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Tony Tipton has spent his entire career in the flooring industry, starting as a salesman in 1994, going on to work with Floor Play Ceramics, B&B Carpet Consultants, Henson Flooring, and Walberry Tile & Marble before founding Tee's Flooring in 2005.
When the 2005 economic downturn squeezed homeowners' budgets, Tony saw an opportunity: skip the expensive showroom, go direct to distributors, and bring samples straight to customers' homes. Nearly 20 years later, that model is still the core of everything Tee's Flooring does.
Tony is a lifelong Central Ohio resident, a Westerville South High School graduate, and a dog person, Inspector Reno, the company mascot, is named after his German Shepherd who passed away in 2018.
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Tony Tipton is the owner and lead installer of Tee's Flooring, a Central Ohio flooring company he founded in 2005. With 30+ years of industry experience, Tony serves Columbus and 13 surrounding communities by bringing samples directly to customers' homes, no showroom trip required. Tee's Flooring is BBB A+ rated and has installed LVT, hardwood, and carpet in thousands of Central Ohio homes.
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Tony founded Tee's Flooring on a simple premise: customers make better decisions when they see samples in their own home, under their own lighting, against their own walls. No overhead. No pressure. And margins that let him beat Home Depot on price.
When Reno passed away on June 1, 2018, Tony turned an old photo of his dog wearing glasses into a company mascot. "Inspector Reno" now appears on every job as the quality standard Tony sets for himself.
Luxury vinyl tile has taken over Central Ohio renovation projects. Tony has watched the shift over 20 years of installs and can speak to the trends, the tradeoffs, and what homeowners consistently get wrong when shopping on their own.
Columbus averages a 35-point humidity swing between winter and summer. Tony explains how that affects every wood floor in Central Ohio and what homeowners can do before they see cupping, gapping, or squeaking.
Tony works with realtors and home-flippers regularly. He has direct data on which flooring upgrades produce the strongest ROI for Central Ohio listings, and which ones buyers say they want but don't actually pay for.
In three decades of installations, Tony says the same problem causes most flooring failures: inadequate subfloor preparation. He can walk through exactly what goes wrong and why Tee's Flooring doesn't skip it.
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