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.
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.
Leadership
Mark Szeneri, president — still on the floor
Mark began in the trade as an adolescent, working alongside his brothers and his father Joe — lumberman since 1939, builder since 1968. The apprenticeship never really ended; it just moved to Texas.
Today he remains directly involved in helping clients bring projects to life: species, grade, method, finish, and the honest trade-offs between them.
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.
- Austin roots since
- 1977
- Longest-tenured craftsman
- 38 yrs
- Mesquite manufacturer & distributor
- TX #1
- 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.