What is the most important part of a flooring job?

The subfloor. A floor fails from underneath — a lump telegraphs through vinyl, a low spot leaves a hollow that cracks tile grout, and a wet slab buckles wood. We spend real time flattening, drying and securing what is under the floor, because the finish only lasts if the base is right.

Should I replace my old hardwood or refinish it?

If the existing wood is solid and thick enough to sand, refinishing almost always costs less and lasts longer than covering it with new flooring. We check the boards before you spend money replacing something that only needs sanding and a new finish. Covering good hardwood with vinyl is usually the wrong call.

Can I put hardwood on a concrete slab?

Engineered hardwood can go over a slab once it passes a moisture test, because its layered construction handles the moisture concrete gives off. Solid hardwood cannot be fastened to concrete directly; it needs a wood subfloor or sleepers built over the slab first, which raises the floor and adds cost. On a slab, engineered or vinyl is usually the better call.

Which floor holds up best in Georgia humidity?

Vinyl plank and tile do not care about humidity and are the safe choice over slabs, in basements and in wet areas. Engineered hardwood is stable enough for most of the house. Solid hardwood is fine in conditioned rooms over a wood subfloor but moves the most with the seasons, so it needs the acclimation and gaps done right.

How long does new flooring take?

A single room is often a day or two. A main level is usually several days, more if the old floor fights coming up, the subfloor needs repair, or wood has to acclimate first. Tile adds time for mortar and grout to cure. We give you a schedule after we see what is under the existing floor.

Flooring Installation in Brookhaven, GA

Brookhaven homeowners often have better floors than they realize. Prewar houses in Historic Brookhaven usually have oak or heart pine that can be refinished or extended, and the 1940s and 50s cottages in Drew Valley and Ashford Park commonly have oak strip under carpet or vinyl. When a second story or rear addition goes on, new floors have to match the old in height and direction. Tell us about your project below.

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Flooring Installation for Brookhaven homes

Historic Brookhaven, listed on the National Register in 1986, holds houses built from 1910 to 1941, mostly Colonial and Georgian Revival with Tudor, Dutch Colonial and Spanish Revival mixed in, several by Atlanta firms such as Hentz, Reid and Adler, plus postwar ranches set between them. Expect plaster walls, old-growth framing, and wood windows and trim with many layers of paint. Ashford Park, Drew Valley and Skyland Park are mostly 1940s and 50s cottages, brick bungalows and ranches on generous lots, and the lots now carry the value, so a common project is a second-story addition or a teardown with new construction beside a neighbor's original house. Brookhaven Fields and Brookhaven Heights sit on narrower lots. Lynwood Park, historically an African American neighborhood of wood and cinderblock houses, now mixes those with new craftsman-style builds. Up north near Murphey Candler and Blackburn parks, the 60s two-story colonials are ready for their first real kitchen and bath remodels.

Areas we work in Brookhaven

Historic Brookhaven
Ashford Park
Drew Valley
Brookhaven Fields
Lynwood Park
Skyland Park

Near Oglethorpe University, Murphey Candler Park, Blackburn Park and across the rest of Brookhaven.

New hardwood flooring laid around white square columns, bare subfloor still showing in the next room — Photos from recent WS Painting & Remodeling jobs across the metro.

Empty room with new wood-look plank flooring, two-tone beige walls and a chair rail — Photos from recent WS Painting & Remodeling jobs across the metro.

Flooring Installation on Brookhaven houses

Brookhaven floors often tell you the age of the house. Prewar houses in Historic Brookhaven usually have original oak or heart pine floors that can be refinished, patched with matching wood or extended into an addition. The 1940s and 50s cottages in Drew Valley and Ashford Park commonly have oak strip floors, sometimes hidden under carpet or vinyl. Additions and second stories bring new subfloors that have to meet old floors cleanly. In 60s colonials near Murphey Candler, there is usually hardwood under carpet upstairs and tile or vinyl in kitchens.

What usually gets missed

Where a second story or rear addition meets an original Drew Valley or Ashford Park room, the mistake is laying new boards that sit higher than the old floor or run the other way, leaving a ridge or an odd seam at the doorway. Over a damp crawlspace, new hardwood can also cup within a season. We check crawlspace moisture and measure the existing floor height before choosing a product.

On a Brookhaven job we check

Check crawlspace moisture before installing hardwood
Match the height and direction of old floors in additions
Look under carpet and vinyl for original oak strip

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What the job actually involves

A floor is only as good as what it sits on. Most of a flooring job is the part you never see — checking the subfloor for flatness, moisture and movement, and fixing it — because that is what decides whether the finished floor stays flat, quiet and tight instead of cupping, gapping or squeaking in a year or two.

We install laminate, luxury vinyl plank, engineered and solid hardwood, and tile, matched to the room: vinyl or tile over slabs, basements and wet areas, hardwood in conditioned living space, with the underlayment and transitions the material calls for. We do not pair a good floor with the thinnest underlayment to shave the quote, because that is where noise and early wear come from.

How we run a flooring installation job in Brookhaven

1

Pull back a corner and see what is really there

Before anything is ordered we lift a corner of the existing carpet or flooring to see the subfloor, the height against the next room, and whether the house is on a slab or a crawlspace. What is under the floor, not the sample in the showroom, decides what can go down and what prep it needs.
2

Test for moisture and check the subfloor

Slabs and crawlspace subfloors are checked for moisture before any wood or vinyl is committed, because flooring laid over a wet base fails no matter how well it is installed. We also check the subfloor for flatness and for loose, soft or squeaking spots, and note the height difference into every adjoining room.
3

Fix and flatten the subfloor

High and low spots are ground down or filled with leveling compound, loose panels are refastened to the joists, and soft or water-damaged decking is cut out and replaced. On a crawlspace house a ground vapor barrier is part of keeping the new floor dry. This step is skipped on cheap jobs and is the reason they fail.
4

Acclimate the material

Wood and some vinyl are brought into the actual rooms and left to reach the home humidity before a board goes down. In a Georgia summer that matters: material installed straight off the truck swells or shrinks to the room later and opens gaps or buckles. We measure it rather than guess.
5

Lay the floor and handle transitions

The floor goes down by the method the material calls for — nail, glue, or floating click — with the right underlayment under it. Thresholds and transitions into tile, other rooms and stair nosings are cut so there is no trip edge, and doors are undercut so they still swing.
6

Trim, clean and walk it

Shoe molding or base is set to cover the expansion gap, seams and transitions are checked, and the floor is cleaned. We walk it with you in good light, looking for lifted edges, hollow spots and anything that catches, and work a punch list before it is closed out.

What moves the price

We will not quote Brookhaven blind over the phone — these are the things we look at on site that decide the number.

What is under the existing floor. Carpet over sound plywood pulls up easily; tile or glued vinyl, or a bad subfloor found underneath, adds removal and prep that a showroom quote never includes.
Material class. Laminate and vinyl plank sit at the low end, engineered hardwood and tile in the middle, and solid site-finished hardwood or natural stone at the top.
Subfloor repair and leveling. Grinding high spots, filling low ones, replacing soft decking, or adding a crawlspace vapor barrier is priced once the old floor is up.
Slab versus crawlspace. A slab limits solid hardwood and may need moisture control; a crawlspace can need subfloor and vapor work before new flooring goes down.
Square footage, and how cut-up the space is. Closets, angles, stairs and lots of doorways slow a job and add transitions and waste.
Stairs, patterns and transitions. Stair treads, diagonal or herringbone tile, and tying several finishes together at thresholds all add labor over a plain straight-lay field.

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From a flooring installation customer

“This time it was a deck project as well as a full front door replacement. … Most importantly if there is something that is not to your liking, he will make it right. Not the norm in the contractor world.”

Grant Segal
Deck and front door replacement
February 2026

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Flooring Installation in Brookhaven — questions we get asked

What is the most important part of a flooring job?: The subfloor. A floor fails from underneath — a lump telegraphs through vinyl, a low spot leaves a hollow that cracks tile grout, and a wet slab buckles wood. We spend real time flattening, drying and securing what is under the floor, because the finish only lasts if the base is right.
Should I replace my old hardwood or refinish it?: If the existing wood is solid and thick enough to sand, refinishing almost always costs less and lasts longer than covering it with new flooring. We check the boards before you spend money replacing something that only needs sanding and a new finish. Covering good hardwood with vinyl is usually the wrong call.
Can I put hardwood on a concrete slab?: Engineered hardwood can go over a slab once it passes a moisture test, because its layered construction handles the moisture concrete gives off. Solid hardwood cannot be fastened to concrete directly; it needs a wood subfloor or sleepers built over the slab first, which raises the floor and adds cost. On a slab, engineered or vinyl is usually the better call.
Which floor holds up best in Georgia humidity?: Vinyl plank and tile do not care about humidity and are the safe choice over slabs, in basements and in wet areas. Engineered hardwood is stable enough for most of the house. Solid hardwood is fine in conditioned rooms over a wood subfloor but moves the most with the seasons, so it needs the acclimation and gaps done right.
How long does new flooring take?: A single room is often a day or two. A main level is usually several days, more if the old floor fights coming up, the subfloor needs repair, or wood has to acclimate first. Tile adds time for mortar and grout to cure. We give you a schedule after we see what is under the existing floor.

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