Flooring company in Queens
Queens floors, from the basement to the bedrooms
Plankora Flooring Queens installs carpet, vinyl plank, tile, laminate and hardwood in attached and detached houses, two-family homes and co-op apartments across Queens.
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Why Plankora in Queens
A Queens house is three floors of flooring
Most Queens flooring jobs are in houses, and a house here is rarely one kind of floor. There is a finished basement that has to cope with damp, a main floor that takes the most traffic, and bedrooms upstairs where comfort and quiet matter. In a two-family house there is also a family on the other floor. We plan each level for what it has to do.
Queens also has some of the biggest co-op buildings in the city, in Forest Hills, Rego Park, Jackson Heights and Bayside, with their own board rules. We work in those too, and handle the paperwork the building asks for.
- We match the floor to each level of the house
- We check basement slabs for moisture before anything goes down
- We plan for the family on the other floor of a two-family house
- We handle co-op paperwork and building hours
We go through the house floor by floor, measure every room and the stairs between them, and check the base under each one. A basement slab gets a moisture check, and an old wood floor upstairs gets checked for bounce and squeaks.
We take up what has to come up, fix what is loose, level what dips and put down a vapor barrier where the concrete needs one. Stairs are measured step by step so the carpet or treads fit tightly.
We lay each floor, join the rooms and levels with clean transitions, and leave the house ready to live in. Then we walk it with you, floor by floor.
What we do in Queens
Floors for every level of your home
Carpet is where most Queens calls start. Here is everything else we install.
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Carpet in Queens
Wall-to-wall carpet for bedrooms, basements and stairs, over the right pad.
See carpet in queens
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Luxury vinyl plank
The basement and kitchen floor that does not mind water.
See luxury vinyl plank
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Floor tile
Porcelain for entries, laundry rooms, kitchens and baths.
See floor tile
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Laminate floors
A durable wood look for living rooms and upstairs bedrooms.
See laminate floors
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Hardwood floors
Solid and engineered wood for the main floor of the house.
See hardwood floors
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Floor restoration
Old oak under the carpet, sanded and brought back.
See floor restoration
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Wood floor repair
Boards damaged by a leak or a flood, repaired and matched.
See wood floor repair
Queens homes
Houses, co-ops and the water table
In the neighborhoods near Jamaica Bay, Howard Beach, Broad Channel and the Rockaways among them, basements and ground floors have to be ready for water. Solid wood cups and swells with damp. Vinyl plank and porcelain tile can take it, and we lay them over a vapor barrier where the slab needs one.
In a Queens co-op, the board or managing agent usually wants to know about floor work before it starts, and many ask for an alteration agreement and the contractor's insurance certificate. Construction hours in the city run from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays, and co-op hours are often shorter. Many co-op leases also ask for most of each room to be covered with carpet or rugs.
In a two-family house, the neighbor is the family on the other floor. We talk about padding and underlayment at the start, because a quiet floor upstairs makes life easier downstairs.
City construction hours on weekdays
For every floor we lay
Boroughs we work in
Floor services, one call
Doing more than one floor? We will plan them together.
Call or send the rooms on each level, and we will tell you what the job involves.
Choose by building
What suits your Queens home?
Start with the kind of home, then the level of the house.
Finished basement
Damp from below, family time on top
A basement you live in wants a floor that is warm and copes with damp. Vinyl plank over a vapor barrier is the usual answer, carpet works in a dry basement, and tile suits the laundry area.
Two-family house
Someone lives on the other floor
Upstairs floors carry sound to the unit below. Carpet over a dense pad is the quietest, and vinyl plank or laminate over an acoustic underlayment keeps living areas easy to clean.
Co-op apartment
Board rules and a covering clause
The big co-ops of Forest Hills, Rego Park and Jackson Heights often have parquet worth restoring and a lease that asks for most of each room to be covered. Carpet meets that rule outright.
House near the bay
Ground floors that may see water
In Howard Beach and the neighborhoods near Jamaica Bay, ground floors and basements need floors that can be dried out and kept. Vinyl plank and tile both can.
How it works
How a Queens floor job runs
Call about the rooms
Tell us which rooms and levels, what is there now and what you have in mind.
We walk the house
We measure every room and stair and check the base on each level.
One estimate, one plan
You get one estimate for the whole house and a start date that suits you.
Laid level by level
We install each floor, join the levels cleanly and walk the house with you.
Across Queens
Floors all over Queens
Queens is a borough of houses and big co-ops, and the job changes with each.
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South Ozone Park, Ozone Park and Richmond Hill
Attached and detached one- and two-family houses with basements, near our Lefferts Boulevard location.
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Howard Beach and the bay
Houses close to Jamaica Bay, where ground floors and basements need a water-tolerant floor.
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Forest Hills, Rego Park and Kew Gardens
Large prewar and postwar co-op buildings with board rules and parquet worth saving.
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Jackson Heights, Sunnyside and Astoria
Garden apartment co-ops, row houses and walk-ups with original floors under later layers.
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Bayside, Flushing and Fresh Meadows
Detached houses and co-op complexes, with carpet upstairs and hard floors below.
Beyond Queens
Plankora in the other boroughs
Queens is where this site works. Plankora Flooring covers the rest of New York City too.
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Queens
Every Queens neighborhood, from Long Island City to the Rockaways, served from this site.
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Manhattan
Co-ops and condos with service elevators and tight work hours.
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Brooklyn
Brownstones, two-family houses and new condos.
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Bronx
Prewar apartments, row houses and two-family homes.
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Staten Island
Detached houses with stairs and finished basements.
Questions
Queens floor questions
How much does it cost to put new floors in a Queens house?
It depends on the floors you choose, how many rooms and levels, the stairs, and above all what is underneath each floor. We walk the house, measure and check the base, then give you one estimate for the whole job.
What floor should go in my basement?
Vinyl plank over a vapor barrier suits most Queens basements, because it copes with damp and feels warm underfoot. Carpet works in a basement that stays dry. Tile suits a laundry room. We check the slab for moisture before we recommend one.
Does my Queens co-op need to approve new floors?
Many do. Co-op boards often ask for an alteration agreement and the contractor's insurance certificate, and set the hours for work. Ask your managing agent, and we will handle our part before we book a date.
Can you do different floors on each level of the house?
Yes. Most Queens jobs are a mix, such as vinyl plank in the basement, wood or laminate on the main floor and carpet upstairs. We plan them as one job with one schedule.