Hardwood Flooring
in Yarrow.

Hardwood Flooring in Yarrow

Yarrow farmhouses and older homes on Majuba Hill often have uneven subfloors, so levelling comes first. Once the subfloor is flat, engineered or solid hardwood brings a lot of warmth back into an older house.

We match profiles and transitions to the age of the home rather than forcing a builder look, and finish the stairs 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.