Posts Tagged ‘refinishing’

Los Altos Hardwood Floor Repair Guide to Preventing Scratches on Hardwood

As a Los Altos homeowner who's facing expensive hardwood floor repair, you'd like to simplify your life. You want to keep your floors looking beautiful... Read the rest of this entry »

Two Powerful Processes for Beautiful Floors in the Bay Area

Elegant Floors has developed two highly successful, easy to implement, inexpensive hardwood floor refinishing processes to help you beautify your floors. Read the rest of this entry »

Should You Refinish or Replace Your Hardwood Floor?

Here's a common dilemma: your hardwood floors are in less than perfect condition. Should you rip out the boards and replace the wood? Or should you just refinish the wood that’s there? Read the rest of this entry »

Will Your Hardwood Floors “Last a Lifetime”?

Whether you just bought a beautiful Bay Area loft with classic hardwood flooring, or you're doing a major remodeling job -- ripping out carpeting and laying in new hardwood flooring -- you want to enjoy longevity, ease of use, and minimal maintenance costs. Read the rest of this entry »

How “Dust-Free” is Dust-Free Refinishing, Anyway?

We searched long and hard to find the most powerful, cutting-edge dust containment system, and we're convinced that the "Atomic Trailer” system is best of breed. This extraction system succeeds at eliminating 99% of dust created during the sanding process. Read the rest of this entry »

Trends in Hardwood Flooring for 2012: Exciting (and Surprising!) Innovations…

 Let’s face facts: You are a hardwood floor aficionado.

You can abide by carpets in certain situations – under very carefully controlled circumstances. But you prefer the beautiful, clean, hardwood floor look. Whether you are remodeling your East Bay condominium, gutting and restoring a beautiful old San Francisco area mansion, or simply looking for fun and cool tips to make your floors “pet, child and teenager proof,” here are some 2012 flooring trends: Read the rest of this entry »

Why Is Bamboo Flooring So Eco-Friendly?

If you have been researching hardwood floor options, no doubt you've come across lots of articles that sing the praises of bamboo as a tremendously eco-friendly material. These are generally correct, but not necessarily so. Read the rest of this entry »

Maple Wood Floors, or Something Else?

Are you doing a remodeling job in your kitchen or rec room? Are you “souping up” a Bay Area condominium to prepare it for eager buyers? Are you redoing your home now that the kids have “left the nest” – and you want to replace those gnarled, natty rugs in their rooms with beautiful, simple, austere hardwood floors? Read the rest of this entry »

When to Use Elegant Floors’ Dust-Free Refinishing Process

Whether you are sprucing up a new home by the Bay that you just closed on; or you want to clean up the much-abused floors in your teen’s old room now that she has moved out to go to college, consider taking advantage of Elegant Floors’ Dust Free Refinishing Program. We use an advanced technology called the Atomic Dust Containment System (DCS) by Bonakemi. We will walk you through the step-by-step of how and why this process is so useful. But before we do, let’s consider who might need it. Read the rest of this entry »

NWFA: What It Means to Be an NWFA Member

For over 25 years, the National Wood Flooring Association, NWFA, has advanced and promoted wood flooring industry businesses. The NWFA provides members with crucial information,education, and resources. It currently boasts over 3,500 members all over the world. NWFAmembers share skills and knowledge and exchange ideas. They also must abide by stringent standards of conduct. Members must subscribe “without reservation” to standards such as: Read the rest of this entry »