Commercial / Flooring
Commercial flooring installed to spec, on your schedule
Carpet tile, resilient, tile and hardwood flooring for general contractors and owners across Greater Philadelphia. Takeoffs from your drawings, submittals on time, and a crew that turns floors over when the schedule says.
Scopes we install
Carpet tile · LVT & VCT · Sheet vinyl · Tile · Hardwood
120,000
Sq ft installed in 2025
7 days
Bid turnaround, business days
8,000
Sq ft, largest single job
2 yr
Installation warranty, plus the manufacturer's
Licensed & insured
COI naming the GC and owner, plus a W-9, before we mobilize
Submittals on time
Product data and samples, delivered with the bid schedule
One point of contact
The same project manager from bid to punch list
Occupied and phased work
Nights, weekends and floor-by-floor turnover
Built around the GC's schedule
The last trade in, and the one everyone walks on
Flooring goes in at the end of the job, when the schedule is tightest and every other trade is still on site. A slab that hasn't dried, a missed transition or a late submittal holds up turnover for the whole building.
So we plan for it from the bid: moisture testing and floor prep priced up front, material ordered against your schedule, and an installer on site who coordinates with the other trades instead of working around them.
Inclusions, exclusions and alternates spelled out in every bid
Moisture and flatness testing before install, with results in writing
Attic stock, maintenance instructions and warranties in the closeout package
Who we work with
Projects we're set up for
Light commercial and tenant work across Greater Philadelphia. Most jobs run 1,200 to 2,500 sq ft, the largest so far was 8,000, and we can staff up to 25 installers across five jobs at once. If your project is bigger than that, we'll say so at bid time rather than halfway through.
Tenant fit-out
Offices & corporate interiors
Carpet tile and LVT in open offices, with transitions planned for every room type on the finish schedule.
Healthcare
Medical offices & senior living
Heat-welded sheet vinyl and resilient floors that meet infection-control and cleaning requirements.
Education
Schools & churches
Summer and holiday-break schedules, durable finishes, and phased work around buildings in use.
Storefront
Retail & restaurants
Fast turnovers between the old tenant and the new one, with installs at night so the store opens on time.
Residential units
Multifamily & hospitality
Unit turns and common areas, with sound underlayment where the spec or the building calls for it.
Childcare
Daycares & early learning
Level floors and hard-wearing LVP that stand up to daily mopping, installed over a weekend or between sessions so the rooms reopen on time.
What we do
Commercial flooring scopes
From a single tenant suite to a full building finish schedule, including the prep work that decides whether a floor lasts.
Carpet tile & broadloom
Modular carpet tile and broadloom installed to the manufacturer's method, with the pattern and direction on the finish plan.
LVT, VCT & resilient
Glue-down LVT, VCT and rubber flooring for offices, schools and retail, with the adhesive the warranty requires.
Sheet vinyl
Heat-welded seams and flash cove base for healthcare, labs and wet areas.
Porcelain & ceramic tile
Lobbies, restrooms and corridors, set over the membranes and crack isolation the spec calls for.
Floor prep & moisture mitigation
Moisture testing, grinding, patching, self-leveling underlayment and moisture mitigation systems, priced as line items.
Base, transitions & stair treads
Rubber and wall base, transition strips, stair treads and nosings, so the finishes meet cleanly at every doorway.
Finishes
The floors on a typical finish schedule
Each finish has its own install method, prep requirements and warranty conditions. This is the plain-language version.
Soft surface
Carpet tile
Modular tiles laid in a set pattern. Damaged tiles swap out one at a time, which is why it's the default in offices.
Common in
Offices, education
Install
Adhesive or tackifier
Resilient
LVT
Luxury vinyl tile and plank with wood or stone looks. Hard-wearing, quiet underfoot and easy to maintain.
Common in
Retail, multifamily
Install
Glue-down
Resilient
Sheet vinyl
Continuous sheet with heat-welded seams and integral cove base, so there are no joints for water or dirt to sit in.
Common in
Healthcare, labs
Install
Heat-welded seams
Hard surface
Porcelain tile
Dense, low-absorption tile for lobbies, restrooms and anywhere the floor gets wet or heavy traffic.
Common in
Lobbies, restrooms
Install
Thinset over membrane
Wood
Engineered hardwood
A real-wood wear layer over a stable core, so it handles the humidity swings that solid wood can't. Warm and upscale for lobbies, offices and common areas.
Common in
Offices, multifamily
Install
Glue-down or floating
We test concrete moisture before install (ASTM F2170 relative humidity, or F1869 where the manufacturer asks for it), because most commercial flooring failures start under the floor, not on it.
From bid to turnover
How a bid becomes a finished floor
This is the order we work in on a GC-led job, so you know what you'll get from us and when.
01
Bid from your documents
Takeoff from the drawings and finish schedule, with inclusions, exclusions, alternates and lead times in writing, usually within 7 business days.
02
Submittals & samples
Product data and samples, turned around to your submittal schedule.
03
Site readiness & testing
Moisture and flatness tests, HVAC and temperature confirmed, and any prep work agreed before material goes down.
04
Install, punch & closeout
Installed in your sequence, punch list closed, then attic stock, maintenance instructions and warranties handed over.
Pricing
Three ways we price a job
Depending on where the project is, we can bid it, offer alternates, or help set the flooring budget early.
Option A
Hard bid
Lump-sum price to the drawings and spec, with prep, testing and exclusions broken out.
You send
Plans, spec, bid date
You get
Lump-sum bid
Option B
Alternates
Approved equals and value-engineering options, each with the cost and lead-time difference against the basis of design.
You send
Basis of design
You get
Cost + lead-time deltas
Option C
Budget pricing
Price per square foot for each finish from a schematic set, so the flooring line is right before the design is final.
You send
Schematic set or areas
You get
$/sq ft by finish
Paperwork
What you get in writing
COI & W-9
Certificate of insurance naming the GC and owner as required, and a W-9, before the crew shows up.
Submittals
Product data sheets, samples and installation instructions for every finish on the schedule.
Test results
Moisture and flatness readings with dates and locations, filed before installation starts.
Closeout package
Warranties, maintenance instructions and an attic stock list, delivered with the final invoice.
Manufacturers
Whose products we install
Commercial flooring warranties depend on following each manufacturer's installation method. These are the lines we install most, and Shaw is the one we work with most.
Shaw
Our main manufacturer, with Shaw's warranty on the product
MSI
Luxury vinyl, tile and stone
Mohawk
Carpet tile and resilient
Bruce & Mercier
Engineered and solid hardwood
Recent work
Projects we've finished
Project, finish and square footage, so you can see at a glance whether we've done work like yours.
Growing Together Daycare, Upper Darby
Scope
Repairs, leveling, LVP
Size
2,500 sq ft · 2026
Winfield, Philadelphia
Scope
Supply & install LVP
Size
3,000 sq ft · 2026
Stand Hope, Philadelphia
Scope
Engineered hardwood + LVP
Size
2,500 sq ft · 2026
PLACEHOLDER PHOTOS — the three jobs are real (approved by Moses Charles, 10-22-2026), but the photos are stock. Swap in job photos before launch.
Questions
What GCs ask before they invite us to bid
If your question isn't here, send it with the project name and bid date and we'll answer it directly.
Send us a bid invite
Can you meet our insurance and prequalification requirements?
Send us your requirements with the bid invite. Our general liability is carried through Hiscox. We'll confirm the limits, send a COI naming the GC and owner, and complete your prequalification forms before award.
Do you handle moisture testing and floor prep?
Yes. We test the slab before install and price prep and mitigation as separate line items, so there are no surprises once the slab is exposed.
Can you work in an occupied building or after hours?
Often, yes. Tell us the hours the space is in use and we'll plan the work in phases around them, including nights and weekends where the schedule needs it.
What do you need from us to bid?
Drawings, the finish schedule and spec section, the bid date and any alternates. If anything's unclear, we send questions before the RFI deadline rather than guessing.
What's in the closeout package?
Our 2-year installation warranty and the manufacturer's warranty, maintenance instructions for each finish, test results and the attic stock list, delivered with the final invoice.
Send us the plans. We'll send a number.
Drawings, finish schedule and bid date are all we need to start. You'll get a clear bid with inclusions and exclusions spelled out.
BUILD NOTE — confirm before publishing (delete this block)
Fact sheet and quick review returned by Moses Charles on 10-22-2026; this page now uses them. Still open: 1) Project 2 differs between the forms: Winfield, Philadelphia (Marlene Laird, 3,000 sq ft LVP) on the fact sheet vs 740 N 37th St, Philadelphia (Crystal Espanol, 1,200 sq ft) on the quick review. The page shows Winfield. 2) EMR, bonding capacity and liability limits aren't available yet, so the stat strip shows turnaround, largest job and warranty instead. 3) Who reads info@kindhcs.com? 4) Job photos (none yet). 5) Logos are OK for Shaw, MSI and Bruce; we still need the files. 6) Union / open shop and prevailing-wage experience. 7) Engineered hardwood was added as a finish because of the Stand Hope job; confirm. Concrete finishes and seaming diagrams were removed at Moses's request.
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