Quest Flooring of Schaumburg IL

Over the past 19 years, I have worked with many name brand products, from the cheapist to the most expensive. Based on this experience, I personally recommend the following products for their superior finishes, durability, milling, and solid warranties.

• Lw Mountain has a wide selection of pre-finished engineered and solid hardwoods.  All of thier flooring comes with a 4 sided micro-bevel, 25 yr warranty and 8 coats of polyurethane.
• Somerset has a  7 color selection in red and white oak  from 2 1/4 to 5 widths. 25 and 15yr warranties are standard with thier products. They also carry engineered and exotic woods with eased edges and square edges.
• Viking is mostly an exotic line with species like Cumaru, Brazilian Cherry, Tigerwood and Tauri. Viking hardwood also has a mico beveled edge and is now starting to carry oak natural. All of these products come with a matte finish.

 If you have a concrete foundation I can also supply you with a number of engineered flooring products from any of these companies and more. You have two choices with a concrete floor;  to glue down an engineered product or float, which is similiar to laminate flooring. There are three laminate products I prefer to use.

• Quikstep , Pergo, and Columbia, all of them are glueless laminates with excellent locking systems. Quickstep was the first company with a glueless locking system, they also have a large line of laminates from tiles to random length boards for a realistic hardwood look. Pergo has  different colors and patterns than Quickstep,with a wonderful locking system and many realistic wood grains. Pergo also carries a wide variety in ceramic tile patterns, and as a Certified Pergo installer, their warranty is top notch. Columbia's product is made by the same mill as Quickstep, so it's glueless locking system is excellent and they have a few different colors to choose from. I would recommend that all laminates should be no less then 8mm thick,some laminates from big box stores are 7mm or less and cause potential problems in installation and overall look.