Hardwood Flooring
in Abbotsford.

Hardwood Flooring in Abbotsford

Abbotsford homes range from older houses in Clearbrook and central Abbotsford to newer family homes on Auguston and Eagle Mountain, and hardwood suits both. Engineered hardwood is our usual pick for main floors here because it handles dry outflow wind days and damp winters with less movement.

Many Abbotsford jobs are carpet to hardwood on the main floor and stairs together. We match the treads and nosings to the new floor, undercut the door casings so the boards slide under, and put the baseboard back tight.

Solid or engineered?

Solid hardwood is wood all the way through and can be sanded many times. It needs a wood subfloor and a stable indoor climate, so it suits main floors and bedrooms. Engineered hardwood has a real wood top on a layered core that moves far less with humidity, which suits our wet winters and dry heated months, and it can go over concrete.

How we install it

We check the subfloor for flat and screw down anything that moves. Solid hardwood is nailed down over the right underlayment. Engineered is nailed, glued or floated depending on the subfloor. Boards are laid out from a straight reference line, racked so the joints are spread out, and the expansion gap is left at every wall so the floor can move without buckling.

Then the finish work: door casings undercut so the floor slides under, transitions fitted, stair nosings matched, and baseboard installed tight to the new floor.