Before quoting a new floor in a Midwest City home we ask one question: what is under the carpet? A large proportion of the housing built for Tinker workers in the 1940s still has its original oak in place, and where that oak is sound, sanding it costs less than installing new material and yields a floor with better wood in it.
Where the original is gone, damaged beyond saving, or was never there — additions, converted garages, later construction — a new installation is the right call. Establishing which situation applies takes a short visit and saves some homeowners several thousand dollars. Much of our standing as a hardwood flooring company in Midwest City was built on houses of exactly this era.
Before quoting a new floor in a Midwest City home we ask one question: what is under the carpet? A large proportion of the housing built for Tinker workers in the 1940s still has its original oak in place, and where that oak is sound, sanding it costs less than installing new material and yields a floor with better wood in it.
Where the original is gone, damaged beyond saving, or was never there — additions, converted garages, later construction — a new installation is the right call. Establishing which situation applies takes a short visit and saves some homeowners several thousand dollars. Much of our standing as a hardwood flooring company in Midwest City was built on houses of exactly this era.
There are honest ways to reduce the cost of an installation and dishonest ways. Choosing a common species in a standard width, taking a clear finish rather than a custom stain, and prefinished material rather than site-finished all reduce cost without reducing quality. Limiting scope to the rooms that matter is legitimate too.
What should not be cut is subfloor preparation, acclimation time or moisture testing. Those are where a cheap installation becomes an expensive one two years later. We will show you where a budget can flex and where it should not, and we will tell you plainly when refinishing what you have beats buying something new.
Midwest City’s commercial corridor brings a different set of requirements — offices, retail spaces, churches and community buildings where a floor takes far more traffic than any house and where downtime has a direct cost. Commercial installation means harder-wearing specifications, finish systems built for abrasion, and scheduling around business hours or closures.
We handle commercial hardwood installation alongside residential work and treat the scheduling constraints as part of the job rather than an inconvenience. The full range of what we take on is summarized on our services overview, and written estimates are free for commercial and residential projects alike.
