Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering Re: Floor sanding - without drum sander? 2Oct 30, 2009 11:49 am Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Floor sanding - without drum sander? 4Oct 30, 2009 1:13 pm Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Floor sanding - without drum sander? 6Oct 30, 2009 1:41 pm Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Floor sanding - without drum sander? 9Nov 02, 2009 3:39 pm I rang 8 different floor mobs in the area and not a SINGLE one could give me a quote on just sanding the floor as they only had sand + finish prices. The minimum costs I was looking at was $2300 - which is a good part of a months wage for me. To be honest the cost to do it myself is a lot cheaper. Drum sand hire is $108 for a weekend, add in $50 for papers. Belt sander & Orbital sander (and a heap of papers) cost $140. Finish is around $150-180. Extras (safety gear, brushes, applicator) - $50. Total $500-600. (I could have got away without buying the belt-sander/orbital if I was going that path). So for a saving around $1700 - I have to dedicate a couple weekends and afternoons after work. Considering I sit on my arse anyway, I think it's a brilliant trade-off! Re: Floor sanding - without drum sander? 10Nov 02, 2009 5:14 pm You will still have to add the cost of the floor finish and applicators etc to that $1700 saving Re: Floor sanding - without drum sander? 11Nov 04, 2009 1:11 pm Dukekamaya You will still have to add the cost of the floor finish and applicators etc to that $1700 saving Yea I did : ) Finish is around $150-180. Extras (safety gear, brushes, applicator) - $50. Managed to book a drum sander in this weekend (they got it couriered in). Re: Floor sanding - without drum sander? 12Aug 08, 2011 4:47 pm Arent these things only around $130 per day from kennards? http://www.kennards.com.au/index.php?fu ... hers&lvl=2 Re: Floor sanding - without drum sander? 13Aug 08, 2011 4:52 pm Most definately hire a sander, you will regret it if you go to all that expense of coatings and find that the gloss finish highlighted every little perfection you thought would not be seen. Been there done that, hire the sander. This certainly doesn't look good. I would be engaging with an independent inspector to have a look at this. As for the unscheduled site visits, most builders are quite… 1 28320 Elvis has left the building... The site supervisor quit after 2 month on the project. I guess he was just instructed to bark at people, but didn't like when he was… 26 20902 Hi, I contracted a Builder to do a Garage to Bedroom + ensuite conversion (Class 1a), the Builder engaged the Certifier and Engineer and received BDA from the Certifier… 0 5021 |