Quest Flooring of Schaumburg IL

Over the past 17 years, I have worked with many name brand products, from the cheapist to the most expensive. Based on this experience, I personally recommend the following products for their superior finishes, durability, milling, and solid warranties.

• Century is a quality product with six colors in oak, a 15 or 25 year warranty, depending upon the grade, and their CenturySeal 3000 no-wax finish.
  Foresbec is a high-end 10 coat "Durastar" anti-abrasive finish flooring with micro bevel edges. Foresbec comes with a 25 year warranty and seven different species to choose from as well as four different grades.
• BSL hardwwood maple comes with mico bevel edges,a 25 year warranty and a standard eight coat aluminum oxide finish. 
• Viking is mostly an exotic line with species like Cumaru, Brazilian Cherry, Tigerwood and Tauri. Viking hardwood also has a mico beveled edge and is now starting to carry oak natural. All of these products come with a matte finish,while Century and Foresbec come with a semi-gloss finish.

 If you have a concrete foundation I can also supply you with a number of engineered flooring products from any of these companies and more. You have two choices with a concrete floor;  to glue down an engineered product or float, which is similiar to laminate flooring. There are three laminate products I prefer to use.

• Quikstep , Pergo, and Columbia, all of them are glueless laminates with excellent locking systems. Quickstep was the first company with a glueless locking system, they also have a large line of laminates from tiles to random length boards for a realistic hardwood look. Pergo has  different colors and patterns than Quickstep,with a wonderful locking system and many realistic wood grains. Pergo also carries a wide variety in ceramic tile patterns, and as a Certified Pergo installer, their warranty is top notch. Columbia's product is made by the same mill as Quickstep, so it's glueless locking system is excellent and they have a few different colors to choose from. I would recommend that all laminates should be no less then 8mm thick,some laminates from big box stores are 7mm or less and cause potential problems in installation and overall look.