Covering worn carpet, replacing cracked tile, or refinishing hardwood that has been sanded one too many times pays off in daily comfort first: new wood flooring earned a 9.1 Joy Score in the 2025 Remodeling Impact Report from the National Association of REALTORS®, against a typical score of 8.2. Flooring is not part of the Zonda Cost vs. Value Report, but homes with wood floors tend to sell faster and for as much as 10% more, per a National Wood Flooring Association survey of real estate agents. Joy Score: 2025 Remodeling Impact Report, National Association of REALTORS®. It measures homeowner satisfaction, not resale value. Resale figure: National Wood Flooring Association (woodfloors.org), real estate agent survey.
Below you’ll find project pricing by flooring type, our top-ranked flooring installers, and answers to the most common questions. Not sure if you need to replace vs. refinish? See the signs it’s time to replace your floors, compare flooring materials, or check the full cost guide.
Flooring Installation costs depend on the material, the square footage, and how much subfloor preparation the room needs. See estimated costs at a glance, with details on how scope, timeline, and other factors affect cost. These are national estimates for labor and materials, and your local labor rates will affect pricing. See your state page for local pricing.
| Project Type | Estimated Cost | What’s Included |
|---|---|---|
| Hardwood Installation | $10–$25/sq ft | Solid or engineered hardwood flooring |
| LVP / LVT Installation | $5–$16/sq ft | Luxury vinyl plank or tile: durable, waterproof |
| Tile Installation | $7–$19/sq ft | Ceramic, porcelain, or natural stone |
| Carpet Installation | $3–$7/sq ft | Standard to premium carpet with pad |
| Hardwood Refinishing | $3–$6/sq ft | Sand, stain, and refinish existing hardwood: lowest cost, big visual impact |
| Laminate Installation | $5–$16/sq ft | Budget-friendly laminate flooring |
*All cost estimates on this page are planning estimates, not quotes. Actual costs vary by location, project scope, materials, site conditions, and contractor. See methodology and sources.
These companies are ordered by their real customer rating weighted by review volume, taken from public review platforms.
It is not an editorial score and not a ranking of build quality. Where a company runs several branches, its rating combines every location with enough reviews to count; where it runs one, the figure describes that listing. See our Editorial Standards.
Floor Coverings International brings its full sample selection to your home, so you can compare flooring and carpet against your own walls and lighting before deciding. Homeowners across the franchise consistently name their local design consultant and describe an honest process, including being pointed toward a smaller repair instead of a bigger job they did not need. Installers are described moving furniture before starting and putting it back after. Local owners personally reply to reviews by name. Because each location is independently owned, ask how long the installation warranty runs and what is covered if a floating floor like LVP or laminate ever shifts.
Refloor fits luxury vinyl plank and little else: a narrow specialism, stocked, with installs often landing the day after you choose. Reviewers across its Midwest, Southeast and Northeast branches consistently name their installers and describe real care for the rest of the house along the way: furniture moved and reset, old carpet hauled off, subfloors levelled and repaired before the new floor goes down, and the site cleaned up as the crew works. The sales consultation draws the same kind of specific praise: homeowners name their rep and describe a clear walk-through of product, cost and the installation process before anything is decided. Because Refloor installs its own product, its service covers floors it originally put in; if you are finishing or repairing an existing floor from another installer, ask up front whether that is in scope. Their guarantee has four parts and is worth reading closely: the gap-free promise excludes gaps caused by subfloor movement or moisture, which is how most plank gapping actually happens, and the whole guarantee depends on completing a walk-through on the final day of installation.
50Floor brings the flooring samples to your home, so you choose in your own light against your own furniture, and quotes the whole job in one visit. Homeowners describe a consultant who laid out a wide price range without pushing a decision (walking through materials and options rather than steering toward the most expensive one) and installers come up by name for clean, efficient work. Two programs are worth understanding properly before you sign. The Gold Star Warranty covers installation-related problems, and their own materials describe its term two different ways, so ask which one applies to your contract and get it in writing. The Lifetime Love Your Floors Guarantee is a credit worth half your original price toward a replacement floor from 50Floor: a credit rather than a refund, and it has to replace all the original areas.
Express Flooring covers Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas, and stocks its own flooring rather than special-ordering it: the reason installs can often start within days of the in-home visit rather than weeks. Reviewers across its markets consistently name their installers, and the recurring praise is for speed: a full house of vinyl plank finished in a day and a half, a room of carpet installed the same week it was chosen. On a larger job, expect the crew to move furniture from every room at once rather than staging room by room, so ask how that will work around your household before scheduling. Their published disclaimers are worth reading before you sign rather than after: the installation warranty is limited, does not transfer to a new owner, and after the first two years the labor cost on any claim falls to you. Carpet cover also depends on documented annual professional cleaning, so keep the receipts.
National Floors Direct moves fast: many homeowners get an installation date within a day or two of choosing their flooring, and reviewers across its Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Florida and Texas markets consistently describe crews who move the furniture, work quickly, and clean up before they leave. The other strength reviewers name most is the shop-at-home consultation itself: a rep who brings samples to your house and lays out the options without much back-and-forth. Three things are worth locking down before you sign. Their price-match guarantee only holds if you bring a dated, written competing quote in on that first visit, not later. The standard right-to-cancel window is short and enforced strictly, so read that clause the day you sign. And if your subfloor needs extra prep once the old flooring comes up, that can add to the price, so ask how that is handled ahead of time.
Empire Today is built around convenience: a shop-at-home consultation with installation often available within a day or two, on exclusive lines like WhisperHOME® carpet and AquaDefense® waterproof LVP. The consultation is what reviewers praise most, and specifically: they name the consultant who came to the house, describe the visit as unhurried, and often mention that the price held up well against other quotes they had already collected. Installation crews draw the same kind of specific praise: arriving on time, walking the job before starting, and cleaning up before they leave. Because flooring performance can change over the life of a floor, ask now what the warranty covers if a plank ever lifts or separates down the road, not just what is covered on installation day, and get a direct service contact in writing at the time of sale.
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