Trusted Wood Flooring Installation & Restoration Contractors in Lakewood, OH

No, you do not HAVE to remove them but we do highly recommend it if you do not plan to do any touch ups after the floors have been completed. We try our best to be careful not to scuff the shoe/baseboards with our machines or to get stain/Rubio on them, but touch ups are inevitable. We can remove them for you and put them back while also puttying holes and caulking the gap between the shoe mold and baseboards, or you can leave them on and paint them after the floors are completed. Stained shoe/baseboards are dealt with on a case by case basis, we may recommend replacing them altogether since they cannot be caulked after reinstalling.

No, fuming a floor is a complex process and is only recommended on white oak because of the level of tannens in white oak. We have successfully applied rubio fume to red oak but it tends to cause a somewhat bad reaction with some boards that don't take the fume and certain spots/areas of the wood are left looking unfinished in comparison to the rest of the floor. This can be somewhat of a big issue if the rubio oil 2c that is then applied on top is a medium-light color as those spots may not cover up completely and therefore they stick out. We also do not recommend fuming an old floor, we have had much more success and 0 issues when fume is applied to a new unfinished floor. We believe this is due to the chemical cleaners that have been used on the older floors over time and causes a bad chemical reaction, such as cleaning the floor with vinegar or murphys oil. If you are set on fuming your floor, we will do that for you but we want you to know the risks that it may not turn out 100% perfect.

We meet at our shop in Avon Lake at 7:30am to load the materials and equipment needed for the day. We leave around 8am and head your way. We usually arrive between 8:30-9:30am depending on traffic and where you are located. Our guys will also give you a call when they are on their way so you have an approximate ETA.