"The builder RUINED my floor... Can You Fix It?" 

It never gets boring watching a pro work.

I worked as a parquet and floor layer in Germany for 10 years. We used exactly the same tools as you and proceeded in exactly the same way as you. I've seen many youtube videos about sanding parquet floors. In my eyes, your videos with your approach and results are considered exemplary. Nice to see that you reach such a high level of quality. This work looks easy as a spectator, but requires a lot of practice until you achieve a respectable result. Every floor is different. This is where you can see who has experience and that comes at a price. Keep up the good work!

Sanding on the angle flattens the floor. Second sanding is with the grain is done with a finer grit sand paper to remove sand scratches.

40 years of doing finish carpentry and I didn't know a pneumatic nailset was a thing. Nice work!

Since it can take a couple of days till the floors are finished it is super important to store the dust bags outside of the house, if they aren't disposed right away, as they are self inflammable. Every cloth that came into contact with the oils should be dunked in water too.

The first sanding marks clearing up the unevenness, so satisfying!

Can't say enough how good it is to see someone take pride and doing a great job. Taking time to share that knowledge is a real gift. Thanks for the video and here's hoping the holiday's treated you well.

Very enjoyable to watch a skilled craftsman doing a job properly. All of the small details reveal that you have experience and you care enough to do it well for you clients. Well done.

Random. Not sure why this video was recommended. BUT Bravo. This is exactly the process of how we sand floors except for 2 things: We use a Canterbury after the drum sanding (use exactly the same Hummel) and in the corners use a scraper rather than a delta orbital. Not sure why the whole diagonal thing is a surprise, it's the only way to flatten a floor. Oh dear, the number of floors we fix where someone has left the whole floor rippled. Nice job.

Beautiful restoration, and working in your socks is always a plus. Sad people try to say they can do a job, when they know they can't. Just glad there are more people around with your skills.

Top notch! Been following for a while. Don’t let anyone downplay your approach and craftsmanship. So much to learn out of your examples and not just for flooring or any trades in general but as simple life philosophy. All the best from across the pond. 👊

It doesn't get much better than that. Nice workmanship. Keep on smiling.

Just loved watching this true craftsman at work. How delightful was that floor when finished. 🙂

Using nails straight through the Oak, that is a crime in itself, and those steps would have caused my boss to bury me under the flooring. We always used porter nails as they gave a better finish and you did not have a chance of nails slowing drawing themselves up out of the floor. Still each to their own I'm sure (I know you did not do the original job so not criticising you Sir). You really did a beautiful job there, what I would have given for those sanders, we were olde school on your knees with a flatbed sander, and a world of pain for anything from 4 hours to 12 hours of out of body experience (once over 48 hours on two floors that had to be finished for a shop). Honestly the pain was worth it after the osmo went on. Thank you for sharing your work.

I must say, it looks like you have 100% confidence in your abilities. That floor turned out great!

Looks awesome. I always work alone so i never get any impressions from others, watching you work have helped me do better end results.

The best craftsmanship I've seen and got the pleasure from learning from first hand. Keep up the good work mate 👌🏻

Love watching people do what they really know how to do... Probably will be some king of artisan or craftsman in my next life. Thank you!

WOW!!! I have watch countless hours of DIY floor sanding and never seen this process EVER! I have a tons of question I'm sure you've already answer in other videos. Looking forward to watching them.

Wow... my hat is off to your professionalism and even artistic pride. That was a magnificent transformation.

I think this is my fav floor sanding video ever. Well done!

This is absolutely a thing, and a process, of beauty. Thank you for showing us how it should be done.

My client banged nails down unfortunately it went straight through a pipe. Luckily my cousin who was a plumber sorted it in 15 minutes. He told me only to do this if I know where pipes are. I’ve had four near misses over 25 years. Great videos by the way.

Watching this makes me want to see a video series of an entire home being designed and built by experts from RU-vid all working together.

Here's an idea: (1) determine whose homes this same contractor also worked on and ruined the floors. (2) schedule a brief meeting with the owners. (3) Bring this video with you. (4) Have ready a few contracts for your floor recovery services. (5) Expect to get really busy - you earned it.

A pleasure to watch you work!

What a fantastic job, I’m well impressed with the results 👍👍👍

I remember hours and hours of working on floors with my dad. Although we didn't have a pneumatic nail punch. That's a sweet tool!

This must have been 10 or 12 more processes than I thought was needed. Fantastic job.

Beautiful job! I've been performing sanding and finishing work on floors and staircases in Canada for the past 25 years or so. My process is quite similar to yours, but I do see a few differences. A lot of work for one person at any rate. Cheers!

Loved your equipment and old school skills...I've been a builder for 45 years and would not attempt to finish a floor though I have installed many...This process requires years of experience and shouldn't be done by armatures ...looks fantastic!

The only problem is finding a pro like you. Thanks for sharing!

Floor sanding is without doubt the singular most underestimated task, it takes the right attitude and perseverance as there are no short cuts to a proper job done right first time, oh, and having the right tools for the job, I know the trade and one of the contractors I know has state of the art sanders, a small fortune I can tell you...its a price worth paying as it costs a lot more aggravation and money to have a floor messed-up put right!

That was an above and beyond job for sure. Im sure the profit margin for work put in was very low but you helped rebuild the industry reputation and gained a new client for new work and hopefully get some positive word of mouth! Beautiful job sir!

Great job once again Ben! Beautiful plainsawn white oak floor! I can't wait until you do your next video on sanding new floors. I'm all done installing my random width quarter/rift sawn white oak floors! Paul from Clinton Township,MI , USA

This was fascinating to watch. I worked for a few years doing this with my dad, over 25 years ago in Sweden. The process is very similar but I do not remember ever doing nailed down floors, so that bit was interesting. Our equipment was a touch older...

The transformation, wow. You've just earned yourself another subscriber.

You did a great job on the floor. Looks brand new

That wood is gorgeous, excellent work to correct that past mistake.

Beautiful transformation!

Beautiful! 😍

just wow lovely work by a true craftsman.

So mesmerizing to watch!!!

HI there! Amazing vid! In the past I've laid literally 100's of meters of hardwood flooring. Never had a problem with sanding, sealing and finishing. Never had a warranty call back always had satisfied clients. I have learnt a lot from your video though, hats off to you sir, you are an artist and a craftsman.

wow beautiful mixing and applying technique

This looks much better than what it started out as. Great job

Excellent work as always x

Another great video Ben, love getting a notification saying you uploaded a new vid, floor looks great after your work as always mate keep up the good work 👍

absolutely amazing! you take the time and don't rush to make it look fabulous! i like the sawdust / filler trick. i was curious to see what you were going to do for punch hole filler. thank you for sharing!

My first home the floors were hacked. It was almost as if the guy didn’t vacuum after he sanded and before he put the poly on. Floors were gritty as hell. I redid all the floors prior to moving in with the family. New found respect for floor guys after doing it, there are pros and then there’s everyone else, myself included. Awesome job.

Great job. Almost impossible to sand a floor correctly with a hire sander. I had the EXACT same machine as yours for many years, absolute beast.

Turned out MAGNIFICENT 😳🤩

Way I know this man takes pride in his professionality is that he has different shoes for the different stages of work and goes bare socks for the finish. :P

as someone that paints cars i see some similarities in technique. that "cross-hatch" sanding method is the only way to get something flat.

Mate all I can say is stellar job well done.

I'm only 8:29 minutes in. Even without stain or finish & still looks 1000k times better. absolutely beautiful!

Interesting seeing someone else work. Differences in the process. Lots of things I would do different for efficiency but the results are the same. Floor looks great. Only do occasional floors now with hire machines and oh how I miss the pro machines when doing them! I like the use of the air hammer for punching the nails. I never thought to do that!

You should get you a RAC-A-TAC with chest support to save your back when punching the nail heads back in and edge sanding. If you’re worried about wheel marks I’m sure there are some soft rubber castors to not mark the floor up. Just a thought. Great video.

Well done sir 👏

You did a gret job beautiful finish 👍

Beautiful 👌🏻

Quality work

Fantastic as always. One million subscribers is well within your grasp

Excellence is always exceptional!

Good job!

Beautiful work....

I had a house build in 1908, I was so glad to actually get rid of my wooden floor but putting down nice carpets. We also did a restoration on the floors first but after 100 years the wood just wasnt the same anymore

wow great work!

The beginning part (with the nail punch) reminds me of the movie “No Country For Old Men”.

That is awesome!!

The first thing that I would have done, would be to sue whoever it was that nailed the boards through the front, for a new floor.

Good job man.

The spreading technique was all I needed to see. Well done sir. Well done indeed

I Used to use bona traffic for a few years but after a while it breaks down badly and then your into a total new sanding job again (depends on location and usage obviously) now I only use oils (minimum 4 coats of secret formula ) And the floors look amazing for years and are so easy to spot repair or a quick once over the lot .

I do floors but you are perfectionist!

I swear I felt it when you twisted your ankle. I hate when that happens but the floor looks great!

What a fucking outstanding job you did here. My hats off to you sir. 100% Pro work. The care and love you showed to this persons floor was like it's your own.

That floor went from hideous to being the nicest feature in the room.

nice recovery, you would think it was obvious the nails need tapping down but that floor looks great.

very informative, especially with the extra links :)

I left so many marks by drum sander, after I watched your video, managed to fix 80%😂

Wish we had a pro like you around here

Beautiful job.

I had floors redone when I bought my house. They did a great job sanding and finishing but they didn't do the sawdust and poly fill. Really wish they had taken that extra step, looks very clean.

Watching really makes you value the work and experience required to do a job. I’ve got wooden floors I need to fix but don’t even know what kind of trades person this is? At the moment it seem there’s hardly any trades people and the ones I find cost a lot but keep messing stuff up but of course want paid anyway - I haven’t not paid anyone, but it’s very frustrating and now I’ve run out of money for a couple months and only have half what I needed done 😢

Oh man I was super worried, it looked yellow.... the final walk through showed the true colour and looks great

Ohhhhh you're the guy that was taken to court by a customer who was a lawyer. I was recommended that video when it was released, and this one today. I thought you looked familiar so checked your channel out to see I've seen that one before. I hope you got all of that nonsense sorted out, this was a great video!

I’d say that’s how it’s done the right way. Quality job right there.

I used to work at a hardware store selling flooring, and you make the floors everyone was dreaming of when they bought the pre-finished tongue & groove planks from us, lol.

We countersink screw our floors then leave it for the layers to finish cause that's an art in itself with special knowledge.

The homeowners must have fell to their knees. It's an unbelievable transformation. Wow, wow, wow.

Top job, Ben! Damien

Night and day great stuff.

I live in the US, and the boards don't typically get a nail straight through the surface where I live. Maybe other states use this method, I can not say. We use a special nail gun and hammer that drives the nail through the groove. This way, when the tongue on the next board is installed, it covers up the nails. I'm curious if the flooring you show is typical in your area of the world. Awesome work.

The sounds during the time-lapse of you working with the roller sound like my friends dog when his nose gets close to the mic on calls.

Thanks!

In Denmark we often use lye for wood floors to keep the wood raw but still protected and easy to clean...

and this everything in only 14 min ? man ure world class 😝

I always ask for their Working Plans(blue prints, quality plans) to avoid that. If they can't/won't provide them, I don't hire. Qualified & Experienced are two different things marking success or disaster.

Beautiful work that highlights the difference between half-assed and half-finished. Half-assed being a state where half the work is done and the person believes they are finished. Half-finished being a state where half the work is done, the person wipes the sweat off, maybe takes a break and then rolls their sleeves back up to get the job done.