Kirkwood oak, revived
Flooring installation in Kirkwood, MO
Hardwood, LVP, tile, carpet and laminate for Kirkwood homes, plus the dustless refinishing that brings century-old oak back. Veteran-owned, free measure.
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Kirkwood does not have one kind of house, and that changes how we work. Walk the blocks around Argonne Drive and Woodlawn Avenue and you find 1900s Victorians and foursquares with quarter-sawn white oak hiding under the carpet. Head toward Osage Hills or Westchester and it is 1950s ranches on two-and-a-quarter-inch red oak strip. Then there are the rebuilds, where a small ranch came down and a large new house went up in its place. We measure and price those three jobs differently, because they are not the same job.
More than half of what we do in Kirkwood starts with a floor that is already there. A homeowner pulls up wall-to-wall carpet in a Tudor off Geyer Road and finds oak in better shape than expected. Our refinishing crew sands dustless, tests stain samples on your own boards while you watch, and sends photos as the coats go down. Will, John and Bobby have talked plenty of Kirkwood owners out of replacing a floor that only needed sanding. That is the cheaper answer, and around here it is usually the right one.
Missouri weather is hard on wood. July dew points sit in the seventies, January runs dry, and boards move both ways. We acclimate material inside the house before a single plank is fastened, and we leave real expansion gaps at the walls behind the base shoe. Basements are their own conversation in Kirkwood, especially down toward Marshall Road and Greentree Park where the Meramec bottoms are close. Waterproof plank and tile belong down there. Dale started Veteran Flooring in 2015, and our Maryland Heights showroom is about fifteen minutes from downtown Kirkwood.
Hardwood flooring in Kirkwood, MO
Kirkwood has more original oak per block than almost anywhere in St. Louis County. When it can be saved, we sand and refinish it, dustless, with the stain matched to what you already have in the next room. When it cannot be saved, we install solid or engineered oak, maple and walnut, stair treads included. Older homes near the station usually sit on diagonal pine subfloor over joists, which takes nails well. Refinishing runs $3.50 to $6 a square foot; new solid hardwood runs $9 to $16 installed.
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Luxury vinyl plank in Kirkwood, MO
Waterproof plank is the answer for Kirkwood basements, mudrooms and kitchens in houses where the laundry sits below grade. It handles a wet dog, a burst supply line, and the salt and slush that come off a Kirkwood driveway in January. We carry rigid-core lines with attached pad and real wear layers, not the thin flexible stuff. On a 1950s ranch or a poured basement floor, flatness matters more than the plank does, so we grind and level first. Installed, expect $5 to $10 a square foot.
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Tile flooring in Kirkwood, MO
Tile earns its keep in Kirkwood entries, baths and lower levels. A Victorian near Adams Avenue with a springy joist bay needs stiffening and an uncoupling membrane before a single large-format piece goes down, or the grout will tell on us within a year. We set porcelain, natural stone and mosaic, and we do wall tile in showers and backsplashes. Pattern and prep drive the price more than the tile does. Installed, Kirkwood tile work generally lands between $8 and $18 a square foot.
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Carpet installation in Kirkwood, MO
Carpet still makes sense in bedrooms, on stairs, and in finished lower levels where a family actually lives. Kirkwood's older houses have narrow, turned stair runs and heavy trim, so we template rather than guess. Downstairs, carpet tile is worth a look where water has come in before, since you replace the wet squares instead of the room. We haul the old carpet and pad away the same day. Installed with new pad, carpet runs $2.75 to $7.50 a square foot; stairs are $60 to $150 a tread.
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Laminate flooring in Kirkwood, MO
Laminate is the budget-conscious floor that still looks right in a Kirkwood rental, a rec room, or a house being readied to sell. Today's boards have deep embossing and hard wear layers, and the good ones take dog claws better than a soft oil finish ever will. It is not the choice for a basement that has taken water, since that is an LVP or tile job, but above grade it holds up for years. Installed with underlayment and trim, laminate runs $4 to $8 a square foot.
Learn moreWhere we work in Kirkwood, MO
Downtown Kirkwood
Victorians, foursquares and upstairs apartments within walking distance of the Farmers Market and the 1893 train station on Argonne Drive. Original oak under carpet is the rule here, not the exception.
Meacham Park
Annexed by Kirkwood in 1991 and rebuilt in stretches since, so one street can hold a 1940s cottage and a house that is twenty years old. Those two get very different quotes.
Osage Hills
1950s and 60s ranches off Geyer Road, most of them on red oak strip over joists. Refinishing is usually cheaper than replacing here, and we will say so at the measure.
Greentree
Homes toward Marshall Road and Greentree Park, close enough to the Meramec bottoms that the lower level drives the decision. Waterproof plank, tile or carpet tile downstairs.
North Kirkwood
The blocks around Woodlawn and Adams Avenue up toward Glendale: Tudors, Cape Cods and steep original staircases that get templated rather than eyeballed.
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Usually, yes. We pull a corner in a closet and look at the species, the board width, and how much wear layer is left above the tongue. Most Kirkwood houses from that era have oak with plenty left to sand. Tack strip holes and a little pet staining are normal and come out. If a floor is genuinely past saving, we will tell you.
Interior flooring is normally the homeowner's call, since local review here focuses on exteriors, though it is worth checking with the city if your home carries a landmark designation. What we respect is the house itself. Near Argonne Drive we match board width and species to the original rather than laying something wider in one room, and we blend new oak into old runs at doorways.
Waterproof rigid-core LVP, tile, or carpet tile. All three survive a wet event. The plank and tile dry and stay, and carpet tile lets you pull just the squares that got soaked. We do not put laminate or solid hardwood below grade in this area. Fix the source first, then let us measure, because slab flatness drives the price downstairs.
Plan on four to six days for a typical Kirkwood main floor: sand, stain, then two or three coats with dry time in between. Most families move out for the staining and coating days or close off one room and camp there. Our sanding is dustless, so it is far cleaner than the old way, but you still want traffic off wet finish.
A real one. Erik comes out, measures every room, looks at the subfloor and the transitions, and writes one number covering tear-out, haul-away, material, prep and trim. The ranges on this page are honest starting points, not the quote. The in-home measure is free, and there is no charge if you decide to wait a season. Hearth financing is available if the timing needs help.
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