The people who help you choose your floor are the ones who install it and own the schedule. One company, start to finish.
How It Works With Us
You searched for hardwood flooring, and you have probably noticed that every company's page says roughly the same things. Quality. Service. Care. None of it helps you pick a floor.
What actually decides how hardwood flooring turns out in your home: the species, the construction, the finish, and the crew that installs it. Wood flooring is the one floor that can be sanded back to bare wood and restyled years later as your home changes. Whether yours can depends on decisions made before the first board goes down, and the sample in your hand shows you the color and the grain, not the hardness, the wear layer, or what the finish will be like to live with.
This page walks those decisions in order. Two shortcuts first. White oak is the most requested species in the Kansas City metro right now, enough that it has its own page. And if a basement or a concrete slab has you weighing engineered hardwood, the wear layer question that matters most lives on the engineered hardwood page. Everything else, from red oak to hickory to prefinished versus site-finished, is below.
Six decisions shape every hardwood flooring project. Here is how we walk them with Kansas City metro homeowners, and what we most often recommend.
| Topic | What It Means | Best Fit | What We Recommend for Kansas City Metro Homes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solid vs Engineered | Solid is one piece of hardwood top to bottom, and it can be refinished several times over its life. Engineered is a genuine hardwood wear layer bonded to a stable core. An engineered floor with a thick enough wear layer can usually be refinished at least once, sometimes more. Ask us and we will tell you which yours is. | Solid for many main levels. Engineered for stability over concrete, basements, and wider planks. | Homes here deal with real humidity swings between seasons, and engineered handles those shifts better than solid below grade and over the concrete slabs common in this area. Either way you are protected against taste: a stain that felt current years ago can be sanded away and redone in a completely different color. Considering refinishing an existing engineered floor? The answer depends on the wear layer, and we can tell you once we see it. |
| Prefinished vs Site-finished | Prefinished boards arrive with their finish already applied at the mill, cured under UV light in four to seven coats fortified with aluminum oxide. That is a coat count and a level of control no jobsite matches. Site-finished floors are installed raw, sanded flat in your home, and coated in place, so the finish runs unbroken across every board joint instead of dropping into the small bevel at each edge of a prefinished board. That bevel is engineering, not styling: a prefinished floor is never sanded flat after installation, so the groove absorbs the small height differences between boards. | Prefinished when you want to walk on the floor the day it goes down, with no sanding dust and no finish odor in the house. Site-finished when you need an exact stain match to existing floors, a custom color, or one unbroken surface through doorways and stairs. | Many of our customers choose prefinished, and what we've seen is that the schedule decides it as often as the finish does: a site-applied finish needs days before furniture and rugs come back, and with some finishes it is weeks. Worth knowing: the waiting-time difference between the two site-applied finish families, oil-based and water-based, is bigger than the difference between site-finished and prefinished. If you are matching or extending an existing floor, site-finished is usually the right call, and it is work our own crew does. Either way we will tell you what the finish you are choosing means for the week of installation, and for the year after. |
| Species and Look | Species determines color, grain pattern, hardness, and how well the floor hides daily scratches from pets and traffic. Hardness and concealment are different things: a dark floor can be hard and still show every scratch, because a scratch exposes the lighter wood underneath. | Red oak is the classic Kansas City metro floor, and still the one most people picture: warm, forgiving grain that hides wear well. Hickory is the hardest common domestic species, right for active households that want rustic character. Maple suits calm modern rooms, with one honest caveat: its tight, uniform grain shows scratches more readily than oak. Walnut is chosen for its color, not its toughness. It is softer than oak, so it belongs in lower-traffic rooms that deserve its depth. | White oak is the most requested species here right now; it is popular enough that we built a page for it. We carry White Oak, Red Oak, Hickory, Walnut, Maple, and more, in looks from golden oak to French oak character, and if you have a species in mind, ask us. We can usually source it. |
| Grade and Character | Select grade is clean and uniform. Character grade includes natural knots and variation for a warm, lived-in look. | Select for calm, modern spaces. Character for rustic, farmhouse, or active homes where variation hides wear. | In homes with kids, pets, and high traffic, Character grade is often the smarter long-term choice: natural variation hides day-to-day wear far better than a clean, uniform floor that shows every mark. We'll put samples of both in front of you so you can see the difference in person. |
| Plank Width and Layout | Wider planks (5–8"+) look premium but require precise subfloor prep and careful layout planning. | Great for open floor plans. Best when direction, transitions, and stairs are planned so the floor feels continuous. | Wide-plank White Oak is one of the most popular floors we install here, and it rewards careful prep. We check moisture and flatness before recommending a width, and we plan layout direction early so the floor runs cleanly through open-plan spaces and into adjacent rooms. |
| Finish and Sheen | Matte and satin sheens show day-to-day wear far less than high gloss. Texture can help conceal surface scratches within the grain. | Most Kansas City metro homes choose matte or satin for a clean look and lower maintenance. | For active households, especially those with dogs, our most recommended combination is wire-brushed texture with a matte finish: the texture hides surface scratches within the grain, and matte shows footprints and dust far less than gloss. And when styles change, a refinish can take the same boards from a dated gloss to a clean modern matte without replacing the floor. We can show you samples before you decide. |
Every decision above can be made well and still be undone on installation day. Subfloor moisture, flatness, acclimation, layout direction, and the transitions where new floor meets old are the installer's calls. Mistakes there are invisible in a finished floor until, over time, they're not.
The people who help you choose your hardwood flooring are the same company whose crew installs it. No outsourcing. Before we recommend a plank width we check the subfloor for moisture and flatness, and we plan the layout direction so the floor runs cleanly through open rooms. Jason Jespersen, the owner, is involved in every project by design, and homeowners name him in review after review.
Owner-managed, not handed offWhen the company that sells the floor also installs it, you pay one margin instead of a retailer's and an installer's. That is the plain reason we hold our own on price: nothing about the money is mysterious, and every dollar shows up in the floor.
No markups, no mystery pricingChoosing a floor shouldn't be a gamble under showroom lights. Talk your project through on the phone, and Jason can bring samples with him when he comes out to measure, so you see the actual boards in your own light, next to your paint and furniture. Our appointment-only showroom in Lenexa is there whenever you want it: before that call, after it, or anywhere in the process. There's no consultation fee, so getting our read on your project costs you nothing.
See it in your own lightA company that refinishes floors has seen how floors age. We sand back decades of other people's choices, so when we advise on species, grade, and finish, we know what each one looks like in year fifteen, not just on installation day. The work itself: matching new hardwood to a floor that is decades old. Extending existing hardwood into the next room with a seam you have to hunt for. Taking a tired floor to a completely different stain as styles change. Work many companies refer out, our crew does in-house. Solid hardwood can be refinished several times over its life, and engineered floors with a thick enough wear layer can usually be refinished at least once, so your floor can keep up as your home changes. Ask us about your existing floors when you call.
Straight answers about pricing, prep, refinishing, matching, stairs, and transitions.
Yes. Because the same company chooses and installs your floor, there's no middleman markup in the price, so we stay competitive with anyone you'd compare us to. You get one all-in number up front.
The basics help us start: project areas, existing floor type, approximate square footage, and whether stairs or transitions are involved. From there we confirm subfloor condition, moisture, layout direction, and installation approach. You don't need to have all of this figured out before you call. That's what the conversation is for.
Yes, and it's some of our favorite work. Solid hardwood can be refinished several times over its life. Engineered floors with a thick enough wear layer can usually be refinished at least once, sometimes more. Ask us and we will tell you which yours is. Refinishing isn't only about restoring a worn floor; it's also how you change the color and finish entirely as styles change, so a floor that looked current years ago can come back in a completely different stain and sheen. We also extend existing hardwood into adjacent rooms and match stain to floors that are decades old. Ask us about your existing floors when you call.
Often, yes. This is work most flooring companies refer out or avoid entirely. Matching involves species, width, grade, and finish. Getting it right requires seeing the existing floor in your home's actual lighting, understanding how the wood has aged, and planning the transition carefully. We work out what's realistic once we're on-site, and if a match isn't achievable, we say so. When it is, the seam should be something you have to look for.
Most squeaks and gaps trace to subfloor condition, fastening, or the home's humidity over time. We check moisture and flatness before installation, fasten to the flooring maker's schedule, and tell you the humidity range that protects the floor afterward. Wood moves with the seasons; small movement is normal, and the prep is what keeps it small.
Stairs and transitions are some of the most demanding hardwood work, and we plan them before installation begins, not as a change order on the day of install. We map the stairs, landings, and room-to-room transitions up front. Getting these details right is what makes a floor feel continuous and intentional throughout your home, instead of leaving edges that give away where it was added later.
We confirm what needs to be moved and what you prefer to handle before installation begins. Some projects are simple clears, others require a staged plan by room. We keep it straightforward and clearly defined so there are no surprises on installation day.
"I founded All Dimensions Flooring with a single goal: to combine the selection of a major retailer with the personal accountability of a craftsman. You aren't handed off to a rotating cast of clerks. You're hiring my 25-year reputation."
Jason Jespersen personally oversees every project from the first call through final installation. On the phone he'll listen to what you're working with, walk through your options, and tell you what depends on seeing the floor in person. If a visit makes sense for both of you, you'll know what to expect before he arrives. When the job is done, you'll know his name, because he introduced himself on day one.
★★★★★ Mentioned by name in virtually every review
A review count proves people hired us. It cannot prove you should. What the reviews can do is answer the two questions this page cannot answer for itself: whether the one-company promise holds up on real projects, and what we are like to work with between the first call and the final walkthrough.
So read a few. You will see homeowners writing about the process as much as the finished floor: the communication, the schedule, the crew in their home. And you will see Jason named, again and again, by people describing the exact involvement this page promises. We cannot write those reviews and we cannot edit them. They sit on Google, so check them the way you would check any company's, including anyone else you are considering. Then tell us about your project below, and Jason will reach out within one business day.
Tell us about your floors. Jason will reach out within one business day to listen and help you figure out what makes sense for your floor.
