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Arlington MA Hardwood Flooring: Refinishing & Installation

Most flooring companies bill dust extraction as an extra. On every Arlington, MA job it is already in the price. And if you need to stay in the house while we coat, Bona Traffic HD has your furniture back in three days, where an oil-based finish keeps you out for fourteen.

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Arlington MA Hardwood Flooring: Refinishing & Installation

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Two of the four Arlington jobs on this page were heart pine, not oak. In one of them, urine had soaked into the boards by a bedroom door. In a white oak house, the stairs and the upstairs hall were under carpet. We kept every one of those floors. Weles refinishes Arlington floors for $5 to $9 per square foot, and the four jobs are further down this page with before and after photos.

Your kitchen can stay in place while we work. On the largest of the four jobs, 1,650 square feet in all, we sanded the heart pine around the cabinets, the island and the refrigerator while they sat wrapped in plastic.

The median Arlington home is valued at $933,800. At that price, a buyer is paying for the floor too. The 2022 NAR/NARI figures on our refinishing page show refinishing returning 147% of its cost at resale.

Half of the Arlington jobs here were heart pine, so plan for pine if a board has to be replaced. The new board has to match old-growth pine in grain as well as color. If it does not, the patch shows once the room is finished. That matching is part of our repair work.

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Portfolio and showroom

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Finished floors from the Arlington, MA area and beyond, photographed on the job rather than bought from a stock library. Refinishing, new installation and stair work.

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See the wood species in person or online. You can browse the showroom online or visit us at 800 Boylston St, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467.

Work we have finished in Arlington, MA

Our own photographs, taken on site.

Quarter-sawn heart pine with urine damage

Arlington Repair

Urine had soaked into the heart pine by this bedroom door and left dark patches across several boards. We restored those boards, then sanded the bedroom and the living room with its paneled half walls. One coat of Loba Intensive Transparent went on first, with three coats of Bona Traffic HD Satin on top. The pine came out warmer, and its red and gold stripes still show.

Wood: Quarter-sawn heart pine, 3 1/4 in
Repair: Boards with urine damage restored
Sealer: Loba Intensive Transparent, 1 coat
Finish: Bona Traffic HD Satin, 3 coats
Scope: Bedroom, living room

White oak stairs and hall, out from under carpet

Arlington Refinishing

The stairs and the upstairs hall were under carpet. In the front rooms, the oak was scratched and dull under an old finish. We sanded the 2 1/4 inch white oak in the rooms, in the hall and on the stair treads, then put one coat of Loba Intensive Transparent under three coats of Bona Mega One Satin. Now the stairs match the rooms and the dark trim.

Wood: White oak, 2 1/4 in
Before: Carpet on the stairs and upstairs hall
Sealer: Loba Intensive Transparent, 1 coat
Finish: Bona Mega One Satin, 3 coats
Scope: Stairs, upstairs hall, front rooms, bedroom

Vertical grain heart pine, kitchen to sunporch

Arlington Refinishing

The whole job was 1,650 square feet. In the open kitchen, on the sunporch over the street and in the room beside it, the floor is 3 1/4 inch vertical grain heart pine. The kitchen stayed wrapped in plastic while we sanded, cabinets and refrigerator included. Then came one coat of Bona Classic Seal and three coats of Bona Traffic HD Satin, and the bare pine turned a warm, even tone.

Wood: Vertical grain heart pine, 3 1/4 in
Sealer: Bona Classic Seal, 1 coat
Finish: Bona Traffic HD Satin, 3 coats
Area: 1,650 sq ft, whole job
Scope: Open kitchen and living area, sunporch, side room

Kitchen and back entry with a worn finish

Arlington Refinishing

The finish in this kitchen had worn thin around the island and by the back door, where people walk the most. We sanded the kitchen and the back entry and sealed the wood with Loba Intensive Transparent. It was a quick job. The before photos were taken on a Monday morning, and the after photos the next afternoon.

Sealer: Loba Intensive Transparent
Scope: Kitchen, back entry

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Hardwood Floor Refinishing in Arlington, MA

The biggest choice on these floors was the finish system. Three of them started with Loba Intensive Transparent, an oil sealer, as the first coat on bare wood. On two, we know what went over it: three coats of Traffic HD Satin on the heart pine bedroom and three of Mega One Satin on the white oak, both water-based Bona finishes. The oil sealer warms the wood before the water-based coats go on. Our refinishing page lays out the full process.

The fourth job, 1,650 square feet in all with vertical grain heart pine in the kitchen and sunporch, went the other way. It got one coat of Bona Classic Seal, a water-based sealer tone, under three coats of Traffic HD Satin. Neither heart pine floor got any stain. Pine that already runs red and gold does not need it, and the sealer alone set the color.

The white oak house had carpet on the stairs and in the upstairs hall. Stair treads, edges and corners are sanded by hand with palm sanders and scrapers, because the big machine cannot reach them, so a staircase adds hours a flat room does not. When the job was done, the treads matched the rooms and the house's dark trim.

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Hardwood Floor Installation in Arlington, MA

None of the four Arlington floors on this page needed replacing, the heart pine bedroom with urine in the boards included. There we restored only the damaged boards, then sanded the room. Our repair page describes the method: board swaps, targeted sanding and stain blending, so the transitions stay smooth.

New wood is still the answer sometimes. In Arlington, 47% of homes were built in 1939 or earlier. A floor that old can be worn too thin for another sanding, or it has to meet a newer room at a doorway. Installation labor runs $3 to $10 per square foot. Where a job lands in that range depends on how much the subfloor needs, whether the boards are nailed, glued or floated, their width and species, and any stairs and doorway transitions. Our installation page has the detail.

Both heart pine floors here are 3 1/4 inch boards. That width is the cutoff in our installation standard: anything wider gets glue under it as well as nails.

New wood holds its value too. The same NAR/NARI figures put it at 118% of cost recovered at resale, against 147% for refinishing. So when the old boards can take another sanding, keeping them pays back more.

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Arlington, MA Hardwood Floor Products

Species, grades and finishes from the Chestnut Hill showroom

Red oak, white oak, maple and walnut flooring samples side by side.

We stock and source the species most Massachusetts floors are built from: red oak, white oak, maple, ash, birch and walnut, plus the stains, adhesives and finishes that go with them. Samples are in the showroom at 800 Boylston St, and we sell to homeowners, builders and other flooring contractors.

Most homes in the Arlington, MA area built between roughly 1900 and 1960 have 2¼″ plainsawn red oak strip. If you are repairing or extending a floor rather than replacing it, width, species and cut all have to line up, or the new wood will always read as a patch. Bring in a loose board or an offcut and we will match it against stock.

The products page goes further into grades, how each species behaves underfoot, and when engineered board or luxury vinyl is the better call than solid wood.

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Why Choose Weles Floors?

Every job uses dustless sanding, with HEPA extraction that keeps roughly 90 to 95% of the dust out of the rest of the house. We check moisture before fastening a board and hold the subfloor-to-wood difference inside 4%. Seven crews run the work, and a project manager answers seven days a week.

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Dustless sanding
by default HEPA-filter dust control with contained work zones for up to ~90-95% dust reduction.

Overhead view of a staircase with dark hardwood floors and a white railing, leading down to an entrance with a door.

High-end
sanding options From standard sanding to high-end finishing with professional-grade systems (including Lagler Trio) for a cleaner, smoother surface.

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Installation
to all standards We acclimate the wood, measure moisture, and keep the subfloor-to-wood difference within 4% before fastening.

Modern interior staircase with light wood steps and floors, metal railings, and a view into a lower level area, illustrating a contemporary home design.

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projects 7 crews, project managers available 7 days/week, showroom for samples, plus General Liability and Workers’ Comp coverage.

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F.A.Q

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A typical single-floor job in the Boston area costs $1,500 to $6,500, according to our cost guide, and whole-home work runs $6,000 to $12,000 or more. Our own rate is $5 to $9 per square foot, set once we have seen the floor. Stairs, board repairs and stain are what push a floor toward the top of it.

When the damage is in one area, the floor can usually be kept, though not always by sanding alone. In the heart pine bedroom further down this page, urine had soaked into several boards by the door, so we restored those boards before sanding the room. Then came one coat of Loba Intensive Transparent and three of Bona Traffic HD Satin. We check how far the dark color goes when we see the floor, and our repair page covers board swaps for pet stains.

A single room can take about two days, and a whole floor about a week. Our Arlington photos show the real spans. The kitchen and back entry had before photos on a Monday morning and after photos the next afternoon. The heart pine bedroom and living room, and the 1,650 square foot job, each had a week between photos. The white oak rooms, hall and stairs had 11 days. Stairs stretch a job, since the treads are sanded by hand.

A lot more. Take the 1,650 square feet in our heart pine kitchen and sunporch job. At today's $5 to $9 per square foot, refinishing that much floor comes to $8,250 to $14,850. New hardwood for the same area would start at about $18,150 installed and reach $41,250 or more at the top of the range in our cost guide.

It is an oil color sealer from Loba, one of the manufacturers that certify Weles. It goes on bare wood as the first coat and warms its color, and a water-based Bona finish goes on top, as in our video of another floor sealed that way. On the Arlington heart pine it sat under Traffic HD Satin, and on the white oak under Mega One Satin. If you want the wood lighter or closer to its natural color, a water-based sealer tone is the other route.

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Hairline gaps that open in February and close by June are seasonal. A heated New England house falls from 50 to 60 percent humidity in summer to 20 to 30 in winter, and solid oak shrinks with it. A gap still open in July is worth a call.

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Wood Floor Water Damage

Cupped boards that stayed nailed down usually flatten once the subfloor dries to within 4 percent of the flooring, which takes weeks rather than days. Buckled boards are replaced. Sanding too early turns cupping into crowning.

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How Long To Stay Out After Floor Refinishing?

With a water-based finish you stay home. Bona Traffic HD is 150 g/L VOC, dries in one to two hours a coat, and takes furniture after three days. Oil-based Woodline needs 14 days and an empty house.

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Weles works across New England from two locations, with Greater Boston as home ground. Arlington, MA is served from the showroom at 800 Boylston Street in Chestnut Hill and from the Ashland base, and one of three project managers picks up seven days a week. The map shows the Chestnut Hill showroom, where the plank stock and finish samples are kept.

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