Browse Forums General Discussion 1 Feb 23, 2009 7:56 pm Roughly how long will it take to sand and edge sand a 3 bedroom, 1 kitchen/dining hallway and lounge, it realative small place.
Hoping to have all nails punched and ready to go, just a rough time would be great! We are very late 20's with 2 kids, wanting to invest in real estate and get of the working treadmill. Re: Sanding floor boards- how long? 3Feb 24, 2009 7:39 am i was wanting to know time just to sand. Trying to work out how long to hire equipment We are very late 20's with 2 kids, wanting to invest in real estate and get of the working treadmill. Re: Sanding floor boards- how long? 4Feb 24, 2009 8:02 am Not sure how long it will take to DIY but a pro takes 3 - 4 days to sand and polish a house. I would say if you havent done it before it will probably take you about twice as long as a pro.
Are you sure you want to tackle this yourself? Please re-consider. Yes, it will cost you a bit more but the result will be far better. And the result will be there forever. Polished floorboards are such a great feature of a house that it is a big risk doing it yourself. Re: Sanding floor boards- how long? 5Feb 24, 2009 8:29 am We have done it before, just can't remember how long it took.
We polished up pine timber flooring, but only lounge, hallway, dinning and kitchen We are very late 20's with 2 kids, wanting to invest in real estate and get of the working treadmill. Re: Sanding floor boards- how long? 6Feb 25, 2009 9:58 pm We had this done recently.
All up it took four days - but our guy charged for the whole job, not by the day. It was originally only supposed to take three days... but it took a bit longer to fill in all the holes etc. The way he explained it, you do the intial sand down but you also do a sand after each layer of varnish as well. So you would need to allow time for each layer to propery dry too. Re: Sanding floor boards- how long? 8Feb 25, 2009 11:14 pm My husband used to make his living as a floor finisher.
If you're looking to hire out a sander from Bunnings or something and want to know how long you'll need it, it won't take that long as long as the floor is prepared (ie you've hammered in any nails that are sticking out at all and you have everything you need right in front of you). While the sanding part, just the sanding, could feasibly be done in ONE day, I would recommend not doing it that way unless you can alternate machines or chores with someone because it is backbreakingly painful labour if you are inexperienced and a lot of the time even if you are. A small bedroom shouldn't take more than a few hours to sand with the large sander and then with the edger. So, allot 4 hours for the small bedroom. This is a generous estimate. The estimate is smaller if you are not sanding the inside of the wardrobe (3 hours). Allot 3 or 4 hours for the hallway, depending on how long and how wide the hallway is, and whether it has light that will assist you in ensuring everything is smooth and assist again in doing the clean-up. The kitchen will be a nightmare if there are cabinets there--it'll require a lot more edging and edging can be finicky, so add extra time onto that. For the kitchen/dining area, probably give yourself just 5 1/2 hours worth of time to sand that. The lounge is large but it'll be well-lit and it won't have cabinets to edge around. It probably won't take more than 4 1/2 hours. The time may seem excessive but this takes into account the fact you'll need to sand twice and do the edging and clean up shavings in between to make sure everything is even and clean. So, to go on the wide side... 5 1/2 hours kitchen 3 hours hallway = Day 1 4 1/2 hours lounge 4 hours small bedroom = Day 2 You may find that you are superhuman and can sand it all in one day. You probably can, but... you'll be in a lot of pain from being on your knees/bending over and pushing and pulling all day to the point you'll probably want to take a day off before starting to apply stain etc. If you break it into two chunks (half one day, half the next), you'll have a bit more energy at the end of it. If the "kitchen/dining hallway lounge" are one space (though I think they are three) it will take longer, simply because it is a lot harder to check that everywhere is done properly and doesn't need to be gone over again. You'll want to decide which is your preference--getting it done quicker and having more space that can't be walked on whatsoever, or getting it done a little later and being able to almost live as normal in the meantime. (Sanded floors should only be walked on in clean socks when they are ready for staining... Sweaty feet, dirty socks and shoes will all leave marks that need to be sanded off.) Also note that you will want to overestimate x100 the amount of sandpaper you need. You can return the sandpaper if you don't need it but having to go back and forth to get more will waste heaps of time. Assume that if you've got new floorboards sanding won't take long at all, except to smooth out the places where boards mightn't have been laid perfectly flush. If you're removing old stain it'll be intermediate. If you're cleaning up after removing carpet it'll take ages because the sandpaper will get glue-clogged very quickly and you'll end up replacing it and that eats up lots of time too. To be on the safe side, hire the sander and edger for two days. Oh, and be careful and quick if your sander or edger leave circular marks on the floor... If they do that it's a bit disastrous and you'll probably want to swap the machine for a different one because those marks will be painfully visible under the finish. Hire machines do tend to leave those marks if they aren't maintained enough. (Orbital sanders give a better finish anyway.) Building the home formerly known as the PD Lawson II (Barwon) in Evadene, Tarneit Site commenced: 05/10/2009 | Base complete: 19/10/2009 | Frame complete: 23/10/2009 | Lockup complete: 23/11/2009 | Fixing complete: 08/12/2009 Re: Sanding floor boards- how long? 10Feb 26, 2009 9:29 am @lazywriterbum: Thanks for the informative post. I will be tackling my house when its done. We have approx 110m of Sydney Blue Gum to sand and finish, Hallway, kitchen family and rumpus. All open living and joined. Will be heaps of fun i bet Re: Sanding floor boards- how long? 11Feb 26, 2009 5:24 pm For those going DIY, maybe look into quotes anyway. We were really surprised how affordable it was, didn't have to worry about wrecking the floors or sucking in all the dust and fumes. 4 6010 I'm about to put down some Merbau. Is it necessary to oil underneath the boards before laying? 0 1921 CDC Housing Code 3 When to apply Floor Area external face of wall vs Gross Floor Area internal face of wall. Reading thru CDC Housing Code 3, lets take a lot 915sqm.… 0 16537 |