Commercial sanding is a different job to domestic sanding: the coating spec and the schedule matter more than the price per metre.
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Floor Sanding and Polishing Brisbane connects Brisbane and greater Brisbane property owners with qualified, licensed local floor sanders for commercial. Tell us the rough floor area and what condition the boards are in and we'll match it to a licensed contractor covering your suburb. Firm per-square-metre price after an inspection.
Commercial sanding is timber floor sanding in a space that is not a home — a shop, an office, a hall, a church, a gym, a studio, a showroom or a warehouse floor. The machine work is the same trade. Everything around it is different.
Three things change. The coating has to survive traffic a house never sees. The work has to fit around a business that needs to reopen. And someone other than the occupant — a landlord, a body corporate, a committee — usually has to approve it.
That is why a commercial floor is not quoted the way a domestic floor is. Tell us the type of space, the rough floor area and the date it has to be usable again. Those three answers drive the whole price. If the timber is sound and only the finish has gone, a recoat may do it for about half the money.
A closed shop or an unusable hall costs more per day than the sanding does. Most commercial work is therefore staged, done after hours, or run over a weekend.
Say what the space is and when it must reopen. That drives the entire approach, including which finish can be used.
Commercial-grade finishes cure harder and faster than domestic ones, and cost accordingly. On a gym or a hall there may also be slip-resistance requirements.
A domestic finish on a high-traffic commercial floor will look tired within a year — this is not the place to economise.
Brisbane has a lot of timber-floored community halls, and they're often decades overdue. Large open spans actually sand efficiently — the cost per square metre usually comes down on bigger areas.
Worth getting quoted properly rather than assuming it's out of reach.
Brisbane.
Where this job typically sits. Access is usually a bigger cost driver than size.
| Job | Indicative price | What moves it |
|---|---|---|
| Sand and polish, per square metre | $35 – $60 /m² | The standard way this is quoted. Covers sanding plus coats. |
| Typical 3-bedroom house (~110m²) | $3,800 – $6,500 | Whole floor, sanded and finished. Condition drives the range. |
| Single room (~15m²) | $700 – $1,200 | Small jobs carry proportionally more setup. |
| Carpet lift and staple removal | $8 – $15 /m² | Often quoted separately. Staples and tack strips take real time. |
| Board replacement | $90 – $200 per board | Matching an old profile costs more than the timber does. |
| Extra coat of finish | $8 – $14 /m² | Three coats is standard; a high-traffic hallway may want four. |
| Stain or colour change | $10 – $20 /m² | On top of sanding. Sample it on your actual timber first. |
| Parquetry restoration | $70 – $120 /m² | Slower and more skilled than strip flooring. |
| Recoat only (no full sand) | $18 – $30 /m² | Where the finish is worn but the timber is sound. Far cheaper. |
| Moisture assessment | $150 – $300 | Worth it on any floor that has been wet or looks cupped. |
Prices are indicative only and usually quoted per square metre. What a floor costs depends on its condition, the timber, how many coats it needs and whether boards have to be replaced. You get a firm price after an inspection.
Usually yes, and it is normally the right call. A closed shop or an unusable hall costs more per day than the sanding does, so most commercial work is staged, done after hours, or run over a weekend. Say when the space must reopen — that drives the whole approach, including which finish can be used.
Generally yes. Commercial-grade finishes cure harder and faster than domestic ones and cost accordingly. A gym, hall or studio may also have slip-resistance requirements. A domestic finish on a high-traffic commercial floor will look tired within a year.
Usually. Large open spans sand efficiently because there is less edge work and fewer setups, so the rate per square metre typically comes down on bigger areas. It is worth getting a community or church hall quoted properly rather than assuming it is out of reach.
The core job — taking a tired timber floor back to bare wood.
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The finish itself — water-based or solvent, and how many coats.
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Lifting carpet to find — and rescue — the original boards underneath.
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Replacing damaged, cut or borer-affected boards before sanding.
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