Hardwood Floor Refinishing and Installation in Brookhaven, GA
Working in Brookhaven
TriArt refinishes, installs, and repairs hardwood floors across Brookhaven, from the 1920s bungalows in the historic streets to the newer infill and townhomes. Wood floors and stairs only, no carpet, no tile, no subcontractors.
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Refinishing Brookhaven's Original Floors
Narrow strip and heart pine
Narrow-strip oak from the twenties and thirties is a different material from modern flooring. The boards are usually two-and-a-quarter inches or narrower, the wood is denser and slower-grown than current stock, and after ninety years it has ambered to a color no new oak will match.
That density is an advantage, these floors take a finish beautifully and wear well. The complication is thickness. A ninety-year-old floor may have been sanded once, twice, or never, and nobody has the records. We check for nail heads at the surface and gaps at the tongue before recommending anything.
Heart pine, where it appears, is softer than oak and takes stain unevenly. We generally recommend a clear or very light finish on pine and let the grain carry the room. Refinishing original floors runs $3.00 to $4.00 per square foot.
New Hardwood Floors in Brookhaven
Meeting ninety-year-old boards
The most common installation question in Brookhaven is not about a new floor at all. It is about an addition. Renovations here frequently extend the back of the house, and the new floor has to meet ninety-year-old wood at a doorway.
A perfect match is rarely achievable, because the original has oxidized for decades and new material has not. What works better is one of three approaches: sourcing reclaimed stock of the same era and cut, running the new floor to a natural break where the two are never seen in the same sightline, or refinishing everything together so the whole level cures to one color. The third gives the best result and costs the most.
We will tell you honestly which is realistic for your house before you commit. See matching new hardwood.
Recent Flooring Projects Across the Metro
All our own work
Six jobs completed and photographed in the house. Species, stain, city, and what the floor looked like when we walked in are listed on each. Nothing here is stock photography or rendered.
What Brookhaven's Older Floors Need
Ninety years of wear
1920s-40s bungalows in Historic Brookhaven and Ashford Park with original narrow-strip oak and heart pine, plus newer infill and townhomes.
1920s-40s bungalow floors
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Original narrow-strip oak, denser and slower-grown than modern stock, ambered to a color new oak will not match. These refinish beautifully when there is thickness left, and we check that before quoting rather than after.
Additions meeting original floors
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Renovation work where new wood has to meet ninety-year-old material at a doorway. Reclaimed sourcing, running to a natural break, or refinishing everything together. We will say which is realistic before you commit.
Infill and townhome engineered work
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Newer construction alongside the historic stock. Engineered floors needing wear-layer measurement before any sanding is quoted, and luxury vinyl plank where a lower level has taken water.
What Brookhaven Homeowners Say About TriArt
In their words
Where We Work in Brookhaven
We work across every Brookhaven neighborhood. These are the areas our crews are in most often, with the work we are usually called for in each:
Questions From Brookhaven Homeowners
Old-house concerns
Can the original oak in a 1930s Brookhaven bungalow still be sanded?
Often yes, and those floors are usually worth the effort. The limit is thickness above the tongue rather than age. Nail heads showing at the surface or gaps where the tongue sits in the groove mean the floor has had its last pass. We measure during the estimate rather than guessing from the build date.
Our floors are narrow-strip oak. Is that harder to refinish?
Not harder, but different. Narrow boards mean more seams per square foot and more edge work, and the older denser wood sands more slowly than modern stock. It also takes finish beautifully, which is why these floors are worth the extra care.
How do we know if our floor has been sanded before?
Nail heads visible at the surface and gaps where the tongue sits in the groove are the two clear signs a floor is near its limit. Nobody has records on a ninety-year-old house, so we measure during the estimate rather than assuming.
We have heart pine in part of the house. Can that be refinished too?
Yes. Heart pine is softer than oak and takes stain unevenly, so we usually recommend a clear or very light finish and let the grain carry the room. It shows dents more readily than oak, which is worth knowing before choosing it for a high-traffic area.
Can you work around us living in the house?
Yes. We seal off work zones and stage the project so a bedroom and bathroom stay reachable. Furniture returns 48 to 72 hours after the final coat in each area. Pets should be elsewhere during finishing.
Do older Brookhaven homes have anything unusual under the floor?
Often, yes. Houses from the twenties and thirties frequently have plank subfloors rather than plywood, sometimes laid diagonally, and condition varies house to house. We check during the estimate rather than discovering it once the old floor is up. As a licensed Georgia general contractor (RBCO008240) we can carry that work through if the subfloor needs attention.
