Service area: comuna 14
Pisos Pro Medellín is based at Tv. 6 #45-115, right inside El Poblado, so site visits in comuna 14 (El Poblado's district number) can be booked on short notice. We are flooring specialists: we install, repair and restore floors, and we do not take on other construction work.
Most of our work here is in apartments: high-rise towers on the hillsides, buildings from the 1980s and 1990s, and short-term rental units near Parque Lleras. What we install most in this area is SPC, click vinyl, engineered hardwood and porcelain tile, and what we restore most is original marble and parquet.
We have more than 15 years in the trade and more than 900 completed jobs across the Aburrá Valley. Every installation comes with a 1-year workmanship warranty and is handed over with a signed completion report (acta).
El Poblado is not one type of housing. From Parque Lleras up to the high end of the Las Palmas road, building height, floor age and climate all change, and that decides which material makes sense.
These buildings sit a few blocks from Parque Lleras, and many have furnished apartments that host new guests every week. The priority here is a high-traffic floor that installs fast and stands up to rolling suitcases, so we recommend SPC flooring or click vinyl with a good wear layer.
Large apartments in tall towers on the slopes, with strict internal rules and elevators that must be booked in advance. Owners here ask for engineered hardwood, large-format porcelain and microcement, and almost always require a clean site with no noise outside permitted hours.
Many apartments still have the marble and parquet they were delivered with 30 or 40 years ago. Before quoting a new floor, we check whether restoring them is worth more than replacing them.
Higher up, the temperature drops, fog is common and many houses and buildings have walls set against the hillside. We measure subfloor (contrapiso) moisture on every visit and, when needed, install a moisture barrier before the floor goes down.
Almost every building in comuna 14 is governed by the condominium regime (propiedad horizontal, Ley 675 de 2001) and by its own house rules (manual de convivencia). Changing a floor is simple technically, but if it is not coordinated with building management (administración), the job can be stopped on day one.
We handle that approval process with you, and our guide on building rules for floor renovation explains what management can require. Before we start, we check these points:
Many El Poblado owners, several of them foreigners, rent by the night and cannot block their calendar for two weeks. For them we plan the floor change in a 2 to 4 day window, between one checkout and the next check-in.
The usual approach is SPC or click vinyl flooring laid over the existing ceramic tile, with no demolition and no debris. We measure and cut ahead of time, coordinate with the host, and leave baseboards (zócalos), transition profiles and final cleaning done so the listing is ready for new photos.
If you live outside Colombia, your property manager can attend the site visit. We send you the itemized quote and progress photos by WhatsApp or email.
In Castropol, Lalinde and Patio Bonito we see apartments every day with cream marble in the living areas and strip parquet in the bedrooms. Before replacing them, it helps to know that restoration usually costs a fraction of a new floor.
Marble can be saved if the pieces are solid and the damage is only wear, stains or scratches: our natural stone and marble service polishes it, replaces damaged pieces and crystallizes the surface. Parquet can be saved with hardwood floor refinishing when only a few strips are loose and replacement wood is available.
We replace when there are hollow-sounding pieces in several areas, cracks that follow the concrete slab, or parquet with termites (comején). In those cases a spot repair does not last.
El Poblado sits on the eastern slope of the valley and is crossed by streams (quebradas) such as La Presidenta. In the rainy seasons, April to May and October to November, runoff pushes against walls and slabs that are in contact with the ground.
Ground-floor apartments, units with a garden or patio at grade, and basements converted into studios are the most exposed. Laminate installed there without measuring first can swell within a few months.
That is why we measure subfloor moisture on every visit and show you the reading. If it comes from a leak in the building, we tell you so building management can fix it before installation.
We prefer not to publish case studies with details you cannot verify. This table summarizes the jobs we do most in comuna 14, with real ranges for area and timeline; the photos on this page are representative of our work.
See more examples by neighborhood on our flooring projects page.
| Project type | Typical neighborhoods | Usual area | Typical timeline |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPC over ceramic tile in a short-term rental | Provenza, Manila, Astorga | 40 to 70 m² | 2 to 3 days |
| Engineered hardwood in living room and bedrooms | Los Balsos, El Tesoro | 80 to 150 m² | 3 to 6 days |
| Polishing and crystallizing original marble | Castropol, Lalinde | 60 to 120 m² | 2 to 4 days |
| Sanding and refinishing parquet | Patio Bonito, Castropol | 20 to 60 m² | 3 to 6 days |
| Moisture barrier and new floor on a ground floor | Las Palmas, San Julián | 30 to 80 m² | 4 to 7 days |
From Tv. 6 #45-115 we reach Provenza, Manila or Castropol in 10 to 15 minutes in normal traffic. Los Balsos, El Tesoro or the lower part of Las Palmas take 15 to 25 minutes, and at rush hour on Avenida El Poblado or the Transversal Superior it can be more than 40.
If your building requires visitors to be announced at the front desk, we arrive at the exact time you are given.
Yes, if the house rules allow it. In many comuna 14 buildings Saturday work is limited to the morning, and work on Sundays and public holidays is almost never approved.
Before setting dates, we ask building management for the permitted hours in writing and schedule saw cutting for weekdays.
From our office, 15 to 25 minutes in normal traffic. At rush hour, especially early morning and late afternoon, allow 30 to 45 minutes.
The site visit is free and is usually scheduled within 24 to 72 hours.
Yes, some building rules require it so footsteps are not heard in the apartment below. We install SPC with built-in acoustic backing or a separate underlayment and give you the technical data sheet to present to building management.
We are at Tv. 6 #45-115, in the same district as your apartment, and we are open Monday to Saturday from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. and Sunday from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Message us on WhatsApp or leave your details in the form: we book the visit, measure, and send you a written quote in Colombian pesos within 24 to 48 hours.
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Pisos Pro Medellín
Tv. 6 #45-115, El Poblado, Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia
Monday to Saturday: 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Sunday: 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.