Most Florida flooring and remodeling jobs hand you off three or four times — a sales rep takes the quote, a coordinator schedules, a sub does the work, the office mails the invoice — and no one owns the moisture detail where the trades meet. Pro Work Flooring runs every project through one project director end-to-end. You meet that person on day one. You sign off with that same person on the final walkthrough. Every detail in between routes through one human, not a queue.
Step 1 — Free In-Home Estimate (Day 0)
You request an estimate via the form, the modal, or by reaching out directly. We reply fast during business hours with a scheduling window. The on-site visit is free, takes 30–60 minutes, and includes:
- Walkthrough of the project area with the project director.
- Measurements and existing-conditions photos.
- A slab moisture check on any ground-floor install — the detail most Florida crews skip and the one that fails first.
- Subfloor and leveling assessment, plus discussion of timing, disruption, and any FBC or coastal HVHZ considerations specific to your home.
You leave the meeting with a clear answer to one question: is this the right material and scope for your room? If yes, we move to Step 2. If a different product or approach fits your slab and humidity better, we say so.
Step 2 — Material & Plan (Day 1–3)
We build a written estimate that breaks every line item into materials, labor, prep (leveling, vapor mitigation, demo), and permits where required. The estimate includes:
- Scope summary
- Exactly what is included, exactly what is not. No verbal extras.
- Material recommendation
- A product matched to your room, traffic, and humidity — rigid-core LVP, porcelain tile, engineered wood, or another surface — based on the slab moisture reading and how the room is used. Options shown where they make sense.
- Moisture & prep plan
- Whether the slab needs leveling, vapor mitigation, or subfloor repair before installation — and exactly what that adds, so nothing is a mid-project surprise.
- Timeline with milestones
- Material lead time, prep dates, install start, expected completion, and walkthrough date.
- Line-item written estimate
- What you actually pay, broken out by category, so you see exactly what each part of the job costs.
You see the full written estimate before anything starts. If the plan needs revision, the same project director takes the call.
Step 3 — Permits & Prep (Day 3–14)
Once you approve, the prep work starts. We handle:
- Florida Building Code permits — we tell you up front whether your project triggers an FBC requirement and pull the permit when one is needed. A simple like-for-like floor covering usually does not require one; work that touches structure, plumbing, the subfloor, or a moisture assembly can.
- HVHZ product approval — in coastal South Florida's High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, we select product-approved materials where the code requires them.
- Slab prep — leveling, vapor mitigation, and subfloor repair so the floor goes down flat over a surface that won't telegraph moisture later.
- Material acclimation — wood and other moisture-sensitive products acclimate to your home's humidity before installation, so they don't cup or gap after the job is done.
- Waterproofing — for showers and wet rooms, a proper waterproof membrane behind the tile before any tile is set.
You get a single point of contact for every permit, material confirmation, and schedule update. You see it; we handle it.
Step 4 — Install & Walkthrough (Day 14–N)
Project days run on a fixed cadence:
- One crew, one project director. The same crew that opens the wall closes it. Same point of contact every day.
- End-of-day photo log sent to your phone — no need to be home.
- Open issue list visible to you in real time. Punch items don't pile up; they get resolved or dated.
- Manufacturer-certified installation to the spec that keeps your waterproof and wear-layer warranties valid.
At completion, the project director walks the project with you against a written punch list. Nothing closes out until you sign that the punch list is satisfied. Manufacturer warranties are registered on your behalf, and your 5-year workmanship guarantee on our labor begins.
What Happens After Walkthrough
The relationship doesn't end at signoff. Standard with every project:
- 5-year workmanship guarantee
- Five years on installation labor across every category in the project. If a seam, transition, tile, or finish we installed needs adjustment within the guarantee period, we return at no cost.
- Manufacturer warranty registration
- We register your flooring, tile, and surface products so the warranty starts the day installation ends, not the day the material left the warehouse.
- Satisfaction guarantee
- We don't consider the job done until you confirm the punch list is complete and you are satisfied with the result.
- Statewide support
- Because we serve all 67 Florida counties, a guarantee return visit is a phone call — not a search for whichever sub did the work.
Why This Process Exists
Every step here was added because something went wrong on a Florida job somewhere in the industry. The slab moisture test exists because we have pulled up too many cupped floors that were glued straight to an untested slab. The single point of contact exists because we watched too many remodels stall the moment a flooring sub handed off to a tile setter who handed off to a cabinet shop. The waterproofing step exists because a shower built without a real membrane rots the drywall behind it within a Florida rainy season.
We don't promise the lowest price. We promise a floor that stays flat, a shower that stays dry, and a project that closes out cleanly — on the timeline you signed for, with the material spec'd to your slab, your humidity, and your room.
Ready to start at Step 1?