Dallas County, Texas
Flooring in Dallas, TX
Dallas has the best original hardwood in North Texas, and a great deal of it is still sitting under carpet. Much of our Dallas work is uncovering it and bringing it back rather than selling anyone a new floor.
About 35 minutes from our McKinney shop straight down US-75.
What we see in Dallas
What is under your Dallas carpet
The pre-war Dallas neighbourhoods — Lakewood, Greenland Hills and the M Streets, Munger Place, the older parts of Oak Cliff around Bishop Arts — were built in the 1920s and 30s on pier-and-beam foundations with narrow-strip red oak throughout. In a large share of those houses the oak is intact under carpet or a later laminate, and it has never been sanded. That is a floor worth saving.
Refinishing that oak costs meaningfully less than replacing it with a comparable new floor, and the result is better: old-growth wood is denser and tighter-grained than anything milled today. The catch is that pier-and-beam houses move. We check for deflection, soft boards and joist issues before we quote a sand, because discovering those halfway through is how a refinishing job turns into an argument.
Post-war Dallas is a different job. Preston Hollow, Lake Highlands and the North Dallas ranch stock are largely slab-on-grade, and the same slab rules apply as anywhere in North Texas — engineered wood, rigid-core LVP or porcelain, with the slab moisture-tested before glue goes down.
How we work here
What Dallas projects usually need
Dustless refinishing
Containment and vacuum-assisted sanding, so a Lakewood refinish does not put a fortnight of dust through the rest of the house.
Pier-and-beam repair
Deflection, soft boards and joist correction identified at the estimate and priced up front, not discovered mid-sand.
Period-appropriate finishes
Stain and sheen chosen to suit the age of the house. A 1928 Tudor and a 2018 spec home should not end up with the same floor.
Commercial interiors
Offices, clinics and retail build-outs across the city — polished concrete, commercial LVT and large-format porcelain.
Neighbourhoods
Where we work in Dallas
- Lakewood
- M Streets
- Preston Hollow
- Lake Highlands
- Bishop Arts
- Munger Place
- White Rock
- Kessler Park
- Casa Linda
- Vickery Place
Not listed? We cover all of Dallas County — call 469.604.5320.
Every surface
All six services, across Dallas
Most whole-home projects use more than one material. We install every surface, so transitions line up and one contractor stands behind the whole floor.
Questions
Dallas flooring questions
There is carpet in my Lakewood house. Is there hardwood under it?
In a pre-war Lakewood or M Streets house, very often yes — narrow-strip red oak was standard construction, and carpet went over it in later decades.
You can check in a closet corner or under a vent register before you call. If there is oak there, it usually runs through the whole floor. We will pull a small section at the estimate to confirm condition at no charge.
Can a floor that has already been sanded a few times be refinished again?
Usually, but it depends on how much wear layer is left above the tongue. We measure at a vent cut or a doorway rather than guessing.
If the floor is genuinely sanded out, we will tell you so and price a replacement instead. Sanding through a floor to the tongue is not recoverable, so it is not a risk worth taking on optimism.
How long does a whole-house refinish take, and can we stay in the house?
A typical Dallas whole-floor refinish runs three to five working days: sanding, staining and coats, with drying time between. The house needs to be walkable-only for part of that and furniture-free throughout.
Most clients move out for the finish coats. With waterborne finishes the smell is far milder than old oil-based products, but you still want the floor left alone while it cures.
Flooring estimates in Dallas
Free, itemised and with no travel charge. Call 469.604.5320 or send your project details and our team will follow up within one business day.