Hardwood flooring in Montgomery, NY

The Hudson Valley's humidity swings hit hardwood harder in Montgomery's older homes than in newer, tighter construction. A lot of the village's historic housing near the Wallkill River has fieldstone or shallow foundations with limited moisture control, which is exactly the kind of environment where solid hardwood can cup or gap if it's not acclimated and installed correctly.

For those older homes, and especially for anything near the river or with a damp basement, we often steer homeowners toward engineered hardwood, which handles humidity swings better while still giving you a real hardwood wear layer on top. Newer builds off Route 17K with tighter, more consistent construction are usually fine with either solid or engineered — it comes down to your budget and the look you want.

New installs start with acclimating the wood to your Montgomery home for several days, then checking and leveling the subfloor before a single board goes down — skipping that step is where a lot of cheap installs go wrong, and it's exactly where the settled foundations common in older village homes cause problems if they're rushed.

Refinishing is its own process: we sand down through the old finish and any surface damage, address gaps or squeaks in the boards themselves, then stain and seal to the color you want. On original village-home floors, we're often also matching in a few new boards where sections were damaged by decades of furniture, pets, or old water leaks before we sand the whole floor as one surface.

We start with an in-home visit to measure your Montgomery space, look at your subfloor, and talk through species and finish options — you'll get an exact, all-inclusive quote before any work is scheduled. On install day, Nick and the crew protect your home, remove the old flooring, level the subfloor as needed, install and finish the new hardwood, and walk you through the finished floor before we consider the job done.