Flooring, a floor that looks laid, not covered
It usually starts with a floor you have covered with a rug rather than fix. The hard part is not the work - it is that every flooring company sounds equally sure of itself, and you get one guess. We check licence and insurance before we introduce anyone, and we record the date we checked.
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Flooring in short
A flooring job is really five services bundled together: removing the old floor, repairing and flattening the subfloor, installing the new material, finishing the edges with trim and transitions, and hauling the debris away. Only the third one is usually priced clearly. In 2026 the installed national average is around $12.50 per square foot across all materials, with a typical 500-square-foot job averaging about $3,067 and most landing between $1,518 and $4,706.
Installed flooring in 2026 averages about $12.50 per square foot nationally, and a typical 500-square-foot job averages around $3,067, with most falling between $1,518 and $4,706. By material, installed prices run roughly $3-$11 per square foot for luxury vinyl plank, $1.36-$13.58 for carpet, $6-$22 for solid hardwood, and $4-$16 for engineered wood. Removal of the old floor adds about $1-$6 per square foot and subfloor repair adds roughly $2-$2.50 per square foot.
Explore Flooring
Everything we publish on flooring, grouped the way homeowners actually search - not the way a company would organise it.
- Services 21 services - replacement, repair, and specialty work 21 pages
- Cost What flooring actually costs in 2026, by type and by city 208 pages
- Problems Something wrong? Start here 12 pages
- Comparisons Option A vs. B, compared honestly 10 pages
- Guides In-depth guides on flooring, written and reviewed by pros 15 pages
- Tools Estimate your project cost in under a minute 11 pages
- Materials 17 materials - cost, lifespan and where each one fits 17 pages
- Brands 14 flooring brands, compared on price and warranty 14 pages
- Products Specific products worth considering 7 pages
- Ideas & inspiration Styles, colours and layouts worth stealing 29 pages planned
- Decision Guides Which option is actually right for your home 3 pages
- Checklists Step-by-step checklists before you hire 4 pages
- Maintenance Keep it working - schedules and upkeep 1 page
- ROI What you get back at resale 3 pages
- Financing Ways to pay over time, and what they really cost 2 pages
- Permits Permit rules and what they cost 1 page
- Insurance What insurance covers, and what it does not 1 page
- Warranties What the warranty actually covers 1 page
- Research The data behind our recommendations 8 pages
- FAQ Answers to the most common flooring questions 1 page
- Glossary Flooring terms explained in plain English 19 pages
- AI Tools Describe the problem, get a plain-English answer 2 pages planned
- Timeline 1 pages 1 page
How a pro gets in front of you
Most sites sell your number to whoever pays the most for it. We do not - your details reach only the flooring companies matched to your job. We are building licence and insurance checks on top of that, and we will publish each one with the date it was performed rather than claim it in advance.
A few pros, never a list
Your details go to the small number of local companies matched to your job, and to nobody else. They are not sold on.
No paid placement
A company cannot buy a better position in a match or in our rankings. Where we rank, the method is published so you can re-score it yourself.
Check the licence yourself
Ask for the number and look it up on your state board’s public register. We are building this into the match; it is not running yet.
Ask the insurer, not the contractor
Get liability and workers’ compensation certificates sent to you by the insurance agency direct. A forwarded PDF proves nothing about today.
What flooring usually costs
Ranges, with the source and the date underneath. Anyone quoting you a single national number is guessing, and you should know enough to notice.
No verified flooring price ranges published yet.
We don’t publish a cost until we can show the data behind it. If you need a
number today, the quote form gives you real prices from local companies.
HomeMatchup vs. a lead site vs. doing it yourself
Three ways to get this work done. Here’s what each one actually gives you.
| HomeMatchup | Typical lead site | DIY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| How many companies call you | A short, named shortlist you agreed to | Often 4-5+ at once, sold to whoever buys the lead | None - the work is on you |
| Licence & insurance | Self-reported today - we tell you how to check it and are building the check in | Usually self-reported by the contractor | Your own permits and liability |
| What it costs you | Free - pros pay us, and only for a real match | Free, but your number is resold | Materials plus your time |
| Price guidance before you talk | Published ranges with the data behind them | Rarely shown before you hand over details | You research it yourself |
| If it goes wrong | A named company, and a record of who received your job | Hard to trace which site sold the lead | No recourse |
Describes how HomeMatchup operates and the common lead-generation model. Not a claim about any named competitor.
What people say after they’ve hired
We’d rather show you nothing than show you someone else’s reviews.
Plenty of sites fill this space with reviews scraped from elsewhere, or written for them. We don’t. The first flooring review on this page will come from a homeowner we matched, after their work was finished and paid for.
- Only from homeowners we actually matched
- Only after the job is complete
- Published unedited, including the bad ones
- 1You get matchedA few checked pros, free
- 2Work gets doneCheck their licence and insurance first
- 3We ask youOnce, after completion
- 4It appears hereExactly as you wrote it
Flooring questions, answered
The questions homeowners ask us most about flooring.
Flooring materials
The materials you'll actually be choosing between.
The wrong flooring hire costs more than the right one.
Flooring failures are almost always subfloor or moisture failures. Laid over an unaddressed problem, the best material still cups and gaps. Getting matched takes about a minute, costs nothing, and you can walk away from every quote you receive.
Free · No obligation · Only your matched pros get your details