Diamondback Flooring installs luxury vinyl plank flooring across Scottsdale, from Old Town condos to McCormick Ranch and DC Ranch homes. We are a family-owned Arizona company, licensed, bonded and insured, and we bring full-size samples to your home instead of asking you to visit a showroom. Every project starts with a free in-home estimate, where we check the existing floor and subfloor before anything is quoted.
Illustrative design concept of a Scottsdale project.
Diamondback Flooring has been installing flooring in the Valley since 2012. We work in Scottsdale homes every week — ranch houses off Shea, remodels in McCormick Ranch, condos near Old Town — and the questions homeowners ask are rarely about the colour. They are about what happens to the floor that is already there.
This page covers what we install, how an installation actually runs, and what decides the price. If you would rather see the material in your own light, we bring the samples to you.
Luxury Vinyl Plank: What We Install
Luxury vinyl plank is the format we install. It is a floating floor over a prepared subfloor, and it is chosen here for one reason: it survives an Arizona household better than the alternatives it imitates.
Plank sizes and looks
Planks are cut to wood dimensions and printed with wood visuals — oak, hickory, acacia, and the wide, wire-brushed looks that dominate new builds. A rigid core adds stability, which is why it is the construction we specify for rooms that see sun and temperature swings.
Illustrative design concept of a Scottsdale project.
Two specifications decide how a floor feels and how long it lasts: the wear layer (how much clear vinyl sits above the print) and the core (rigid, or the older flexible construction). In a house with dogs, a thicker wear layer matters more than a thicker plank.
Why Luxury Vinyl Works in Arizona Homes
The case for vinyl here is not fashion, it is physics. Three things break floors in this climate — water, heat and animals — and vinyl is built to take all three.
Water stays on top
A rigid-core plank holds water on its surface instead of soaking it up, which is what matters in a kitchen where a dishwasher line lets go or a bathroom where the shower oversprays. Laminate and engineered wood react to that water by swelling at the seams.
Heat is the real test
Phoenix’s 1991–2020 climate normals put the average July high at 106.5°F, and west-facing rooms in a Scottsdale house run hotter than the outside air. That is why we install rigid-core vinyl rather than laminate or engineered wood in these rooms, and why the material acclimatises in the room before installation and keeps an expansion gap at every wall.
Pets and monsoon season
A commercial-grade wear layer resists claws far better than a standard thin surface, and accidents wipe up instead of soaking in. When the monsoon pushes humidity up for a week, vinyl does not cup at the seams the way a wood floor does.
Illustrative design concept of a Scottsdale project.
Installing Over an Existing Floor in Scottsdale
Most of the Scottsdale floors we replace are not the first floor in the house. The Census Bureau’s 2024 estimates put the city’s median year built at 1991, and 85.6% of its 139,766 housing units went up in 1989 or earlier. Whatever you are walking on now was laid decades ago, and it decides how the new floor goes down.
Three things get checked before we quote:
- What is coming out. Carpet and pad lift cleanly. A glued-down floor or another hard surface is a different job, and how it is handled changes both the timeline and the finished height.
- How flat the slab is. A 1990s slab has usually moved. Low spots get levelled before any plank goes down, because a rigid core follows the shape of whatever it sits on.
- What it does to the rest of the house. A new floor raises the finished height. Door undercuts, baseboard and any transition to an adjoining room get resolved as part of the estimate.
This is why we look at the floor in person rather than quoting from a photo. Two houses on the same street can need completely different prep.
How a Diamondback Installation Runs
Illustrative design concept of a Scottsdale project.
| Step | What happens | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Samples | We bring full-size boards to your home | Colour changes completely in Arizona light |
| 2. Estimate | On-site measure, subfloor check, written quote | Prep is priced before work starts, not after |
| 3. Prep | Old floor out, slab levelled, material acclimatised | The finished floor sits on this step |
| 4. Install | Planks laid, seams staggered, edges trimmed | Layout decides how the floor reads across a room |
| 5. Walkthrough | We walk the finished floor with you | Anything you are not happy with is fixed then |
The Mobile Showroom: Samples at Your Door
Illustrative design concept of a Scottsdale project.
Diamondback does not run a retail showroom. We bring the showroom to you — full-size sample boards, in the room where the floor will go, under your windows and your lighting.
That difference is not cosmetic. A plank that looks warm grey in a fluorescent showroom reads yellow in a north-facing bedroom and washed out against a west-facing slider. Seeing it in the actual room removes the single most common source of regret in a flooring project. It also means no Saturday afternoon driving between stores with three samples in the car.
What Drives the Cost of a Luxury Vinyl Install
We do not publish a price per square foot, because the same 800 square feet can be two very different jobs. These are the factors that move the number:
- The product itself. Wear layer and core construction set the material cost before any labour is discussed. Wear layer thickness is the main difference between product tiers.
- Removal and disposal. Carpet comes up fast; glued-down surfaces do not. This is usually the largest variable between two quotes for the same area.
- Subfloor prep. Levelling compound where the slab has dipped, and patching where an old adhesive has left ridges.
- Layout complexity. Stairs, multiple small rooms, diagonal layouts and a lot of doorways all cost more in labour than one open rectangle.
- Furniture and access. Whether the room is emptied before we arrive, and how far the material has to be carried.
Every one of those is checked at the in-home estimate, and the written quote names them separately so you can see what you are paying for. If you want to compare material types before that, our laminate flooring page covers the alternative and where it differs.
Scottsdale Neighborhoods We Serve
We install across Scottsdale, including Old Town, McCormick Ranch, Scottsdale Ranch, Kierland, Grayhawk, DC Ranch, Pinnacle Peak and Troon North. The housing stock changes street by street, and the decade a street was built out decides what we find under the old floor — which is why the estimate starts with an inspection rather than a measurement.
That is also why the city-level numbers are worth knowing before you choose a floor. With a median build year of 1991 and 85.6% of Scottsdale’s housing units built before 1990, it is likely that your existing floor is original, and that removal and levelling will be part of the conversation.
If you are outside these neighbourhoods but still in the Scottsdale area, ask — we will tell you honestly whether we cover your street.
What Our Customers Say
One of the reviews left on our Google listing after a flooring installation.
“Keith was incredible, super timely and communicative. He was even willing to pick up the flooring for us and the baseboard trim. Install was quick and high quality. Reach out and you’ll be pleased you did! Pricing seemed very fair as well.”
Rated 4.8 out of 5 from 56 reviews on Google.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can luxury vinyl be installed over my existing floor?
Sometimes, and it depends what is already there. Carpet and pad are removed. A glued-down or hard surface is a different job, and height at doorways and transitions decides whether plank can go over it. We check condition, flatness and clearance at the free in-home estimate.
How does Scottsdale heat affect luxury vinyl?
Rigid-core vinyl handles heat better than laminate or engineered wood, but it still expands. Phoenix’s 1991–2020 normals put the average July high at 106.5°F, so we acclimatise the material in the room and leave expansion space at every wall. Skipping either step is how planks end up lifting at the seams.
Do you bring samples to my home?
Yes. Our mobile showroom brings full-size sample boards to your home at no cost, so you can see the floor in the actual room and light where it will be installed. There is no showroom to visit and no obligation to book installation afterwards.
Are you licensed, bonded and insured?
Yes. Diamondback Flooring is licensed, bonded and insured, and has held BBB accreditation since 2020 with an A+ rating. We are a family-owned Arizona company and have been installing floors across the Valley since 2012, with the same crew standards on a single room as on a whole house.
Do you offer financing?
Yes, through Acorn Finance and Lyon Financial. Approval, rates and terms are set by the lender rather than by us, and applying does not affect the installation schedule. We can walk you through the application during the estimate if you would rather spread the cost of the project over time.
What does the satisfaction guarantee cover?
Every project is backed by our 100% satisfaction guarantee. We walk the finished floor with you at the end of the installation, and anything that is not right gets addressed before we consider the job complete. Specific terms are confirmed in writing with your estimate.
Book a Free In-Home Estimate
Call or text 602-448-2899 to book a free in-home estimate in Scottsdale. We will bring samples, measure the rooms, check the existing floor and leave you with a written quote — no showroom visit, no pressure, and no charge for the visit.
Already decided on the material? You can see our luxury vinyl plank flooring and luxury vinyl flooring options first, then book the estimate to have it priced for your rooms. For work outside Scottsdale, our flooring contractor in Phoenix page covers the wider metro.
