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Dustless Floor Refinishing
Our sanders feed dust through a hose into sealed bags instead of onto your mantel, and compressed air clears the trim and ceiling before stain.
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Hardwood Floor Refinishing in Derby, CT
Sand, Stain and Refinish Your Hardwood Floors
We Bring the Store to Your Door — with Contractor Pricing
Free In-Home Estimates
Guaranteed Lowest Price — or We’ll Beat It
Next-Day Refinishing
Book online now to lock in your next-day appointment and $250 discount.
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Hardwood Floor Refinishing Cost
Hardwood floor refinishing in Derby is a flat $2.50/Sq Ft, and that figure already includes your stain color and three coats of polyurethane. A cottage on Derby Neck or a Victorian near Birmingham Green pays the same per foot, and the final bill matches the quote.
Hardwood Floor Resanding
A full resand removes cloudy poly, chair scrapes and the gray paths that decades of foot traffic leave in old oak.
$2.50
/Sq Ft
What’s Included:
Dustless Sanding
Stain Included
Three Coats of Poly
Restaining Hardwood Floors
Restaining takes a 1970s Academy Hill floor from orange to a quieter brown, chosen from swatches wiped on your own boards.
$2.50
/Sq Ft
What’s Included:
Samples on Your Floor
One Coat of Stain
Three Coats of Poly
Water Based Polyurethane
Water based Bona finish keeps white oak and maple close to their raw tone and the smell is gone from the house within hours.
$2.50
/Sq Ft
What’s Included:
Bona Water Based
Low Odor
Clear Natural Look
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3 to 5 Day Refinishing
Under 1,500 Sq Ft, plan on 3 days natural or 4 with stain, plus a cushion day in humid valley weather. Socks at 24 hours, furniture at 48.
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Hardwood Floor Repair
A board swollen by a radiator leak or chewed by a puppy gets cut out and replaced from $150, then sanded flush with the room.
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One Year Refinish Warranty
Twelve months of labor warranty come with every Derby refinish, done by a licensed, insured, NWFA certified crew. Half is due the first morning, half at the final coat.
/ STAIN COLORS AND FINISHES
Hardwood Floor Stain Colors
Houses high on the hill get strong western light while the river lots sit in shade by mid afternoon, so the same stain reads differently house to house. We test it on your floor first.
Natural Hardwood Floors
Clear coats with no stain keep the oak pale and bright in the small cottages out on the Neck.
Special Walnut Stain
A medium brown that hides scuffs and pet hair in the family homes off Olivia Street.
Provincial Stain
A cool gray brown that pulls the orange out of red oak in raised ranches up Academy Hill Road.
Early American Stain
A golden tone with a touch of red, true to the Victorians and factory owner homes near Birmingham Green.
Dark Walnut Stain
Deep walnut that shows every grain line, right under the dining table in the older houses on Main Street.
Jacobean Stain
Near black and sleek, a modern finish for a gutted open plan home on the hill, though dust shows faster.
/ OUR SERVICES
Hardwood Floor Refinishers in Derby
Two and three families near Main Street, Victorians around Birmingham Green, capes up Academy Hill Road and cottages on Derby Neck fill most of our Derby schedule. That oak has carried tenants, kids, dogs and river mud for generations. Room by room the boards go down to bare wood, get vacuumed, take their stain and receive three coats.
/ NEW FLOORS, STAIRS AND REPAIRS
Floors, Stairs and Repairs in Derby
Where sanding cannot save the boards, we install hardwood, laminate or vinyl plank, replace failed strips, match the stain and refinish tired stairs.
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Refinish Your Floors Next Day
Derby homeowners ask us whether 1970s orange oak can go brown, how many days the kitchen is closed and if the dog can stay in the yard.
Get your Free In-Home EstimateWhat is the refinishing rate in Derby?
A flat $2.50/Sq Ft covering sanding, one coat of stain and three coats of poly. If the oak is merely dull with no bare spots, a $1.00/Sq Ft screen and recoat in Derby may be all it needs.
Can a 1970s floor lose its orange tint?
Yes. Sanding takes off the yellowed finish and a cooler stain such as Jacobean cancels most of the red. We swatch it on your floor before committing.
How long is my kitchen unusable?
Under 1,500 Sq Ft, count on 3 days clear or 4 with stain plus a buffer day. You can walk in socks after 24 hours and move the table back at 48.
Can the dog stay home during the job?
Outside or behind a closed door while we work, yes. After 24 hours the finish takes paws without harm, more so if the nails are clipped first.
Is there dust everywhere afterward?
No. Sanding dust is piped into sealed bags, then the crew blows down trim and ceilings and vacuums before any stain goes on.
Do I have to be home each day?
No. Leave a key in a lockbox or with a neighbor. Our refinishers come back each morning in Derby until the third poly coat is on and drying.
What do stairs cost to refinish?
Stair refinishing is $50 per step with stain. We hand sand every Derby tread to tie into the hall above it, and the risers sit outside that per step figure.
Do you take a deposit?
No. Half is due the first morning once sanding is underway and the balance when the final coat is on. Holding a date costs nothing.
/ ALSO SERVING
Local Floor Refinishing Experts
Up and down the valley we sand floors in Ansonia, Shelton, Orange, Seymour and Woodbridge at the same flat rate per foot.
Ansonia mill houses get floor refinishing that lifts decades of wear off the oak.
Shelton colonials get hardwood sanding that strips worn varnish and traffic lanes in one visit.
Orange ranches get floor staining in warm browns that suit painted trim and older doors.
Seymour homes get board replacement from $150 when a leak or a dog ruins a few planks.
Woodbridge houses get stair refinishing at $50 a step with stain brushed on by hand.
