Hardwood Flooring in Honeoye Falls, NY

Hardwood Flooring in Honeoye Falls depends a lot on where your house sits and when it was built. About 33.9% of the village's housing units date to 1939 or earlier, yet 10.3% were built from 2010 to 2019, according to 2019-2023 Census survey figures compiled by Point2Homes. Older homes near the village center are usually refinishing projects. Newer homes are more often about recoating a builder finish, adding wood to rooms that have carpet, or running new floors through an open layout.

Older homes near the creek

Zebulon Norton founded the settlement in 1791 and built a grist mill and sawmill at the waterfall on Honeoye Creek; the place was first called Norton Mills. The Lower Mill, built by Hiram Finch in 1827, was listed on the National Register in 1973, and the Honeoye Falls Village Historic District is listed as well. Houses from the village's older decades often have solid wood floors that have seen more than one refinish. For those, we start by checking how much wood is left, then sand, repair and refinish. Where an old floor has lost boards to a past remodel, we source matching boards and weave them in.

Newer homes on the edges

A house built in the last twenty years may have factory-finished hardwood, engineered planks, or carpet in the bedrooms and family room. Prefinished floors with an intact finish can often be screened and recoated, but some factory finishes need a test first because a new coat will not bond to every surface. We test an inconspicuous spot before recommending a recoat. If you want wood in rooms that have carpet now, we can install solid hardwood over a wood subfloor or engineered hardwood where the floor is over concrete.

Our services in the village

• Hardwood floor refinishing, including stain changes from orange-toned older finishes to lighter or darker colors
• Screen and recoat for floors with surface wear only
• Repair and board replacement, including matching older strip widths
• Hardwood stairs, from refinishing treads to replacing carpeted stairs with oak
• New solid hardwood installation
• Engineered hardwood for lower levels and slab areas

Lead paint in older village homes

The EPA's lead renovation rule covers homes built before 1978 when work disturbs lead-based paint. Roughly two-thirds of Honeoye Falls housing units in the ACS data were built before 1980. Floor sanding does not disturb walls, but painted baseboards and shoe molding sit right at the floor's edge. We point out painted trim during the estimate and plan around it.

Winter in southern Monroe County

The Rochester area's winters are long and snowy, averaging about 102 inches of snow a year, and the heating season dries indoor air. Wood shrinks in dry air, so gaps between boards are common in January and February and usually close by late spring. If you are planning a refinish or a new install, we schedule around these swings and acclimate new wood in the house before it goes down.

Getting started

Honeoye Falls is about 15 miles south of Rochester. Call (585) 632-6150 or send photos, and we will set a time to measure, test the finish and write up a quote that lists each room and each step.

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