Austins Hardwood Floors Albuquerque About Us

What We Do

Detailed Flooring Types that we install, sand and finish if required.

Solid Wood Flooring

Solid wood flooring is the staple of wood flooring in North America Solid wood flooring is available Unfinished (Square Edge) or Pre-finished (Beveled or Eased Edge), in Strip (2 ¼" and 3 ¼" Wide) or in Plank (3" – 7" Wide), and in a wide variety of wood species. There are various grades available in all lines ranging from free of character and defect in the appearance of the wood (Clear or 1st Grade) to a lot of character (#2 Common or Rustic/Cabin Grade).
This style of flooring is tongue and groove on all 4 sides, and is usually random length 1'-7', with average lengths running 2'-3.5' depending on grade. A 3/4" thick solid product usually has a 5/16" wear layer above the tongue and groove with a small recess where the head of the nail or staple fits leaving you with about a ¼" of sandable hardwood. This is your wear layer. A thinner overall thickness will usually yield a thinner wear layer. The most common installation of style of flooring by fastening it using a 45 degree nailer or stapler to a plywood sub-floor.

Engineered Wood Flooring

Engineered wood flooring is a style of flooring that has a hardwood wear layer mounted on an engineered or plywood substrate. Engineered wood flooring is available Unfinished (Square Edge) or Pre-finished (Beveled/Eased Edge) in a wide variety of wood species and widths. This is a more stable option than solid wood flooring, meaning it will not shrink and expand in service as much compared to a solid piece of wood. The deciding factors on the quality of this type of product are the thickness of the hardwood wear layer, the quality and layers of the plywood substrate, and whether or not the hardwood wear layer is sliced or peeled. This style of flooring can be glued to a concrete or wood sub-floor, or fastened using a nailer or stapler to a plywood sub-floor. It can be installed on, above or below grade, and most species can be used over radiant heating systems.

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All we do is Hardwood Flooring so we can strive to always be the best in our field and stay current with new industry products, training, and techniques.

Refinishing

It is a long established fact your equipment counts that's why we only utilize the best sanding and installation equipment available to help insure a terrific looking floor every time. We also use dust containment and clean up our jobsites everyday and at Austin's we don't skip on the details..

When we refinish existing Hardwood Floors we not only trowel fill to entire floor but use only the best Water based polyurethanes available such as Bona Mega or Bona Traffic or Exterra. We also use Basic products such as Street Shoe for long lasting extremely durable finishes.

We can stain a floor any color you desire from established industry colors to custom stain colors of your choice. Our proven techniques give beautiful rich even color.

We also install a moisture barrier under every stapled down and floating floor we install at no extra charge. We are invested in in the long lasting beauty of your floor.