Hardwood Flooring
in Langley.

Hardwood Flooring in Langley

Willoughby and Walnut Grove family homes and townhouses often still have their original carpet on the main floor and stairs. Engineered hardwood through the main floor with matching treads and nosings is one of the most common Langley upgrades we quote.

Character homes in Fort Langley and Murrayville sometimes suit solid hardwood over the existing wood subfloor. Either way we check the subfloor first, keep the expansion gap at every wall and finish with baseboard and transitions 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.