For floor sanders and polishers
Quoting for floor sanders and polishers
Floor sanding is quoted by the square metre, with the finish, the number of coats, the stairs and the repairs moving the price. Customers compare one per-metre figure across three quotes. Quote Desk sets out the sanding, the coats, the treads and the board repairs as lines, so the comparison is made on what each quote actually includes.
Quote from Honeygrain Floor Sanding
Townhouse floors and stairs
| Sand and coat, satin, three coats, 52 m² | $2,496.00 |
| Staple and residue removal, 52 m² | $312.00 |
| Stair treads and risers, 14 steps | $1,190.00 |
| Replacement boards, 3 | $195.00 |
| Total | $4,193.00 |
Sent from the hallway. Accepted after the second reminder.
What gets in the way for floor sanders and polishers
Three coats or two
A cheaper rate per metre is often one coat fewer or a different finish. Naming the coats and the finish on the line shows the customer what they are comparing.
Stairs are not floor
Treads and risers are hand work, priced per step. A stair line of its own stops the customer measuring the staircase as floor area and expecting the floor rate.
What turns up under the carpet
Staples, glue, stains, a patch of borer, boards someone replaced with the wrong timber. Say in the note what the price includes and your per-board rate for repairs found once the carpet is up.
Off the floor for days
The finish needs time before furniture goes back. The note is where you say how long, so the customer plans to be elsewhere and does not walk on it the next morning.
A worked example
Floor sander work, with Quote Desk
Take a fictional owner and offsider, Honeygrain Floor Sanding. Price list: sand and coat, satin water-based, three coats $48 per square metre; staple and carpet residue removal $6 per square metre; stair treads and risers $85 per step; replacement floorboard $65 each; stain coat $12 per square metre; gap filling $9 per square metre.
A customer forwards an email: the carpet in her two-storey townhouse is coming up, and she wants the boards underneath done. The sander measures 52 square metres downstairs, counts 14 steps, and finds three boards that will need replacing. Quote this: sand and coat x52, staple removal x52, stairs x14, replacement boards x3. The note says the price includes GST; satin water-based finish, three coats; carpet lifted and taken away by the owner before the start; three boards replaced as shown, and any more found at $65 each; the house empty for the job; light foot traffic from the day after the last coat, furniture back after three days. Total $4,193. Sent from the hallway.
He presses Follow up automatically. The customer has two other quotes, one of them a lower rate per metre for two coats. She accepts on day five, after the second reminder, and when she rings to book, the line that says three coats is the one she mentions.
Talk of the Trade
Floor sanders and polishers on Talk of the Trade
Talk of the Trade ranks floor sanders and polishers by how many Google reviews they have. Figures as of October 2026.
See the floor sanders and polishers on Talk of the Trade. Being listed there has nothing to do with using Quote Desk: no listing is sold and no rank changes.
Questions from floor sanders and polishers
Can I quote two finishes for the customer to choose from?
Send two quotes, one for each finish, each with its own accept link. If you switch on follow-ups, do it on one of them, so the customer gets one set of reminders.
How do I quote stairs?
Add a per-step item to your list and set the quantity to the number of steps. A landing can go on the square-metre line.
What about repairs I cannot see until the carpet is up?
Quote the repairs you can see, put your per-board rate in the note, and send a second quote for anything more once the boards are bare. The customer accepts it on their phone before you start.
How many floor sanders are on Talk of the Trade?
As of October 2026 the Floor Sanding and Polishing category has 42 ranked lists, with 221 businesses listed in New South Wales, 128 in Victoria and 119 in Queensland. Quote Desk is separate from those listings.
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