Hi,
I have just had a professional floor sander in to sand the floors in two rooms and a hallway. The boards run continuously through these areas and they have been laid in such a way that in the hallway they run across the width of the hall. What the chap has done in the hallway is to sand along the grain of the wood where he could, doorways permitting, and across the grain where there wasn't enough room to run the sander. He did warn me he'd have to do this but I didn't realise I'd end up with some scratching where the sanding was done across the grain.
My question is: is there anything that could have been done to avoid this? Maybe he could have done the whole hall with the edger but would this have given a different finish thus looking odd given the fact that the boards run continuously through the house? I suppose it would have taken a long time as well.
It's too bad at all and is only really noticeable in one small spot when the hall light is switched on. No-one else has noticed it yet - I am too fussy! I doubt I'll complain to him as the rest of the job is excellent but I'd just like to know if anything else could have been done.
Cheers, Grant