Forest Hill heritage restoration

What the job actually involved

The floors had been screen-coated twice in twenty years and still showed traffic lanes. We sanded to a honest grit sequence, repaired two water-stained boards at the butler's pantry, and finished in a custom walnut toner under a matte waterborne two-component. Stairs were included so the run from foyer to third floor reads as one piece of millwork.

Specification

• 1,850 sq ft
• Quarter-sawn white oak
• Custom stain
• Matched 28 treads

The job type behind this

Each entry carries the published 2026 band, the sequence, and the failure modes that produce a second invoice.

• Heritage quarter-sawn oak restoration

  Original quarter-sawn oak in a pre-war house sanded back honestly, repaired where it is damaged, and refinished to match surviving millwork.

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