Kennedale's Postwar Oak and 2010s Prefinished Floors
Oliver S. Kennedy platted the townsite in 1886, and for decades Kennedale stayed small. When residents voted to incorporate in July 1947, the town had about 300 people (City of Kennedale). Growth came quickly after that, helped by Fort Worth's defense plants, and the Handbook of Texas counts 1,046 residents by 1955. Census estimates still count about 300 Kennedale homes built in the 1950s and close to 500 built before 1970. Some houses from those years have oak strip flooring, and some of it has spent decades under carpet or vinyl. Whether a given floor can take another sanding depends on how much wood earlier refinishing left above the tongue, which we measure before quoting.
The newer group is much larger. Homes from the 2010s that came with prefinished hardwood are now ten years or more into daily use, and the finish usually wears through first in the kitchen and at the entry. Engineered planks are the tricky part: some have enough real wood on top for a sanding and some do not, so we look at a cut edge or the product records before we quote.