Service
Hardwood Flooring Installation and Refinishing in Jacksonville
New hardwood installed and finished on site, or the floor you already own brought back to bare wood and refinished.
Hardwood is the one floor that gets better with a second life. A worn oak floor is almost never a floor that needs replacing. It is a floor that needs sanding.
We do both sides of that work. We install unfinished hardwood and finish it in place, which is how you get a surface with no seams in the finish and no factory bevel collecting grit. And we refinish existing floors, which is usually a fraction of the cost of tearing out and starting over.
In Jacksonville the complication is almost always what is under the wood. Older homes in Avondale, Riverside, and San Marco sit on pier and beam, and decades of Florida humidity are hard on decking. We replace failed subfloor as part of the job rather than laying good wood over bad.
Options
What you can choose from
The right answer depends on the room, the traffic, and what is under the floor. We will tell you which of these fits.
Refinish existing hardwood
Sanded back to raw wood and refinished. Keeps the original floor and costs far less than replacement.
Install and finish on site
Unfinished wood goes down first, then gets sanded and finished as one continuous surface. The flattest, cleanest result.
Prefinished hardwood
Finished at the factory and installed ready to walk on. Faster, less dust, and no cure time.
Water based finish
What we prefer and what we recommend. It is harder wearing than an oil based polyurethane, it does not amber the wood over time, it has far lower odour, and it cures fast enough to get you back in the room sooner.
Right fit
When hardwood makes sense
- Original oak floors in older Jacksonville homes
- Whole-home hardwood in new construction
- Floors that look worn but are structurally sound
- Homeowners who want a floor they can sand again in fifteen years
Serving all of Northeast Florida
We handle hardwood work across Duval, St. Johns, Clay, and Nassau counties.
Hardwood by area
All service areas
Proof
Hardwood work we have completed
Photographed on the job, not pulled from a stock library.
Jacksonville12 photosHardwood
1,300 sq ft Oak Hardwood Refinish
The oak underneath was worth saving. Sanded back to bare wood and finished clear, no stain.
Jacksonville Beach5 photosHardwood
Jacksonville Beach Condo: Red Oak Install and Finish
Unfinished red oak installed and then sanded and finished on site. That is how you get a floor with no seams in the finish.
Jacksonville9 photosHardwood
3,500 sq ft Hardwood: Subfloor Replaced, Installed, and Finished
Thirty-five hundred square feet, taken from bad subfloor to finished hardwood under one contract.
Process
How it works
From the first call to the finished floor.
- 01
Call, text, or send the form
Tell us the rooms and what you are after. Takes two minutes.
- 02
We measure it properly
We come out, measure with Bosch laser tools, and check the subfloor before quoting.
- 03
You get a written number
A firm quote from our own takeoff software. Not a range that moves once we start.
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We do the work
Tear-out, subfloor, install, and trim, all under one contract. You always know the schedule.
FAQ
Hardwood questions
What homeowners ask us before they commit.
Not covered here? Call (904) 592-0777 and ask.
Can my old hardwood floor be refinished, or does it need replacing?
Most can be refinished. What matters is how much wood sits above the tongue. A solid floor can usually take several sandings over its life. If it has already been sanded down to the fasteners, or if boards are cupped from a water event, replacement may be the better call. We look before we tell you.
How long does refinishing take, and can I stay in the house?
Plan on several days for a typical floor: sanding, then finish coats, then cure time. You can usually stay in the home if the work is contained to part of it, but you cannot walk on the finish while it cures, and there will be dust and fumes. We talk through the sequence before we start.
Is hardwood a bad idea in Florida humidity?
No, but it has to be handled correctly. Wood moves with moisture. That means acclimating the material to the house before install, leaving proper expansion gaps at the walls, and making sure the subfloor is dry first. Skip those steps and you get gaps in winter and cupping in summer.
What finish do you use, and why not oil based polyurethane?
We use and recommend a water based finish. It wears harder than an oil based polyurethane, it stays clear instead of yellowing the wood over the years, the smell is a fraction of what oil based puts out, and it cures quicker so you are back in the room sooner. Oil based is cheaper up front, which is the only real argument for it.
What is the difference between site-finished and prefinished?
Site-finished wood is installed raw, then sanded flat and coated in place, so the finish is one unbroken surface. Prefinished arrives already coated with a small bevel at every board edge. Site-finished looks better and cleans easier. Prefinished is faster and has no cure time.
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Send your name and cell number. We will call you back and set up a time to measure.
Laser measured. Quoted in writing. One contractor for the whole job.