Hardwood Flooring Installation
Solid and engineered hardwood, stair treads and risers, and light commercial floors, laid over a subfloor we have metered.
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Wilmington NC hardwood flooring
Hardwood Flooring Wilmington NC | Floors Built for the Cape Fear Coast
Hardwood flooring in Wilmington by Wilmington NC Hardwood Flooring covers every phase of the work, from solid and engineered installation to dustless sanding, refinishing, staining, board replacement and water damage restoration. We meter every subfloor and test every slab before we quote, because on this coast the floor that fails is almost always the one nobody measured. Whether you are putting wood down for the first time, reviving a floor that has been under carpet for thirty years, or fixing boards that cup every August, we start with a reading rather than a guess.
With over 15 years of experience and more than 4,500 completed flooring projects across New Hanover, Brunswick and Pender counties, we install oak, maple, hickory, walnut and reclaimed heart pine from Mohawk, Shaw, Bruce, Mullican and Anderson Tuftex, and finish on site with Bona Traffic HD, Pallmann and Loba. Our crews sand with Lagler Hummel and Trio machines on HEPA containment, seal your HVAC returns before the first machine runs, and hold a 95% customer satisfaction rate on completed work.
15+Years experience
4,500+Projects completed
95%Satisfaction rate
3Counties covered
Hardwood Flooring Wilmington NC
Wilmington NC Hardwood Flooring provides residential and commercial wood flooring services across New Hanover, Brunswick and Pender counties, including hardwood floor installation, dustless sanding and refinishing, screen and recoat, hardwood floor staining and colour matching, board replacement and structural repair, subfloor repair and levelling, water damage restoration, historic heart pine restoration, herringbone and parquet pattern installation, stair tread and riser fitting, and engineered wood flooring over concrete slab.
We work in oak, maple, hickory, walnut, cherry and reclaimed heart pine, supplied through Horizon Forest Products and carrying Mohawk, Shaw, Bruce, Mullican, Anderson Tuftex, Palmetto Road and Coretec, finished on site with Bona Traffic HD, Pallmann and Loba waterborne systems or Rubio Monocoat hardwax oil. Every job is sanded with Lagler Hummel and Trio machines running into HEPA dust containment.
Wilmington is not a hard place to lay a wood floor. It is a hard place to lay one that is still flat in five years. The region takes around 60 inches of rain a year, morning humidity averages 85%, and most houses here sit over a crawl space. That is why we meter the subfloor and check the crawl space before we quote, and why we will tell you when the fix is a dehumidifier rather than a new floor.
Our Hardwood Flooring Services in Wilmington
Hardwood Flooring Refinishing
Dustless sanding, staining, screen and recoat, and full refinishing with Bona and Pallmann waterborne systems.
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Hardwood Flooring Repair
Cupping, crowning, squeaks, gaps, board replacement, subfloor repair and levelling, diagnosed before they are priced.
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Water Damage Restoration
Burst pipes, appliance leaks and storm water. Controlled drying, daily moisture logs, and board replacement where needed.
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Historic Floor Restoration
Original heart pine in the historic district, Carolina Place, Sunset Park, Southport and Burgaw, restored rather than replaced.
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Herringbone, Parquet & Inlay
Herringbone, chevron, basketweave parquet, borders, feature strips and cut-in medallions, set out from a centre line.
Read moreWhy We're The Right Flooring Contractor In Wilmington
- Over 15 years of experience installing, sanding and restoring wood floors on the Cape Fear coast
- Over 4,500 residential and commercial flooring projects completed across the region
- 95% of past clients say they would recommend us to friends and family
- Dust containment on every machine, the edger included, at no extra charge, with HVAC returns sealed before sanding starts
- Moisture readings taken with Delmhorst and Wagner meters on the estimate visit, written onto the quote and yours to keep
- Solid, engineered, reclaimed and pattern floors all handled in house, with no subcontracting
- Finishes from Bona, Pallmann, Loba and Rubio Monocoat, and flooring from Mohawk, Shaw, Bruce, Mullican and Anderson Tuftex
- Free written, itemised quotes separating material, preparation, labour and finishing
- Same-week availability for most repair and recoat call-outs
- Serving New Hanover, Brunswick and Pender counties, from Figure Eight Island south to Oak Island and inland to Burgaw
Areas We Serve Around Wilmington
From the historic district and midtown Wilmington out to the barrier islands, west of the river into Brunswick County, and north into Pender. The housing changes sharply across that area and so does the work: heart pine over brick piers downtown, elevated construction at the beaches, and slab on grade in Brunswick Forest and Compass Pointe.
We also cover Ogden, Murrayville, Castle Hayne, Porters Neck, Middle Sound, Monkey Junction, Landfall, Figure Eight Island, Kure Beach, Belville, Navassa, Burgaw, Wallace, Rocky Point, Topsail and Surf City.
What Makes A Wilmington Floor Different
A wood floor in Wilmington is not the same job as a wood floor in Charlotte, and the difference is not the wood. It is the air. Morning relative humidity on this coast sits around 85% for most of the year, the dew point stays above 70°F through the summer, and a wood floor wants 30 to 50%. Every flooring failure we are called out to fix here lives somewhere in that gap.
Wood moves with moisture, across the grain far more than along it. Take a white oak board from 7% moisture content in February to 12% in August and it grows measurably in width. Multiply that across a room and the floor has nowhere to go, so the edges lift and you get cupping. Dry it hard in winter with the heating on and it shrinks back, leaving gaps you can put a coin in. The boards are doing exactly what wood does; what changed was the house around them.
Which is why we start under the floor rather than on it. A vented crawl space with a torn vapour barrier will keep a subfloor at 18% and above all summer, and no amount of sanding will hold a floor flat over it. A slab in Brunswick County can read dry on the surface and still be driving vapour upwards at a rate that will debond glued engineered inside two years. Both are measurable before anyone commits to anything, and neither is visible from standing height in a living room.
How We Quote, Start To Finish
Four steps, no deposit until the scope is agreed in writing, and the readings are yours whether or not you use us.
A call back the same business day
Often we can answer half of it on the phone. Whether a recoat will do instead of a full sand, whether an engineered floor is thick enough to refinish at all, and whether it is worth waiting until after the kitchen goes in.
A survey of about thirty minutes
Moisture readings at several points in every room, on the floor and the subfloor, with ambient temperature and humidity logged alongside them. A flatness check across the span. A crawl space inspection where there is one, or an in-situ RH probe where there is a slab.
A written, itemised scope
Material, preparation, labour and finishing on separate lines, with the readings attached. Anything genuinely unknown until we open the floor is written down as an unknown with a rate against it, so a surprise is a known price rather than a renegotiation.
The work, by the crew who surveyed it
No subcontracting. Containment up and HVAC returns sealed before the first machine runs, a walk-through in raking light at the end, and labelled offcuts from your own run left with you for future repairs.
Hardwood Flooring Questions
Do you charge for an estimate?
No. Estimates are free and written, across all three counties, and the visit includes moisture readings and a substrate assessment you keep either way.
Does my floor need replacing or refinishing?
Refinishing, far more often than not. Replacement is genuinely rare. We measure the wear layer remaining above the tongue before recommending anything, and plenty of floors only need a screen and recoat.
How soon can you start?
Repairs and recoats are usually within the same week. Full installations and whole-house refinishing need more lead time, particularly in the shoulder seasons when rental property work concentrates at the beaches.
Is dust containment included?
Yes, on every sanding job at no extra charge. Every machine runs into HEPA collection, the edger included, and we seal HVAC returns in the work area beforehand.
Do you serve the beaches and outlying towns?
Yes. Throughout New Hanover, Brunswick and Pender counties, from Figure Eight Island south to Oak Island and inland as far as Burgaw and Wallace.
What brands do you work with?
Mohawk, Shaw, Bruce, Mullican, Anderson Tuftex and Palmetto Road for flooring, Coretec where a waterproof core is wanted, and Bona, Pallmann, Loba and Rubio Monocoat for finishes.
Let's look at your floor
Free written estimates across the Cape Fear region, including moisture readings and a substrate assessment you keep either way.