"Smitty Two" wrote in message
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"benick" wrote:

"Smitty Two" wrote in message
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ftres wrote:

We have carpet that we want to rip up. We want to have the floors
sanded and finished.
It's strip floorimg - about 45 years old and seems to be in good
condition judging from the
corners of the carpet I lifted up.

It's about 800 square feet to be done. I've had a few people in to
give estimates.


Um, if you had two people give you estimates on refinishing a floor
that
they haven't seen, those are the first two people to cross off the
list.

Why would you do that ???? They are probably the ones with the most
experience....It's not hard to bid a floor..X number of dollars a square
foot times 800 square feet..LOL...When you've done hundreds of jobs over
MANY years , you don't need to see it...A quick description and you get a
pretty clear picture.....I routinely give drywall quotes over the phone
on
small jobs....LOL....Large or complicated jobs are a different story ,
however...They merit the time and gas for a look - see....

Yeah, LOL, LOL. The floor is covered with CARPETING. The OP and the
potential contractors have NO IDEA what the floor actually looks like
under that carpet. LOL.

I guess I should have been a little clearer....A price on sanding and
finishing the floor is JUST that..The OP said it looked to be in GOOD
condition.....If there are pieces of flooring that have to be replaced ,
moving furniture or tearing up old carpet is whats called an
extra..$$$$$$..The verble contract was for sanding and finishing the floor
ONLY....Get it now ???? Even driving over to look at it would be pointless
as the room is full of furniture and the carpet is still down....Which is
kinda strange...Most would have peeled the carpet up BEFORE contacting
potential contractors....But hey...You just go with the flow and do the best
that you can...LOL....