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Hardwood Floors in Southwood, CA

Hardwood Floors Oak Torrance covers hardwood floors in Southwood, the 700-acre tract development graded in the mid-1950s west of Hawthorne Boulevard, where original oak strip floors under later carpet are the usual surprise.

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Illustration: a refinished oak floor in a typical Southwood home

A tract built when oak was a selling point

Southwood was graded by the Kauffman-Wilson Company in the mid-1950s, and Torrance real estate ads of 1959–63 list hardwood floors among a three-bedroom house's selling points. That is why lifting the carpet in a Southwood home so often turns up oak. Sources place the neighborhood in ZIP 90505, though ZIP maps vary.

At a glance:

Factor What to expect in Southwood
Homes 1950s–60s single-story tract homes
Floors Oak strip in bedrooms and halls, often under carpet
Foundation Many 1950s–60s tract homes sit on slab or raised foundations; the installer checks which
Typical work Uncover and refinish, repair, a new floor in the family room
Local limit Lead and asbestos testing for old paint and tile

Hardwood floor jobs in Southwood

Southwood floor questions:

Carpet up, oak underneath

Staples and tack-strip holes are filled, stained boards replaced and the room sanded as one floor.

A family room addition

A newer slab or wood subfloor takes engineered planks, and the new floor has to meet the old oak at a doorway.

Matching old boards to new

New boards are raw and rarely match the aged color until the room is sanded together.

Oak from the era

Many of these floors are narrow oak strips that took nails and carpet pads for sixty years. Sanding removes surface wear but not a stain that goes through the board.

Hardwood floors in Southwood: questions

Do Southwood homes have hardwood under the carpet?

Many were built with it, but not all. A look at a closet corner or a vent shows it.

Can a floor with carpet staples be refinished?

Usually, after the staples and tack strip are removed and the holes filled.

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Step 1 Range —
    Which floor is it?

    Install a new floor, refinish or repair an existing one, or a business or rental floor.

    How big is the floor?

    Typical: an open main floor, about 600 square feet.

    Measure wall to wall; length × width in feet gives the square feet.

    Which floor or service?

    Typical: engineered standard plank, the most common new floor in slab-on-grade homes.

    What is under the new floor?

    Typical: wood subfloor. If it is a slab, the installer picks glue-down or floating.

    Anything to remove first?

    Typical: carpet and pad, the floor most older Torrance homes have on top.

    Anything extra? optional

    Skip if none apply; a moisture test follows any slab.

    How big is the floor?

    Typical: an open main floor, about 600 square feet.

    Which floor or service?

    Typical: sand and refinish, natural color.

    What condition is the floor in? pick all that apply

    Pick every line that fits; good condition adds nothing.

    Anything extra? optional

    Skip if none apply; a drying wait only follows water damage.

    What kind of property is it?

    Pick the floor that carries the most traffic.

    How big is the floor?

    Length × width in feet, or the square feet. Typical: 1,500 sq ft.

    Which floor or service?

    Typical: a maintenance recoat on a floor still in good shape.

    What condition is the floor in? pick all that apply

    Pick every line that fits.

    When can the work happen? optional

    Typical: after hours or on a weekend. No price change.

    Anything extra? optional

    Skip if none apply.

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