Site Finished Hardwood Floors

Site Finished Hardwood Floors Offer Many Advantages There are several benefits to choosing site finished hardwood floors vs pre-finished. Site finishing your hardwood floors makes it possible to closely match existing flooring, or make your floors completely unique and personal. Color and gloss need not be guessed at or approximated as is the case with Read More

Laminate Flooring Installation

Laminate Flooring can be an Affordable Alternative to Hardwood Flooring Since we are known as a premier hardwood flooring installer, some people might not expect my company to be willing to install laminate flooring. Those people couldn’t be more wrong. The almost infinite combination of colors and grain styles available in laminate flooring make it a joy Read More

Hardwood Floor Installer: A Career Opportunity

Hardwood Floor Installer: A Great Career for the Right Person As a business owner in the current Reno/Tahoe economy, I am often approached by enthusiastic young people looking for a job. Sometimes even not-so-young people. And, while I am always on the lookout for someone who could be a talented hardwood floor installer, please understand it’s Read More

Professional Hardwood Floor Installation, Part 2

Removing Current Flooring Last month, I went over a few of the items you will want to check off as you consider installing a new hardwood floor. Now that you have an idea on how to chose the people who will be performing the work, let’s go over the steps you will be observing. Removing Read More

Professional Hardwood Floor Installation, Part 1

Choosing a Professional  for Hardwood Floor Installation If installed properly, your new hardwood floors will improve the quality of your life and increase the value of your home. The people you allow into your home to install your hardwood flooring, need to have more than just the tools. You will want installers who will be Read More

Fun Hardwood Flooring Design Ideas

Hardwood Flooring Design Allows a Lot of Room for Fun Installing and maintaining your hardwood flooring, is serious work. Meeting deadlines, ensuring quality, exceeding your expectations and making it all look easy, requires a solid work ethic and an inborn need to “get the job done.” I take a lot of personal pride in my Read More

The Hardwood Floor Design of Your Dreams

Imagine What Your Hardwood Floor Will Look Like When you set out to create the hardwood floor design of your dreams, the multitude of options available can be daunting, to say the least. Should you choose the simple, timeless elegance of a monotone wide plank floor, or would an intricate percale featuring 10 different colored Read More

Hardwood Floors Help Sell Your Reno/Tahoe Home

Hardwood Flooring Adds Perceived Value and Makes Selling Easier There is no question but that we are living through a tough housing market here in the Reno/Tahoe area. The good news is, things are beginning to look better: Prices are on the rise and interest rates are still at record lows. The bad news is, Read More

Engineered Hardwood Flooring: The Real Truth

Engineered Hardwood Flooring can be an Excellent Alternative Engineered Hardwood Flooring is like everything else in Life: You Get what you Pay For. If your only experience with engineered hardwood flooring has been the cheap stuff, chances are you feel all engineered hardwood flooring is like that. The good news then, is that there are Read More

Subfloor Prep for a Quiet Step!

Subfloor prep is serious business. Proper subfloor prep will make all the difference in the overall quality and longevity of your hardwood floor. There are different process for each type of subfloor, but the main ideas are the same, whether you’re in Reno or around Lake Tahoe: Level the subfloor Clean the subfloor Protect the Read More