Refinishing
Sanding, staining, and finishing that lifts years of surface wear and brings existing hardwood back to life.
Refinishing
Services
Hardwood floor installation.
New hardwood floors installed in homes and businesses across Nassau and Suffolk County, with careful attention to transitions, adjoining rooms, and the details that make a finished floor look like it belongs to the house.
The Floorman of Islip installs solid hardwood in a range of species, widths, stains, and finishes. Andy walks you through the options in person and helps you land on a floor that suits the house, the way the room gets used, and the look you want when the job is done.
Choosing your floor
Species, width, grade, stain, and finish each shape how a hardwood floor looks and how it wears.
Red oak has been a Long Island favorite for generations — durable, versatile, and it takes stain beautifully — and it is one of many woods Andy installs. He will show you plank widths, colors, and finishes in the room they are going into, so you can see how each option reads against your walls, your light, and the furniture already in the house.
Floors are sanded and finished in place, which lets the color and sheen be dialed in to the room. Sanding is done with a dust-free system that keeps the air clear while the work is happening, and the finishes Andy uses are low-odor and low-VOC, so the house stays comfortable. Homes with pets can have an extra coat added for durability.
Floors that run clean through the whole house
Additions, renovations, and earlier construction often leave adjoining rooms sitting at slightly different heights. Blending those heights so the finished floor reads as one continuous surface is craft work, and it is where forty-five years on Long Island houses shows.
One customer had several extensions added to his home over the years. In his words, new red oak was run through the whole space and you cannot tell where one floor height meets the next.
Doorways and transitions get the same care — the floor should carry your eye from room to room in one clean line.
What installation looks like
It starts with Andy at your house. He looks at the rooms, the existing flooring, the transitions, and anything else that shapes the job, then sits down with you and gives you a written price for the work. Customers regularly note that moderate surprises uncovered during a job do not turn into surprise charges.
From there, Andy and his crew handle the work: pulling up existing flooring where needed, laying the hardwood with close attention to alignment and transitions, and sanding and finishing in place. Andy stays involved throughout, and the space is left clean when the job is done.
Using the room again
When the finish goes down, you get real numbers rather than a range.
In most cases you can walk on the floor within 8 hours. Furniture can come back after 48. Andy will tell you if anything about your particular job or your particular finish shifts those windows, and what to watch for during the first couple of days.
Hardwood built for everyday life
Hardwood has stayed popular for generations because it earns its place: durable, easy to maintain, and at home in almost any style of house. Years down the road it can be sanded and refinished, so the same floor keeps going through several rounds of everyday life.
A well-installed hardwood floor holds up for decades and keeps looking like part of the house.
Tell us about your floor.
Replacing an old floor, putting hardwood into a renovation or addition, or carrying it into another part of the house — the first step is the same. Andy comes out, looks at the space, talks through the options with you, and gives you a written price.
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Other things we do.
Repair
Damaged boards and sections repaired or replaced and matched as closely as possible to the existing floor.
RepairCustom colors and patterns
Custom stains, borders, inlays, transitions, and layouts for projects that call for something beyond a standard installation.
Custom colors and patternsVinyl
Durable vinyl flooring built for kitchens, baths, basements, and other rooms that see moisture and heavy traffic.
VinylWood laminate
Laminate flooring that delivers the look of wood at a friendlier price point, with a hard-wearing surface built for busy rooms.
Wood laminateCommercial
Offices, retail, lobbies, and school buildings, with materials matched to the traffic and work scheduled around your calendar.
Commercial