before and after photos minneapolis/st. paul floor sanding

here is a project we just completed where customer wanted the floor stained. this minneapolis floor sanding project turned out great.

saint paul minnesota floor sanding before

st. paul mn floor sanding after

before and after gallery – minnesota hardwood flooring/refinishing projects

Voyageur Flooring likes to share the results of our work with prospective clients. We have a nice before and after gallery on our website that allows you to scan through some recently completed hardwood flooring refinishing projects that we’ve completed in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area.

Here is the link: before and after gallery: minnesota hardwood flooring

If you’re considering refinishing your hardwood floors and you live in the Twin Cities area, call Voyageur Flooring or visit our website to set up a free in home estimate. Unlike some companies in the Twin Cities, we provide these estimates in the evenings and on weekends – ya know, when you’re not working!

651.226.0093

Thanks,

VF

most popular posts

this post is a review of our most popular posts. if you have questions about us or our twin cities based hardwood flooring services, hopefully these posts will help you:

water based finish vs. oil based finish (refinishing question)

minneapolis bungalow before and after hardwood floor refinish photos (refinishing)

how long does a hardwood floor refinishing last? (refinishing question)

hardwood floor refinishing + stain – what does that look like? (hardwood floor refinishing + stain question)

Voyageur Flooring is a local Minneapolis/St. Paul Minnesota based company that is passionate about hardwood floors. If you have questions that you can’t find answers to on this blog, please call us (651.226.0093) or visit our website Minnesota Flooring.

should i pull the carpet up?

Here at Voyageur Flooring we receive a lot of questions via email. I received a popular question this morning that I thought I would answer publicly with the hope that it would help some other Minneapolis/St. Paul homeowners who are contemplating refinishing their hardwood flooring.

The quesiton is: I know that I have hardwood floors underneath the carpet, should I pull up the carpet? The answer is: it doesn’t matter to us! We can easily get an idea as to what’s underneath the carpet simply by pulling back the corner and based on the dimension of the room, provide an accurate estimate. If you want to pull it up yourself, go ahead! If you don’t, we’ll gladly pull it up for you and even dispose of the carpet on your behalf.

Finding hardwood floors underneath carpet is a great surprise! I always wonder why someone would cover hardwood floors, I digress…

If you are thinking of pulling up the carpet and refinishing your hardwood floors, call the Twin Cities hardwood flooring experts today!

http://www.VoyageurFlooring.com

651.226.0093

proof is in the testimonies! minneapolis/st. paul homeowners speak up…

I wish it were the case that Voyageur Flooring was the only company that refinishes and installs hardwood floors in the Twin Cities. Unfortunately, their are a few us doing this work. As a homeowner myself, I like to know that the people that come to my home and do work are reputable and safe. When a company is open and transparent about its past record, it makes me feel like they are trustworthy. Voyageur Flooring understands this and that’s why we provide you with letters of references from past customers. Some companies fake these letters - we don’t. On our letters you can find phone numbers to the customers themselves.

If you’re looking for a reputable company to refinish your hardwood floors or perhaps install new hardwood flooring, please visit our reference page and be assured that Voyageur Flooring will be on time, extremely skilled and a pleasure to do business with. Here is the link: http://www.voyageurflooring.com/lettersofreference.htm.

If you would like to request a free estimate click here: Hardwood Floor Refinishing FREE QUOTE.

Thanks,

VF

April availability

Spring is in the air – sort of. Although my calendar reads April 5th, snow is falling outside. Roseville, MN must have received an inch last night. Southern Minnesota (Albert Lea, Owatonna, et. al) received much more. Hopefully the warm weather will come soon and stay for awhile – more than a few days this time! My point about spring being in the air is that it’s a great time to refinish your hardwood floors. More than likely you’re going to be doing some spring cleaning anyways. Having your floors “cleaned up” as well is a good idea, especially if you haven’t had your hardwood floors refinished in a few years.

Voyageur Flooring has managed to stay busy in this tougher business climate. However, we still have a few openings for the month of April. If your contemplating refinishing your hardwood floors, take action and check it off of your list of things to do. The process will only take a few days at most. To request a free in home estimate to have your hardwood floors refinished, click here.

Thanks for considering Voyageur Flooring!

Free estimate on hardwood flooring services: CLICK HERE

why voyageur flooring left http://www.servicemagic.com

For those homeowners who don’t know what http://www.servicemagic.com is, it’s a site where as a homeowner you can detail what type of contractor you are looking, give details about your job, and then contractors (who pay money to http://www.servicemagic.com) call you to service your need. Essentially, http://www.servicemagic.com is a lead service…they collect leads from homeowners and then sell the lead over and over again to any contractor who will pay for it. Each contractor must prove his company is insured, but that’s not that hard.

Here’s why Voyageur Flooring has stopped working with http://www.servicemagic.com. We have nothing against anyone at ServiceMagic, but feel like sharing why we left will ultimately benefit you (the consumer)!

1. As a homeowner, you have a need within your home that you are willing to pay someone to solve. You don’t need 10 companies to solve it – just one. ServiceMagic.com sells your lead until they are blue in the face often times resulting in a “mad dash” to your doorstep.

2. The best companies don’t always win – which means as a homeowner you don’t win. Companies that don’t spend money on advertising or other traditional business practices can simply be a member of ServiceMagic and call it a day. It’s not a sustainable business model but it can work for awhile. In the meantime, the loser is the homeowner. 

3. Because “the lead” is sold more than once, twice, three times, etc., this eventually will result in a degradation of the services provided. For example, if company A knows they need to bid the work REALLY low to get the job, because they are bidding against 6 other companies, what do you suppose will give way in this scenario? The answer is something that hurts the most important part of the equation – the homeowner that has a need! You see, company A is going to bid it really low to get “the work” and then will skimp on the supplies (using poor quality materials) which pads his already slim profits.

As a homeowner, you have a lot of research tools at your disposal via the web. We encourage you to utilize those tools (ie: look for letters of reference, reviews, etc.) and make an informed decision about your contractor (on your terms). Don’t fall for the low price leader – when it comes to hiring a contractor, you get what you pay for.

Thanks,

VF

letter of reference from a satisfied Voyageur Flooring customer (Richfield, Minnesota)

Every now and again our satisfied customers take a few minutes to send us a quick note and thank us for our work. We really appreciate these notes and publish them so that prospective customers can be assured that Voyageur Flooring is legit! We’ve posted the most recent note to our website: here is the link (http://www.voyageurflooring.com/documents/MinnesotaHardwoodFlooringTestimonial.pdf).

Special thanks to this Richfield, Minnesota customer! We appreciate the feedback!

All the best,

VF

Minneapolis/St. Paul Recommended Service Providers

Voyageur Flooring realizes that we aren’t the only home maintanence service that you’ll need. That’s why we are in the process of building a “recommended providers” section on our website. Whether it’s tree trimmers, painters, remodelers, etc., we hope to be a resource for you. Stay tuned as we add more and more to this section on our website.

If you need hardwood flooring services and you live in Minnesota, please give us a call – we’d be happy to help. We do FREE ESTIMATES in the evenings and on weekends, ya know, when you’re home!

Thanks!

minnesota wood flooring: before and after photos

Take a look at the wear patterns in the before picture. This is fairly common in older homes especially found in St. Paul and Minneapolis Minnesota. We can help though – as the picture might suggest.

Get a free estimate – we provide them in the evenings and weekends (ya know, when you’re not working).

http://www.VoyageurFlooring.com