For flooring installation contractors

The flooring job, bookedwhile you’re down on your knees laying plank.

Across town a homeowner wants their floors redone through the whole house. To them it’s a flooring job that runs into five figures, and they’re working down a list of every flooring guy they can find.That call comes to Maria: she screens it in flooring installation language and drops the flooring job onto your calendar, address and time already set.

Get booked $99/yr

$99/year plus your per-booked-job price. Confirmation and contact details by email and text.

The flooring installation jobs homeowners call us about

Every one is a flooring job you could never chase from down on your knees laying plank. Maria screens them and books the ones inside your service area:

01Cracked or hollow / loose tiles and failing grout
02Subfloor not level / dips and high spots
03Water damage needing tear-out and replacement
04Worn-out carpet needing replacement
05Transition between rooms looks bad / trip hazards
06Old flooring removal and disposal
07New construction or remodel install on a deadline
08Peeling or lifting LVP/glue-down planks
09Pet stains / odor in carpet
10Scratched or dull hardwood needing refinish
11Squeaky or creaking floors
12Cupping, buckling or gapping planks from moisture/humidity

Maria speaks flooring installation

She can tell a Snap line from a Heave / cupping, knows what Acclimation (letting flooring sit on-site) and Lippage mean, and doesn’t stall when a caller rattles off Telegraphing or Dry-fit / dry-lay. So the homeowner on the other end gets qualified, not fumbled — and while you’re down on your knees laying plank, she’s booking jobs.

Words she knows

Snap lineHeave / cuppingAcclimation (letting flooring sit on-site)LippageTelegraphingDry-fit / dry-layRacking the floor (pattern stagger)Expansion gapFloat (the floor)Back-butteringOpen time / flash timeRH test (relative humidity probe)Cut-pile / loop pileDirect glue-down vs. floatingBurnishing / power stretchPop the chalkCathedral (wood grain pattern)Picture-framing (tile layout)Mud job (mortar bed)Out of square

Names she'll hear

SchluterRobertsBonaCustom Building Products (CBP)HenryTaylor AdhesivesShawMohawkManningtonCOREtecKarndeanPergoArmstrongDriTacSikaLaticreteBruceDeWalt

Flooring Installation parts

Threshold / saddleCarpet seam tapeSpline / leaf for engineered click planksTackless strip (tack strip)Carpet tack strip nailsTransition strips (T-molding, reducer, end cap)Quarter round / shoe moldingStair noseUnderlayment padCement backer board (Durock/HardieBacker)Vapor barrier / 6-mil polyZ-bar / Z-binderCove base / wall baseSchluter edge profile (Jolly/Rondec)

Products & tools

Moisture-mitigation epoxyTrowelable patch / floor patchPolyurethane finishTile spacersWood fillerCaulk / color-matched siliconeSeam sealer (carpet)Embossing levelerPrimer (for SLU)Self-leveling underlayment (SLU)Modified thinset mortarUrethane wood-floor adhesivePressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA)Crack isolation membraneSanded / unsanded groutGrout sealerPower stretcherCarpet seaming ironPowernail flooring nailerPneumatic cleat nailerWet tile saw (MK / DeWalt)Concrete grinderJamb / undercut sawToe kick sawRide-on floor stripperTramex moisture meterCalcium chloride / RH probe kitTapping block & pull bar100-lb floor rollerOscillating multi-toolLaser levelNotched trowel

These are the flooring installation trade’s own vocabulary — not brands Maria Bookings is affiliated with.

From first call to booked flooring job

01
A homeowner reaches Maria
Someone in your area needs a flooring job. The call comes to us, so nothing lands on you while you're down on your knees laying plank.
02
Maria screens the flooring job
The flooring installation questions that matter: what's wrong, the address, how soon.
03
Books it onto your calendar
A confirmed flooring job appointment inside your service area, texted to you and the homeowner.
04
You show up and quote
A confirmed time for their floors redone through the whole house. You pay only on a booked job.