Hardwood Flooring
in Maple Ridge.

Hardwood Flooring in Maple Ridge

Newer Maple Ridge homes in Albion, Silver Valley and Cottonwood often have carpet on the main floor and stairs, and swapping it for engineered hardwood is one of the most common jobs we quote here. Engineered boards move less through damp winters and dry heated months than solid hardwood.

Older homes around Hammond and Haney can have subfloors that dip or squeak, so we check and fix the subfloor before the first board goes down. East Maple Ridge is close to our base in Mission, which makes measuring quick to book.

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.