Should You Replace the Original Hardwood in Your Royal Oak Home?
Royal Oak’s older housing stock often still has original hardwood underneath carpet or newer flooring, but that doesn’t always mean it’s worth keeping. Once boards are heavily worn, water-damaged, or you’re ready for a different look, a full replacement usually delivers a more predictable, longer-lasting result.
Royal Oak’s bungalow and post-war housing stock means a large share of homes still have original hardwood tucked under carpet, vinyl, or later flooring layers. Uncovering it is often the first step — and what’s underneath ranges from floors in decent shape to boards that are cracked, cupped, or worn down to bare wood in high-traffic areas.
Next Day Flooring specializes in full flooring replacement rather than refinishing services, so for original hardwood that’s heavily worn, water-damaged, or simply not the look you want anymore, replacement is usually the more straightforward path — you get a floor built for how you use the space now, without the uncertainty of what condition decades-old boards are hiding underneath the surface.
Replacement also opens up options that go beyond what the original hardwood offered: a wider plank, a different species or finish tone, or a switch to waterproof luxury vinyl plank in kitchens, bathrooms, or basements where older hardwood struggles with moisture. Older Royal Oak subfloors can factor in here too, since a subfloor issue sometimes only becomes visible once old flooring is removed.
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