Hardwood Flooring in Spencerport, NY

Hardwood Flooring in Spencerport covers a wider mix of homes than most people expect from a small village. Point2Homes, compiling 2019-2023 Census survey data, shows 20% of the housing here dates to 1939 or earlier, another 17.2% to the 1950s and 20.4% to the 1970s. That means one street can have a farmhouse-era floor, a mid-century oak strip floor and a 1970s room that has had carpet since day one.

Spencer's Basin to Spencerport

The village grew out of Daniel Spencer's farm, bought in 1804 and later sold off for lots when the Erie Canal came through. The port was first called Spencer's Basin. The state incorporated the village on April 22, 1867. Homes from the canal and post-canal decades are often where we find the oldest boards in the village, sometimes with old patches where a stove or a wall once stood.

The carpet question

A familiar Spencerport story: a homeowner lifts a corner of wall-to-wall carpet in a 1950s house and finds oak underneath. Often that floor has lived under padding for decades and has never been sanded at all, which leaves plenty of wood for refinishing. We pull the tack strip, fill the nail holes, sand, and finish. Staple holes from the padding usually disappear in the sanding.

Services for Spencerport homes

1. Refinishing: full sand to bare wood, optional stain, and two or more coats of finish 2. Screen and recoat: for floors with a tired but intact finish 3. Repair: replacing cracked, stained or water-damaged boards, and weaving in new boards where a wall was removed 4. Stairs: new oak treads or refinishing the existing ones once carpet comes off 5. Installation: new solid hardwood in rooms that never had it 6. Engineered hardwood: for basements and slab areas where solid wood is not recommended

Matching old and new boards

When a room gets opened up or a damaged section comes out, the new boards need to match the old ones in width, species and thickness. Older homes may use strip widths that are not stocked at big-box stores. We measure the existing floor and source boards to match, then sand old and new together so the stain takes evenly across both.

Lead paint in pre-1978 homes

Much of the village was built before 1978, the cutoff year for the EPA's lead renovation rule. The rule applies to work that disturbs lead-based paint. Floor sanding does not touch walls, but older baseboards and shoe molding may be painted. We look at trim during the estimate and plan around it.

Snow, salt and the front door

The Rochester area averages about 102 inches of snow a year, much of it lake-effect from Lake Ontario. Salt and melted snow get tracked across entry floors all winter. Salt residue dries into an abrasive film that dulls finish, and meltwater can work into the seams between boards. Mats inside and out, and wiping up salty puddles the same day, extend the life of any finish we apply.

Getting a quote

Spencerport is about 10 miles west of downtown Rochester along Route 31, so scheduling is straightforward. Call (585) 632-6150 and tell us which rooms you have in mind. We will look at the floor, test the finish, and leave a written estimate that spells out each step.

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