National Floors

National Floors is Robert (Bob) LaPorte's hardwood flooring shop in Beverly, a three-person, owner-operated business that Thumbtack puts at 37 years in business, with a background check in the owner's name. He sells and installs hardwood, historic pine, cork, bamboo, engineered floating floors and luxury vinyl plank, levels subfloors, removes carpet, and sands and refinishes; Porch adds stair flooring. This is the North Shore operator, not the multi-state retailer National Floors Direct of Avon and Braintree. The reviews are about one person's craft and responsiveness. In June 2026 a homeowner had 1,000 to 1,500 square feet refinished and stained and called the result gorgeous; in December 2024 a couple whose floors were too far gone to restore valued Robert's honest advice on what to do instead. The 2019 accounts show the same pattern: a landlord whose tenants had wrecked a second-floor apartment had him out the next day and the floors done by Monday; a homeowner who could not find flooring help for days texted him, had him out that afternoon, and had a small solid-wood floor finished the same day; and a couple who found no hardwood under their old kitchen cabinets after a remodel had the exposed areas patched to match. Undated Porch reviews describe a water-damaged bedroom floor replaced rather than patched, same-day consultations on choosing flooring, and jobs finished neatly on the promised schedule, with more than one customer planning to bring him back for another room. Thumbtack shows 4.9 stars from 27 ratings, 93 percent five-star with the remainder three-star, and 65 project photos. For a North Shore homeowner who wants old floors refinished, a patch blended into existing hardwood, or a new floor chosen and laid by the owner himself, this is a well-regarded small shop. Ask for the finish schedule and stain samples in advance, and confirm timing, since it is a small crew that reviewers describe as fitting in urgent jobs.