Our services will add value to your home by making it look newer, fresher, and more beautiful. We work quickly and pay exceptional attention to detail. So whether you are looking to have new wood floors installed or refinish your existing wood floors, choose the experts at A & R Wood Floors. A & R Wood Floors has been offering complete wood flooring services for over a decade, and now featuring the Bona Dust Containment System to keep over 95% of the dust out of your home.
The first coat is the stain which will determine the final color of your floors. A & R Wood Floors uses oil based stains made by Dura-Seal that are formulated specifically for the wood flooring industry. If one of the stock colors doesn't meet your specific decorating needs, we will mix custom colors on site to satisfy your expectation. The stain is then protected with two coats of polyurethane. A & R Wood Floors uses oil based polyurethane as a standard finish. This polyurethane has been the industry standard finish for over 50 years and is very durable.
Even though wood floors are one of the most long lasting and dependable floors available, sometimes repairs will be needed. Whether you're doing some remodeling, have damage from water, or stains from pets, you may need to have some of your existing wood flooring replaced. The first step is to determine the size and specie of wood that you have. Newer 2-1/4 red oak flooring is the standard and is no problem to obtain and repairs are often no problem. If we are dealing with older wood or exotic species, we can usually find the wood and do the repair, but the repaired area may not match the existing floor due to the age or origin of the wood.
You are making some very important decisions when choosing which type of flooring will best suit your needs. Nature provides us with a vast variety of wood species. Once you have selected a wood you like, A & R Wood Floors will check the availability of the wood and order it specifically for your job. Hardwood flooring will not only add beauty to your home, it will also add value that you will benefit from at resale. A & R Wood Floors specializes in solid wood flooring that is installed and finished on site.
Many older homes in Northern Illinois have existing wood floors. Often these floors have been covered with carpeting, vinyl, or other types of floor coverings for many years. These floors appear as though they can't be saved. Don't assume the worst, let A & R Wood Floors take a look and discuss the options. It will surprise you to know that there's a good chance that the wood floors can be beautifully restored and will offer you years of enjoyment at a fraction of the cost of a new floor.
A very bad sun bleached American Cherry floor is saved!
A very popular color lately has been Bona Natural Seal, the finished floor almost looks like the raw wood. This is on a select grade white oak that we just finished.
Happy New Year's, we wish that everyone has a very safe and prosperous 2021.
Repairs usually can't be done without refinishing an entire room or level, for that matter. This week we had a customer that removed a wall as part of their kitchen remodel. The wood floors were still in relatively good condition, so they didn't want to refinish them if possible. I came up with the...
One of the floors we did this week is a 3-1/4" #2 common white oak, finished with a coffee brown stain.