St. Catharines and area hardwood flooring

Archive for November, 2010

Supermarket floor product build-up

Thursday, November 25th, 2010

If you have already made the mistake of trying several products like floor refinish and dust mop products, how do you remove the residue? Should I try a floor stripper product?

Holes left in hardwood by staples from carpet strips

Thursday, November 18th, 2010

We ripped carpet up and found hardwood flooring. What do you suggest we do with all the holes left in hardwood by staples from carpet strips? Also, there are some gaps around outer part of where wall meets floor. Should we use caulking?

Filler that won’t crack?

Thursday, November 11th, 2010

I was wondering if you could help me with a flooring filler/polyurethane issue. My floor was professionally refinished 1 year ago and was to have a ‘worn’ look to it. We left many gaps and wanted only to fill the gaping holes and to make the entire house seem uniform in its’ ‘old world’ floor appearance.

Spot finishing grey areas

Thursday, November 4th, 2010

My mom’s floors have well traveled areas (like doorways) where the floors look almost gray. The floors are otherwise light. How can the well traveled areas be repaired to look like the rest? Is there something we can put on it?