Wood Floors ?

We just moved into a house and the wood floors are beautiful but they are not shiny/finished does anyone know how to go about finishing wood floors themselves and the cost
Also do you know how much it would cost if we got them professionally done
thank you

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We looked into redoing our upstairs wood floors ourselves and it's TONS of work! My DH and I are very handy and have done most of the renovations of our house ourselves, just to give you an idea of how much work it is. I think you can do them yourself, it was something we just decided not to do and have someone else do for us.

Go to Home Depot and talke to someone in the flooring department. They will tell you how to do it. You need to rent a sander (which we did but it's very hard to not leave marks and sand too much) and sand your floor with a rough sandpaper and then fine. The dust is horrible! be prepared! Then you have to damp mop it and shop vac the entire room to get all the dust up.... you will want to do this over several days b/c the dust is everywhere and it takes time for it to settle. After all that, you need to stain it (if you want) and then put 3 coats of poly on it (several days to apply and to dry) and the smell is horrible! We couldn't stay in our house for a week.

Like I said, we began the process ourselves but decided on having someone do it for us. I 'm happy we did. We didn't think it was worth all the effort just to save some money.

Good luck!

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thank you for the information
If you dont mind can you tell me how much it cost.........you can fm me if you rather

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We got the entire upstairs done- 4 bedrooms (average size I guess and a big master bedroom) hallway and staircase- done for $900. I didn't think this was too bad!

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that doesnt sound bad at all I would need basically the same thing as you
can you tell me what company did it for you
thank you again for all the information