How much does it cost to refinish hardwood floors?

Published 2023-02-15
The costs of refinishing hardwood floors might be higher than expected, even if you do it yourself. In this video, I go over the costs of refinishing hardwood floors yourself and having your floors refinished professionally.

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00:00 Introduction
01:07 Costs of refinishing professionally
05:09 Sanding and refinishing yourself DIY
08:05 Wood refinishing cost breakdown

All Comments (21)
  • Did my appartment floors about 2 years ago, watching your videos and with the guide. Best money spent!
  • @YouLikeToast
    Just for everyone watching, his video course and ebook he is selling is totally worth it. I bought it a few days ago and am almost finish going thru it all. Really cleared a lot of questions up for me. This guy knows his shit. I was very confused and the home depot employees, along with various sources online, were giving me conflicting information. Thanks m8! I'm not affiliated at all just wanted to support this guy and his stuff because I found it so genuinely helpful.
  • Hello friend, I admire your work and your videos inspired me to do some videos of my own, but mostly focusing on the aspect of the satisfying part watching someone work and sand a floor. Kind of relaxed and chill watching. Do you have any tips you can give to a newbie in the youtube scene? I would appreciate it so much!
  • @floorman12
    This video is incredibly spot on. 100% correct
  • Hi Ben, could You do a video about different finishes on floor. oil vs water based, satin vs matte etc. What would be your take on it?
  • @amandar5827
    I'm fixing to refinish my reclaim oak floors with all the tips and tricks I've learned from you! My total cost for about 600sf: including purchase, rentals, stain, poly will come out to $700. It's 1000 times the work to DIY, and I'm nervous, but I think it will be worth it in the end!
  • How do you feel about belt sanders? And if they are ok to use if a bit time consuming do you use the same methods or different from the bigger ones
  • What products do you reccomend for finishing? I've just sanded and unsure where to go next. Priming? Varnish? Oil? Wax? It's a minefield lol
  • @andyhello23
    Your videos are very helpful I brought your video course, very informative
  • @Mantelar
    I’ve DIYd it. It doesn’t cost a lot to do it yourself at all. Doing it right on your own is just time consuming. Like with any job it takes like 3-5 times doing something for the first time than with practice. The only sane way I could get it done was to buy the tools and do it right, a room at a time. With a family, it’s the only way to go, unless you wanna pay for a hotel. I picked a throw away room to make all my mistakes in…and it took a while. Great results. But there’s a lot of reasons to hire someone to get it done quick and right.
  • @pdannysan13
    Hello, I have a question on sequenceing. We are doing a DIY project on a newly bought apartment. We plan to sand the floors and varnish it. But we also plan on painting. There is this fear that the dust made by sanding might affect our newly painted walls. So, is there any basis for this fear?
  • @fookman
    Are you familiar with NWFA in the U.S. was wondering if that is an accreditation body that you recommend as I am looking for a good flooring contractor.
  • I have a void that's probably a foot in diameter under my hardwood floor, is there a safe way to fix that without redoing the subfloor? (The floor is only about 3 years old and has been this way the whole time)
  • @martinkingdon
    What do you think about Bona One applying without prime classic?
  • @raaspider
    Im doing it for my home, the floors had multiple layers done by previous owners: it had carpets, tiles, then below all that old vintage tar glued tiles, its easily a 5k job if you pay someone and i say it is worth that much, The man hours spent were crazy!
  • Hi, I have just laid down some new spruce tongue and groove and am planning on renting a drum sander to level it out. (diagonally starting out and then with grain as you recommend) It looks like most of the floors you do are hardwood but should I take anything into consideration when sanding a softwood such as spruce? Thanks in advance!
  • Is acrylic finish okay or good? I have 2 bigger dogs. 2 rooms. 520 sqft. 60s era wood floors in USA. Baseboard water heat around the edges. Price ish estimate that would be acceptable? Floors are in good condition not stained currently
  • @sir_tut2949
    Have you ever had any experience with removing carpet that was over hardwood floors and then refinishing? I have hardwood floors beneath carpet in a house I just bought and the carpet cushion was stapled down and I'm trying to find the best way to fill in all the small holes from the staples.
  • @lindab6336
    I have an 1830 home made out of virgin heart pine in the south. All the walls, floor and ceilings. I planned to do my floors but don't know what to do with the walls. Any suggestions. They are 14 foot ceilings. 2,200 sq foot home.