Flooring in Gideon, MO
Sikeston Carpet & Flooring installs and services floors throughout Gideon, a former lumber company town in the western Bootheel.
Floors built for Gideon homes.
Gideon started life in 1900 as a lumber company town and was platted in 1903, named after Frank Gideon, a businessman in the timber trade. About 780 people live here now, down from a peak of over 1,750 in 1950. It is a small town in the western Bootheel at the junction of Routes 153 and 162, and its housing still reflects its mill-town origins — modest, closely spaced, and mostly built to house working families.
Gideon recorded 780 residents at the 2020 census, having peaked at 1,754 in 1950. The town began in 1900 as a lumber company town, was platted in 1903 and named for Frank Gideon, and sits at an elevation of 266 feet at the junction of Missouri Routes 153 and 162.
There is a certain irony in a former lumber town where solid hardwood is rarely the right answer today, but that is the honest position. Mill-town houses were built modestly and many now sit on wood subfloors that have been down for the better part of a century. On a base like that, a floating luxury vinyl plank or a good laminate over the right underlayment usually gives a better and longer-lasting result than nailing down solid wood.
What we run into in Gideon
Compact houses also reward getting the plank direction right. In a small room, running the boards along the longest sightline makes the space read larger, and running them the other way makes it read smaller. It costs nothing to get that decision right and it cannot be undone afterwards, so we talk it through at the measure rather than deciding for you on install day.
We do not carry hardwood installation or refinishing as services, so if solid wood really is what a Gideon house needs, we will say so rather than steer you into something we do fit.
Know the area
- Routes 153 and 162 junction
- Gideon 37 School District
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Flooring in Gideon, questions
Do you install or refinish hardwood?
No — that is not one of our services, and we would rather tell you that up front than take the job and sub it out. We fit carpet, luxury vinyl plank, laminate, tile, stairs and trim, and we handle floor removal and demo.
What works best in a small older house?
Usually a floating luxury vinyl plank or a laminate over the right underlayment. Many houses in Gideon have wood subfloors that have been in place a very long time, and a floating floor copes with that base better than anything nailed down.
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