Hardwood Floor Installation & Refinishing in Kennesaw, GA

Hardwood Floor Installation in Kennesaw Homes

Kennesaw is a city of fairly new houses. The U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates, table B25036) counts about 8,750 owner-occupied homes in the city, and nearly nine in ten were built in 1980 or later. Roughly two in three date from 1990 through 2009. These are survey estimates, a rough picture rather than an exact count.

Homes from those years are often two-story plans with carpet in the bedrooms and on the stairs. If that sounds like yours, here is how hardwood floor installation in Kennesaw usually goes with us.

What we find under the carpet

In a two-story home with a basement or crawl space, the main-level subfloor is usually plywood or OSB over wood joists. That is what solid hardwood is nailed to, so solid nail-down often works. We take up the carpet, pad, tack strips and staples, then check the subfloor for moisture, squeaks and level. Low spots get leveled, loose sheets get fastened, and damaged sections get replaced before any wood goes in.

Slab homes

Some homes sit on a concrete slab instead of a wood subfloor. Solid hardwood generally can’t go straight over concrete. On a slab we moisture-test first, then talk through engineered hardwood, which can be glued down or floated.

Basements and lower levels

Basement and lower-level rooms get the same moisture check. Below grade, engineered hardwood, luxury vinyl plank (LVP) or laminate is often a better fit than solid wood. We tell you which suits the room once we have measured it.

Stairs in two-story plans

In a two-story home the stairs are part of the job, not an add-on. Treads, risers and transitions are cut and matched to the new floor so the stairs read as one continuous floor with the rooms above and below. They go into the written estimate from the start.

If there is already hardwood

When the boards under the carpet or in the main living area are sound, refinishing can make more sense than replacing them: we sand, stain and finish, or screen and recoat when the floor only needs a fresh topcoat. See hardwood floor refinishing in Kennesaw, or refinish or replace hardwood floors if you are weighing both.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2020–2024, table B25036 (Tenure by Year Structure Built), Kennesaw city, GA.

Recent Kennesaw Jobs

March 2023: screen, deep clean and recoat. A Kennesaw homeowner wanted her floors to look new again. We offered screen and recoat, with a deep-clean scrubber added to remove the grit and grime, as an alternative to full sanding. The video description says we can sand a floor and make it look new, but this process gets almost the same results, and that the floors came out practically perfect apart from a few gouges. See screen and recoat.

January 2023: red oak installation. Red oak installed and stained Provincial with oil-modified polyurethane, covered in the featured job above.

Those two jobs point in two directions: new hardwood where there was none, and a refresh for a floor that is already there. If yours is already hardwood and only looks dull, compare screen and recoat with full refinishing before you decide.

When Water Damages a Kennesaw Floor

Your policy decides coverage. We document the damage and repair it, with an itemized written estimate, photos and moisture readings your adjuster can use. We respond the same business day.