Laminate in Wills Point, TX
Laminate carries a reputation earned by product that has not been sold in twenty years. The surface on a current plank is harder than the finish on real wood and harder than the top layer on vinyl, which makes it the most scratch-resistant floor in most showrooms. Its limit has never moved: the core is compressed wood fiber, and wood fiber and standing water do not coexist. Installed by our own crew across Wills Point.
Laminate done right, the first time, in Wills Point.
Homeowners across Wills Point, TX call All About Floors for laminate because every job runs with our own crew, no subcontractors, no surprise charges, and one number to call from first sample to finished floor.
We install laminate across Wills Point and the surrounding area, including Terrell, Kaufman, Talty, Kemp.
What's included
- AC-rated planks matched to the traffic in each room
- Embossed-in-register surfaces that read as separate boards
- Underlayment selected for the plank and the subfloor
- Poly moisture barrier lapped and taped over concrete
- Expansion gaps held at every wall, jamb and island
- Silicone-sealed perimeters in kitchens and entries
- Transitions and reducers fitted to adjoining floors
- Room-by-room advice on where laminate should not go
Built for Wills Point homes.
Wills Point is a Texas and Pacific railroad town from 1873, sitting on U.S. 80 in Van Zandt County, the same highway that runs past our Forney showroom. It was the first community in the county to incorporate, in 1884, and it was named the Bluebird Capital of Texas in 1995. The brick streets downtown went down in the 1920s and are still in service. About 3,700 people live here, most of them in older frame houses on pier and beam or out on acreage past the city limits.
William Wills came through around 1848. The town itself took shape in 1873 when the Texas and Pacific built its line, and on July 21, 1884 Wills Point became the first community in Van Zandt County to incorporate. By 1896 it had an opera house, three public schools, cotton gins and a newspaper. The brick streets downtown were laid in the 1920s and are still there, the Bluebird Festival has been held on them every spring since 1994, and the Rose Monument marks the entrance to the historic district. Twenty historical markers, the White Rose and Jones cemeteries and Bruce Park fill out the rest of it. The 2020 census counted 3,747 people. U.S. 80 and State Highway 64 carry the traffic, with I-20 a short drive south and Van Zandt County Regional Airport at the edge of town.
The housing follows that timeline. The original grid along the railroad corridor holds the oldest stock, frame houses and bungalows, most on pier and beam over a crawlspace. A ring of mid-century ranch houses came later, and beyond the city limits it turns to acreage: ranchettes and country homesteads on gravel drives. Only a handful of registered HOAs exist here, with Willow Lake Estates, Town North Estates and High Point Lake Estates among the newer named additions.
Pier and beam is the flooring story in Wills Point. A crawlspace in a humid subtropical climate, this town has recorded 115 degrees and three below zero, keeps moisture under the deck year round, and a century of that leaves joists that deflect, decking that squeaks and rooms that slope an inch corner to corner. We get under the house and look before we quote. Old one-by plank subfloor almost always needs an underlayment before vinyl plank goes over it, or every seam between boards eventually reads through the finished surface.
The other thing we find here that we almost never find in a new suburb is original hardwood hiding under wall-to-wall carpet. On a 1910s or 1920s Wills Point house it is worth pulling a corner back in a closet before you decide anything. Estimates are free and we bring samples to the house.
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What homeowners say
"All About Floors is amazing to work with! We recently had our entire flooring replaced and they not only did a wonderful job, the support and aftercare has been top notch! Highly recommend"
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Laminate in Wills Point, questions
Our floors bounce and squeak. Is that the flooring or the house?
In Wills Point it is almost always the house. Most of the older stock in the original grid sits on pier and beam over a crawlspace, and after decades in this humidity the joists deflect and the decking works loose. New flooring laid over that will bounce and squeak exactly the same. We look underneath before quoting and price the subfloor repair as its own line so you can see what you are paying for.
There might be hardwood under our carpet. What should we do first?
Pull a corner back in a closet before you commit to anything. Houses in the original Wills Point grid from the 1910s and 1920s often have plank hardwood under wall-to-wall carpet, and what is under there changes the whole conversation. Send us a photo or let us look during the free estimate. We would rather price the right job than sell you the bigger one.
Do you actually come this far east?
Yes. U.S. 80 runs straight from Wills Point back to our showroom at 10 Mustang Court in Forney, so this is a regular route for us. We bring samples to the home, the estimate costs nothing, and we can usually start within about two days once you approve it. The crew is ours and never subcontracted, and labor carries a one-year warranty.
Is laminate a good floor for dogs?
For claws it is one of the best floors you can buy. Specify AC4 or AC5 and nails will not mark it the way they mark wood. The dog problem with laminate is not scratching, it is water. A tipped bowl standing overnight against a seam swells the core, and an accident found in the morning does the same. Put the bowl on a tray.
Can we use a steam mop on it?
No. Steam drives moisture through the joints into the fiberboard core, and it voids the warranty on essentially every laminate sold. Damp is fine: a well-wrung microfiber mop, or a cleaner made for laminate sprayed onto the pad rather than the floor. Sweep first, since grit under a mop head is what dulls a surface that would otherwise last decades.
How long does the installation take, and can we walk on it right away?
A floating floor goes down quickly and there is nothing to cure, so you walk on it as soon as the last plank locks in, and furniture comes back the same day. A single room is usually a day. A main living area with several doorways and closets takes longer than the square footage suggests, because the cuts consume the time.
Flexible financing available
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Every floor type we install in Wills Point, TX
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