Unique Hardwood Flooring

Installing floors is not only a craft but also an art. We are professional hardwood flooring specialists with skills developed through years of experience, who can guarantee a beautiful, efficient and correct installation. Unique Flooring is a family-owned, insured and bonded company that offers a wide range of services, including: installing hardwood floors of any type, dustless sanding, refinishing and staining, repairing hardwood floors, and installing and repairing stairs and railings. Our professional craftsmans mastered the hardwood floor magic through: endless complete installations, dustless sandings, seamless refinishings, matching stainings, complicate repairs and almost impossible hardwood floor restorations.

2. Stapling Down: With this method, staples are used to attach the wood flooring to the subfloor with the help of a pneumatic gun. Hiring professional installers when using this method will help guarantee that the right staple gun and right size staples are used. 3. Gluing Down: Using this method, adhesive or a natural resin attaches your hardwood to the subfloor. This technique is typically used to install engineered and parquets since solid plank floors can only be nailed or stapled down. 4. Floating: This method offers fast and easy installation because your hardwood floor is not mechanically fastened to any part of the subfloor.

Hardwood Floor Restoration, like refinishing or, if need be, repairing, is a major task that requires time and effort but can revitalize the look and feel of your home. If you decide to do it yourself or call in professional help, the restoration of hardwood flooring will make your dull and faded wood look as good as new again! Depending on the condition of the existing floor, restoration of previously coated floors can be done one of two ways. However, restoring most hardwood floors does not need such aggressive preparation.

Installing and maintaining hardwood stairs and railings is closer to being an art than a craft. You not only have to be aware of your options and what to keep in mind when planning for your staircase but you also need to know how to avoid planning mistakes that may compromise your desired design. In fact, the design of your stair will affect your railing layout options. The stair must be built to facilitate the railing layout/design you have in mind. They don't have to be built at the same time but they have to be planned with each other in mind.

Sanding hardwood flooringChicago is a job for the professionals simply because even if you've used a floor sander before, you could do more harm than good to your floors in no time at all. Before you can even begin to think about applying a new finish, you'll need to have your hardwood floor sanded down to the natural wood to remove the old finish and repair any scratches or grooves. Depending on your needs, a professional hardwood worker will determine which method is best to sand your hardwood floors: a commercial grade floor sander finishes the job faster and easier while a hand-held drum sander allows more control in the process.

Staining a hardwood floor properly pays off in having a beautiful finish and enduring protection. Staining and sealing hardwood floors the right way last for years and give you the peace of mind to focus on you life and not worry about your floor. Anyone who's tackled a hardwood floor staining job can tell you it's a mess, starting with the removal of the previous finish. Hardwood flooring professionals have the knowledge and experience to give your wood floors a quality new finish. They also have the proper equipment to handle the job efficiently, including power sanders to remove the existing finish and to prepare the wood to accept new stain.

Hardwood floors repairs are needed when your wood floors look a little dull or have spots where the wood has worn down. Although wood is durable, hardwood floors are subject to wear and tear just like almost every other flooring material. Whether they squeak when you walk over them or they look dull and dated, your hardwood can be brought back to life. Depending on what condition your wood floors are in, we'll recommend a combination of repairs that may include: sanding, filling gouges with wood putty, waxing and buffing, re-sealing and re-staining, and/or replacing planks and boards.

Refinishing a hardwood floor costs roughly the same as purchasing a good quality rug or carpet needed to cover the floor. In fact, if you do it yourself, you might significantly cut down on costs, get rid of the hazards that a hard to clean carpet poses to you, and, most importantly, enjoy the hardwood flooring you have always envied in your friends' or relatives' houses. If, as the saying goes, every soldier carries a marshal's baton in his knapsack, then every hardwood floor hidden under a dirty carpet is looking for a chance to be introduced to the world.