Hardwood Flooring
in Chilliwack.

Hardwood Flooring in Chilliwack

Hardwood is one of the floors Chilliwack homeowners ask us about most. On main floors in Sardis, Vedder and Promontory we usually recommend engineered hardwood, because it moves less through wet Chilliwack winters and dry heated months, and it can go over a concrete slab where solid hardwood cannot.

Solid hardwood still makes sense over a wood subfloor in bedrooms and living rooms, and in older homes downtown where it suits the house. Either way we check the subfloor first, lay the boards from a straight line, leave the expansion gap at every wall, and finish the stairs, transitions and baseboard in the same job.

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.