Stairs & Trim, Scott City, MO

Stairs & Trim in Scott City, MO

Stairs and trim are the difference between a floor that has been installed and a floor that has been laid down. Anyone can cover the middle of a room. The finish carpentry at the edges — the stair nosings, the shoe mould, the transitions in every doorway, the scribe against an out-of-square wall — is what your eye actually reads when you walk in. It is the slowest part of the job and it is where most of the skill is, which is why we quote it as real work rather than burying it as an afterthought. Installed by our own crew across Scott City.

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Stairs & Trim installed in Scott City, MO by Sikeston Carpet & Flooring

Why Sikeston Carpet & Flooring in Scott City

Stairs & Trim done right, the first time, in Scott City.

Homeowners across Scott City, MO call Sikeston Carpet & Flooring for stairs & trim because every job runs with our own crew, no subcontractors, no surprise charges, and one number to call from first sample to finished floor.

We install stairs & trim across Scott City and the surrounding area, including Cape Girardeau, Sikeston, East Prairie, Matthews.

What's included

Stair treads, risers and nosings fitted to each step
Shoe mould and quarter round matched to existing profiles
Transitions between rooms and between floor heights
Scribed cuts against out-of-square walls
Carpeted, planked and mixed staircases

Stairs & Trim in Scott City

Built for Scott City homes.

Scott City is really three places that grew together. Fornfelt and Ancell consolidated with Scott City in 1960, and Illmo joined in 1980 — and you can still read the joins in the housing. Each former town has its own vintage of building, so a street on one side of the city can be forty years older than a street on the other. About 4,350 people live here, split across Cape Girardeau and Scott counties, which also puts part of the city in the Cape metro and part in the Sikeston area.

Scott City took its present shape through two mergers: Fornfelt and the Ancell area consolidated with it in 1960, and Illmo followed in 1980. The 2020 population was 4,346, spread across Cape Girardeau and Scott counties at an elevation of about 400 feet. The railroad, including the Thebes–Scott City bridge, is part of why the settlements were there in the first place.

A city assembled from three railroad towns does not have one housing stock, it has three. That matters more than it sounds. Estimating a whole-house job here means checking what is actually under the carpet on that particular street rather than assuming, because the answer changes between the old Illmo blocks and the newer building around them.

Railroad-era houses tend to have wood subfloors, and after a century of foot traffic and a few generations of tack strip they often need a sheet of underlayment before anything smooth goes down. Skipping that step is how a vinyl floor ends up showing every seam and nail head underneath it within a year. We would rather add the sheet and say so in the quote than leave it out to make the number look better.

Scott City is a short run north of Sikeston, so it is an easy one for us to get to for the measure and again for the install without the schedule stretching out.

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Scott City FAQs

Stairs & Trim in Scott City, questions

Why does my neighbour need underlayment and I do not?

Because Scott City is three former towns joined together and the houses are not the same age. What is under your floor depends on which part of the city you are in and when your house was built. We check yours rather than assume, and the quote reflects what we actually find.

Do you charge to come out to Scott City?

No. The in-home estimate is free. We bring samples, measure the rooms and give you a written price. Scott City is close enough to Sikeston that it is a straightforward trip for us.

Can you do the stairs if we are only replacing the upstairs floors?

Yes, and it is usually a good idea to do them together. The staircase is read as one object, so a flight that does not relate to the floor at the top of it is very noticeable. We will price it either way so you can decide.

Can you match our existing baseboard?

Often. Profiles do get discontinued, so we will check what is available and tell you honestly whether it is an exact match, a close one, or whether re-running a whole elevation gives a better result than a near-miss.

Do we need new shoe mould, or can the old go back?

Sometimes it can, if it came off cleanly and is in good condition. Frequently it splits on removal or was painted in place, in which case putting it back looks worse than replacing it. We will tell you which yours is once it is off.

Why is there a gap under our shoe mould?

Deliberately, in most cases — a floating floor needs an expansion gap at the wall, and shoe mould hides it. The mould is fastened to the wall rather than the floor so the floor can still move. If the gap is visible, that is a fitting problem rather than a design one.

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