Hardwood Flooring in Marietta, GA: Refinishing & Installation

Hardwood Flooring in Marietta, GA

We install, refinish and repair hardwood, engineered hardwood, LVP and laminate floors in Marietta, working from our base in Woodstock, GA 30189.

Marietta is really two markets in one city. Around Marietta Square, the homes are older — some well over a hundred years — with original hardwood that's usually been refinished more than once already. Head out toward East Cobb (Marietta, GA) and you're mostly in newer construction and established suburban neighborhoods from the 1980s through the 2000s, where the hardwood is either original to a mid-range build or was added later over what used to be carpet.

Both parts of Marietta keep us busy, and they call for different judgment calls. A Marietta Square Victorian needs someone who knows how much wood is left before another sanding pass turns a repair into a replacement. An East Cobb colonial from the 1990s usually just needs an honest assessment of whether a screen and recoat will do the job or whether it's time for a full refinish.

Our Services in Marietta, GA

• Hardwood floor refinishing and sanding
• Solid and engineered hardwood installation
• Hardwood repairs, board replacement, and lacing for older floors
• Screen and recoat service
• Laminate and LVP installation
• Wide plank flooring
• Stair and tread refinishing

Hardwood Floor Refinishing in Marietta

Whether a Marietta floor needs a full sand or only a screen and recoat depends on what has worn out. A full sand takes the floor to bare wood, which is what changes the color or takes out scratches that are in the wood. A screen and recoat renews only the finish and keeps the color you have, so it fits a floor that looks dull but is still sound. Our hardwood floor refinishing page covers the full process.

How many times can solid hardwood be sanded?

Solid hardwood can be refinished more than once, but not forever. It depends on the board thickness and how deep earlier sanding went, so we measure what is actually there before we tell you what your floor has left. Our FAQ on how many times a floor can be refinished goes into more detail.

A 1940 home in historic Marietta

One Marietta job was a home built in 1940 in historic Marietta, a property that will now serve as an office. The floors were newer than the house, likely 15 to 20 years old, but they needed a refresh to suit the space. We sanded and refinished them, and the customer chose an Early American stain with a traditional oil-based polyurethane. It gives the floor a rich, warm tone that complements the historic character of the home. You can watch the job under Marietta Projects on Video.

Mixing old and new oak

On one Marietta job, 30-year-old white oak and brand-new boards were refinished as one floor: Bona Red Out to tone down the red, Bona Natural Seal, then two coats of Bona HD Traffic for a matte look.

Dust-contained sanding

We sand with dust-contained planetary sanders that pull the dust into the vacuum as we work. See dustless planetary sanding.

If water reached your floor first, we document and repair the damage, your homeowner’s policy decides what is covered, and we respond the same business day. See water-damaged hardwood floor repair.

Hardwood Floor Installation in Marietta

New hardwood in Marietta often replaces carpet. We pull up the carpet, pad, tack strips and staples and check the subfloor before any wood goes down, because leftover staples and padding cause squeaks and soft spots later. Our hardwood floor installation page covers the process.

Matching new white oak to the old

When new boards go in next to an existing floor, the two often look different at first. Older wood darkens from years of sunlight and air, while new wood starts lighter. One Marietta floor combined 30-year-old white oak with brand-new white oak. To tone down the red that oak often shows, we applied Bona Red Out, sealed the floor with Bona NaturalSeal, which adds a slight white pigment, and finished with two coats of Bona HD Traffic for a durable matte look. The old and new planks ended up reading as one floor. You can see it under Marietta Projects on Video.

Stairs

If stairs are part of the job, the treads and risers take more hand-work than open floor, and matching the stain and sheen takes care, so plan for the stairs to add time. We install in East Cobb the same way; see Hardwood Floors in East Cobb further down this page.

Water-Damaged Hardwood Floor Repair in Marietta, GA

Water gets into a hardwood floor from a leaking dishwasher or ice-maker line, a failed water heater, or moisture coming up from a crawlspace or slab. Here is how we handle water-damaged hardwood floor repair in Marietta, and what we check before we recommend anything.

Cupped, crowned or buckled? What we check

The shape of the boards tells us how the water got in. Cupped boards, with raised edges and a lower middle, were wetter underneath than on top. Crowned boards, high in the middle, usually mean a cupped floor was sanded before it finished drying. Buckled boards have lifted off the subfloor, which takes a lot of water or water that sat for a long time. We take moisture readings on the boards and the subfloor, over a crawlspace or a slab, and we do not decide on sanding until the readings are back to normal.

Repair, lace-in or replace

Spot repair means cutting out bad boards and blending color. Refinish means the field is mostly sound but the finish failed. Replace means the wear layer or the core will not take another sand. If the boards dried flat and the core is still sound, you may need a sand and finish, not a new floor. If the tongue is crushed or a board feels spongy, that piece is done.

In a lace-in, new boards of the same species and width are worked into the existing floor, and the repaired area is sanded and refinished together with the floor around it so it does not read as a patch. Here is a recent water-damage repair on video: new #1 grade red oak was laced in to match the existing floor, replacing only the areas the water had reached, with new plywood subflooring over the concrete areas, then a Weathered Oak stain and Bona HD Traffic.

A recent water-damage repair: new red oak laced in, Weathered Oak stain

Video posted April 2025

How we document the damage

We photograph the damage and take moisture readings, then keep them with a written estimate so there is a clear record of the damage and the repair. We pull base when we need to see the edge, because photos alone miss soft spots under the kick. We document and repair. Your homeowner's policy decides coverage. If you call or text photos of a wet floor, we respond the same business day. Our post on water-damaged hardwood repair in Canton and Acworth covers the same decision.

East Cobb water-damage repair

East Cobb is not a separate city. It is an unincorporated part of Cobb County, and most homes there have Marietta mailing addresses, so everything above applies. In a mid-1990s home with oak already down, the first question after a leak is whether the oak can take a sand and finish or whether boards have to come out, and moisture readings on the floor and subfloor settle it. In a two-story colonial, tell us which rooms got wet and how long ago, and we check how far the water traveled, not only what shows on the surface. Text us photos of the damage and we will tell you dry-and-watch, spot repair, full sand or replace before we book the week. See water-damaged hardwood repair in East Cobb.

Why Marietta Homeowners Choose Us

The crew brings 25 years of experience to all of Cobb County, from Marietta Square out to East Cobb and everywhere in between. We have 10,000 jobs completed in Georgia, built the old-fashioned way: itemized estimates, a clean job site, and floors that look right when we're done. That's true whether the house is a hundred years old or fifteen.

Nearby: hardwood flooring in Kennesaw, hardwood flooring in Smyrna, hardwood flooring in Roswell and hardwood flooring in Acworth.

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