Flooring Installation in St. Charles, Missouri

St. Charles homes and this kind of project

Our first visit for a flooring project in St. Charles is spent on subfloor flatness, squeaks, moisture and how the new floor will meet doors, stairs and neighboring rooms, which tells us how everything from 1800s brick to 1990s subdivisions were put together.

The housing stock here: nineteenth-century brick in the historic core, early twentieth-century bungalows and four-squares in midtown, postwar ranches, 1980s to 2000s subdivisions to the west and south, and New Town's neo-traditional homes.

Original pine or oak under later layers is usually worth refinishing.

What we find inside St. Charles homes

In pre-war houses, kitchens and baths are small and the walls hide plaster, old wiring and cast iron drains. We update the systems while preserving trim, doors and floors that give the house its value. In the newer subdivisions the work mirrors the rest of the county.

Plaster walls, wavy floors and hand-run trim are what people love about older St. Charles homes. We repair plaster instead of covering it where possible, reproduce trim profiles, and refinish original wood floors. Lead-safe work practices apply to anything built before 1978, and we follow them.

What is included

Our St. Charles flooring projects include furniture moving, tear-out and disposal, subfloor fastening and leveling, moisture testing, underlayment, installation, transitions, stair work and baseboard.

We take on flooring project work across St. Charles, from Historic Main Street to Frenchtown and New Town at St. Charles.

What we watch for

Squeaky subfloors are common in St. Charles homes built in the fast-growth years, when sheathing was nailed rather than screwed and glued. With the old floor up, screwing it down to the joists is quick and permanent.

Working on tight historic blocks near the river and ordinary suburban lots farther west, as we do in St. Charles, we plan access for flooring installers and a trim carpenter before the first delivery arrives.

Permits and approvals in St. Charles

For a flooring project at a St. Charles address, the paperwork goes to the City of St. Charles. Expect no permit.

Interior work like this normally does not involve historic preservation review in the old districts, though dumpsters and working hours sometimes do, and we check.

Schedule and getting to you

On site, a flooring project in St. Charles generally runs two to five days.

St. Charles is about half an hour east on I-70, or along Highway 370 to the north side from our Wentzville base. We plan crew days and deliveries around that drive so you get full working days on site.

What moves the price in St. Charles

We price flooring installation in St. Charles from a site visit, not a square-foot figure. These are the items that change the number.

• Tear-out difficulty. Glued-down floors and tile take longer than carpet.
• Amount of leveling required.

More detail

Our step-by-step method for this work, and the factors that move its price, are laid out on the main flooring installation page. More about the area is on our St. Charles page.