New floors, refinished floors and careful fixes in South Dakota
Anderson Flooring LLC works in farmhouses and family homes across Minnehaha County and nearby Moody County communities.
Three kinds of floor work
Most calls start with one of three wishes: something new underfoot, the old floor brought back, or a few things put right. Pick the door that sounds like your house.
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1 of 3
New floor
Lay something new
Fresh oak boards, soft carpet upstairs and stair treads that match the floor below.
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2 of 3
Refresh
Bring the old floor back
Sand the old oak down to clean wood, coat it again and finish the edges with new trim.
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3 of 3
Fix
Mend what bothers you
A cracked board swapped out, a squeak quieted, a gap closed and blended in.
Open the fix page
Fix or refinish?
Four quick looks at a wood floor, the same ones we make on a visit. Pick what you see and the card suggests repair, refinish or a new floor.
Small town, big houses
The houses we work in are often larger than they look from the road: two full stories, a staircase in the middle and a main floor that has been changed a few times. A floor job here is rarely one room. It is a plan for which rooms get what, and in what order, so the family can keep living in the house.
Two-story farmhouses
Tall rooms, narrow oak strips, a steep staircase and bedrooms under the roof. Often the original floor is still there under carpet or old linoleum, and it can come back with a refinish.
Older homes in town
Main floors in oak or maple, upstairs rooms that were carpeted later and doorways where three floors meet. These houses usually need a mix of refinishing, repair and new trim.
Newer family houses
Open main floors, stairs to a second level and bedrooms that suit carpet. Here the work is mostly new hardwood, stair treads and carpet upstairs.
How a job goes
The same four steps whether you need one board fixed or a whole floor laid.
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We look
We come to the house, walk every room you are thinking about, look under the edge of the current floor and measure.
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We write it down
You get a written estimate naming the rooms, the work and the order of the days, so you can decide without pressure.
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We do the work
Doorways are covered, furniture is moved, and the floor goes down or gets sanded and coated, one room at a time.
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We walk through
Before we leave, we go through each room with you and leave care notes for the floor and finish you chose.
Good to know about floors out here
Winter and wood
Indoor air gets very dry when the furnace runs through a South Dakota winter. Wood boards shrink a little and thin gaps can open. They usually close again in late spring, and a humidifier keeps the change small.
Sanding season
Refinishing works all year. In warmer months the finish can be aired out with open windows, and in winter we plan the order of rooms so you are not shut out of the warm part of the house.
Grit at the door
Gravel roads, sand from the winter streets and farm boots are hard on any finish. Mats outside and inside each door do more for a floor than any cleaner.
Where we work
Our shop is in Minnehaha County and nearby Moody County communities, and that is where most of our floors are. Section roads, small towns and newer neighborhoods all sit within a short drive, so a visit can usually be set up within the week.
Every job begins the same way: a visit to the house, a look at the floor up close and a written estimate before anything is scheduled. Call, email or send the form on a weekday, and we reply during office hours.
Tell us about the floor
Name the rooms and what bothers you about the floor. We call or email back on a weekday to set up a visit and put the plan in writing.