Hardwood Floor Refinishing and Installation in Kennesaw, GA
Floors We're Proud to Sign Our Name To
TriArt installs and refinishes hardwood floors across Kennesaw, including the carpet-to-hardwood conversions that make up most of what we do here. Wood floors and stairs only, no carpet, no tile, no subcontractors.
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Refinishing Builder-Grade Oak in Kennesaw
Three grits, three coats
Where there is already hardwood, Kennesaw floors are usually builder-grade red oak on a first sand. That is straightforward work and it produces the most dramatic before-and-after of any job we do, because a builder-grade floor that has never been maintained has a lot of room to improve.
We sand in three grits to bare wood, hand-work the perimeter, sample stain on your own floor, and finish in three coats. Dust is captured at the drum. Furniture returns 48 to 72 hours after the last coat, and most families stay in the house throughout.
Hardwood floor refinishing runs $3.00 to $4.00 per square foot for standard sand-and-finish. If your floor turns out to need only a recoat rather than a full sand, we will tell you that at the estimate rather than after the invoice.
Replacing Carpet With Hardwood in Kennesaw
Tack strip, staples, subfloor
Replacing main-level carpet with hardwood is the job we do most often in Kennesaw, and the part people underestimate is what happens between pulling the carpet and laying the wood.
Carpet, pad, tack strip, and several thousand staples all come out. Then the subfloor gets checked for flatness and moisture, because wood laid over an uneven subfloor telegraphs every dip and eventually produces the squeaks that turn into a service call two years later. Any dips get leveled before a board goes down.
Above grade over a wood subfloor, solid three-quarter-inch is the right product. On slab or in a basement, engineered is. Removal, prep, and haul-away are included in the quote. Full detail is on our hardwood floor installation page, and if the stairs are coming up at the same time, see carpeted stairs to hardwood.
Flooring Projects Completed Around Metro Atlanta
Shot on the job
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 We Are Called For in Kennesaw
The recurring call
1990s-2000s subdivision build-out with a high proportion of homes still converting from carpet to hardwood.
Carpet-to-hardwood conversion across the main level
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The most common Kennesaw project. Carpet, pad, tack strip, and staples out; subfloor checked for flatness and moisture; new solid oak down. Most main levels run three to five days depending on square footage and how much leveling the subfloor needs.
First sands on builder-grade red oak
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Where hardwood already exists it is usually original builder-grade red oak that has never been maintained. Full thickness above the tongue, no prior repairs, and a great deal of visible improvement available from a single sand.
Stairs done alongside the main level
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If the main floor is being redone, the staircase is worth doing in the same project. One stain batch and one crew is the only reliable way to get treads and floors to actually match. Done months apart with the same stain code, they frequently land in visibly different places. See stair and railing work.
What Kennesaw Homeowners Say About TriArt
In their words
Kennesaw Areas We Work In
We work across every Kennesaw neighborhood. These are the areas our crews are in most often, with the work we are usually called for in each:
Kennesaw Flooring Questions, Answered
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We want to replace the carpet on our main level with hardwood. What does that involve?
Carpet, pad, tack strip, and staples come out first, then the subfloor is checked for flatness and moisture and leveled where needed. New wood acclimates in the house before fastening. Most main levels run three to five days depending on square footage and subfloor condition. Removal and haul-away are included.
Can you do the stairs at the same time as the floors?
Yes, and it is the right way to do it. Treads are milled from different stock than flooring and take stain differently, so matching them is far more reliable when both are sanded and stained in the same sequence with the same batch. Done months apart, they often end up visibly different.
How much does hardwood installation cost in Kennesaw?
Material choice drives the price more than labor does. A standard red oak strip floor and a wide-plank white oak floor are different projects at different numbers. Removal, subfloor prep, layout complexity, and stairs all factor in. We measure and quote in writing with material and labor separated.
Is our subfloor going to be a problem?
Usually not, but it is not knowable until the carpet is up. We check flatness and moisture before laying anything, and level where needed. Skipping that step is the most common cause of squeaks and movement in a floor that is otherwise well installed.
How long does refinishing take?
Three to five days for most Kennesaw homes, longer if you are changing stain color since stain needs its own drying stage. Furniture returns 48 to 72 hours after the final coat.
Are you licensed and insured?
Yes. TriArt Hardwoods is a licensed Georgia general contractor, license RBCO008240, and carries insurance. The GC license matters on flooring work because subfloor and structural issues turn up more often than people expect.
What does it cost to replace carpet with hardwood in a Kennesaw home?
Material choice moves the number more than labor does, and a standard red oak strip floor and a wide-plank white oak floor are different projects. Carpet, pad, tack strip and staples come out first, then the subfloor is checked for flatness and moisture. We measure and quote in writing with material and labor separated.
