Novato covers more ground than any other town in Marin, and the housing runs newer than most of the county. Much of what we work on here went up between the sixties and the nineties, plus the Hamilton Field neighborhood built out on the old air base. Newer framing means fewer surprises when we pull up what is there, though we still put a level and a moisture meter on every subfloor before quoting a number.
The bigger difference is the weather. Novato sits far enough inland to miss most of the fog that sits over the towns near the water, and it runs hotter through the summer. Wood behaves differently here than it does down in Sausalito. That changes how long we let new flooring acclimate before installing it, and on slab-on-grade homes it often points toward engineered.
Call today for a free estimate on installation, refinishing, or repair anywhere in Novato.