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Flooring Restoration in Cincinnati


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Even if you take great care of your hardwood floors, cleaning and polishing them regularly, years of wear and tear take their toll. Or, perhaps you’ve moved recently into an older home with hardwood floors that need more than just dusting and polishing. Either way - it’s time to refinish or restore your floors.

Flooring restoration is a lengthy and laborious process involving sanding, patching, staining and top coating. Even if you’re an accomplished DIY-er, this is not your average weekend project and is best left to the professionals. Ways to mess up your floors lurk at every step of the project.

Common Mistakes Include Uneven Sanding


A drum sander, the most common tool used for this part of refinishing floors, can be rented from most hardware stores. This large piece of equipment weighs a ton and creates a lot of noise and dust. For someone with no experience, wrangling this machine is extremely difficult and can result in scraping away too many layers of wood in spots, leaving sander-shaped impressions across your hardwood floor. They also don’t do a great job in corners and other hard to reach areas. Odd angles and uneven sanding can lead to gouges in your floor. Footprints Floors contractors are highly skilled and have more powerful, higher-quality equipment to sand floors beautifully and evenly.

Common Mistakes Include Dust


That never-ending nemesis, dust. Sanding floors creates a lot of dust particles that have to be meticulously cleaned before proceeding to next steps. If you fail to remove all those little dust specks before staining and finishing your floors, those teeny tiny bits of wood or lacquer will get trapped under the finish, ruining the smooth look you’re after. Footprints Floors contractors have the eye for detail and dedication you need to make sure your floors are dust free before anything else is applied.

Common Mistakes Include Bad Application of Stain and/or Finish


Footprints Floors has access to a wider range of products for stains and finishes than you’ll find at your local hardware store. Not only more color and style options, but higher quality formulas that last longer, dry faster and frankly look better. In addition to using high quality products on your floors, Footprints Floors contractors are trained in the best techniques for applying stains and finishes. A common problem seen in DIY flooring restoration is peeling finish. Other rookie mistakes include applying too many layers of finish without letting it dry in between applications. Instead of the sleek, shiny floors of your dreams, poorly finished floors will quickly look dull, dirty and potentially damaged.

Benefits Of Restoring Hardwood Floors


Over time, hardwood floors can tarnish and show their age. Replacing hardwood floors can be expensive, and your antique floors can become worth a lot if you take care of them. In that case, refinishing may be a better alternative to replacing your hardwood altogether.

Cost-Effective

Even if you hire professionals like Footprints Floors, refinishing hardwood floors typically ends up costing quite a bit less than installing new hardwood.

Increased Home Value

Solid wood floors are greatly appealing to potential buyers, and taking care of your floors with antique floor refinishing in Cincinnati is a great way to preserve and add value to your home.

Increased Safety

Damaged floors aren't just an eyesore, they can also bring some big safety concerns. Splinters in the feet, for example, aren't comfortable and could get infected. Antique floors can also be uneven, which may lead to tripping or falls.

Ward Off Pests

Did you know the craters, small holes and crevices that can appear in hardwood floors are a bug's best friend? Termites, ants and decay can wreak havoc on your floors, but regularly refinishing them can seal off bugs and other issues.

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Footprints Floors restoration contractors are true experts who will get your flooring restoration done, and get it done quickly. If your floors have surface level damage you want to take care of, or you want a new look on your hardwood floors, Footprints Floors can take care of that. If your floors are more heavily damaged from years of wear and tear, or even antique wood floors - Footprints Floors contractors can take care of that too, restoring your floors to their former glory whether it was 10 or 100 years ago.

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There’s no need to spend thousands of dollars on new floors when you can refinish and/or restore the beautiful flooring you already have. In particularly severe cases, a complete reinstallation may be necessary - but you can trust Footprints Floors to never sell you on a reinstallation unless your floors are truly beyond repair.

Ready to fall in love with your floors again? Footprints Floors is the leading Cincinnati flooring restoration contractor near you and your trusted local expert in installation, repairs, floor refinishing, and floor restoration. Our hand-selected expert team has years of experience with various kinds of flooring, and we offer top-quality results. Our team is efficient and effective. We believe in service that will fit into your schedule, and we will be in and out in no time, leaving you with beautiful renewed floors each time we visit.

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What Our Customers Say

The floors turned out better than we could have imagined. Mike was able to match the new floors with our existing hardwood on the first floor. His men were respectful and sectioned off the area they were working to keep things clean. Highly recommend.
Ryan Sieve 05/9/25 — google
They were very professional, they offered 2 options looking to keep it on budget, first one did not work, but the second tier service was everything I wanted, they are very professional , great communication.
Antonio Bravo 05/1/25 — google
Terrific service installation and communication!
David Calderhead 04/24/25 — google
We love our new floors! Mike worked hard to get us on his schedule so we could move into our house ASAP. He made recommendations that turned out to be perfect. The refinished wood floors are stunning: they look brand new. Mike had suggested that we forego staining the wood and he was absolutely right. They expertly laid the lvp floors, even making two different levels look like one. They made our home beautiful.
Elise Fink 04/17/25 — google
Mike was incredibly professional and helpful throughout the entire process. The work was done exactly as expected and on the timeline initially provided. Very high quality work. We love our new floor and will use Footprints Floors in the future!
Miranda Craft 04/16/25 — google
Great work! I highly recommend them. They installed new hardwood flooring on my second and third stories.
Alex Schafers 04/14/25 — google
Mike was honest and on time from the estimate, all the way to the final walk through. No surprises nor extra costs involved. Mike and his team were very professional and a pleasure to work with. The job was completed exactly as we had hoped for and was completed on time which was very important to us. We are absolutely thrilled with the outcome of our hardwoods and would recommend Footprints without any hesitation. Our floors are absolutely beautiful and after doing her homework, my wife is practically a floor expert to boot! Thanks Mike!
Jesse Canterbury 04/5/25 — google
Excellent experience! Mike is great and the quality is top-notch.
Bobby T. 04/4/25 — google
Footprints Floors, Mike and the team did a 5 Star GREAT job!!!! From Mike coming out and consulting us on the type of wood we had for refinishing, to stain samples, options, and how the process works. He was great communicating during the 4 day project the progress, when we were able to come back to the house, and what we could do. The workers did a great job prepping the house with plastic, sanding, staining , finishing, installing wood trim, and cleaning up after. I would not hesitate to refer Footprints Floors!!!!
Robert Jordan 03/14/25 — google
My refinished floors turned out beautifully and just how I had envisioned. Mike really caters to the customer. He kept us informed throughout the entire process. Definitely would recommend.
Angela O’Keefe 03/3/25 — google
This is the second time we hired Footprints Floors Cincinnati and I would hire them again. Mike is a pleasure to do business with addressing anything I had concerns about head on. He made it easy and pleasant. His crews are always very professional also. Love this company!
Cyndy B 02/27/25 — google
Great company! They did a fantastic job installing new hardwood matching it to the existing hardwood floor.
Ken Kerby 02/18/25 — google
We used Footprints Floors to refinish our hardwood floors. Mike, the local owner, was a true pleasure to work with. He was a wealth of information, ensuring we understood every step of the process. We received multiple quotes for the project, and Footprints was competitive. The finished project was stunning. We couldn't be happier with the result. I'm happy to recommend Mike and Footprints.
Henry Attaway 02/3/25 — google
We had Ben come out and look at our master shower due to some grout issues. He provided impartial advice and guidance on some possible solutions to rectify the issue which was refreshing as often you are just sold to. He provided an immediate and reasonable estimate, free of charge, with no pressure to move forward should it not be right for us. I would thoroughly recommend Ben and the Footprints team if you are considering tiling and flooring projects.
Lewis Waitt 02/1/25 — google
professional job, done well and on time, at a fair price:)
Kathryn Diebold 01/3/25 — google
Very professional great work highly recommend
lynn jung 12/6/24 — google
The owner Mike is fantastic to work with. Found them after doing some research on good tilers in Cincinnati, and they had a lot of great reviews. When you meet Mike you can just tell he cares about his customers and the quality of work, which was the main reason we selected them over other companies. We had a few snafus that came up during the process, but Mike was always helpful to work through them and ensure we felt taken care of. His main tile installer Ramon is the freakin man! Super friendly and respectful, and an absolute artist when it comes to laying out the tile. He installed some super large form tile for us (4ftx4ft) solo, and they were perfectly level with beautiful grout lines. 10/10 would recommend to others.
Jeff Mock 10/10/24 — google
Working with Mike at Footprints floors has been a pleasant experience. He took the oak floor that was poorly cared for and turned it into a beautiful piece of woodwork.
Rob Urfer 07/10/24 — google
Great job on time the installers worked hard and were friendly.
Tim Burgoyne 05/31/24 — google
Excellent work, completed in one day!
Michael Hall 04/19/24 — google

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