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Smith QualityFlooring

Harris County

Flooring installation in Katy, TX

West of Houston along I-10, straddling the Harris, Fort Bend, and Waller county lines. The incorporated city is small; what people mean by Katy is the much larger ring of master-planned communities around it.

County
Harris County
Drive time from Houston
35 min from Houston

What we find in Katy homes

A small older core near the original town site, then a very large inventory of 1990s through 2010s master-planned housing — Cinco Ranch, Grand Lakes, Seven Meadows, Firethorne — and continuing new construction pushing west toward Cane Island and Fulshear.

The local issue

Katy has a flooring history no other market here shares. In August 2017 the Army Corps released water from the Addicks and Barker reservoirs, and thousands of homes inside the reservoir flood pools took water — including houses in Cinco Ranch and Bear Creek that were not in any mapped flood zone. A federal court later found the Corps responsible for the upstream flooding. What that means practically is that a Katy house may have been dried and rebuilt to any standard from excellent to nonexistent, and the remediation is often undocumented because it was handled through litigation or insurance rather than permits. Before we quote hard surface on a house in the flood pool we check what was actually done: whether the bottom plates were replaced or just dried, whether the slab was ever tested after the fact, and whether the floor that is down now was installed over a substrate that had finished drying. Outside the flood pools, Katy is ordinary 2000s tract on active clay and behaves like Sugar Land.

Neighborhoods we work in

  • Cinco Ranch
  • Grand Lakes
  • Seven Meadows
  • Firethorne
  • Cane Island
  • Old Katy

Katy questions

Do you install flooring in Katy, TX?

Yes. Katy is about 35 minutes from our Houston crews, and it's part of our regular service area. We install vinyl plank, tile, hardwood, and carpet throughout Katy and the rest of Harris County.

What should I know about flooring in Katy specifically?

Katy has a flooring history no other market here shares. In August 2017 the Army Corps released water from the Addicks and Barker reservoirs, and thousands of homes inside the reservoir flood pools took water — including houses in Cinco Ranch and Bear Creek that were not in any mapped flood zone. A federal court later found the Corps responsible for the upstream flooding. What that means practically is that a Katy house may have been dried and rebuilt to any standard from excellent to nonexistent, and the remediation is often undocumented because it was handled through litigation or insurance rather than permits. Before we quote hard surface on a house in the flood pool we check what was actually done: whether the bottom plates were replaced or just dried, whether the slab was ever tested after the fact, and whether the floor that is down now was installed over a substrate that had finished drying. Outside the flood pools, Katy is ordinary 2000s tract on active clay and behaves like Sugar Land.

How much does flooring installation cost in the Houston area?

It depends on the material, the square footage, and how much prep your slab needs. Supplied and installed, luxury vinyl plank typically runs $5–$9 per square foot, tile $10–$20, and engineered hardwood $9–$16 — those numbers include the material, the delivery, and the labor, because that's how we quote. Labor-only rates are lower if you'd rather buy your own material. Either way the figure is confirmed in writing at a free in-home measure, not guessed over the phone.

Do you supply the flooring, or just install it?

Both — and supplying it is what most of our customers choose. We help you pick the material, order it, have it delivered, and install it, all on one quote from one company. That means one number, one schedule, and one person responsible if a box arrives damaged or a dye lot doesn't match. You're also welcome to buy your own material and hire us for installation only; plenty of customers do, and we'll tell you honestly whether what you picked will hold up on your slab.

Why buy the material through you instead of a flooring store?

We don't operate showrooms, so you aren't paying for retail floor space in your square-foot price. You still get to see and handle samples — we bring them to your house at the measure, in your own light, next to your own cabinets and trim, which is a better way to choose a floor than a fluorescent-lit showroom anyway. And because the same company supplies and installs, nobody gets to blame the other one if something goes wrong.

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