Engineered Hardwood Installation in Liberty Hill, Austin and Waco: What to Expect

254 Floors sells Bjelin engineered hardwood and our own insured crews install it, around our Liberty Hill showroom (Leander, Cedar Park, Georgetown, Round Rock and the North Austin area) and our Waco warehouse. One company handles the measure, the floor and the installation.

Most Central Texas homes sit on a concrete slab, so the slab decides the prep. We check flatness with a long straight edge, look for cracks, and check moisture. Low spots are filled and high spots ground down before any wood goes down.

Old carpet, tile or vinyl comes out first. Tear-out and leveling are priced with the measure.

Engineered floors each have their own instructions for acclimation, underlayment and vapor barrier over concrete. We follow them exactly, because that is what the warranty is written around.

Bjelin planks join with 5G dry locking, a click system with no glue, and float over the underlayment with an expansion gap at every wall and fixed object. Long planks (up to 93.6") and wide planks (up to 10.7") need a flat slab, which is why step 1 matters.

Herringbone is laid out from a center line and squared to the room, then filled in. It takes longer than straight planks and is quoted that way.

Baseboards or shoe molding cover the expansion gap, door casings are undercut so the floor slides beneath, and color-matched transitions finish doorways and changes to tile or carpet. Trim is fastened to the wall, never to the floating floor.

Engineered hardwood is real wood for living areas. For kitchens, bathrooms, laundry rooms and pet-accident zones, waterproof vinyl plank is the safer choice, from $1.70 per sq ft, installed by the same crews at $1.75 per sq ft over a sound, level slab.

Call Liberty Hill at (512) 355-5120 or Waco at (254) 332-2272. Both stores are open Monday to Saturday 9 to 6 and Sunday 12 to 5.