The right hardwood floor equipment can make all the difference in terms of time and results! Installing hardwood flooring requires several specialized machines to ensure precision, efficiency, and quality. Indiana Floor carries numerous flooring machines to help you every step of the way. Whether you’re a DIY enthusiast or a professional contractor, here are the essential flooring machines that you need to succeed:
Floor Sander
A floor sander is an essential piece of equipment for every hardwood floor contractor to have in their arsenal. You will use this machine to remove the bulk of the stock from the floor. At Indiana Floor, we stock the Lagler Hummel. This is one of the best floor sanding equipment you can have. It’s a powerful machine. The Lagler Hummel belt sanding machine is a world-renowned floor sanding machine. The Lagler Hummel is a durable, powerful machine. It boasts a belt tensioning device with integrated automatically regulated belt guidance, a three-stage drum pressure regulation system, and an aggressive sanding drum.
We also stock floor sanders made by Galaxy Machines. Galaxy recognizes optimal performance and long-term reliability are the most important considerations in selecting a floor sanding machine. With this in mind, only the highest-quality components are produced for Galaxy machines.
Buffers and Orbital Sanders
A buffer or orbital sander removes scratch patterns from the floor after passing through with the big machine and blends the edges with the main part of the floor.
Floor Edger
A floor edger is a powerful type of disk sander that helps sand the edges of a floor. Indiana Floor sells several hardwood floor edgers to give you the precision you need to achieve the desired results. Choose from several models, all from top manufacturers, including Lagler, Bona, and Galaxy.
Moisture Meters
These are crucial to the success of any job. Wood needs time to acclimate to your home’s environment, or it can cause damage later on. Boards will swell or shrink to match the moisture level of their environment, which can cause bowing, cracking, cupping, warping, or twisting. You have to measure the moisture content of the wood and subfloor before, during, and after installation to ensure that you don’t have to deal with cupping, gapping, and other issues.
Saws
Saws are used to cut pieces of wood to fit while installing the floor, and power tools, and hand sanders or palm sanders are used for issues that come up on the job that other more specific equipment won’t cover.
Indiana Floor, Inc.: Your One-Stop Shop for Quality Flooring Products
Since 1993, Indiana Floor has been the leading choice of contractor supply to the hardwood flooring trades. We offer a vast inventory of finished, unfinished, engineered flooring, sundries, and tools to meet customers’ needs. With 5 locations in the MD and VA areas, we are dedicated to providing quality flooring products to our clients. Contact us today at (703) 550-0020 or fill out the contact form on our website!