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#298679 6-Jul-2022 21:00
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In the midst of upgrading our kitchen and dining room.  We pulled up the carpet and discovered that the dining room floor was lovely rimu boards, at least mostly, so we want to consider sanding and polyurethaning. 

 

Mostly, because one corner (where a kitchen used to be, we think) has been patched using particle board :( -- about 500 x 500 mm. So we would need to re-patch this using 1960s rimu boards.

 

It's the sort of job I wouldn't like to attempt myself, so does anyone know of any specialist in Auckland whom I might ask for help?  And maybe sanding and polyurethaning too.

 

Thanks for any helpful replies!





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  #2938984 6-Jul-2022 21:22
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I'm not sure where you are located specifically, but avoid North Shore Floor Sanding.

They did an average job of the floor finishing, left the floors wavey (high and low spots) and destroyed my skirting boards by misusing the edge sander. I spent hours repairing them and repainting the groove they cut into them - and had no luck resolving it with them.

I'll try dig up the name of the person from out West who I used prior. He did an amazing job of sourcing Rimu to match our existing floors. Guy was meticulous and spent hours making everything perfect.


*Edit* Mike Dosen from Mike's Floorsanding.



Good luck, it's amazing how good hardwood floors look when done properly...




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  #2938990 6-Jul-2022 22:01
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Thanks for that info, I'll get in touch with him





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  #2938992 6-Jul-2022 22:13
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We needed to patch around an old fireplace hearth that I removed. I went to a demolition place and got some metres of the right width floorboards. 

 

Our builder fitted them and no one would know anything was ever different with that part of the floor. There's so much colour and grain variation in our floor that he didn't even both trying to match anything.

 

I'd expect any competent builder\carpenter to do such a job.

 

Tradies network so any builder you find may have a floor polisher he's worked with before.





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