Solid Ash Flooring Repair & Refinish- Hudson, NH

This project features the results of our repair and dustless refinishing services. The home owner had a random-width, white ash hardwood installed, which we refinished with Bona Woodline oil-modified polyurethane. The home owner already had ash flooring throughout the entire home, and water damage required the kitchen floor to be replaced in large sections. 

We were able to repair the flooring and remove the cupped boards, successfully weaving in new flooring. In the image below, you can see the newly patched area after it was installed and before it was finished. On the right, you can see the area blends in perfectly after the entire floor has been finished. 

 

Here we are preparing our dustless sanding
equipment to sand the entire floor using
our Atomic Dust Containment System

As I mentioned, this flooring project included a random-width pattern. For a unique look, a random-width (or mixed-width) installation uses a mixture of board widths throughout the space. In this case, the floors included 3", 4", 5", and 6" white ash hardwood and had to be matched perfectly.  

In case you aren't familiar with many wood species beyond say, oak, add Ash to your list because here are some interesting characteristics about the product. White ash is a domestic product and is currently available in plentiful supply. This makes ash hardwood an affordable wood flooring product option. Don't worry about durability with ash either because it falls right between red and white oak on a Janka Hardness Chart (more on this in a later post!). 

Another benefit to white ash is that it responds well to finishes (and stains too). As you can see, the wood offers a lot of character in its grains.  

In these photos, the floor looks shiny because the final coat of finish had just been applied. It appears that we applied a finish without stain, but actually used a natural Minwax stain. 

It was an excellent choice in this case, letting the wood's natural colors and character shine through while still having a slight stain to make the grains more noticeable.  

 

Here are some really good resources for more information on Ash and other wood species: http://woodfloors.org/ash-white-species.aspx, http://www.wood-database.com/lumber-identification/hardwoods/white-ash/

You can learn more about Bona products here: http://www.bona.com/en-US/

You can learn more about Minwax products here: http://www.minwax.com/wood-products/