Hardwood Floors in Somerville, MA

Weles Wood Floor Services is a hardwood flooring company in Massachusetts serving Somerville and surrounding communities. Rated highly on Houzz and Yelp, with more than 250 customer reviews on Google, Thumbtack and Angi.

We handle hardwood floor installation, refinishing and repair in Somerville, and we fit each job to the home in front of us. Somerville is the most densely populated community in New England, and much of its housing stock is older multi-family: triple-deckers, Victorians around Spring Hill and Prospect Hill, and two- and three-families later converted to condos. If your unit sits directly above a neighbor, keeping dust out of the rest of the building matters. For refinishing work we use dustless floor sanding with HEPA filter dust control, which reduces airborne dust while sanding by about 90–95%. We also seal off adjacent rooms with plastic film to keep the work contained. If your unit is in a condo association, it’s worth checking any rules on floor coverings or sound transmission with your association before work starts, as these vary from building to building.

If we have a big open room with a clean surface we can use higher end sanding systems like the Lagler Trio to create a furniture quality surface. For installations, we use a moisture-first method designed for New England’s changing seasons. Somerville has a humid continental climate, and humidity ranges from the low 60s in the winter to the low 70s in late summer, and that seasonal change moves wood. We acclimate the material on site, take moisture readings and ensure the subfloor to hardwood differential is within 4% before gluing or screwing the boards down. That’s a slower start, but that’s what keeps boards tight and stable through the years of expansion and contraction a Somerville floor goes through.

Based in Massachusetts, Weles has worked on homes and commercial spaces across the region. Take a look at our portfolio to see some of our work and also check out our YouTube channel. Many homes in Somerville were built prior to 1939, and many still have original wood floors that are worth restoring, not ripping out. Our repair and restoration work is designed to keep those floors in service and standing for years to come.