimate)
No way am I doing these myself. I wish I could, but I don't trust myself with that sander. These are original hardwood from when the house was built in '49 and they haven't been touched since then. They need a professional's touch
Ian is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-03-2013, 02:46 PM   #11
Raven
........
iTrader: (0)
 
Raven's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
Blog Entries: 1
u missed the point of the question (sorry)

what is it worth per hour ... wasn't suggesting you do it
i am going to do some spots here.. (a rental)
and have used the big rental sanders before
so , i guess it's rental equipment cost per hour plus finish cost.

prolly can get by with a palm sander
Raven is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-04-2013, 08:16 AM   #12
chrisjoe13
Registered User
iTrader: (0)
 
chrisjoe13's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Harmony, Rhode Island
Posts: 311
DIY= do it yourself
chrisjoe13 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-04-2013, 08:29 AM   #13
Ian
Idiot
iTrader: (0)
 
Ian's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Glastonbury, CT
Posts: 2,287
Quote:
Originally Posted by chrisjoe13 View Post
DIY= do it yourself
Point taken. I just was thinking this forum would be the best location to ask for the cost to have some other person DIY in my house lol
Ian is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks

Thread Tools
Display Modes Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 08:55 AM.


Powered by vBulletin. Copyright ©2000 - 2008, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Please use all necessary and proper safety precautions. STAY SAFE Striper Talk Forums
Copyright 1998-20012 Striped-Bass.com