The Floor Covering Shop
The Floor Covering Shop has been Eastern Connecticut's in-stock flooring source since 1963. However, its roots can be traced to downtown Norwich to the early 1940s. Known as MacGarry's Floor Covering Shop, it was located in the historic Marguerite Building on North Main Street at Burnham Square. Irwin Sayet purchased MacGarry's in 1963, renamed the business, and in 1966, he moved across the street to the former A&P Supermarket at 364 Main Street.
Mr. Sayet's business flourished for the next twenty years and, in September 1987, he was joined by current owner Gregory Graf, formerly of Tillinghast Lumber in Killingly. Greg has owned the business since Sayet's 2002 retirement and he was joined by his son Jonathan, who had been helping after school and on weekends since his early teenage years. They spent the remainder of the decade at their former location, before moving to the Greeneville village of Norwich in 2012.
The Floor Covering Shop is now located at 385 Central Avenue, in Norwich's historic 1906 "Trolley Barn," more recently occupied by New England Glass & Mirror. The Grafs' new facility features convenient parking, more intimate and user-friendly showrooms and a 2,000 square foot carpet and vinyl remnant warehouse.
Our 10,000 square foot showroom and remnant warehouse includes hundreds of room-size carpet and vinyl remnants as well as thousands of flooring samples. Serving Norwich, CT since 1963Our Products
Flooring Accessories: Flooring Accessories, Tile Trims,
Adhesives: Adhesives,
Athletic Surfaces: Athletic Surfaces,
Carpeting: Berber Carpet, Carpeting, Commercial Carpet, Commercial Cut Pile, Commercial Loop Pile, Commercial Loop Pile (Texture), Cut Pile Carpet, Loop Pile Carpet, Modular Carpet Tile, Saxony (Plush) Carpet, Saxony (textured) Carpeting, Sculptured/Cut & Loop Carpet, Shag Carpet,
Ceramic/Porcelain: Bathroom Tile, Borders/Medallions, Ceramic Tile, Decorative Tile, Floor Tile (glazed), Floor Tile (unglazed), Hard Surface Flooring, Kitchen Tile, Mosaic Tile, Mosaic Tile (glass), Mosaic Tile (glazed), Porcelain Tile Flooring, Spa / Pool Tile,
Installation Materials: Installation Materials, Shower System,
Laminate Flooring: Laminate Flooring, Laminate Flooring Planks,
Natural Stone Floors: Natural Stone Flooring,
Vinyl/Resilient: Cove Base (rubber), Cove Base (vinyl), Cushioned Vinyl Flooring, Homogeneous Vinyl Floors, Linoleum Flooring, Resilient/Vinyl Flooring, Rubber Flooring, Rubber Sheet Flooring, Rubber Tile Floors, Sheet Vinyl Flooring, Vinyl Composition Tile (VCT), Waterproof Flooring,
Area Rugs: Area Rugs, Braided Rugs, Modern / Contemporary Rugs, Traditional Rugs,
Specialty Floors: Conductive Flooring, Slip Resistant Flooring, Specialty Floors, Static Dissipative Flooring,
Tools: Tools,
Underlayment: Underlayment,
Cushion/Padding: Cushion/Padding,
Wood Flooring: Hand Scraped Wood Floors, Prefinished Engineered Plank, Prefinished Solid Plank Flooring, Prefinished Strip Flooring, Wide Plank Flooring, Wood Flooring,
Mats/Runners: Mats/Runners,
LVT/LVP: Luxury Vinyl Plank Flooring (LVP), Luxury Vinyl Sheet Flooring, Luxury Vinyl Tile (LVT),
Walls: Wall Tile (glazed), Wall Tile (unglazed), Our Brands
Area Rugs: Radici Rugs,
Thorndike Mills Rugs,
Carpeting: DreamWeaver® Carpet ,
Lexmark Carpet Mills ,
Mohawk Carpet,
Shaw Carpet,
Ceramic/Porcelain: American Olean® Tile,
Daltile® Tile,
Florida Tile,
InterCeramic® USA Tile,
Marazzi® USA Tile ,
Shaw Tile Flooring,
Countertop/Surfaces: DalTile® Countertops,
Installation Materials: Schlüter® Transitions,
Laminate Flooring: Quick•Step Laminate Flooring,
Tarkett Home Laminate Flooring,
LVT/LVP: Congoleum® DuraCeramic,
COREtec® Original,
EarthWerks® Luxury Vinyl ,
Moduleo Luxury Vinyl Flooring,
NAFCO Luxury Tile,
Natural Stone Floors: Marazzi® USA Natural Stone,
Specialty Floors: Gerflor® Vinyl Flooring ,
Underlayment: TEC Specialty Products,
Vinyl/Resilient: Flexitec Vinyl Flooring,
Johnsonite® Commerical Flooring,
Philadelphia™ Commercial Resilient,
Shaw Resilient Vinyl Flooring,
Tarkett Commercial Resilient Flooring,
Tarkett Home Carpet,
Waterproof Flooring: {Waterproof Flooring,
Wood Flooring: ARK Floors ,
Bois BSL Hardwood,
Harris Wood® Floors,
Somerset Hardwood Flooring,
Commercial Markets
Educational, School, Hospitality, Lodging, Medical, Healthcare, Multi Family, Housing, Office, Tenant, Religious Worship, Residential, Builder, Restaurants
Commercial Buildings
college, university, elementary, middle, high school, preschool, daycare, courthouses, fire stations, government offices, jail, penitentiarys, police stations, post office, postal center, probation offices, reformatorys, convent, monastery, dormitory, fraternity, sorority, half-way house, hotels, motels, inns, resorts, night clubs, nursing home, assisted living, residential care, retirement homes, shelters, orphanages, children's homes, bank, bowling alleys, broadcasting studio, casinos, convention centers, funeral home, gymnasiums, health clubs, library, meeting halls, museum, other financial institution, social meeting centers, sports arenas, theaters, cinemas, transportation terminal, clinic, dentist's offices, doctor's offices, hospital, outpatient rehabilitation, veterinarian's office, administrative offices, professional offices, bars, cafeterias, fast food chains, restaurants, alcoholic beverage store, auto repair shop, auto service, barber shop, beauty parlor, bookstore stores, car dealership, showroom, car wash, clothing stores, convenience stores, department stores, dry cleaner, enclosed mall, furniture stores, gas stations, grocery store, food market, hardware stores, laundromat, rental stores, strip shopping center
Why Us
Eastern Connecticut's Largest Selection of In-Stock Flooring, 53 Years in Business, Family Owned & Operated, Free On-Site Estimates, No Pressure, No Gimmicks, No "Free" Installations, Consistent Flooring Installers, Financing Available, and more...