Southern California Flooring and Installation
Top Questions to Ask Before Installation New Floors
Shopping for a San Diego Flooring Company can be confusing and time consuming. It can also be expensive if you do not take the time to compare quotes and products. We recommend asking the following questions when reviewing quotes.
Questions:
1. Are you licensed?
2. Are you insured?
3. Do you have referrals or testimonials?
4. Do you have a design/show room professional on staff?
5. Does your installation team thoroughly clean when done?
6. What type of guarantees or warrantees exist with my installation?
You can expect to get a wide range of responses from asking these questions. A warm response to these questions is a good sign. Even if a San Diego Flooring company doesn’t meet all of these requirements, a warm response will most likely mean that they take your concerns into consideration. If you get a cold response, your potential installer has something to hide. Maybe they are not insured, or have a bad track record.
The next step to take is to check the San Diego Flooring Company website for each company you review. Often times, a company’s attention to detail will reflect among all aspects of their company inclulding their website. Ask the following questions when reviewing a flooring company website.
1. Do they provide a quick and easy way to contact their office?
2. Do they have customer testimonials testifying to their good work?
3. Do they have products that I can preview before setting up a meeting or asking for a price quote?
4. Do they offer any discounts if I get an online quote?
Luckily, in this day and age, finding and comparing reputable flooring companies is easier than ever with the use of search engines. If you are in San Diego make sure to check out http://www.legacywholesaleflooring.com for some of the best selection at wholesale prices. We offer expert installation, and thorough clean up when installation is complete
San Diego Tile Flooring
Before attempting to install tile yourself, consider getting a quote from a professional San Diego Tile Flooring company. You may find that the installation price is a great value when you consider the quality of work you will be getting and the time you could be saving. Tile flooring is one of the most durable flooring products you can install in your home. It is long lasting, easy to install, and the variety of tiles allows for an unlimited amount of patterns to choose from. Tiles can be categorized in various different categories, one of which is ceramic. Ceramic tiles are earthen (clay) tiles allowed to kiln dry. These ceramic tiles can be glazed or unglazed.
Glazed tiles are generally reserved for counter-tops, walls, and other places that may require ease of cleaning, but are not recommended for floors, where their desired shine may become slippery when wet.
Unglazed tiles are great for any application, the lack of glaze allows for the natural beauty of the tile to show, and offer a higher level of slip protection safety than glazed tiles. Unglazed tiles will have to be protected against moisture with a sealant.
Other types of tile include brick and cement tiles. Each has a purpose depending on the type of floor needed. These types of tile are great for outdoor use, or semi-outdoor spaces such as patios and decks. Additionally, these tiles may also be color treated to enhance their design versatility. The type of tiles you are likely to use will depend on the type of room, and the needs of those using these rooms.
If you are placing tiles in your bathroom, consider a tile that has an anti-slip treatment. These tiles are treated to roughen the surface, allowing for a slip-resistant surface when wet. Make sure your tiles are also treated to lock out moisture. Un-sealed tile can allow water to penetrate into your floors and walls, and can lead to mold, rot, or mildew. These tiles are also great for the kitchen where food, water, and oils can often spill onto the floor.
Tile flooring is not just for the kitchen and bathroom, it also looks great when used throughout your home or in combination with different types of floors. It is not uncommon to see a home that uses both tile and hardwood flooring, and even carpets. When planning on mixing and matching floors throughout your home, be sure to contact your San Diego Flooring expert, Legacy Flooring. Our design professionals can create a flooring plan with materials that complement each other, so your home maintains a unified look, regardless of the type of flooring you choose.
San Diego Carpet Installation | Legacy Flooring
The installation of a new carpet can give life to any room. It is one of the easiest ways to improve a home’s look and feel. There are various different carpets to choose from ranging from value brands to high quality brands. The price difference will usually reflect in the lifespan of the carpet. Higher quality fibers will generally last longer, and will be able to handle more traffic. High quality carpets will usually have a denser fiber per square inch ratio than value brands, allowing for more wear and tear resistance. Take into consideration your needs before considering your budget. Does your home experience high traffic? Do you expect to have your carpets for a long time? If you answered yes to any of these questions, a high quality carpet may be required, and you may need to increase your budget if you were considering a value brand.
Quality carpets will usually cost more to install for several reasons. The carpet itself will be more expensive coming from the factory because it costs more to produce. More material and time go into creating a quality carpet than a value carpet. Secondly, your installer may take the additional weight and volume into consideration when arranging the delivery and installation of your carpet. More than one trip may be necessary, and additional staff may need to be hired.
Although carpet installation cost will depend on the quality of the brand, cost may also reflect the amount of work for the removal of your old carpet. If you did not have carpet before, you may not have to worry about this cost, unless your floor needs any treatment or repairs before installing the new carpet. This cost will usually cover the removal and disposal of the old carpet. Your installer will also need to thoroughly clean the floors to remove all of the dust that may have collected beneath your carpets over the years. If you perform these tasks before hand, disposing of the carpet on your own, may save you money, but considering the time, the hard work, and the possible dumping fees, the additional cost added by your installer for removal and disposal of your old carpet may be well worth it.
This is not to say that a value brand carpet is not for you. If your carpets are not expected to receive a high amount of traffic, or if you plan to keep up with cleaning and maintenance, a value carpet may be a great choice for you. Be sure to consult a professional installation expert for advice. Inform them of your expectations, and your budget. According to your budget, your flooring expert can recommend the right floor for you.
If you live in San Diego and are considering Carpet Installation, consider getting a quote from a San Diego Flooring Company, Legacy Flooring. Legacy Flooring is a professional flooring installer specializing in carpeting, hardwood flooring, tile flooring, laminate, and commercial vinyl flooring.
Pro Flooring San Diego
All homes have a few things in common, one of which is the need for good floors. Good floors can make a huge difference in your home and can give you the ability to change the entire look of your home easily and effectively. If you have good floors installed, you probably had them installed by a pro flooring company.
You may have never considered your floors as “good floors” and perhaps you have never had any reason to think twice about your installation, but if you have bad floors, you have most likely known about it because you notice the small imperfections that are trademark of a bad flooring job. Perhaps your tiles are uneven. You can see the corners of some sticking up higher than the others. Perhaps you have dried grout stains or thick areas that have permanently dried over your tiles or in hard to reach corners. Maybe your hardwood floors have loose nails, or glue stains have long dried on your fine floors. Perhaps you have badly cut tiles with jagged edges. Worst yet, you may be victim of crooked placement, causing crooked lines throughout your home. There exists countless of horror stories about bad floor installation jobs. Most of these bad floors were the cause of a home owner looking to save money by cutting corners and either attempting the installation themselves, or by hiring a non-professional company or individual to perform the installation. The result of many of these jobs is an unhappy home owner, who will eventually spend twice as much time and money trying to fix the bad installation sometime in the future.
As a Professional Flooring company we not only ensure that your flooring job is professional and complete with great attention to detail, but we also maintain a clean work environment to keep the rest of your home clean during the time we spend in your home. Contact us today to get a free price quote.
Pre-Finished VS On-Site Finishing | San Diego Wood Flooring
If you are thinking about installing brand new hardwood flooring, know the difference between pre-finished hardwood and on-site finishing. Choosing the right one can make the difference between a perfectly even finish, and ease of maintenance.
Hardwood floors are great for any home. They are tough, durable, and look great. When properly maintained, hardwood floors can last a lifetime. One of the reasons that hardwood floors are so durable is the coating that provides a protective layer. There are several protective lacquers that can be applied to hardwood floors to make them shine, and highlight the natural beauty of your floors. These lacquers differ in chemical composition and thus vary in strength, shine, and thickness.
For a long time, lacquers were applied on top of new floors. This required a lot of sanding, applications, dry time, re-applications, and further dry time. The total process often required 3-7 days to complete, and the resulting quality of the finish often varied on conditions such as dust and climate. Additionally On-site finishing required the closure of the room or home from traffic until the entire dry time had been completed. This burden led to advances in pre-finished hardwood directly from the factory.
Under highly controlled conditions, manufacturers are able to evenly coat each hardwood plank with just the right amount of lacquer. These controlled, dust free conditions are ideal for consistency throughout the product. Installing pre-finished hardwood planks will allow the consumer to completely skip the entire application/drying process, and keeps the consumer’s home from being closed off for an extended period of time. Furthermore, if a plank gets damaged, replacing the damaged plank is a lot easier. The plank can be cut out and replaced by a new plank. Since each plank was lacquered under the same conditions, the match will be nearly perfect, and nobody will be able to tell that a plank was replaced. Floors that have not been pre-finished will require a lengthy sanding, application, and drying process whose conditions are difficult to match with the original, often resulting in uneven shine, color, or tone.
When installing new floors, consider whether you require pre-finished wood or on-site wood finishing. The choice can make a big difference in installation time, cost, quality, and ease of maintenance. Although it seems that pre-finished wood would obviously be the best choice for you, certain floors will require manual, on-site finishing. Be sure to consult with your San Diego Flooring company to find out which is the best choice for you.
WE are Legacy Flooring, we are a San Diego Flooring company dedicated to professional installation and finishing of wood flooring, tile flooring, carpeting, laminate flooring, and commercial vinyl flooring. Contact us today to get a price quote for your home or business.
