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ElmWood focuses on all types of flooring. Unlike other flooring companies, we understand all types of flooring, from wood, tile, and carpeting.
ElmWood provides our clients with the largest product selection of all types of wood flooring, tile, and carpeting available in Chicago. From unfinished to prefinished (both engineered and solid woods), to reclaimed, exotics, and gym floors, we have more to choose from to ensure we have the perfect product available for you when you’re ready to choose the right flooring for your home or business.
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BBB A+ ratings, ElmWood Flooring is Illinois’s most recognized wood flooring company for all types of installation, craftsmanship, and product selection. With over 46+ years in business Since 1976, we have what it takes to get the job done the right way the first time and have been recognized as the leader in the Mid-west for building a great company that cares for how your home or business looks after we have installed your new flooring or remodeled
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The first step is of course removal of any furniture and carpeting from the room that needs flooring work done. Please note: ElmWood and its employees are not responsible for moving furniture, this is the responsibility of the home or business owner. Unless you cannot move an item, because of age or not having anyone around to help you, we will have our workers move an item for a small labor fee.
Here is where the real work starts. We will use endless belt Hummel 220 sanders for most of your hardwood floor’s surface and an orbit sander for edges, as well as regular sandpaper (non-power tool) for corners, to ensure that the sanding process is done thoroughly.
Depending on the type of your floor and extent of wear and tear or any other possible damage done to it, we will select the right grit, starting from a lower grit – that is a deeper cut – and increase it in the next stage of sanding.
The available cut of the sandpaper is 20′ grit (deepest cut), then 40′, 60′, 80′, and finally 100 – 120 unless needing or wanting the floors stained a color. A grit of 220′ buff would be considered buffing and (the final finish), which is the next step, before sealing the floors with oil (poly) base 3 coats or Eco-friendly Water base 4 coats or Alcohol products.
The total time depends on the damage to the floor and area that needs to be refinished but with the steps outlined above refurbishing a floor in a good-sized room would take 3 days at least, maximum of 4-6 days plus the extra 24-48 hours of drying time, so typically when we start on Monday, we would be done by Friday and you would have the weekend for the additional drying time.
As was the case with refurbishing old floor after sanding, buffing, and cleaning, if the client chooses to – we will apply a seal coat prior to applying the poly (polyurethane) – 4 coats for water-based or 2-3 for oil or alcohol. Once again, buffing after each coat.
Finally, the last step is to educate the customer on maintenance of the floor (ex: don’t use Murphy’s Oil for cleaning of hardwood floors) and answer any questions about the job and what to expect from the floor, and how to care about it.
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One of our office staff members here at ElmWood is looking forward to talking with you about any project you are looking to have done., Call Today.
223 W Erie St,
Chicago, IL 60654
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ElmWood Flooring is your go-to contractor for flooring and remodeling in Chicagoland! Offering a wide range of high-quality home and business design remodeling services across the tri-state Midwest, Chicago, Chicagoland areas, and all suburban locations in Illinois. Contact us today at (773) 209-7499.
ElmWood facilitates easy payments for all customers by accepting various payment methods, including cash, certified bank checks, Zelle, Venmo, and PayPal. Please note that credit card transactions are subject to fees. Financing options are available for qualified customers, and Annual Percentage Yield (APY) rates will vary depending on credit approval.
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Main Office:
223 W Erie St,
Chicago, IL 60654
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4507 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago, IL 60630
Showroom by appt only: 9:30AM – 4:30PM, Monday -Friday Only.
41 Martin Ln, Elk Grove Village, IL 60007
