Putting in a Hardwood Floor Right the First Time
When you are considering putting in a new hardwood floor it’s a good idea to make sure you are getting a qualified installer. More than once we’ve had to come into a home and repair, or even replace, a poorly installed floor.
Sometimes a price that seems “too good to be true” is too good to be true.
Recently, in Flower Mound, a home owner called us in to repair a 4” utility grade red oak floor. It had been stained dark, but the previous installer had left frequent gaps and openings. In the mother-in-law’s room some of the gaps went all the way to the sub-floor.
In addition, the stair treads were cut short and there was a gap in the corner of each riser.
We removed 300 feet of badly installed flooring as well as about 15 other boards in other parts of the house. We then replaced all that wood so it was put in correctly.
Then we were able to sand, scrape, stain and finish all the wood that had been replaced and make a perfect color match to the previously applied stain.
The homeowner couldn’t afford to replace the stair-treads, so we covered up the gaps with quarter round, then stained and polyurethaned the stairs so they matched the floor color.