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Madera Floors provides professional quality wood flooring services including installation, sanding, refinishing, repairs, maintenance, and custom design. At Madera, we only use the highest quality materials/finishes and are always up to date on technological advancements in the wood floor industry. We target contractors, designers, corporate clients, and homeowners in the Northern VA, MD and D.C. areas. Madera’s goal is to meet our client’s budget and timeline while exceeding expectations, thus resulting in repeat business.

Madera Floors specializes in custom finishing, installations and material sourcing for all of your hardwood flooring needs. As flooring contractors, we are always abreast of new techniques and materials in the industry, which allows us to grow while remaining environmentally friendly. As a certified CMP installer we can also perform self-leveling concrete installations. Every project represents our organization; hence our great strides to achieve perfection on each individual project.

Hardwood floors are an investment that will last for a long time with the proper installation and care. There are different modes of installation for engineered wood strips, solid wood strips, and parquet. With all modes of installation moisture testing is imperative to ensure proper installation. Installation can be a painstaking process but we take pride in leaving your home or business looking as beautiful as we found it. Our expert technicians have seen every situation and are proficient in the three different types of installation for hardwood flooring.
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1. Here are useful tips learned during more than 40 years of installing epoxy urethane floor seals and coatings on Fortune 500 company concrete floors, as well as in basements, garages, and decks. These tips can help you avoid mistakes that can limit the life of your floor.There are three broad steps to doing your floor project: planning and preparation, repairing, and applying the coating. This article is the third in a three part series, and deals with applying the epoxy paint to the floor.General guidelines for applying an epoxy coating to your floor:
   1. Do no harm.
   2. Investing in preparation produces the most years of service.
   3. Let the chemicals and equipment do the work.
   4. What can go wrong, will go wrong, unless you think ahead.
   5. Technique is what separates mortals from Rembrandts.
   6. An once of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

   Now let’s get started with tips on how to coat your floor with an epoxy or urethane floor paint.

   1. Plan the job.
   2. Good floor prep is key to a long lasting floor.
   3. Take a break.
   4. Mix 200 strokes.
   5. Easy work makes for a better job
   6. No one is perfect
   7. Don’t worry about tricks of gravity
   8. A rag may not save you
   9. Technique, technique, technique.

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