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IC Custom Hardwood Flooring
Wide room of dark stained oak with a fresh gloss
4.7176 Google reviews

Before and after · Chicago and suburbs. Every before and after.

Stains, water damage, worn finishes, old carpet and damaged concrete, and how each floor came out.

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We’ve brought back floors with stains, water damage, worn out finish and old carpet on top. Drag the line on the first two to see the change.

  • Spotted floor after
    Spotted floor before
    BeforeAfter

    Spots and stains, sanded out.

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  • Gray brown stain after
    Gray brown stain before
    BeforeAfter

    Sanded to bare oak, then stained gray brown.

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  • A floor half sanded, the old finish on one side and bare wood on the otherBefore
    The same room finished in a warm natural colorAfter

    An old floor sanded back, then finished in a warm natural.

  • New boards stacked across the room as the crew lays themBefore
    The finished floor in front of a brick fireplaceAfter

    New boards laid through the room and finished to match.

  • A bedroom with worn carpet and the furniture still in itBefore
    The same room with a new dark hardwood floorAfter

    Old carpet out, new hardwood in.

  • A damaged and uneven concrete subfloorBefore
    The room with the concrete leveled and a new hardwood floor downAfter

    A damaged slab primed, poured and leveled, then hardwood.

  • A crew member pulling up the old floorBefore
    The same room with a new floor in a dark stainAfter

    The old floor torn out and a new one laid in a dark stain.

  • A weathered high rise floor before sandingBefore
    The same floor refinished in natural white oakAfter

    A weathered high rise floor, back to natural white oak.

  • Worn orange oak with the finish gone in the traffic lanesBefore
    The same room sanded and stained a deep brownAfter

    Worn orange oak, sanded and stained a deep brown.

  • A worn dark floor before refinishingBefore
    The same floor refinishedAfter

    A worn dark floor sanded and refinished.

  • Orange stained stairs and foyer before refinishingBefore
    The foyer and stairs refinished naturalAfter

    An orange foyer and staircase changed to a natural color.

  • Orange oak railings and stair trim, with the stairs covered during the workBefore
    The same railings and stair trim stained dark brown, with white balustersAfter

    Orange oak railings and stair trim stained dark brown.

  • Stairs and floor before refinishingBefore
    The stairs and floor in a gray brown stainAfter

    Stairs and floor refinished in a gray brown stain.

  • Dark oak buckled and stained by the refrigerator leak, from the homeowner's reviewBefore
    The repaired floor beside the refrigerator, from the homeowner's reviewAfter

    A refrigerator leak repaired in a couple of days.

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  • Stain samples taped out on the old dark floor before the job, from the homeowner's reviewBefore
    The condo floor refinished from dark brown to natural, the kitchen behind, from the homeowner's reviewAfter

    A condo floor changed from dark brown to natural in three days.

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  • New boards woven into the bedroom floor where water damaged it, before the finish, from the homeowner's reviewBefore
    The finished bedroom floor in the condo, from the homeowner's reviewAfter

    Water damaged boards replaced and the bedroom refinished.

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“They brought my floors back to life, and I couldn’t be happier with how everything turned out.”
Naysia · Google review