Wood Flooring in Chubbuck, Idaho

Chubbuck is a newer city than its neighbor Pocatello, and its housing shows it. Much of the town filled in from the 1970s through the 2000s with split-level, bi-level and tri-level homes, the floor plans that were in fashion as the subdivisions went up along Yellowstone Avenue and the Hiline corridor. Those designs share a feature that drives a lot of our work: short carpeted half-flights connecting the staggered levels, usually four to eight steps between the entry, the main floor and the lower level. Carpet on those stairs wears out fast and dates a house, so Chubbuck owners regularly ask to convert them to wood. It is more involved than it looks. A split-level flight was often built as a rough carpeted stringer, not finished for exposed treads, so we have to measure each step, account for the carpet and pad thickness that is coming off, and build or cap treads and risers that sit level and code-friendly. We match the new treads to the floor they land on, whether that is existing hardwood, new plank or LVP. Alongside the stairs, the main floors in these homes are prime for carpet-to-hardwood or LVP conversions, and the 1970s and 1980s houses sometimes have original parquet or strip oak worth refinishing. We read each level for moisture, since the lower floor often sits partly below grade on a slab.