Hardwood installation in Kemp, TX

Waterproof rigid core plank and tile, in that order. A Kemp lake house takes wet feet off the dock, sand off the boat and dogs through the back door, and many sit closed up midweek while the humidity swings. Solid wood gaps and cups under that. We put waterproof product where the water comes in and save wood or engineered for interior rooms that stay conditioned year round.

Yes, but the subfloor comes first. Older Kemp farmhouses and manufactured homes over a vented crawlspace usually need joists checked, loose decking screwed down and dips leveled before anything goes over the top. Skip that and a floating floor telegraphs every soft spot within a year. We put that prep in the written estimate rather than springing it on you the morning of the install.

We do, at no charge, and we bring the samples with us. Kemp is a straight run south from our showroom at 10 Mustang Court in Forney. Seeing a floor next to your own cabinets, in the light coming off the lake, beats guessing from a photo. Once you approve the estimate we can usually start within about two days, and financing is available through Synchrony and Wisetack.

It rules out anything that needs a fastener driven into the concrete, because the steel cables inside are under load and cutting one is a serious repair. On a wood floor that costs you nothing. Engineered plank is either bonded to the surface with a urethane adhesive or floated over a pad, and neither method touches the inside of the slab.

Yes, and it is common here. Wood handles a dropped glass and a wiped-up spill without complaint. What it does not handle is standing water under a dishwasher, or an ice maker line that weeps for a month before anyone notices. Use engineered rather than solid, seal the run where the floor meets the cabinets, and keep full bathrooms on another material.

Baseboards usually stay put. We install to the wall and finish with shoe molding, which is cleaner than pulling trim that was caulked and painted in place. Door casings get undercut so the plank slides beneath them rather than being scribed around them, and if the new floor sits higher, interior doors get trimmed at the bottom.