Hardwood Floor Refinishing & Installation in Peachtree Corners, GA

You can usually tell by checking a floor vent or doorway threshold, where the board edge is visible. If it has never been refinished, you will often see more wood above the tongue and groove; if it has been sanded once or twice, that margin gets noticeably thinner. A lot of Peachtree Corners homes from that era have only been refinished once, if at all.

Not for refinishing existing hardwood, which does not require a permit either way. The 2012 incorporation mainly changed local government, zoning oversight, and city services, not the building rules around interior work like sanding and refinishing that do not touch the structure of the house.

Rarely. Solid oak from the 1970s and '80s was usually installed thicker than what goes into new construction today, so there is often more wood to work with than people expect, even after decades of wear. We check board thickness before recommending anything, but most floors that age still have at least one good refinish left.

Homes closer to the river can see slightly more seasonal humidity swings than ones farther from the water, which shows up as small gaps in winter and boards sitting a bit tighter in summer. That is normal wood movement, not damage, and it is something we account for when timing acclimation before any new installation.

Almost every home built in this area during the 1970s and '80s has hardwood under at least the bedroom carpet, since it was standard flooring at the time even in rooms builders expected to be carpeted. We can confirm with a quick pull test in a closet before you commit to removing it throughout the room.

Most of the newer builds near Town Center use engineered hardwood in wider plank widths than the 1970s-and-80s strip oak found elsewhere in the city, usually installed over a concrete slab. It refinishes differently than older solid oak, since the wear layer is thinner, so we check that before recommending a full sand versus a screen and recoat.