Sterling Heights Hardwood Flooring: Hardwood Flooring in Sterling Heights, MI

What we do in Sterling Heights

Sterling Heights Hardwood Flooring puts down new wood floors, sands and refinishes floors that have gone dull or scratched, and fixes loose, split or water-stained boards. We work in houses across Sterling Heights and in the towns listed near the bottom of the page.

First we come and look at the floor. We measure, lift a vent cover or check a closet to see what's under the boards, and ask how you use the room. Then we put the quote in writing.

New wood floors

Hardwood floor installation

Our hardwood floor installation jobs run from one bedroom to a whole main floor. Before any wood goes down, we check that the floor under it is flat and firm.

Solid or engineered

We fit two kinds of board: solid hardwood flooring, cut from one piece of wood, and engineered hardwood flooring, with a layer of real wood on top of a built-up base. We'll go room by room with you and say which we'd use where.

The wood itself

We fit white oak flooring, hickory flooring and other species you ask about. For a big room with fewer joints across it, we fit wide plank flooring.

Patterned floors

For something other than straight rows, we lay herringbone floors, short boards set in a zigzag, and parquet flooring, small blocks set in a pattern. Both take us more cutting and more time than a plain floor.

Carpet to hardwood

Our carpet to hardwood jobs take out the carpet, the pad and the tack strips (the spiked strips that hold carpet down at the walls) and put wood in. We also fit hardwood stairs so the steps match.

Bringing an old floor back

Sanding and refinishing

For hardwood floor refinishing, we sand the floor to bare wood and put on new finish. We do it for floors with scratches and worn paths.

New stain color

If you want the floor darker or lighter, we do hardwood floor staining once the old finish is sanded off.

A lighter touch

When the finish is just dull, we can do a screen and recoat: a light buff of the old finish and one new coat, with no sanding to bare wood.

Fixing damaged boards

We do hardwood floor repair for loose, split and squeaky boards. When a pipe, a dishwasher or a window has leaked onto the wood, we do water-damaged hardwood floor repair too.

Wood and the air in your house

The U.S. Forest Service's Forest Products Laboratory, which studies wood for the government, says wood is hygroscopic. That means it takes on moisture from its surroundings. The lab says the moisture left in wood tends to come to balance with the humidity of the air around it.

It also says that correct drying, handling and storage of wood keep its moisture from changing much. If the moisture stays within reasonable limits, major problems from the wood changing size can usually be avoided.

So before anyone fits your floor, ask how they'll check the moisture in the new boards and in the floor below. Ask, too, how long the boards should sit in your house before they go down.

Air quality while the finish goes on

After sanding comes the finish. The EPA says varnishes contain organic solvents, and that products like these can give off chemicals into the air while you use them. It says that during, and for several hours after, some jobs such as paint stripping, indoor levels of these chemicals may be 1,000 times the levels outside. Its advice is to make sure you have plenty of fresh air when using these products, and to keep them out of reach of children and pets.

Ask us what the finish label says about airing out the room, and plan around it. If someone in the house has asthma or is pregnant, tell us at the first visit so we can talk about the timing.

Basements and wet rooms

Basements and bathrooms are the rooms where we ask the most questions before we quote. We'll check the floor for damp, ask how the room is used, and tell you plainly if we'd pick engineered boards or would steer you away from wood.

What to get in writing

• Solid or engineered, plus the species, grade and board width.
• How the moisture of the boards and the floor below will be checked, and what happens if it is too high.
• The stain and finish by name, and how many coats.
• Whether moving furniture, removing the old floor and hauling it off are in the price.
• What gets done at doorways, where the new wood meets tile or carpet.

Questions about hardwood floors in Sterling Heights

Do I need a building permit to put in hardwood floors?

The City of Sterling Heights, in its guide for businesses, lists finish flooring among renovations that don't require a building permit. That guide is written for businesses, so for a home, check with the city's building department before you start.

What should I do about gaps between my floorboards?

Call us before you fill them. Wood's moisture comes to balance with the air in the house, so we look at how the gaps change before we suggest any repair.

Can you match new boards to my old floor?

We'll try. To match, we look for the same species, width and color, and we'll show you samples before we start.

Which towns do you cover?

We cover all of Sterling Heights, plus Troy, Warren, Fraser, Clawson and the other towns listed below.

Get a quote

Use the quote form to send us your ZIP code and what you need done. We'll come and look at the floor, then write up a quote. Whether you book the job is up to you.