Floor removal & demo in Kaufman, TX
Nobody sets out to buy floor removal. It shows up on the estimate, it is not the part of the project anyone was picturing, and it is the line that decides whether the new floor sits flat and stays flat. What you are paying for is a substrate that is clean, sound, dry and level enough for whatever goes on top of it. Installed by our own crew across Kaufman.
Floor removal & demo done right, the first time, in Kaufman.
Homeowners across Kaufman, TX call All About Floors for floor removal & demo because every job runs with our own crew, no subcontractors, no surprise charges, and one number to call from first sample to finished floor.
We install floor removal & demo across Kaufman and the surrounding area, including Talty, Crandall, Terrell, Heartland.
What's included
- Carpet, pad, tackless strip and staple removal
- Tile and thinset chipped and ground off the slab
- Glue-down vinyl and adhesive residue removal
- Suspect pre-1980 resilient flooring tested before disturbance
- HEPA-shrouded grinders and plastic containment
- Slab grinding, patching and self-leveling underlayment
- Moisture testing before glue-down installation
- Debris loaded and hauled off site
Built for Kaufman homes.
The square has been the center of Kaufman since 1851, and the houses around it still show it: modest frame and brick homes on deep lots, churches from 1877 and 1909, a 1908 bank building on the square itself. Kaufman issued 32 single-family permits in 2025, so this is not a boom-build town the way Forney is. Most of what we do here is replacing floors in houses that have already been lived in hard, plus new work out at Kings Fort.
Kaufman is the county seat and it behaves like one. The town was founded as Kings Fort in 1840, named for Dr. William P. King, and the square has been the focal point since 1851. Population is around 9,785 and up roughly 50% since 2000, real growth, but a fraction of what Forney and Crandall have absorbed, and the permit numbers reflect that: 75 single-family permits in 2022, 49 in 2023, 32 in each of 2024 and 2025.
So the flooring work here skews toward existing houses rather than new construction. In-town Kaufman gives you a wide age range in a few blocks, pre-war frame houses on pier-and-beam near the square, 1960s and 70s brick ranches on slab, and 1990s infill. The older slabs are the ones that hold surprises. Peel back sheet vinyl in a 1970s Kaufman kitchen and you often find cutback adhesive, or a bed of hardened thinset from a tile job two owners ago. Both have to come off or be encapsulated properly before a new floor goes down, and that is prep time people don't budget for.
The other thing we see constantly here is the accumulated addition. A house that started small and grew twice will have three floor heights, and the transitions between them are usually where the old flooring failed. Getting the levels to meet cleanly is often more work than the install itself, but it's what makes the finished job read as one house instead of three.
New work is concentrated in Kings Fort, south of Highway 175, where Bloomfield is building Enclave and Georgetown sections. Outside the city limits, Kaufman-area listings run from about 1.29 acres up to nearly 28, and those acreage builds get treated as custom jobs. Median home value in Kaufman sits near $236,000, which is why we offer financing through Synchrony and Wisetack rather than assuming everyone pays up front.
Floor removal & demo jobs near Kaufman
What homeowners say
"All About Floors is amazing to work with! We recently had our entire flooring replaced and they not only did a wonderful job, the support and aftercare has been top notch! Highly recommend"
J Shoe2 · via Google "The team at All About Floors did an absolutely phenomenal job repairing a portion of a floor in my clients' home that nobody else would touch. We are so grateful for Patty and her amazing team!"
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Floor removal & demo in Kaufman, questions
Our house near the square has been added onto twice and every room sits at a different height. Can that be fixed?
Usually, yes. We measure the height difference at each doorway first, then decide between building up the low side with self-leveling compound, using a purpose-made reducer, or feathering the transition across a wider run. On additions with more than about an inch of difference we'll say so up front, because that changes the price and the schedule more than the flooring choice does.
We found black glue under the old kitchen vinyl. Is that a problem?
It's common in Kaufman houses from the 1960s and 70s and it needs handling properly, not scraping in a hurry. Depending on what's underneath, the right answer is mechanical removal or a proper encapsulation layer before the new floor. We'll look at it during the free estimate so it's priced in from the start rather than turning up as a surprise mid-job.
Can we spread the cost over time?
Yes. We offer financing through Synchrony and Wisetack, so a whole-house floor doesn't have to be paid in one lump. We'll bring samples to the house, measure, and give you a written estimate for free, no charge whether or not you go ahead. Once you decide, we can usually be starting within about two days.
Can you install the new floor over the old one instead of removing it?
Occasionally. A floating floor can go over sound, fully bonded tile in some situations. What stops it more often is height. Every inch you add changes door swings, thresholds, the transition into adjoining rooms, the clearance under a dishwasher and the fit of a refrigerator into its opening. You also inherit whatever is wrong with the old floor, flatness and cracks included.
How much dust will there be, and can we stay in the house?
With containment set up properly, most families stay. We build plastic barriers at the openings, seal the registers and returns in the work zone so nothing travels through the ductwork, and grind with vacuum attached at the tool. Expect noise, and expect the work zone off limits during the day. Demolition done without any of that is what people mean when the dust never seems to end.
Our house is from the 1970s and has nine-inch tiles. Is that asbestos?
It might be, and it should be tested rather than guessed at. Nine-inch tile and black cutback adhesive were both common then, and either can contain asbestos. Intact and covered, they are not a hazard. The risk comes from grinding or sanding them dry. We sample and test before anything is disturbed, and a positive result goes to a licensed abatement firm before we return to prep and install.
Flexible financing available
Wisetack and Synchrony
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