Marietta, Georgia

Historic floors and subdivision houses, handled differently.

Marietta splits between older houses around the Square and the Whitlock corridor, and the subdivisions that filled East Cobb and the west side later. JRF takes qualifying projects here and confirms travel and schedule for the address.

Housing

What Marietta houses ask of a floor

A Victorian near the Square and a 1990s colonial in East Cobb should not get the same scope copied from one proposal to the other.

Around the Square and WhitlockOlder houses here often have plaster, floors that are out of level, and hardwood that may be original. Additions sit at a different height than the front rooms. A transition has to look intended.

East Cobb subdivisionsTwo-story houses from the 1970s through the 1990s commonly kept hardwood in the public rooms and carpet or sheet vinyl everywhere else. Replacing the soft floors without a plan for the hardwood doorway is how the reducer ends up as an afterthought.

Newer construction to the westLarger open plans, builder engineered wood, and tile that was laid quickly. The work is often a bath that needs to be opened, or a floor that is telegraphing the seams under it.

Humidity

Vented crawls and summer walls

Cobb County gets the same heavy summer air as the rest of the metro. Older Marietta houses meet it through the crawl space.

Partly closed crawlsMany older Marietta houses were built with vented crawls that were later partly closed in. Summer humidity under the house is a common reason a wood floor cups along an outside wall.

The outside-wall boardsIf the cupping is only on the perimeter, look under the house before you sand. A new finish on a damp perimeter will not stay flat.

Newer slabsOn later slab houses the moisture question moves to the concrete and to bathrooms that were never waterproofed behind the tile. A soft spot at the shower is a substrate problem, not a grout problem.

Services

The same trades, planned for this housing.

Hardwood, tile, carpet, luxury vinyl, laminate, and kitchen and bathroom remodeling are available on qualifying Marietta projects. The address still has to be confirmed.

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Marietta

Marietta project questions

Tell us whether the house is the older stock or a subdivision. The scope starts there.

Can you refinish original floors near the Square?+

When the boards are thick enough and dry enough, yes. Out-of-level rooms and earlier sandings are part of the look, and we will say what a sand can and cannot take out.

We have hardwood in front and carpet in the bedrooms. Can that be one project?+

Yes. The heights at those doorways are measured together so the reducer is a finished piece, not a trip point.

Do you cross into the rest of Cobb?+

Qualifying projects in the Marietta area are considered with the address, the scope, and the schedule. Send the street and we will confirm.

Tell us if the house is pre-war or subdivision stock.

That distinction changes the subfloor, the trim, and whether the wood can be saved.

Completed projects include a 1-year warranty that starts at project completion.

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