Working on Norman floors requires being comfortable with two very different kinds of house. The pre-war homes near the university have plank subfloors, thin oak that has already been sanded, and eighty years of accumulated modifications. The newer subdivisions have engineered plank, slab construction and factory finishes that behave differently under a sander.
A company whose experience runs only to one of those will make expensive assumptions about the other — sanding a thin pre-war floor as though it were new construction, or treating a modern factory finish like site-applied polyurethane. Our crews work across both regularly, and the first thing that happens on any Norman job is establishing which set of rules applies before a machine comes off the truck.
Working on Norman floors requires being comfortable with two very different kinds of house. The pre-war homes near the university have plank subfloors, thin oak that has already been sanded, and eighty years of accumulated modifications. The newer subdivisions have engineered plank, slab construction and factory finishes that behave differently under a sander.
A company whose experience runs only to one of those will make expensive assumptions about the other — sanding a thin pre-war floor as though it were new construction, or treating a modern factory finish like site-applied polyurethane. Our crews work across both regularly, and the first thing that happens on any Norman job is establishing which set of rules applies before a machine comes off the truck.
Flooring contractors have a reputation for optimistic scheduling, and it is largely earned. The honest position is that most of a hardwood project runs to a predictable pace, and the parts that do not are acclimation and cure — both of which are governed by conditions rather than by effort.
We give ranges rather than false precision, explain what would move a project toward one end of the range, and update you when something changes. For rental property near campus working against an August turnover, we say clearly whether a timeline is achievable before taking the booking rather than after.
A written guarantee is only worth as much as the company standing behind it, and flooring has more than its share of outfits that dissolve and reappear under a new name. What actually protects a homeowner is hiring a business with roots, a name it intends to keep, and enough local work that a bad outcome would be visible to its next several customers.
We are a family business working across the Oklahoma City metro, we guarantee our products and our workmanship, and our reputation is local enough that we cannot afford to walk away from a problem. To have your floor looked at, request a free inspection, and see the other communities we cover on our service areas page.
