Can you think of a feature in your home that you use every day but rarely pay attention to? If you said your home's flooring, you'd be spot on. Most homeowners overlook their floors unless they're unkempt or dirty. However, the truth is that your flooring is the largest design element of your home, making it a crucial feature that deserves attention. As one of the first features we notice subconsciously, it must look great and impress guests.
While aesthetics is always important, your flooring must also be functional. Different rooms require different demands, and your flooring should meet those demands to prevent early wear and tear. For instance, high-traffic areas like hallways and kitchens need durable flooring materials that can handle daily use. Conversely, areas like your utility room, kitchen, and bathrooms need flooring options that are resistant to water. By balancing practicality and design, you can have a beautiful home that is stunning but also stands the test of time.
The challenge for most homeowners is choosing the right flooring materials and finding a flooring company that can help oversee that process. That's where Heritage Flooring Company comes into play. Whether you're looking to invest in high-quality hardwood flooring for a new construction project or you need to remove and replace your current design, Heritage Flooring is the expert to call.
As a locally owned and operated flooring company in South Carolina, we provide customers with a personalized experience that epitomizes customer service, quality, and hard work. Backed by over 40+ years of floor covering experience, we pride ourselves on quality you can stand on. Relationships are the foundation of our business. We are committed to delivering on our promises and strive to provide premium products at competitive prices.
Rooted with strong ties to Dalton, GA, our direct buying capabilities and low overhead allow us to provide you with wholesale flooring prices. That way, you can have peace of mind knowing you're buying high-quality flooring that will last for years to come. The best part? You don't have to break the bank to get the type of flooring you need.
We offer a range of flooring options for homeowners in the Lowcountry and beyond, including:
Whether you're renovating your bathroom and need tile flooring options or want soft, plush carpet for your living room, our staff are ready and waiting with a smile to help.
When you visit our showroom, you can expect to find some of the most beautiful and functional flooring options available in South Carolina. We also provide a range of flooring services to choose from, depending on your needs. Those services include:
Our team of highly skilled professionals provides top-notch flooring installation services, utilizing various methods such as nailing, stapling, gluing, and floating. From LVT flooring in James Island for your entire home or granite flooring for an entryway, no project is too big or too small for us to handle!
Interior design trends and styles change every year. That can be great for designers, but if you own an older home with original flooring, your home's aesthetics may feel a tad outdated. Whether you've recently moved into a new home and find the existing floor color unsuitable or want to refresh the look of your living space, floor refinishing offers a cost-effective solution without the need for complete floor replacement. Our specialized dustless sanding method and equipment ensures minimal dust during the sanding process. Our highly skilled team can then finish your floors using natural treatments or apply a stain of your choice to achieve the desired look.
Sometimes, you live in a house for a while and learn that the stairs leading to the basement or upper level just aren't as safe or well-designed as you had hoped. If that sounds familiar, Heritage Flooring Company can help. We offer a vast collection of unfinished and prefinished stair treads, along with matching floor vents as well.
If you're taking a DIY approach to your flooring project, we stock a large quantity of vapor-lock underlayment, nails, trim, adhesives, and more so you can get all the materials you need in one central location.
Now that you know a little more about our story and the flooring services we provide, let's dig into some of the types of flooring we specialize in.
Hardwood floors are a classic home decor choice, adding charm and elegance to any space. Not only that, but they have also been shown to significantly increase the long-term value of your home. We offer a wide range of expertly crafted hardwood floors in various species and widths to suit both modern and traditional styles.
Our collection includes both solid and engineered options with wire-brushed, distressed, and hand-scraped finishes. Additionally, we provide a variety of unfinished flooring choices that can be custom-finished to meet your specific design requirements. We encourage you to swing by our showroom to see what we have - we're confident our diverse selection of hardwood flooring will exceed your expectations.
Engineered hardwood floors are made of real hardwood and constructed with multiple layers of plywood, MDF, or HDF core. Each layer is cross-stacked and bonded together, making the design extremely dimensionally stable. This stability makes engineered floors versatile and suitable for all levels of the home, especially in hot climates throughout the Southeast United States. We offer over 68 in-stock prefinished hardwood options to suit any lifestyle. Additionally, we provide flooring with the click-lock method, allowing for easy installation, as well as floating options for challenging subfloors.
Solid hardwood flooring is highly regarded by many homeowners as the top choice for flooring. It's made from a single piece of 100% hardwood and is known for its durability, authenticity, and timeless appeal. Many of our solid hardwood flooring options are crafted in the USA with fine American workmanship, and are valued for their stability, consistent color, and refined grain.
Some of the best areas to install engineered or solid hardwood flooring include:
Luxury Vinyl Plank and Tiles give homeowners the rich look of hardwood flooring and ceramic tile without the high cost and demanding upkeep. This flooring option is a must for homes with heavy foot traffic. The lifelike texture, cost-effectiveness, and quick installation make vinyl plank a highly appealing flooring alternative, offering the look of real hardwood at a fraction of the cost. Our wide range of LVP/LVT comes in various colors, textures, lengths, and different widths to suit any budget.
Ceramic tile and its installation can be both expensive and laborious for homeowners. The process takes several days and can be a burden. Luckily, LVT provides a cost-effective alternative that mimics the look and feel of ceramic tile. It features stunning natural textures and realistic grout lines, making it suitable for any space. With an easy click-and-lock system, installation becomes hassle-free. LVT is 100% waterproof, pet-friendly, and resistant to scratches and stains.
Some of the best areas to install LVT flooring include:
Looking for the appearance and sensation of hardwood floors without the expense and upkeep? Then waterproof Luxury Vinyl Plank is an excellent choice for low-maintenance, long-lasting flooring. LVP is completely waterproof and resistant to scratches, stains, and climate fluctuations. Homes with a lot of foot traffic, children, and pets are ideal candidates for LVP. The high-definition texture, cost-effectiveness, and speedy installation make vinyl plank a compelling flooring option at a fraction of the cost of genuine hardwood. We provide a wide range of LVP in various hues, textures, lengths, and various widths.
Some of the best areas to install LVP flooring include:
Tile has a long history in the realm of interior design. It's versatile and can be utilized to introduce a vibrant backsplash in your kitchen, form an art-deco focal point on a wall in the living room, or offer long-lasting waterproof flooring in your bathroom. When compared to decorative wall or backsplash tile, tile flooring needs to withstand constant foot traffic, dirty shoes, pet accidents, and more, all while maintaining its beauty.
The good news is that the majority of tile is inherently resistant to water, slips, and stains, which is why most homeowners opt for tile in their kitchens and bathrooms. At Heritage Flooring Company, we offer a large selection of premium marble, ceramic, and other tile materials for your kitchen and bathroom needs.
At Heritage Flooring Company, we're often asked which type of tile is best for a home's bathroom versus kitchen. While no two homeowners will ever have the same needs, ceramic tile is generally great for kitchens, while porcelain is better for bathrooms. Ceramic is the most popular choice for kitchen tile flooring because it's available in a wide range of colors, it's low maintenance, and durable. It's often glazed to make cleaning up spills and stains easy, although it's less hard compared to porcelain tile.
Porcelain tile is commonly used for bathroom tile flooring due to its waterproof nature, trendiness, and cost-effectiveness. It's better for rooms with high moisture levels, as it has a lower water absorption rate compared to ceramic. Depending on the style, porcelain tile can range from richly textured for a non-slip surface to smooth marble tones.
The best course of action when choosing tile is to try and balance functionality and aesthetics. Ultimately, find a tile that matches your personal design taste while meeting your household needs. Having trouble choosing tile for your home? Heritage Flooring staff are trained to help you find the best choice for your home and family. We'd be happy to offer our opinion - just give us a call or visit our showroom to get started.
There are few feelings as comforting and relaxing as digging your toes into a plush, soft carpet after a long day at work. Carpet flooring has been around for decades and is one of the most common and popular choices when it comes to home aesthetics. From high-pile carpet options for maximum comfort to low-pile choices best suited for professional environments, carpet is both versatile and budget-friendly. At Heritage Flooring Company, we carry a select line of premium carpet options in multiple styles & patterns to fit your lifestyle needs.
Wondering why you should consider carpet flooring? Here are some of the biggest benefits that our clients tell us about:
Have you ever lived in an apartment where you could hear everything that the people above you and beside you were doing? Even if you tiptoe through the house, you're making noise. This is especially true if you have tile, vinyl, or hardwood floors in your living spaces. Even socked feet can sound like horse hooves when there's nothing dampening your steps.
Whether you own a multi-story home, a condo, or just have really thin walls, carpets can make sure that you're not disturbing other people in your house. Carpets will also dampen the normal floor sounds like creaks. Old floors often creak, but those creaks are more obvious when you have hardwood floors.
Let's be honest: Purchasing new flooring is a big decision. But if you choose the right carpet, it won't cost as much as installing hardwood floors, which can be quite expensive. While hardwood floors look fantastic, not everyone can afford them. Most folks end up using rugs on their hardwood floors for added comfort, but they can be expensive, too.
In contrast, carpet installation is often less expensive and more affordable. If your budget allows, you can opt for fancier carpets. Whether you prefer something sleek and unobtrusive or you love the look of retro shag carpets, Heritage Flooring offers options that will suit your budget.
Concerned about safety in your home? Consider carpet flooring. If someone in your home has fallen before, you understand how alarming it can be. While carpet won't prevent accidents, it can reduce the impact and provide a softer landing. Carpet is also ideal if you have babies or toddlers. As they learn to walk, toddlers often tumble. With carpet, their falls are less painful.
It's also gentler for crawling babies and those doing tummy time. If you or your children enjoy sitting on the floor, carpet is a practical choice. Why sit on hard surfaces when you can relax on a soft, cushioned carpet? Plus, opting for a rug would mean an additional expense for your flooring.
If you pull up your flooring and find that your floors are not as even as you thought, carpets are a great solution. Uneven floors are very noticeable with hardwood or tiles, but with carpets, you can still feel them, just not see them. The softness of the carpet will also help to minimize the feel of the uneven floor. Carpets in certain colors can also conceal stains. This is one reason why many apartments opt for carpets.
Carpet is an excellent source of warmth for the floor, making it a suitable option for cold bedrooms or plain offices. Additionally, carpet acts as an insulator. The combination of the carpet and its under-padding serves as an extra insulation layer in your home. Depending on the weight and quality of your carpet, it may even contribute to increasing the R-value of your home.
Finding a great flooring company in South Carolina is a little bit like searching for a needle in a haystack. Fortunately, if you're looking for a team of experts to help with a flooring project in your home, you've come to the right place. Since 2018, our goal has been to provide clients with the finest flooring services in our state.
Our team collaborates closely with each client to establish a trusted environment and achieve the perfect balance of style and functionality that customers deserve. In fact, we always try to exceed expectations by going the extra mile for our customers. Whether you need new tile in your bathroom or hardwood flooring in James Island for your whole home, we pride ourselves on quality work and efficiency. We demonstrate genuine care for our customers and emphasize that our goal is not just to make a sale - it's to assist in any way we can.
Because, as a local flooring company, you're not just our customer. You're our friends and our neighbors. You should be treated with quality service, even if you're just asking a few questions. Contact our office today to learn more about how we can help with your flooring needs, or come by our showroom so we can show you in person.
JAMES ISLAND, S.C. (WCSC) - Some James Island residents are concerned with the amount of litter they have been seeing along their roadways.Recently one resident, Christine Kitch posted pictures of debris along Harbor View Road on James Island on an app called Nextdoor, a social media app for neighborhoods, which got many other residents’ attention.Kitch says one day this week she saw crews on Harbor View Road setting up to perform maintenance such as mowing and weed whacking.The following day she says all of the tr...
JAMES ISLAND, S.C. (WCSC) - Some James Island residents are concerned with the amount of litter they have been seeing along their roadways.
Recently one resident, Christine Kitch posted pictures of debris along Harbor View Road on James Island on an app called Nextdoor, a social media app for neighborhoods, which got many other residents’ attention.
Kitch says one day this week she saw crews on Harbor View Road setting up to perform maintenance such as mowing and weed whacking.
The following day she says all of the trash had been mown over and was in pieces. Kitsch says when she went to pick up the trash by hand it ended up being 800 pieces total, 357 of which was plastic.
“People have been outraged on the app about this post and it’s not shocking to see that because when you see your whole entryway to your neighborhood and city trashed like that it looked like a large rat came through, chewed everything up, and deposited it back out. It looks disgusting,” she says.
Kitch expressed her concern about the wildlife and marshes that this impacts.
The Woodland Shores Road coalition founder Adam Friend also says he worries about the debris getting into the marshes. He says he’d like to see better clean-up efforts from the South Carolina Department of Transportation and citizens properly disposing of their garbage.
“Even worse when you have a lawn mower service that’s being paid for by SCDOT to just not pick it up before they run it over and chop it into millions of pieces which makes it a lot easier to be traveled over into the marshes and water and habitat,” he says.
Friend says that it would be helpful if citizens knew ahead of time when crews would be mowing so that they could pick up the trash beforehand instead of it getting mowed over and making it harder to clean.
Kitch says she first noticed that trash was an issue in her community after going on a lot of walks. She says she started carrying a big bag with her every time she would go on a walk and pick up the trash herself. Kitsch says sometimes she would spend an hour or so doing bigger pickups, meaning around 300 to 500 pieces of litter.
She says for the last two years she has been using an app called Anecdata through the South Carolina Aquarium to track every piece of trash that she has picked up.
“I’ve been tracking every single little pickup I’ve been doing and because my kids went to school in the past two years I have actually been doing it pretty much daily throughout the week collecting these little pickups,” she says.
Kitch says she’s been thinking about the right time to bring this issue to the public because she didn’t want to bring it up with minimal data. She says that she doesn’t expect every person to track the amount of litter they pick up, but that in this situation the data she has collected is important in trying to see change.
A spokesperson for SCDOT provided the following statement:
SCDOT encourages members of the public to report any issue on a state-maintained road to us directly at 855-467-2368 or they can submit a maintenance work request on our website.
We have also let our local maintenance crew know of the issue.
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Updated: Aug. 27, 2024 at 6:58 PM PDTJAMES ISLAND, S.C. (WCSC) - A Lowcountry science teacher hopes you will help her students kick off the year right by raising money for comic books that integrate reading and literacy into the science curriculum and make difficult biology topics more approachable.Step inside Tracy Lyles’ classroom at James Island Charter High School, and you can feel just how fun it would be to learn Earth Science, Biology or Anatomy and Physiology with her as your science teacher.“We do la...
Updated: Aug. 27, 2024 at 6:58 PM PDT
JAMES ISLAND, S.C. (WCSC) - A Lowcountry science teacher hopes you will help her students kick off the year right by raising money for comic books that integrate reading and literacy into the science curriculum and make difficult biology topics more approachable.
Step inside Tracy Lyles’ classroom at James Island Charter High School, and you can feel just how fun it would be to learn Earth Science, Biology or Anatomy and Physiology with her as your science teacher.
“We do labs, and we go outside,” she says. “I just find [science] really interesting, and it gives students the chance to explore and do things they may not get to do in other classes necessarily. It’s just a lot of fun.”
Only a few weeks into the school year and Lyles’ high schoolers are enthusiastic and ready to learn.
“I have a really good group of students in my classes this year,” Lyles says. “We’re having a really good time. They’re very inquisitive.”
To fuel that curiosity and encourage her students’ success, Lyles uses entertaining and educational science comic books.
“We have a lot of students that don’t like to read, but we all know reading is a really big deal,” she says. “[Reading] enhances your vocabulary, gives you insight, gives you details, so the science comics are really good. They’re really well written and really well illustrated, but the science is really high level high school science. [The students] get good details in a format that’s a little less intimidating.”
Lyles hopes to provide her students with these literary learning tools through her project on Donors Choose. She plans to buy science comics on elephants to use for book studies, group projects, presentations and reading activities.
“The storylines that we teach in our biology classes, one of the units centers on Africa,” Lyles says. “Elephants are awesome. They’re so cool, so we do a whole thing with elephants. I love to read, so we’re all going to love to read. I just want to give [the students] different avenues. Textbooks are hard to digest, and we don’t always have time to read a full novel.”
With your donation,you can make a genuine impact on Lyles’ students, helping them learn about elephants, prepare for standardized testing and ignite a love of reading, all through colorful and eye-catching comics, she says.
“Every donation is appreciated because these are things that otherwise we may not be able to get, and I know from personal experience how much the students enjoy these,” Lyles says.
You can become a Live 5 Classroom Champion for these students by helping to fund this project.
All donations are tax-deductible. The Donors Choose organization collects the money, purchases the items and sends them to the teacher. That way you know your donation is used appropriately.
If you’re a teacher who would like their Donors Choose project featured on Classroom Champions, please email classchamp@live5news.com.
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Published: Aug. 21, 2024 at 2:28 PM PDT|JAMES ISLAND, S.C. (WCSC) - Lowcountry homeowners are being offered an opportunity to weigh in on a development project intended to build future stays for new families.The James Island Planned Unit Development project would clear seven acres of untouched woods on Battery Island Drive and transform it into housing, greenspace and potentially, an inn.The inn would include two buildings with 20 suites, and the subdivision would be made up of 15 homes. It is unclear what the buildings ...
Published: Aug. 21, 2024 at 2:28 PM PDT|
JAMES ISLAND, S.C. (WCSC) - Lowcountry homeowners are being offered an opportunity to weigh in on a development project intended to build future stays for new families.
The James Island Planned Unit Development project would clear seven acres of untouched woods on Battery Island Drive and transform it into housing, greenspace and potentially, an inn.
The inn would include two buildings with 20 suites, and the subdivision would be made up of 15 homes. It is unclear what the buildings would look like.
The property sits in the middle of Beefield, an African American community recently named as historic.
“It’s a desirable area, so why not build developments or things like that for people? I think it’ll add to the island, James Island, and I think this is a positive,” Pro-development resident Jose Bardallo says.
Many, like Bardallo, believe development is essential around the Lowcountry to mitigate growth. He is also a supporter of finishing construction on I-526 to ease the flow of traffic conflicts.
“I understand people’s pain in reference to adding traffic, like I said previously. But the core issue is not the development, the core issue is really the lack of infrastructure,” Bardallo says.
Francine Burden calls Beefield her lifelong home. When she walks the half mile street, every neighbor is family or friend.
Opposed to Bardallo, she worries how the construction would create a shift in her community.
“I have mixed feelings about that,” Burden says. “This is where I was born and raised. This community has mostly elderly people, as myself, because we are aging.”
Neighbors believe this would increase foot and car traffic and risk drainage issues on Battery Island Drive.
Burden adds she fears bringing newcomers in could isolate their tight-knit community and be destructive to its history.
“It depends on the houses they build, houses that are not too overpowering or swallow the community. Houses that will mesh within the community, because we here a long time,” Burden says.
The City of Charleston Planning Commission is still accepting public input for the project, despite a receipt of majority approval from city processes in 2022.
The group will hold a meeting Wednesday night to collect those comments. To watch the meeting over livestream, click here.
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Tropical Storm Debby continues to wreak havoc on the Southeast coast, dumping more than a foot of rain in some South Carolina locations through Wednesday morning, Aug. 7....
Tropical Storm Debby continues to wreak havoc on the Southeast coast, dumping more than a foot of rain in some South Carolina locations through Wednesday morning, Aug. 7.
"Heavy rainfall across portions of the Carolinas is expected to persist through Thursday along with areas of considerable flooding," the National Hurricane Center said in an 11 a.m. Aug. 7 statement.
The Hurricane Center said that tropical storm conditions will continue to impact parts of the North Carolina and South Carolina coasts through Thursday, and also that storm surge is likely to result in coastal flooding in those areas.
From USA TODAY:Carolinas bracing for second landfall from Tropical Storm Debby: Live updates
"Debby is expected to produce an additional 3 to 9 inches of rainfall with locally higher amounts, leading to maximum storm total amounts as high as 25 inches in South Carolina and 15 inches in southeast North Carolina, broadening the area of considerable flooding across portions of South Carolina and southeast North Carolina through Friday," the Hurricane Center said.
That's bad news for places like Edisto Beach in South Carolina, which had received nearly 14 inches of rain through Wednesday morning.
Here are rainfall totals through Wednesday morning in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia from Debby, as reported by the National Weather Service out of Charleston, South Carolina, and Wilmington, North Carolina.
"The following are unofficial observations taken between 8 a.m. Monday, Aug. 5, and 8 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 7," the weather service said. "Appreciation is extended to highway departments, cooperative observers, Skywarn spotters and media for these reports."
The NWS notes that observations are collected from a variety of sources with varying equipment and exposures. Not all data listed is considered official.
Todd Runkle is the Carolinas Connect editor and also a content coach for the Asheville Citizen Times, part of the USA TODAY Network. Reach him at trunkle@gannett.com.
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