Flooring company in Brooklyn
Brooklyn floors, laid right in every kind of home
Plankora Flooring Brooklyn installs floor tile, carpet, luxury vinyl plank, laminate and hardwood in brownstones, two-family houses, co-ops and new condos, from Greenpoint down to Gerritsen Beach.
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Why Plankora in Brooklyn
A Brooklyn floor job starts with the building
The parlor floor of a brownstone, the upstairs of a two-family house in Bensonhurst and a new condo in Williamsburg all need a different kind of floor job. One has a century of boards and patches under it, one has a family living below, and one sits on a concrete slab with the condo's own rules about sound. We look at what the building is before we talk about what goes on top.
Plenty of Brooklyn homeowners have already picked their tile or carpet by the time they call. That is fine with us. Tell us what you chose and we plan the installation around it, or we help you choose if you have not decided yet.
- We check the subfloor before we quote, not after
- We plan for the neighbors below in a two-family house or an apartment
- We work inside the hours your building or block allows
- We carry the material up the stoop and leave the stairs clean
We visit, measure each room and lift a corner where we can, because what sits under the floor in an old Brooklyn house decides how the new one goes down. Old linoleum, a second layer of boards or a dip by the radiator all change the job, and we would rather find them before the estimate than halfway through the work.
Most of the effort in a good floor is underneath it. We take up what has to go, screw down boards that squeak, and bring the base flat with patching compound or new plywood so tile does not crack and planks do not bounce. On a concrete slab we check for moisture before anything is glued or floated over it.
We set the tile, float or glue the planks, or stretch the carpet, then fit the thresholds so each doorway steps cleanly into the next room. At the end we walk the floor with you and tell you when it can take furniture, water and everyday use.
What we do in Brooklyn
The floors Brooklyn asks us for
Tile, carpet and vinyl plank are what most Brooklyn calls are about. The rest of our work is here too.
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Floor tile
Porcelain and ceramic floors for bathrooms, kitchens and entries, set on a stiff, flat base.
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Carpet and stair runners
Wall-to-wall carpet for bedrooms and runners for brownstone and walk-up stairs.
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Luxury vinyl plank
A water-tolerant wood look for kitchens, basements and condos on concrete.
See luxury vinyl plank
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Laminate floors
A tough wood-look floor for dry living rooms and bedrooms.
See laminate floors
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Hardwood floors
Solid and engineered wood in strip, wide plank and herringbone.
See hardwood floors
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Floor restoration
Bringing old oak and parquet back instead of covering it up.
See floor restoration
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Wood floor repair
Water damage, cupping, gaps and squeaks, repaired to blend in.
See wood floor repair
Brooklyn buildings
Who else has a say in your floor
In a Brooklyn co-op, on Ocean Parkway or Eastern Parkway or in Brooklyn Heights, the board or the managing agent usually wants to hear about a floor job before it starts. Many ask for an alteration agreement and a certificate of insurance from the contractor, and they set the hours when noisy work can happen. The city's own construction hours are 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays, and a building's rules are often tighter.
In a two-family house the person with a say is often the tenant or relative on the other floor. Sound travels through old joists, so we talk about underlayment and padding at the start, and we plan the loud part of the day around the people downstairs.
Many co-op and rental leases also say how much of each room must be covered with carpet or rugs. If you rent or own in a co-op and want a hard floor in a bedroom, read that clause first. We will help you work out what it means.
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For every floor we lay
Boroughs we work in
Floor services, one call
Picked your floor already? Tell us about the room.
Call or send the room size and a few photos, and we will tell you what the installation involves.
Choose by building
What suits your Brooklyn home?
The building shapes the floor as much as the room does. Start with the kind of home you live in.
Brownstone or row house
Old boards, tall rooms, long stairs
Brownstone parlor floors often still have their original oak or parquet under later layers, and restoring it can beat replacing it. The stairs usually want a runner for grip and quiet, and bathrooms on the upper floors want tile on a base that has been stiffened first.
Two-family house
A floor with neighbors under it
When someone lives below, sound is the first question. Carpet over a dense pad is the quietest floor for a bedroom. Vinyl plank over an acoustic underlayment keeps kitchens and living rooms easy to clean without passing every footstep downstairs.
Prewar co-op
Board rules and a covering clause
Prewar apartments along Ocean Parkway and Eastern Parkway often have parquet worth saving, and a lease that asks for most of each room to be covered. Carpet settles the covering rule outright, and restored parquet with rugs can meet it too.
New condo
Concrete underneath, rules on sound
Newer buildings in Williamsburg, Greenpoint and Downtown Brooklyn sit on concrete slabs, and many condos specify the underlayment a floor must have. Vinyl plank and engineered wood suit a slab, and large-format porcelain looks at home in an open kitchen.
House near the bay
Ground floors and basements
In the low-lying neighborhoods of southern Brooklyn, a basement or ground floor needs a floor that shrugs off damp. Vinyl plank and porcelain tile both do, where solid wood would cup and swell.
How it works
From your call to a finished floor
Tell us about the rooms
Say which rooms, roughly how big, what is down now and what you would like. If you already chose your material, send the details.
We come and look underneath
We measure, check the subfloor and note the stairs, radiators and doorways that shape the job.
One estimate, one start date
You get an estimate for the whole job and a start date that fits your building and the people around you.
Installed and walked through
We lay the floor, fit the thresholds, clean up and walk the finished floor with you.
Across Brooklyn
Floors in every part of Brooklyn
Brooklyn is a borough of very different buildings. Here is how the work changes from one part to the next.
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Brownstone Brooklyn
Park Slope, Fort Greene, Bed-Stuy, Crown Heights and Carroll Gardens, where original floors, stoops and long stair runs shape most jobs.
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Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights and Bensonhurst
Limestone row houses and two-family homes, where a quiet floor for the family downstairs matters as much as the look.
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Borough Park, Midwood and Ocean Parkway
Detached houses and big prewar co-op buildings, with board approvals and floor-covering clauses to plan around.
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Williamsburg, Greenpoint and Downtown
New condos on concrete slabs, with the building's own rules on underlayment and work hours.
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Marine Park, Flatlands and the bay
Detached and semi-detached houses with basements and ground floors that need a floor able to handle damp.
Our Flatbush Avenue location
Beyond Brooklyn
Plankora in the other boroughs
Brooklyn is where this site works. Plankora Flooring covers the rest of New York City too.
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Brooklyn
Every neighborhood in the borough, from the brownstones to the bay, served from this site.
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Manhattan
Co-ops and condos with service elevators, alteration agreements and tight work hours.
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Queens
Attached houses, garden apartments and large co-op buildings across the borough.
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Bronx
Prewar apartment buildings, row houses and two-family homes.
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Staten Island
Detached houses with finished basements and open-plan living floors.
Questions
Brooklyn floor questions
How much does a new floor cost in Brooklyn?
It depends on the material, the size of the rooms and, in an older Brooklyn house, mostly on what is underneath. Old layers to take up, boards to fix, a base to level and stairs to cover all change the job. We look first, then give you one estimate that covers the whole job.
I already bought my tile or carpet. Can you install it?
Yes. Tell us what you chose, how much you have and the room sizes, and we will plan the installation around it. We will also tell you if a room needs more material than you have before the work starts.
Should I cover the original floor in my brownstone or restore it?
If the old oak or parquet is solid and thick enough to sand, restoring it usually keeps the character of the house and costs less than a new wood floor. If it is badly damaged or already sanded thin, a new floor over a leveled base is the better choice. We check it with you before you decide.
How do I keep floor noise from reaching the apartment below?
The layer under the floor does most of the work. Carpet over a dense pad is the quietest choice. Under vinyl plank, laminate or wood, an acoustic underlayment cuts footstep noise. Some condos and co-ops specify which underlayment you must use, so check before you choose.
Does my Brooklyn co-op need to approve a new floor?
Many do. Co-op boards and managing agents often ask for an alteration agreement and a certificate of insurance before a floor job starts, and they set the hours work can happen. Ask your managing agent what your building needs, and we will work through it with you before we book a date.