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How to Maintain Hardwood Floors in North Carolina: A Seasonal Guide for Triangle Homeowners

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Hardwood Floor Installation in Chapel Hill, NC

By Mario Vlichis, owner of Vilchis Hardwood Floors Updated May 2026 The biggest thing people get wrong about hardwood floors in North Carolina is treating them like furniture. They aren’t. They’re alive. They move with the seasons, the way trees do, just slower and quieter. Once you understand that, taking care of them gets a … How to Maintain Hardwood Floors in North Carolina: A Seasonal Guide for Triangle Homeowners

How long new hardwood should acclimate in a Triangle home — and why skipping this step causes gaps six months later

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hardwood floor

By Mario Vilchis, owner, Vilchis Hardwood Floors. Working in Durham since 2009. We get called in to fix other people’s hardwood at least a dozen times a year. About a third of those failures trace back to the same mistake: the floor went down before it had a chance to acclimate. By the time the … How long new hardwood should acclimate in a Triangle home — and why skipping this step causes gaps six months later

What we find under the floors in 1940s Durham bungalows (and what it costs to fix before new hardwood goes down)

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hardwood floor repair in Durham NC

By Mario Vilchis, owner, Vilchis Hardwood Floors. Working in Durham since 2009. If your house is in Trinity Park, Watts-Hillandale, Forest Hills, Old North Durham, or anywhere else with a pre-1960 bungalow on a crawl space, this one is for you. The short version: the original oak you’re standing on is probably fine. What’s underneath … What we find under the floors in 1940s Durham bungalows (and what it costs to fix before new hardwood goes down)

Solid vs. Engineered Hardwood in a Durham Home: Which One We’d Install in Your House (and Why)

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flooring

By Mario Vilchis, owner, Vilchis Hardwood Floors. Installing wood floors across the Triangle since 2009. Short answer: in most Durham homes built before 1970, solid hardwood is still the right call. In most homes built after 2000, especially anything with a concrete slab or in South Durham, Brier Creek, and the Wake Forest new builds, … Solid vs. Engineered Hardwood in a Durham Home: Which One We’d Install in Your House (and Why)