Smyrna flooring
Yes, we work in Smyrna
Smyrna is a straight run north on US 13 from our Dover base, which makes it one of the towns we are in most weeks. It is really two towns in one: the old core around Commerce Street and Main Street, and the newer development pushing out toward Route 1 and the Duck Creek side.
That split shows up in the floors. The older houses have original wood under decades of carpet, which is refinishing work and usually a very good result. The newer ones have bare slabs in the garage and plank floors that were laid quickly, which is a different job again.
What a Smyrna floor is actually up against
Damp, mostly. Central Delaware is flat coastal plain with a high water table, and Smyrna sits between Duck Creek and the marshes running out to the bay. Crawl spaces here stay humid, and that moisture works up into a wood floor and moves it: boards cup in a wet summer and gap in a dry winter, and a finish that was fine for ten years gives up.
Salt is the other one. DelDOT brines US 13 and Route 1 hard through the winter, and every car brings it home into the garage. Bare concrete drinks it, then the freeze and thaw pushes the surface apart from inside. That is why so many garages here are pitted where the tires sit and clean at the back.
What we handle here
Floors we work on in Smyrna
Hardwood Refinishing
The job Smyrna's older streets ask for most. The wood under the carpet is usually in far better shape than people expect: sanding takes the finish, the gray and the scratches off together and it comes back. See how refinishing works.
New Hardwood Floors
Red oak, maple, hickory and walnut, laid straight, diagonal or in herringbone, with the subfloor checked and the wood settled to the house first. See hardwood installation.
Garage Floor Coatings
A flake floor seals the concrete so winter brine sits on top where a mop reaches it, instead of soaking in and taking the surface apart. See garage flooring.
Vinyl Plank and Tile
Kitchens, laundries and basements where water is a risk, laid over a subfloor that has been leveled first so nothing goes hollow later. See vinyl plank installation.
Why Smyrna calls us
Why Smyrna homeowners call Best Choice
Mike Reed owns Best Choice Flooring and is on every Smyrna job. He looks at the floor, prices it himself, then runs the crew that does the work, and that is the reason the last room matches the first.
He is straight about the limits too. We finish concrete, we do not pour it, and if a slab or a subfloor needs structural work he says so instead of covering it. What he will not cut is the preparation, because that is the half that decides whether a floor is still right in ten years.
Where you will find us around Smyrna
US 13 and Route 1 are how we get in, and most of the work sits a few minutes either side of them. The old downtown around Commerce Street, the neighborhoods off Duck Creek, and the newer developments out toward the Route 1 interchange.
Smyrna straddles the Kent and New Castle county line, which means the town is split between two sets of records but not between two kinds of floor. Old house or new, we look at what is under it first and then decide what goes on top.
Where we work
Laying and finishing floors across Smyrna
We cover Smyrna end to end, from the old downtown out to the Route 1 side. A couple of minutes west and we are into flooring in Clayton, north up 13 to Townsend and Middletown, and back south to Dover.
Ask the man doing the work
Straight answers about your flooring questions
Do you come out to Smyrna?
Every week. It is about eleven miles north of Dover on US 13, one of the shortest runs we do. Call (302) 480-9637 and Mike will arrange a time to look at your floor.
Can the wood under my carpet be saved?
Usually, and it is often in better shape than the carpet was hiding. Mike pulls a corner up, looks at the boards and tells you what is left in them before you commit to anything.
Why do my floors cup in the summer?
Moisture from underneath. Crawl spaces around here stay damp, the boards take that up and swell at the edges. Sorting the moisture comes first, then sanding the floor flat.
Will a garage coating survive a Delaware winter?
Better than bare concrete does. A ground and coated slab keeps the road salt on the surface, so it never gets into the concrete to freeze and break it apart. We cover all of Smyrna.
Do you work on businesses in Smyrna?
Yes. Offices, salons, halls and shop floors, scheduled around your opening hours so you are not closed for a week.
How do I get a price?
Call (302) 480-9637 and tell Mike the rooms and what is down now. He comes out, looks at it himself and the scope goes in writing. That is the same in Smyrna as anywhere else we work.