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With the success of HGTV and DIY network shows, we hear from increasing numbers of homeowners excited to install their own flooring. But these projects can be complex for those without professional experience and if you don’t know what you’re doing, it’s possible to make costly mistakes.This year, ...

According to a recent NerdWallet survey, approximately two in three homeowners believe their home value will rise over the next decade. But realistically, that’s not guaranteed.Some of what determines your home value is outside of your control: things like market performance and the dynamics of ...

When choosing a contractor to install your floors, there are a lot of factors to consider. One is the products they offer and their level of familiarity with those products.Another is their level of service and knowledge and this is a little more difficult to judge, especially if you don’t have ...

When it’s time to install new flooring, many homeowners drive to several different showrooms and stores to compare services, materials, and pricing. But there’s a better, more convenient way.At Professional Installed Floors, we’ve always traveled to customers’ homes to show them our product lines. ...

Whether you’re designing your perfect floors for the first time or gearing up for an epic redesign, there are plenty of reasons to choose vinyl plank flooring.But which vinyl flooring you choose can make a huge difference, in both the look and feel of your new floors, and in the type of maintenance ...

We’re big fans of Eagle Creek. Technically a division of Home Legend, Eagle Creek was launched in 2015 and since then, it’s quickly established itself as a company that offers outstanding luxury vinyl at remarkably accessible prices.They’ve now introduced a new line of luxury vinyl flooring: the ...

“Rigid Core” is a type of vinyl flooring with an enhanced rigid core made from a composite of polymer and stone.This flooring is usually produced in solid planks, designed to look exactly like wood. While older, outdated vinyl can have a flimsier feel, Rigid Core vinyl flooring feels sturdy ...

New Floors Fast in the Waleska, GeorgiaEvery so often, the unexpected happens. Just ask our clients, Frank and Mary Jane from Waleska, Georgia. When a mouse chewed through the pipes in their fire sprinkler system, a leak soaked the floors in their kitchen, pantry and hall. New floors were needed—...

At Professional Installed Floors, we stock a wide range of flooring options for our Atlanta area customers. And while we offer the entire gamut, from laminate floors to stone tiles, we still hold a special place for true hardwood floors. We truly believe it’s unique, and while Bob Villa’s website ...

Professional Installed Floors is well known in the Atlanta region thanks to our decades of satisfied customers and stellar review history. But for people who’ve recently moved to the area, what do they think?Mary W. of Hiram is one such person, and her story is something that we hear frequently in ...

We know our name says Professional Installed Floors but we do offer other elements of home design and construction, all to deliver the exact look and feel you want. This means going beyond just flooring and looking at what can transform walls into something more.It wasn’t too long ago that this ...

At Professional Installed Floors, we work out of our Marietta headquarters to deliver beautiful new flooring for Atlanta-area homes and businesses. In recent years, we’ve often gone with COREtec products as our material of choice. COREtec products offer a high level of quality while also providing ...

At Professional Installed Floors, the bulk of our work in Atlanta-area homes involves installing beautiful new solid flooring. But what about the prep work that goes underneath the laminate and hardwood flooring? For some of our customers, the work actually starts with the layer below the main ...

Maybe you’re looking to sell and you just want to give your home that little extra oomph. Or maybe you just want to do something nice for yourself. Whatever the reason, chances are you’re also quite busy and jumping into a massive home improvement project isn’t in that feasible.But if you’ve got a ...

COREtec: A Popular Favorite In Our Marietta ShowroomAt Professional Installed Floors, visitors to our Marietta showroom will often hear us talking about COREtec. COREtec is not itself a brand or a specific item; instead, it’s a unique element of engineered materials from US Floors.COREtec refers to ...

While it’s true that solid flooring can be a DIY project, the truth is that in nearly all cases, you’re going to want to hire a professional hardwood flooring installer. There are many variables at play here, from knowledge of the product to the efficiency that comes only with decades of experience....

At the Marietta showroom of Professional Installed Floors, we often have people come in and go directly to look at un-finished hardwood floor options. When they do this, that means they’re skipping over our immense catalog of samples featuring off-the-shelf products from leading manufacturers such ...

Some customers may be surprised to see carpeting when they visit our Marietta showroom. It’s true, the bulk of our inventory and product lines are solid flooring — from true hardwoods to laminate to vinyl flooring. However, even though the popular opinion is shifting towards homes having mostly ...

Eagle Creek may be one of the newer names in the flooring industry, but the brand has quickly become well-known for its combination of quality and price. Launched in 2015, Eagle Creek is technically a division of Home Legend. However, as a standalone organization, Eagle Creek has earned a ...

When evaluating your flooring options for a remodel, you’ve probably already come across the terms engineered hardwood floors and solid hardwood floors. What’s the difference between the two and which one is right for you? One isn’t necessarily better than the other; they both have their pros and ...

Background: Restored & Revitalized by Professional Installed FloorsMr. and Mrs. Anderson have lived in the Atlanta area for quite some time — enough to see major life milestones come and go. Along with those good memories comes wear and tear on the hardwood floors of their home, including a major ...

For Atlanta homeowners looking to upgrade, it’s likely that it’s time to move away from wall-to-wall carpeting and invest in hard surface flooring — that’s been the trend over the past 10-20 years as people started preferring the many benefits of a hard surface over carpet. Or it’s possible that ...

For many pet owners, one thing they often don’t consider when they adopt their furry pals is the impact on their flooring. In these cases, the wall-to-wall carpeting in their home can turn out to be a worst-case scenario. Carpeting not only is hard to clean with potty and vomit accidents, it also ...

Storage & Floor Remodel Ideas for Your BathroomAt Professional Installed Floors, we’re always talking with our Atlanta clients about how they can improve their home, so it’s probably no surprise that bathrooms come up quite often. We even dabble in bathroom remodels a bit ourselves (more on that ...

Available in Waterproof, Solid, Engineered, and Laminate Flooring ChoicesIf you’re looking at transforming different elements of your home — or even your whole home — going from carpet to a hard surface can fulfill that need and more. Hard service flooring creates a sweeping change in the look, ...

Professional Installed Floors has worked with homes in Georgia for decades, and that means that over the years, satisfied customers come back for remodels or when new projects come about. Such was the case with Walter F., a resident of Atlanta. Professional Installed Floors has worked with Walter ...

Hardwood flooring is becoming the preferred choice of new home buyers — it’s often noted as a driver in faster sales and higher prices. Why is that? One of the biggest reasons people prefer hardwood flooring over carpets is that it’s easier to clean.While carpet is softer and warmer, it’s also much ...

Durable, Beautiful, Even Water-Proof, PRYZM Delivers It AllIn the past decade, the real estate industry has noted that both buyers and sellers have begun moving away from wall-to-wall carpeting and instead preferred the look and feel of solid flooring. Solid flooring comes in many forms: ...

Tired of squeaks and creaks? Scratches and gouges? Ripples and warps? Maybe you’re getting ready to sell your house. Or has the situation become so bad with that old floor, you’re starting to lose your coins and jewelry down the cracks?If you’re like many people, maybe you’re probably just ready ...