Sanding & Refinishing
Hardwood Floor Refinishing in Lawndale, Philadelphia
Sand the old finish off, repair what needs repairing, and put a new finish down. The floor you already own, made new. In Lawndale, Philadelphia the median home dates to 1952 and 28.6% of the housing predates 1940, which changes what we expect to find before the work starts.
- Neighborhood of
- Philadelphia, PA
- Population
- 22,728
- Housing units
- 8,634
- Median year built
- 1952
- Built before 1940
- 28.6%
- Built before 1978
- approximately 91.8%
- Owner occupied
- 62.8%
What is usually under the floor here
Prewar and postwar housing sit side by side, so the right answer changes house to house and sometimes street to street.
Places with this mix were built across a long stretch, and the floors follow. One block holds original strip oak over joists with a thin wear layer left, and the next holds postwar red oak over a plywood subfloor with most of its thickness intact.
That is why we do not quote this kind of address over the phone. The same service can be a straightforward refinish on one side of a street and a restoration decision on the other, and the only way to know is to look at the edge of a board.
Worth knowing here
Additions are the common surprise. A kitchen bumped out in the 1970s often carries a different floor from the rest of the house, and matching the two is its own conversation.
The federal lead rule applies to most of the housing here
Approximately 91.8% of the homes here were built before 1978, which is the line the EPA rule draws.
Paid work that disturbs painted surfaces in pre-1978 housing falls under 40 CFR Part 745, and floor sanding reaches painted surfaces more often than people expect: the edger runs to the baseboard, the shoe molding and the door casing, and in older housing those carry many layers.
The part that matters for the equipment is 745.85(a)(3), which prohibits high speed machines that strip a coating on painted surfaces unless they carry containment and a HEPA vacuum collecting dust at the point of generation. That is a description of how the sander has to be assembled, not a suggestion about tidiness.
How hardwood floor refinishing runs
Sand the old finish off, repair what needs repairing, and put a new finish down. The floor you already own, made new.
The full method, the equipment and what we will and will not promise are on the service page: Hardwood Floor Refinishing.
Also in Lawndale
Dustless Floor SandingVacuum-extraction sanding
Solid Hardwood Floor InstallationSolid wood, nailed down over a wood subfloor
Engineered Hardwood InstallationReal wood over a stable core
Luxury Vinyl Plank (LVP) InstallationWaterproof, quiet, and it does not care about a wet basement
Custom Stair InstallationTreads, risers, stringers and skirt board, built to a drawing instead of a catalog page
Stair RefinishingStairs take more wear per square foot than any floor in the house, and they are sanded almost entirely by hand
Hardwood Floor RepairBoard replacement, weaving in new wood, squeaks, gaps and cupping
Questions
Can you tell me what my floor needs over the phone?
We can tell you what is likely, and this page is most of that answer. What we cannot do is quote a floor we have not seen, because remaining thickness and what is under the covering both decide the job and neither is visible in a description.
Do you bring the material?
Yes. We buy direct from the distributor and the material lands in the same number as the labor. Samples and larger offcuts come to the house so you choose in your own light.
Nearby neighborhoods
Send a photo and we will tell you what you are looking at
Hardwood Floor Refinishing in Lawndale starts with someone reading the house. We quote every job ourselves, with no salesperson in between, and a photo of the floor gets you a straight answer faster than a form does.
