Restoring stained wooden beams?

[ApplesTheHare]

Has anyone done this and, if so, what was the approx. cost?

We'd love to strip back our wooden beams as they're currently heavily stained/painted but I can't find costings anywhere. I'll go down the quote route eventually but a rough idea would help for now!

I did, but years ago, in the days before internet and I could only find one company in the back of a house magazine. We tried Nitromors ourselves, which didn't do anything, so we got a company in to sand blast them. They looked lovely afterwards |(they were shiny black to start with).

Sorry forgot to add I have no recollection of cost!

Thanks zero glad to hear they looked good and I'm assuming it didn't cost an arm and leg or you'd remember??

It was probably 24 years ago. It was mor Ethan I wanted to pay, but oculd only find one company. Maybe 250 quid, which was a lot at the time! Tiny room too. Have you managed to find any company's or get any quotes?

No, we moved in this week so realistically we won't get quotes until next year now. I just wanted a ballpark figure as part of planning what to do with all our new rooms. I should probably be focused on unpacking boxes!

What age is your house?

Built around 1680, we think. It was part of a big coach house/stables/skilled workers cluster of buildings and land.

We had ours sandblasted, for all of downstairs took about four days and cost 4 k. That included all doors, fireplace, kitchen, halls and living room and the rooms are large. It's messy but totally worth it

Thanks Bluntness, useful to know it's not just beams that can be done. When was it that you had the work done?