We pull back a small section in a low-visibility spot (usually a closet or under a heat register) before quoting anything. Takes about ten minutes. If it's there and salvageable, refinishing gets quoted separately from replacement so you can compare both.

Depends on what's down. Builder-grade laminate in a 12-year-old home is usually near the end of its realistic lifespan, especially in kitchens and entries. If it's engineered hardwood, it's often fine with a refinish instead of a full replacement.

Yes. Pre-1980 homes usually need more subfloor prep time built into the schedule. Post-2006 homes on OSB subfloor go faster, but layout complexity (open-concept great rooms, larger square footage) can offset that.

We're on one of the big older lots downtown — does that mean bigger rooms and higher cost? Not necessarily bigger rooms — older Fort Sask homes often have smaller, separated rooms compared to newer open-concept builds south of the highway, even on a bigger lot. We quote by square footage of actual flooring area, not lot size, so this usually works in your favor.

Almost always cheaper, and original hardwood from this era is frequently a harder, better wood species than what's sold as "hardwood" today. We'll tell you honestly if a floor isn't salvageable — not every one is — but we check before we assume.

Yes — large open-concept main floors are common in Southfort and Pineview, and continuous flooring across kitchen/dining/living without visible seams is one of the more frequent requests we get from that side of the city.

That's us. We quote jobs on both sides of the city — 1940s-70s bungalows downtown and post-2006 builds in Southfort and Pineview — and we price the subfloor work each one actually needs instead of a flat Edmonton-market rate that doesn't account for it.