Repairing A Damaged Wood Floor

Wood floors are both robust and fragile. It is common for them to have areas of damage that need more than a simple sanding. I’m doing a kitchen remodel in a home where I moved a wall and an island. Additionally, there was damage by the patio door. See photos...

Vinyl Floors Are Making A Comeback

Trends come and go. What was popular yesterday is out today. This reality fuels our economy, but also can increase our environmental burden. There is a recent trend back to vinyl flooring, specifically vinyl flooring that looks like wood planks. Vinyl flooring is made...

Unsinking A Sunken Family Room

A popular style for homes built in the 1970s and 1980s was the sunken room. This was often a living room or the same floor family room that would be a few inches below the rooms around it. I’m guessing that this was some designers idea to add a...

Adding A Hardwood Floor To A Room With An Uneven Floor

I’m restoring a home that had significant water damage, and the owner wanted to change a carpeted bedroom to one with a hardwood floor. When the home was built the builder didn’t make sure that the floor was level, but that was hidden by the carpeting....

A Hidden Mess

A customer wanted me to remove some cabinets in her home office. This would normally be a simple job. However, when we took the cabinets out we discovered that the room’s hardwood floor didn’t extend beneath them. This presented several issues. Most floor...

Repairing a damaged wood floor without resanding the entire floor.

One of my subcontractors accidentally damaged the wood floor on a remodel that I was doing. This accident posed a significant problem for me as the normal solution would be to replace a section of the floor, then sand and re-stain the entire floor. Not only would this...