Hardwood Floor Installation in Decatur, GA

Nail-Down and Glue-Down Installation

Nail-down installation is the traditional method for solid hardwood over a wood subfloor, which is what most Decatur homes have. Each board is fastened down, giving a floor that feels solid underfoot and can be sanded and refinished several times over its life.

Where a room sits on concrete, such as a basement or a rear addition poured on grade, engineered plank is glued down instead. It copes with the moisture a slab gives off far better than solid wood, and a thick wear layer can still be sanded later.

Sand and Finish Refinishing

Decatur is full of floors worth restoring. Heart pine and early oak boards found under old carpet often come back beautifully once they are sanded and finished, and the grain in that older wood is not something you can buy new.

Restoring a floor costs far less than replacing it and takes only a few days. We use dust-containment equipment so you can stay in the house while we work, and we can do one room at a time if that suits you better. Ask for a free in-home estimate.

Acclimation

Wood moves with the humidity in your home, and an older house over a crawl space can hold more damp than a new build. Once the store delivers your flooring it needs to sit in the rooms where it will be laid for a few days, so it settles before we fasten anything down.

Tear-Out & Subfloor Preparation

We lift the old floor and check what is underneath. In older Decatur homes that usually means securing loose boards, dealing with squeaks and leveling dips before any new wood goes down. We seal off the rooms we are not working in, so dust does not travel through the rest of the house.

Installation

We set the boards out so the run suits the room, with the end joints spread evenly rather than lining up. On a restoration we blend replacement boards into the existing floor first, so the repair disappears once the whole floor is sanded and coated.

Clean-Up

We refit the baseboards and thresholds, vacuum through, and take all the waste away with us, leaving the rooms ready to use.