Kennesaw, GA · Serving Cobb County
Featured Kennesaw job: red oak installed and stained Provincial in a Kennesaw home. Watch it below.
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Kennesaw is a city of fairly new houses. The U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates, table B25036) counts about 8,750 owner-occupied homes in the city, and nearly nine in ten were built in 1980 or later. Roughly two in three date from 1990 through 2009. These are survey estimates, a rough picture rather than an exact count.
Homes from those years are often two-story plans with carpet in the bedrooms and on the stairs. If that sounds like yours, here is how hardwood floor installation in Kennesaw usually goes with us.
In a two-story home with a basement or crawl space, the main-level subfloor is usually plywood or OSB over wood joists. That is what solid hardwood is nailed to, so solid nail-down often works. We take up the carpet, pad, tack strips and staples, then check the subfloor for moisture, squeaks and level. Low spots get leveled, loose sheets get fastened, and damaged sections get replaced before any wood goes in.
Some homes sit on a concrete slab instead of a wood subfloor. Solid hardwood generally can’t go straight over concrete. On a slab we moisture-test first, then talk through engineered hardwood, which can be glued down or floated.
Basement and lower-level rooms get the same moisture check. Below grade, engineered hardwood, luxury vinyl plank (LVP) or laminate is often a better fit than solid wood. We tell you which suits the room once we have measured it.
In a two-story home the stairs are part of the job, not an add-on. Treads, risers and transitions are cut and matched to the new floor so the stairs read as one continuous floor with the rooms above and below. They go into the written estimate from the start.
When the boards under the carpet or in the main living area are sound, refinishing can make more sense than replacing them: we sand, stain and finish, or screen and recoat when the floor only needs a fresh topcoat. See hardwood floor refinishing in Kennesaw, or refinish or replace hardwood floors if you are weighing both.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2020–2024, table B25036 (Tenure by Year Structure Built), Kennesaw city, GA.
A floor that looks worn does not always need the same fix. In Kennesaw we start by working out whether the finish or the wood has given out, because that decides the job.
A full sand takes the floor down to bare wood. We sand with dust-contained planetary sanders (see dustless planetary sanding). Then we stain it if you want a new color and apply fresh finish. It is the right job when the finish has worn through to bare wood, when scratches or stains are in the wood itself, or when you want a different color. If you are choosing a color, the Provincial stain on red oak in the featured Kennesaw job is one example of a rich, warm look. Our hardwood floor refinishing page covers the whole process.
A screen and recoat keeps the stain and the wood as they are. We abrade the old finish, clean the floor and put a fresh coat over it. It suits a floor that looks dull and scratched on the surface but is still sound underneath. It cannot change the color or take out scratches that go into the wood. Read about screen and recoat, or compare it with full refinishing.
On one Kennesaw job, the homeowner wanted her floors to look new again. We offered a screen and recoat instead of a full sand, with a deep-clean scrubber added so all the grit and grime already on the floor was removed first. The results came close to what sanding would have given her. Apart from a few gouges, the floors came out practically perfect. You can watch the job under Recent Kennesaw Jobs.
We look at your floor in person and tell you which job fits before we quote either.
Red oak floors, Provincial stain and oil-modified polyurethane in a Kennesaw, GA home. The video was posted in January 2023 and runs under a minute.
Red oak is a popular hardwood flooring option, known for its durability and distinctive grain patterns. Provincial is a rich, warm stain color that brings out the natural variation in the grain and knots of red oak, giving the floor a rustic but elegant look.
The color adds warmth to rooms like living rooms and bedrooms, suits traditional, modern and contemporary interiors, and is easy to live with: hardwood can be refinished several times, and with Provincial the color stays consistent for many years.
If you like this look, bring a photo of it, or of the floors you already have, to your estimate. We look at your wood, the light in the room and what is already in the house, then talk through whether Provincial or another color fits. Browse our stain colors, or compare water-based and oil-based polyurethane before you decide on a finish.
Photos help. Before we meet, note which rooms the new floor will cover, whether the house sits on a slab, a crawl space or a basement, whether there are stairs, and whether the new floor has to match one you are keeping. If you already know the sheen you want, matte, satin or gloss, mention that too. Those answers shape the plan before we walk through your Kennesaw home.
March 2023: screen, deep clean and recoat. A Kennesaw homeowner wanted her floors to look new again. We offered screen and recoat, with a deep-clean scrubber added to remove the grit and grime, as an alternative to full sanding. We can sand a floor and make it look new, but this process gets almost the same results, and on this job the floors came out practically perfect apart from a few gouges. See screen and recoat.
January 2023: red oak installation. Red oak installed and stained Provincial with oil-modified polyurethane, covered in the featured job above.
Those two jobs point in two directions: new hardwood where there was none, and a refresh for a floor that is already there. If yours is already hardwood and only looks dull, compare screen and recoat with full refinishing before you decide.
Real Kennesaw jobs, each from a video we filmed on site. Details come from our own write-up of each job.
Red oak floors installed in a Kennesaw home and finished with Provincial stain and oil-modified polyurethane. Provincial is a warm color that brings out the natural variation in the grain and knots of red oak.
A Kennesaw homeowner wanted her floors to look new again. Screen and recoat with a deep-clean scrubber got almost the same result as full sanding, apart from a few gouges.
Each service links to the page that explains how we do it.
Cupped or buckled floors after a leak? We repair, replace and refinish matching boards, and we meet with you, and with your adjuster on site if needed. See water-damaged floor repair.
Your policy decides coverage. We document the damage and repair it, with an itemized written estimate, photos and moisture readings your adjuster can use. We respond the same business day.
Generally, no. Solid hardwood is made to be nailed or stapled to a wood subfloor, so it isn't the right product directly over concrete. On a slab we moisture-test the concrete first, then talk through engineered hardwood, which can be glued down or floated. We confirm what your house is built on at the on-site measure, so nobody is guessing from the street.
We take up the carpet, pad, tack strips and staples, then check the subfloor for moisture, squeaks and level. New wood acclimates in your home for several days before it goes down, and we match the transitions and stairs so the new floor reads as one. You get a written, itemized estimate before any work starts.
In most cases, yes. We identify the species and plank width of your existing floor, then match the stain and finish so old and new boards read as one continuous floor. The Kennesaw red oak job above, finished with Provincial stain, shows one color we have used on new oak. An older floor has aged, so we match in person rather than from a color name.
Yes. We're a family-run company based in Woodstock, GA, and we work across Cobb County, including Kennesaw. We come to your home for the measure, and the estimate is free. Call or text 470-826-3581 and we respond the same business day.
We typically recommend a commercial-grade water-based polyurethane, such as Bona Traffic HD, for homes with large or multiple dogs. Bona sells it for high-traffic floors. No finish makes a floor scratch-proof, so we talk through the options at your estimate.
Generally, yes. Lower-sheen finishes like satin or matte scatter light instead of reflecting it in one direction, so surface scratches and light wear don't catch the eye the way they do on a glossier floor. It won't stop scratching from happening, and deeper gouges will still show on any sheen, but for the everyday wear that comes with an active household, a lower sheen is usually the more forgiving choice.
“The Hardwood Guys are amazing! They refinished and installed new hardwood floors in my house in December, and we could not be happier with the result! They are very professional and easy to work with!”
10,000 jobs completed in Georgia
We are based in Woodstock, GA 30189, and we work across Cobb County. Next door to Kennesaw, see hardwood flooring in Acworth and hardwood flooring in Marietta, including hardwood flooring in East Cobb. If you are planning a new floor rather than a refinish, we install in those towns too: read about new hardwood floors in Acworth and hardwood installation in Marietta. Our home base has its own page too: hardwood flooring in Woodstock. Every town we serve is on areas we serve.
Call, text or book online. We respond the same business day, estimates are free, and our work carries a 1-year warranty on installs & full refinishes.
Financing available — up to $100,000, with interest-free options from $30/mo. Subject to approval.
Call 470-826-3581 or request a free estimate online. We serve Kennesaw Mountain, Town Center, and all of Cobb County, and we’re open 24/7.
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