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Floor removal & demo, Rockwall, TX

Floor removal & demo in Rockwall, 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 Rockwall.

Floor removal & demo installed in Rockwall, TX by All About Floors
Why All About Floors in Rockwall

Floor removal & demo done right, the first time, in Rockwall.

Homeowners across Rockwall, 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 Rockwall and the surrounding area, including Fate, Rowlett, Heath, McLendon-Chisholm.

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
Floor removal & demo in Rockwall

Built for Rockwall homes.

Rockwall is the county seat of the smallest county in Texas by area, and its housing stock covers a lot of ground. Chandlers Landing went up on the Lake Ray Hubbard shoreline starting in 1970, two years after the lake was impounded. Stone Creek Estates, Breezy Hill and Waterstone Estates are decades newer. So one week we are pulling fifty-year-old flooring off a lake-club slab, and the next we are measuring a new build off Ridge Road. Our Forney showroom is a short run south, and we bring the samples to you.

Rockwall's shoreline neighborhoods are the oldest work in the city. Lake Ray Hubbard was impounded in 1968 and Chandlers Landing was laid out in 1970, so the custom homes on that peninsula are past fifty years old. Slabs that age are rarely flat by today's standards, and thin click-together vinyl telegraphs every dip and every old thinset ridge. We grind the high spots and pour self-leveler where it is needed rather than floating a floor over a dish and letting it flex until the joints fail.

Rockwall County sits on the Texas Blackland Prairie. The clay under these houses shrinks and swells with moisture, and in a dry summer it opens deep cracks that move what is built on top of it. That is why we leave a real expansion gap at every wall, never pin a floating floor under a cabinet toe kick or a heavy island, and check for hollow spots under existing tile before we agree to leave it in place.

The newer half of town is a different job. Breezy Hill, Caruth Lakes, Stone Creek Estates and Waterstone Estates are subdivision builds with open first floors, and the request is almost always the same: take out the carpet-to-tile transition and run one continuous hard surface from the entry through the kitchen to the back wall. Long uninterrupted runs need a racking plan, boards pulled from several boxes at once so the pattern does not repeat, and material from a single production run.

Two practical notes. Chandlers Landing is guard-gated around the clock, so we send crew names and vehicle details ahead of the first day and again if the schedule shifts. And the streets around the courthouse square and The Harbor get tight during the outdoor music season, so if your house backs onto that, we load in early. Estimates are free, we bring samples to the house so you see them under your own light, and we can usually start within about two days.

Recent work

Floor removal & demo jobs near Rockwall

  • Contemporary bathroom flooring
Reviews

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!"
    Carley Newlin · via Google
Rockwall FAQs

Floor removal & demo in Rockwall, questions

Can you get into Chandlers Landing and the other gated streets by the lake?

Yes. Chandlers Landing is guard-gated around the clock, so we submit crew names and vehicle details before the first day and update them if the schedule changes. The smaller gated pockets along the shoreline work the same way. Tell us your HOA's process when we come out for the estimate and we will handle the paperwork instead of leaving a crew sitting at a call box.

Our house near the lake is from the 1970s and the slab is not flat. Can we still use luxury vinyl plank?

Usually, but only after prep. Slabs from the Chandlers Landing era have settled and been patched, and thin click flooring reproduces every dip and old thinset ridge underneath it. We grind the high spots, fill the low ones with self-leveler, and only then lay the floor. Skipping that step is what causes the flexing joints and clicking noise people complain about a year later.

Do I have to come to a showroom to choose something?

No. Our showroom is at 10 Mustang Court in Forney and you are welcome there, but for Rockwall jobs we normally bring full sample boxes to the house. Lake-facing rooms take a lot of direct light, and colors read completely differently at home than they do under showroom fixtures. Call (972) 564-5533 and we will set up a free estimate.

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

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