HARDWOOD FLOOR REFINISHING IN FAIRFIELD, CT
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Tired of That Yellow, Scratched Floor?
Maybe your oak floors have slowly turned yellow, almost orange, under an old finish. Scratches show up in the hallway every time the sun comes in. Maybe one hallway is tile, so the wood floors never quite connect. The stairs look worn too.
None of that means you need new floors. We've refinished hardwood floors across Fairfield County for over ten years. That includes a whole house in northwest Fairfield, near Greenfield Hill, just over the line from our Westport base.
Call us at (475) 203-6216 and we'll come see your floors. It costs nothing and you're not committing to anything. You'll get a clear, honest answer.
Project Spotlight
Location: Fairfield, CT
Service: Hardwood floor refinishing, whole house
Size: About 4,000 sq ft
Wood: Red oak, 2¼-inch strip
Stain: Dark stain
Finish: Water-based, satin sheen
Timeline: About two weeks, start to finish
Before / After
Before we started, the red oak was covered in an old oil-based finish. Over the years, it had turned a deep yellow and amber color. It was also worn and scratched. Then there was the hallway. Right inside the front door, the big double staircase hall had a white tile floor, so it broke up the wood floors all around it.
Two weeks later, the tile hall is a red oak floor, blended in to match the old wood around it. The dark stain runs from room to room. In the living room, the dark border still frames the fireplace. It just looks richer now. In the bay-window room, the border follows the curve of the bay.
Red Oak Where the Tile Was
The hallway is where this job got hard. The tile was replaced with red oak, the same wood as the rest of the house. But new wood doesn't look like old wood at first. Old floors have years of life in them. New boards look fresh and plain. They had to end up looking like one floor. We also replaced a few worn boards in other rooms and took care of the floor vents.
Serving Fairfield for over 15 years
Greenfield Hill has a long history. Its heart is the Greenfield Hill Congregational Church, which stands on a classic New England village green. The core of the neighborhood is a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places. Every spring, the dogwood trees bloom and the neighborhood holds its Dogwood Festival on the church green. We work all over Fairfield, from Stratfield and Tunxis Hill to Fairfield Beach and the neighborhoods around Fairfield University.
Every Stair, Top to Bottom
All the stairs were sanded and refinished too. Now the treads match the dark floors below. From the top of the stairs, they stand out against the white balusters and the black rail.
A Clear, Satin Water-Based Finish
White oak was installed across both the first and second floors, and the curved staircase received stair treads custom-shaped to match the herringbone and straight-plank floors on either level, rather than standard pre-cut treads.
Our Flooring Services
Eastwood Group is a full-service flooring contractor. In addition to installation projects like this one, we offer:
FAQWhy did my old oil-based floor finish turn yellow?
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Oil-based finishes naturally amber as they age, and light can speed that up. Over many years, the warm tone can deepen into strong yellow.
Sanding the floor down to bare wood removes the old finish, so the yellow goes with it.
Can new hardwood be matched to an old floor?
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Often, yes. Using the same wood species, then sanding old and new boards together and staining them as one floor, helps them blend.
On this Fairfield job, new red oak replaced a tiled hallway and now flows into the old red oak floors around it.
Water-based finishes dry clear and tend to stay clear over time, so they're less likely to turn yellow the way oil-based finishes do.
That matters most over a stain, because the color you pick is the color you keep.
Does a water-based finish turn yellow like oil-based finish?
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How long does a whole-house refinishing job take?
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This 4,000-square-foot Fairfield home, including every stair and a new red oak hallway, took about two weeks from start to finish.
Your timeline depends on how big the space is, what shape the floors are in, and how many repairs they need.
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