It might seem a fun DIY task for some people, yet failure to do so might damage your property, wallet, and as well as sanity. Leaving the floor installation to a professional is a difficult choice, however, there are several reasons to opt for it:

1. Quality

Have you ever walked into a house and noticed the family room covered with crooked and mismatched tiles? Or maybe you notice the grout hadn’t been properly sealed so it turned out dingy brown? This usually happens when the homeowner chooses to do it himself. Non- professional flooring can appear cheap and mediocre and might result in loss of your money. If you hire a professional, you can get a satisfying result.

2. Warranty

Flooring installation is very important as your warranty depends on it. Manufacturers know that a floor can perform well only if it is professionally installed. Installing a new floor consists of several steps. Starting from removing the sub-surface to installing any under flooring, to properly installing the floor; the whole process requires professional expertise. Most of the manufacturers require professional installation for the warranty to be effective. This way, hiring a professional installation can protect your investment.

3. Save Time and Hassle

When you choose to install a floor yourself, you might have to spend 2 to 3 days laying the floor in a 300-400 square feet room. A professional team can take half of this time to get the job done. Furthermore, it will be a lot more convenient for you to hire some professionals.

While installing a floor, you might have to deal with a lot of unexpected situations, like cracks or rots in the sub-floor or damage in the joints or beams. The professionals usually find it easier to identify a problem and find a solution to it. Their expertise can enable you to sort out all the installation problems.

4. Experience

A professional installation technician has the right skills and years of experience. As they have dealt with a variety of unique situations in the past, they can easily complete a job. You might want to install a floor after watching a Youtube Video, but it will not prepare you to deal with any problems or challenges that you might encounter.

5. Safety

Installing a floor requires the use of various solvent-based products. These products are flammable and pose a risk of fire and explosion. Also, the process of floor installation involves three kinds of products i.e. adhesive, sealer, and varnish. Improper handling of these products might result in fire or inhalation of hazardous vapors. These threats to safety multiply when a DIYer installs the floor. Hire a professional to ensure that all the safety protocols are met.

Key Takeaway

Flooring installation done by the professionals is of high-quality and long-lasting. It is because the professionals understand their work and know how to do it effectively and efficiently.

At All Flooring USA, we have a team of expert flooring technicians.The next time you want to do a flooring installation, give us a call. 

Whether you’re laying a plush new carpet or spectacular hardwood panels, your first step is going to be moving the room’s furniture out of the way. When figuring out how to move all the evidence of your presence from the room to be updated, there are a few questions you need to ask yourself and find the answer to. First, how big is the area that you’re remodeling? If you’re focusing on one specific area, then you’ll be able to get away with a lot more than if you’re doing the whole house at once. If it’s just a single room getting the new flooring treatment, you can shift your furniture into an adjacent room that is not being used at the moment. If you’re placing new flooring throughout the entire house at once, you have a couple of options. You can shift all of the furniture to the garage and park outside, or you can do the flooring in one room at a time, allowing you to shift the furniture from room to room as you go. 

The next question to keep in mind is “How long will the installation take”? This is also important because you’ll need to determine if you’re just placing the furniture temporarily and it can block vital living areas or if you need to make sure that you can still use your various rooms that are storing your furniture during the flooring installation. 

How big your home is is the next important question. If you have way more than enough living space to move your furniture around in, then you’re going to have an easier time than someone who has barely enough space to fit their furniture as is. 

Budgeting is the next step. If you need to pay a mover in order to have your furniture out of the way for the installers to come in and do their job, you should budget that into your overall project estimate. Unforeseen costs can really be a sh0ck to your wallet and can easily be avoided if you pay attention to these questions. Sometimes, your installers include a moving cost for the furniture giving you even more bang for your buck. Reach out today to learn more about what is included in our flooring installations. 

If you’re redoing the floors throughout your home, you can simply move your furniture into a storage unit for the duration of your installation project. Units are rented on a monthly basis which should be more than enough time for a flooring installation and approval.

Beyond focusing on your home’s furniture, there are other things that you need to do to prepare for a flooring installation. Be sure to check back later for a dedicated installation preparation blog post to help you with the next step!

Your kitchen is going to be home to all of the meal photos, cooking fun, and late night wine tastings. Within these photos, your cabinets, floors, and backsplash will be on high display. You really don’t want to showcase major eye sores next to your gorgeous smoothie and salad lunch combo. Since we have talked about updating your kitchens before (see that here and here!), I’ll discuss how to really make your vacay home shine in comparison. While in your main house your kitchen needs functionality more than aesthetics, however at your vacation home, you have the floor (pun intended) to really vamp up the style. You can go all out with a kitchen style that might not typically flow with your day to day life. For example, you can do an entire mid-century modern style for the best decade influenced selfies. You’ll also need to keep in mind whether you’re spending summer or winter here, what activities you’ll participate in most, and the flooring that best associates with that. For example, if you’ll be doing a lot of surfing during the summer stay at your vacation home, you’ll want to make sure you have a waterproof and scratch resistant flooring option so that your floors will last regardless of the fact that your home will only see you a small portion of the year.

Moving from the kitchen, let’s talk about the living room. Your living room will be where you tend to relax the most. Whether you’re spending time meditating, watching TV, or doing arts and crafts, the living room is home to majority of your selfies, group photos, and selfless pictures. The living room can have a cozy feel (especially in the winter vacation homes) where you have a nice plush carpet to keep you warm while you sit on it. If you’re in a winter vacation home, you’ll want to avoid the tile and plank flooring options because they are so cold to the touch. However in a summer home, you’ll definitely be better off with a tile or plank flooring so that you can easily clean up water, dirt, and sand that is tracked in from the various summer day feats.

In the bedroom,  you’ll take all of your relaxation selfies, your good morning and good night selfies, and of course the cuddle selfies. These selfies can also showcase your floors and similar advice is given for this room as for the living room. Plush carpets have an inviting feel to them, while cold tile is a deterrent when it’s a winter vacation home. Beyond this, you’ll also want a scratch resistant floor due to the high likelihood of the bed frame and dressers scraping the floor unintentionally.

When remodeling your vacation home here in sunny central Florida, be sure to reach out to us here at All Flooring USA & Cabinets. We have an exquisite selection of flooring, cabinets, and countertops to remodel your vacation home perfectly!

When designing your kitchen you should determine what feeling you want to invoke in the room. Are you looking to promote a calming feeling, a homely vibe, or sterile? Once you’ve determined your style you can start choosing your cabinets, countertops, floors, and walls. Each segment of the design can improve or hurt your resale value. You want to make sure that you buy quality materials, install them properly, and maintain them.

First we will talk about floors. The best flooring choices for your kitchen are going to blend being durable and being waterproof. Since there’s a lot of spills that can happen in the kitchen, you’ll want to make sure you have an easy to maintain floor so you don’t have to replace your floors as often. For example, you rarely ever see carpet in a kitchen. When picking your flooring color, one thing to keep in mind is that you don’t want to add too much pattern/color everywhere. If you have a highly patterned floor, you may want to choose a more subtle countertop and backsplash.

The next section we’ll discuss is cabinets. Cabinets get a lot of use, so you’ll really want to emphasize durability and proper installation. When choosing your cabinets, you can go a few different ways stylistically: complementary, opposite, or accent. Generally, you’ll see solid colored cabinets as a counterpart to a more accented backsplash or counter. You can also make your cabinets your statement piece by having it as an accent color.

Next, countertops. At All Flooring USA, we have quartz and granite countertops. You can choose your own slab. A great way to make your kitchen stand out beautifully is to make your countertop the center of the design. You could choose a countertop that has multiple colors and then use them to match the cabinets, backsplash, and flooring.You can also make this piece have your primary color, making it stand out that way.

Finally, the walls. For backsplash you can match the colors to your other kitchen pieces, or you can really make it stand out with it’s own design. You can do a mosaic style backsplash with varying colors or sizes, have a solid backsplash, or play around with a different pattern. Tiles are the most common for backsplash due to the ease of cleaning them. There’s so many different styles, textures, colors, and patterns when it comes to tile that you definitely can make the backsplash your own artistic display.

So when breaking down your kitchen design, remember the four key parts: cabinets, floors, countertops, and walls. You can coordinate or make accent pieces. At the end of the day, it needs to be a kitchen that YOU love. A lot of people get stressed making decisions with such an important aspect of their house, which makes a professional the right choice.  You can also have a professional design your kitchen, allowing you to relax while it’s in good hands.

The very first step is to find a kitchen remodeling professional. There are several things that you should look for when hiring someone.

• Are they licensed?
• Are they recommended?
  • If you don’t have personal recommendations, public online reviews are just as good.
  • Be sure to read the good and the bad reviews, and any responses that the business has posted. BBB is a great tool for this.
• Do they have a portfolio of their previous work?
• Are they prompt with communication?
  • Test this by giving them a call and asking them specific questions that pertain to your design.
  • For example, “Hey, I’m interested in a kitchen remodel and I’d like to know if you’re comfortable with [specific design you want].” Listen to their answer. If they sound professional and knowledgeable, that’s a good indicator that you’d want to use them for the project.

One of the first steps you should take is to get a kitchen consultation. Having a kitchen remodel consultation allows you to get a near-exact or exact price for your project. This lets you set a budget and understand financially what to expect. As experts, during the consultation the professional may be able to recognize things that you didn’t catch. Examples include any mishaps or deterioration with your floors, countertops, or walls. It’s much better to spot these ahead of time so there are fewer unexpected costs during your kitchen remodel.

Another benefit of having a design consultation is that you’re able to see products in your home, prevent potential clashing with other design aspects in your home, and incorporate the styles with any focus pieces that you have (such as an antique chandelier).  You’ll be able to make sure your kitchen is both functional and aesthetically pleasing by having a professional create the design for you.

The next step is to get your in-home measurements done. This will help with getting a budget and sticking to it. You’ll be able to understand how much product you will need, and how much space you have to work with when making your dream kitchen. This also prevents any mishaps with not ordering enough product, or ordering too big of a countertop!

Finally, it’s time to start the project. You’ll need to take the proper precautions such as securing pets away from the construction area. Make sure that you have a schedule so that you can plan things around it, preventing any miscommunication about deadlines. Other things that you should consider during an active kitchen remodel:

• Setting up a temporary kitchen
  • You’ll still need to eat during the remodel, so you should move your fridge, microwave, and toaster to another room while work is being done.
  • An outdoor grill would be a great way to be able to cook while your kitchen is out of commission.
  • Wash dishes in the bathtub!
• Keeping kids and pets safe
  • Have plans in place for keeping pets and kids from being near the construction area.

After the job is over, you should make sure to know everything about maintaining your floors, cabinets, and countertops. Ask about proper cleaning procedures, as well as anything that you need to avoid using. Certain chemicals can damage your floors, cabinets, or countertops rendering your remodel pointless.

Remodeling your kitchen can add great value to your home, increasing its resale value. You should keep in mind your budget, your design, and your kitchen itself.

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