United Floor Covering LLC, a Spokane floor and window covering seller and installer, says it is expanding its main building at 1329 N. Ash.

John Spring, who owns the company with his wife, Janice, says the couple had considered relocating the company because it needed more space, but because of the recession, opted instead to add a second floor to the building they own here that has housed the company for more than 20 years.

The 1,800-square-foot addition will include offices for the company's designers, who currently are located in leased space in a building nearby, as well as additional showroom space. Once the renovation is complete, the building will have about 5,100 square feet of floor space, Spring says. United Floor Covering also has an adjacent warehouse building that has about 5,500 square feet of floor space.

Spring says United Floor Covering might add one additional employee following the expansion. It currently employs 14 people full time, and additional subcontractors as necessary.

The company sells and installs carpet, vinyl, tile, and window coverings for commercial and residential construction and remodeling projects, Spring says.

United Floor Covering is acting as its own general contractor on the project, with the help of subcontractors, including D.L. Brown Construction, of Spokane. Denny Christenson Associates Inc., of Spokane, designed the addition.