About ACE Hardwood
A family lumber story that became Austin's hardwood floor
ACE Hardwood Flooring grew from decades of hands-on lumber, building, and hardwood flooring experience — into a company that manufactures, distributes, installs, sands, and finishes hardwood floors from its own Austin mill.
About us
ACE Hardwood Flooring, Inc.
Like most trees that sustain the hardwood flooring industry, the seed for Ace Hardwood Flooring was planted in Austin, TX after Mark Szeneri relocated from California in 1977.
In 1985, a nurturing mix of craftsmanship, integrity, value, and faith saw two new branches sprout from Ace Hardwood Flooring's continual growth: our milling warehouse and, most prominently, The Mesquite Collection.
The very same business ethics and values which have rooted the foundation of our company have also attracted skilled craftsmen who have both found comfort and have remained happily under our shaded canopy for upwards of 30 years; our oldest employee boasting 38 years!
To date, these craftsmen in carpentry, flooring and stair installation and floor finishing continue to nourish our growth by providing and installing millions of square feet of hardwood flooring around the world.
The long way here
From a 1939 lumberyard to the West Lake Hills showroom
The lumber roots
Joe Szeneri begins his career in the Ohio lumber industry — the trade his sons grow up inside.
Building in California
The family relocates to southern California, where Joe becomes a residential builder and Mark learns the craft alongside his brothers.
The seed lands in Austin
Mark Szeneri relocates to Austin, TX — the seed for ACE Hardwood Flooring is planted.
The mill opens
ACE opens its own milling warehouse and begins manufacturing mesquite flooring — 0% failure rate on glue-down slabs ever since.
The Mesquite Collection
The family business gives Texas mesquite a name and a catalog: flooring, patterns, stair parts, and lumber.
Millions of square feet later
Craftsmen with 10 to 38 years at ACE keep manufacturing, installing, and finishing hardwood floors around the world — from West Lake Hills.
Mark Szeneri · President
The apprenticeship never ended — it just moved to Texas
Mark Szeneri began his career in the lumber, building and hardwood flooring industry as an adolescent working alongside his brothers and father, Joseph (Joe) Szeneri. Joe Szeneri began his career in the lumber industry in 1939 while living in Ohio before relocating to southern California in 1968 to transition into becoming a residential builder. Under the guidance of his father, Mark and his brothers not only learned the trade but developed a passion for the many aspects of the lumber industry; which has remained in all of them to this very day.
When he's not helping others bring their dream home to fruition, Mark enjoys celebrating life to the fullest with his wife and children, participating in church activities and spending his down-time on the lake.
family lumber roots
The shop's capabilities
We Manufacture, Install, Sand, and Finish Lumber, Flooring, Stairways, End-grain Blocks, Ceilings, Back Splashes, and Countertops. All with top-quality wood.
An endless wood selection
Our Exquisite Wood Selection Is Endless. European Oak, Fir, Walnut, Antique Red or White Oak, Reclaimed Wood flooring, Rift and/or Quarter-sawn Oaks and Walnut. Engineered or Solid. You choose the wood, we can handle the rest!
Flooring, to spec
European cut up to 16” wide 1" thick, true engineered. Stock 7 ½” to 13” wide x 5/8” or ¾” Thick. Rift-sawn up to 8” wide, Walnut up to 30” wide.
Lumber — the whole tree
We can slice the whole tree! As a matter of fact, just last year we cut Blanks of Walnut 4'3” Wide X 2 ¼” Thick x 21'6” Long.
CNC stairs: if it's drawn, we can do it
We Will CNC Cut steps 6” Thick x 10 – 12' Long. Slice off 1” from the bottom, CNC center cut out, install over Steel framing and glue the Bottom back on for a floating staircase. CNC Steel Plates out on the solid steps, CNC circular stairs, CNC plate out, Install & finish. If it's drawn, we can do it!
Sand & finish systems
We Sand and Finish floors using Rubio Monocoat, Italian, reactive stains, and flat urethane. We also use traditional stains and finishes, Duraseal, National Coatings, and Bona products.
Countertops, ceilings, borders, inlays
We can also manufacture and install solid countertops, ceilings, cut pattern backsplashes, pattern floors, custom borders, and inlays.
Installation, warranted by Bostik
We Install flooring using Bostik waterproof SL-175 float to Level Floors, Bostik Waterproof Green Force Mastic. This will ensure the floor from Bostik as long as the owner has it.
The pre-finished side: 30+ colors
On Our Company's Pre-Finished Side, we use a reactive stain flat urethane, 7 ½” and 9 ½” European French White Oak. The 7 ½” Wide flooring comes up to (80% at) 6' Long planks, the 9 ½” Wide Flooring comes up to (80% at) 8' Long planks. This includes over 30 different colors to choose from.
We Have Worked for all the Top Builders in Austin and surrounding areas, and we would love to work for you! Please consider listing Ace Hardwood Flooring on all of your current and future bids.
What makes this shop different
NWFA-guideline discipline
Strict adherence to National Wood Flooring Association recommendations, refined across generations of experience.
The best materials, named
Ardex K-15 with P-51 primer for slab prep, 3/4" CDX moisture-resistant plywood subfloors — we specify because we answer for it.
Texas mesquite, at scale
The largest manufacturer and distributor of mesquite flooring in Texas — strip, plank, patterns, parts, and lumber.
An in-house custom mill
Millwork shop and CNC that give designs flexibility most floor shops simply cannot offer.
Matching staircases, for any floor
Stairs milled from the same material and finished with the same hand as the floor they meet.
Craftsmen who stay
Carpentry, installation, and finishing crews with 10 to 38 years at ACE — the same hands, project after project.
- Longest-tenured craftsman
- 38 yrs
- Mesquite manufacturer & distributor
- TX #1
- Glue-down slab failure rate since 1985
- 0%
- of sq ft installed worldwide
- Millions
Common questions
About ACE, answered directly
Is ACE Hardwood based in Austin?
Yes. ACE Hardwood Flooring is Austin-based, with showroom and offices at 923 Westbank Dr. in West Lake Hills, and Austin roots dating to 1977.
Does ACE Hardwood manufacture flooring?
Yes. ACE is a manufacturing, distribution, and installation company with its own milling warehouse — opened in 1985 — and full custom millwork capability.
Does ACE Hardwood specialize in mesquite?
Yes. ACE is the largest manufacturer and distributor of mesquite flooring in Texas, milling locally sourced Texas mesquite since The Mesquite Collection was established in 1989.
The showroom
The showroom is the best chapter of the story
See the wood, meet the people, and judge the craft in person — at 923 Westbank Dr. in West Lake Hills.
923 Westbank Dr.
Austin, TX 78746 · West Lake Hills
Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Walk-ins welcome.