Flooring, Drywall & Interior Finishes in Woodland Hills
Flooring and drywall for Woodland Hills homes, starting with a look at the oak under old carpet and whether it can be refinished and woven into an addition.
Is there oak under the carpet, and is it worth saving? That gets answered in a Woodland Hills closet, where lifting a corner does no harm. Solid oak with enough thickness above the tongue can be refinished and carried into a new addition by weaving in matching boards. Thickness, fasteners and damp spots are checked before anyone says yes, and before the addition floor is framed.
Reading what is under the carpet
Tack strip along the walls and staples in the field come out cleanly from most oak. What matters is how much wood remains above the tongue after past refinishing, which a pulled floor register or a lifted board at a doorway shows. Pet stains that went black have usually reached the wood fiber, and those boards get replaced. Gaps, cupping or a soft spot point to moisture below, so the crawlspace or slab is checked before any plan is made.
Weaving old oak into new rooms
When an addition joins a room with a saved oak floor, new boards of the same species and width are laced into the old ones at the doorway, staggered so no straight line forms. The whole floor, old and new, is then refinished together with a single stain and topcoat, so color and sheen agree across the opening. If the addition sits on a slab, an engineered oak with the same face width can be glued down and blended the same way.
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They can, and a saved oak floor makes it easier. The addition's subfloor is built to the height of the existing boards, then new oak is woven in at the doorway and the whole area refinished as one. Where the old floor is too thin to keep, a fresh floor laid across both rooms joins them.
Yes, in most cases. Knockdown, orange peel and smooth walls are copied on a loose piece of board first, then compared side by side with the existing finish. If the walls prove to be plaster, a skim coat brings the repair level with the surface around it.
Each way is possible. Refinishing a floor or patching and painting walls can be quoted on its own, or carried inside an addition proposal and timed after framing and inspections. Saving the existing oak and weaving in new boards appears as a separate item, so you can compare it with a full replacement.
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