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Cape Girardeau, MO

Flooring in Cape Girardeau, MO

Sikeston Carpet & Flooring installs and services floors throughout Cape Girardeau, from the riverfront floodwall up onto the bluffs.

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About Cape Girardeau

Floors built for Cape Girardeau homes.

Cape Girardeau is the biggest city we serve and the one with the most varied housing. Around 39,500 people live here, the Mississippi River Tales Mural runs nearly 18,000 square feet along the floodwall, and Southeast Missouri State University sits above the river. Unlike the flat Bootheel towns south of us, Cape is built on bluffs — so basements, split levels and stairs are far more common, and stair and trim work is a bigger part of what we do here.

Cape Girardeau had 39,540 residents at the 2020 census, spans Cape Girardeau and Scott counties, and counts 18,013 housing units with about a 10.6 per cent vacancy rate. Southeast Missouri State University employs over 1,100 people, and St Francis Medical Center and Mercy Hospital Southeast are the largest employers in the city. Thirty-nine sites here are on the National Register of Historic Places, including eight historic districts.

Eight historic districts is the number that matters to a floor. Houses inside them are old enough to have plaster, deep baseboard and original stair parts, and the right answer is usually to work around what is there rather than replace it. We match new shoe molding to existing profiles where we can, and we are honest when a profile is no longer made and the choice is between a close match and re-running the whole run.

Gray vinyl plank meeting carpet at a doorway with red-brown trim
Gray plank flooring in a narrow hallway ending at a white door
On the ground

What we run into in Cape Girardeau

The bluffs are the other difference. The city sits around 371 feet in elevation and the ground moves, so split levels and walk-out basements are common in a way they simply are not in Portageville or Matthews. That means stairs — treads, risers, nosings and the transitions at the top and bottom of a flight — and it means below-grade rooms where a moisture test is not optional before a plank goes down.

There is also a large rental market around the university. Landlords tend to want something that survives turnover and cleans up fast, which usually points to a waterproof plank rather than carpet in living areas, with carpet kept to bedrooms where it still earns its place.

Know the area

  • Mississippi River Tales Mural
  • Cape Rock Park
  • Southeast Missouri State University
  • Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge
Services in Cape Girardeau

What we do in Cape Girardeau, MO

Recent work

Recent work near Cape Girardeau

  • Gray-brown vinyl plank in an open white room with built-in shelves
  • Red-brown laminate flooring in an empty room with white walls
  • Light oak laminate in a living room with a gray accent wall
  • Dark brown laminate in a long, narrow room with white walls
  • Dark laminate flooring in an empty room with a patio door
  • Cream floor tile in a walkout basement with glass doors and stairs
  • Cream floor tile in a basement room with a brick accent wall
  • White hallway with a paneled door
  • Glossy gray floor tile in an open room with a chandelier and a wood door
Cape Girardeau FAQs

Flooring in Cape Girardeau, questions

Do you come up to Cape Girardeau from Sikeston?

We do. Cape is a regular run for us up I-55, and the estimate works the same as it does at home: we come to the house with samples, measure, and give you a written figure rather than a number over the phone.

We have a walk-out basement. Can we put plank down there?

Usually yes, but the slab gets tested first. Below-grade concrete holds moisture, and a rigid plank laid over a slab that is still giving off moisture will telegraph it later. We check it, tell you what it reads, and recommend the underlayment or the product that suits the result.

Can you match the trim in an older Cape house?

Often, and where we cannot we will say so. Houses in the historic districts frequently have profiles that are no longer stocked. We will show you the closest match we can source and let you decide whether that is good enough or whether re-running the run is worth it.

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