Hastings on Hudson, NY

Are you looking to sand and refinish hardwood floors in Hastings-on-Hudson NY?

It's amazing what a difference refinishing your hardwood flooring can make. Your floors will look brand new and you even have the option to change the color. You can go light, dark, mid tones, or red tones. It can really give your home (or room) a whole new look.

If you have hardwood underneath your carpets, we can restore the beauty of the hardwood underneath. It's amazing what a big difference this can make in your home. And, believe it or not, it is usually less expensive to refinish your floors than to recarpet. Refinishing your wood floors will also improve your home's value and it will be easier to clean and maintain.

At Floor Coverings International, we are a shop at home service. We will bring the "store to your door" so that you can see the flooring and colors in your own home and lighting and color coordinate with your paint colors and decor. When it comes to sanding and refinishing, not only we will help guide you in color selections, but we will also test out a few colors for you on your floor. This is important because every floor is different, so it's best to see what the stain will actually look like on your own floors (rather than a tiny sample).

We offer both the standard refinishing process as well as a dustless sanding system. Dustless sanding costs a bit extra, but many customers feel it's worth it, especially if they have someone with allergies in their household. We offer both oil and water based polyurethane, and we will help you understand the pros and cons on each method.

We are proud of our work, but don't rely on our word...ask our customers! We have won the Angie's list Super Service award 2 years in a row, and you can even check our google reviews online. And, we will gladly provide with a list of over 30 customers to call.

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Our estimates are always free. So, when you're ready to refinish your hardwood floors in Hastings-on-Hudson NY 10706, call us at 914-937-2950 and let us "bring the store to your door."

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Today, I just learned some valuable information from my competitors.

We do a lot of sanding and refinishing work, and I close a good percent of my jobs, but there is always room for improvement. I'm trying to listen/observe more and ask more questions, and I'm finding it's really helping me. It's helping me win/secure more customers and it's helping me understand my competition's strategy...so in turn, i can land more work.

A couple of weeks ago, we had an unplanned situation where all of the contractors were there at once and overlapped. (This customer was moving into a new home and the current homeowner got sick and limited his window, so we all had to change schedules and overlap). Not the most fun and awkward to say the least. But hey, we all know everyone gets multiple bids (or interviews multiple real estate agents. Or course, none of us gave estimate while at the home and we each had some one on one time with the customer.

As I left, I overheard one of my competitors mention something about water based polyurethane. As you may know from my recent featured post Water based vs. oil based polyurethane: which is better? and it clearly shows that oil based is usually the better option (and more cost effective). So, when I gave my customer the estimate, he told me he had narrowed it down to 2 flooring contractors and I was one of them. Rather than asking who my competition was, I asked whether the other one was offering water based or oil based polyurethane...this way, I could justify our work based on objective measures and provide my customer with valuable knowledge rather than speaking negative about the competition (which I always try to avoid). I explained to my customer that oil based will look better (and showed the pictures) and last longer and ultimately save him a lot of money.

So, naturally, the question comes up, why are they recommending water based poly? Previously, my answer was because they can do the job quicker and therefore make more money. And, certainly that is part of it...it's good for them, but not the customer.

But, today, I learned that there is another part of the equation. I have a customer who wants to refinish his kitchen - heavy traffic area and the floors look awful (looks like they were done in water based poly based on the way it's peeling). So, he had 2 other estimates with water based...my jaw dropped as this makes even less sense in the kitchen! Then, he volunteered that they told him that you need to screen them and add another coat of poly ONCE A YEAR. Well duhhh...that right there should tell you how much less durable water based poly is. I was flabberghasted. I told him, I don't build my business on selling maintenance plans for polyurethane. I don't want you to go throught the inconvenience and expense of resealing yearly. That's crazy, when you can just do it right the first time. I said, maybe after 5-7 yrs you do another coat of oil based poly to extend the length of time before a full refinish. I told him that I build my business based on happy satisfied customers who refer me to their friends and call me back for other projects not to redo and refresh an inferior job so you can waste more money.

So, now I know the full story on why my competition is trying to push water based polyurethane...they want to create additional and unnecessary work.

This is NOT how I run my business. I try to do the best job for the customer and save them money - both short term and long term. Maybe that is old fashioned, but I think this the right thing to do.

Are you looking for flooring for your Westchester home in Hastings-on-Hudson NY 10706? We know there are many choices..and sometimes the process can feel overwhelming. Whether you're looking for hardwood floors, tile, carpet, laminate flooring, or if you just want to refinish your hardwood floors, Floor Coverings International can help make the process fun and simple.

We are a shop at home service.

Our tagline is "We bring the store your door." This is important because first, you can see the colors in your lighting and color coordinate with paint color, cabinets and furniture. Second, it allows us to provide a true estimate for you. And, third, of course it is more convenient this way.

We provide guidance - Which is the best type of flooring for your environment and your budget? We'll help explain the pros and cons among the different types of flooring. Whether it's the kitchen, living room, bedrooms or bathrooms, we can help - different types of flooring work better in different environments so let us guide you. We can price out different options so you can compare across hardwood floors vs. carpet, or tile vs. laminate. We'll help you understand what is most practical for you/your family's/your pets' lifestyle.

Floor Coverings International provides design guidance on picking colors, style and layout. We love to help provide design advice. We want to help make your home look more beautiful - it's a reflection of you and our work. If it's hardwood flooring, we can help you pick the species and color of wood; if it's tile, we can advise you on design layout and patterns; if it's carpet, we can help you pick the right color; iff it's a backsplash, we can provide you tile and design ideas.

Bamboo Flooring and Cork - Floor Coverings International in a large supporter of environmentally friendly flooring. We love helping the environment too. So, whether it's bamboo flooring or cork or natural wool or sisal carpeting, we can help you. We also offer carpets that are recycleable and hardwoods that use recycled content.

Great installation and customer reviews. We just won the 2010 Super Service Award on Angie's List. In addition, we will supply you with over 30 references so you can check up on our work. While most of our customers prefer for us to take care of both the materials and installation, occasionally, some of our customers already have the tile, and just want us to take care of installation; others already have an installer and just want us to help with materials. Either way, we will give you top notch services

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We are very reasonably priced. Our estimates are always FREE. And, because we are part of nationwide buying group (there are close to 100 of us across the country), so our pricing is very reasonable. We'll work with you to find a tile that works for your budget.

Floor Coverings International is your friendly neighborhood flooring store. We have done work on your neighbors' streets Hastings-on-Hudson including

• North Broadwayr
  
• River Pointe Rd
  
• Devon Way
  
• Maple Ave
  
• Scenic Dr
  

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For more info on Flooring, check out these posts:

What types of hardwood are best for pets?

I have hardwood underneath my carpets. Should I refinish the hardwood or recarpet?

What is a floating floor?

So, if you're looking for flooring for your home in Hastings-on-Hudson NY 10706 , give us a call at Floor Coverings International 914-937-2950 and let us "bring the store to your door."

I met with a super nice customer today. He just moved to Hastings-on-Hudson NY about a week and a half ago. Unfotunately he has some deep gouges in his new bamboo flooring - appears to be when they moved the appliances in.

Anyway, somehow, he found me on Twitter (odd since he's not one of my followers), and someone (no idea who) said something nice abt me so he checked out my profile (since he and his wife are trying to get to know others in Westchester County. Then, somehow, he landed on my Active Rain blog...most likely from one of the tweets that I scheduled on one of my blog posts.

He emailed me at 9pm on Wednesday, and I happened to be online and responded right back. He was just asking for some advice. He responded with,

:That's probably the quickest, most professional and kindest email I've ever received. I'll call you tomorrow"

From there, I asked him q's and he sent me a picture. I advised him (since it was new and prefinished and bamboo), the he was much better off replacing a few boards rather than refinishing. I recommended he talk to the developer and try to get the matching wood and to call me if he had any issues.

Of course, the developer couldn't help him since a) he didn't flag the issues during the walk through and b) the developer did not have a good flooring person..and had received some complaints from the guys he used to use.

So, I met this super sweet customer today, and we will take care of this small repair job for him (as soon as he can match up the hardwood (since it's not a well known brand name...otherwise, I would get it for him). He feels badly that it's only a small repair job and that he can't give me a large job. I don't care...because he is a super nice customer. And, maybe down the road, he'll have friends he can recommend me to. You never know. And, you never know where someone's web search or click stream will lead.

Are you looking for tile flooring and installation for your home in Hastings-on-Hudson NY?

Whether it’s a kitchen floor, bathroom floors and walls, an entry way or mudroom, or even a Kitchen tile backsplash,we can help you at Floor Coverings International.

We understand that it can be challenging to find the right type of tile for your floors, walls and backsplashes. What’s the right type of tile – ceramic, porcelain, tumbled natural stone, marble or granite? What’s the best style and color? What types are easiest to clean. Many customers seemed to get overwhelmed when they visit a tile store. Well here’s where we can help.

Floor Coverings International makes it simple by “bringing the store to your door.” That way, you can see the samples in your own lighting and color coordinate with your cabinets, walls and paint colors. We'll guide you through the process to pick out the right tile, color, size and shape and layout. We can help you design your tile floors and backsplashes and we can install it for you, too. We are a shop at home flooring store in Westchester/Stamford that gets the job from start to finish.

Tile Flooring and Tile Backsplashes in Hastings-on-Hudson NY 10706

With tile, it’s all about the installation, so you want someone you can trust. We just won the 2010 Super Service Award on Angie's List. In addition, we will supply you with over 30 references so you can check up on our work. While most of our customers prefer for us to take care of both the materials and installation, occasionally, some of our customers already have the tile, and just want us to take care of installation; others already have an installer and just want us to help with materials. Either way, we will give you top notch services

We are very reasonably priced. Our estimates are always FREE. And, because we are part of nationwide buying group (there are close to 100 of us across the country), so our pricing is very reasonable. We'll work with you to find a tile that works for your budget.

Floor Coverings International is your friendly neighborhood flooring store. We have done work on your neighbors' streets Hastings-on-Hudson including

• North Broadwayr
  
• River Pointe Rd
  
• Devon Way
  
• Maple Ave
  
• Scenic Dr
  

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For more info on Ceramic/Porcelain/Natural Stone, check out these posts:

Porcelain that looks like hardwood. Yes, that's right.

Designing a kitchen backsplash

Should you install tile yourself?

So, if you're looking for tile flooring or backsplashes for your home in Hastings-on-Hudson NY 10706, give us a call at Floor Coverings International 914-937-2950 and let us "bring the store to your door."