| Old Homes: A lot of
the SandFreeŽ cities have great, old homes. This home, built in
the early 1700's is a classic, and sits on one of the many picturesque,
side streets in the Old City part of Philadelphia. Of the
architectural details present in these homes, the wood floors certainly
are precious assets. |
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| The first and second floors of this
house, are 4 inch "heart" pine, (which was originally cut down to make
way for the house! and then planed into floors). Over the years
the wood has developed the beautiful "red pine" color that would be
changed to yellow, if the floors were sanded. Included in the
reasons not to sand this floor, was the fact the 200 year old nails
(heads more than 1/4" wide) were visible in every board. |
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| The floor pictured on the right, is
the third floor of the house. It has not been refinished yet, but
represents what the living room floor looked like before the SandFreeŽ
process was performed. This is random width (8", 10", 12" (!))
pine. Originally they put this coarser wood on the higher floors
because that is where the servants lived. After the success of
SandFreeŽ on the stairs and the first floor, the customer expects to
refinish the third floor also. |
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"Tim said you'd like a comment on
the Sandfree method. The first word that comes to mind is WOW!
I can't believe what a difference
the Sandfree treatment made to our nearly 200 year old floors and stairs.
Before Sandfree, they were looking very drab and worn. Now, they glow, and
without losing the character of the wood, rather, beautifully enhancing
it. I'm telling everyone I know about Sandfree!"
PS. We received contracts from 3
other houses on this street after they saw the completed work and heard that
this customer stayed in the house every minute that we were there. No
Dust. No Odor. No Downtime.
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