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Walkthrough Before We Start
Many Athol houses went up for Starrett workers more than a century ago, so our lead installer checks joists, sistered boards and sloped hallways before promising a layout.
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Hardwood Floor Installation in Athol, MA
$2.25/Sq Ft labor, nails and underlayment included. Written price before we start.
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Hardwood Floor Installation Cost
Nailing down hardwood in Athol costs $2.25/Sq Ft, nails and underlayment part of that number. A triple decker Uptown and a cape in the River Valley are billed by the same math.
Nail Down Installation
Raw red oak nailed over plywood, then sanded flat and finished in place. The most forgiving choice for the uneven old houses along Main Street.
$2.25
/Sq Ft
What’s Included:
Underlayment Included
Nails Supplied
Professional Installation
Nail and Glue Down
Factory finished boards nailed and glued for $2.50/Sq Ft plus adhesive, which quiets the floor and lets you unpack the same evening.
$2.50
/Sq Ft
What’s Included:
Nails Supplied
Glue Billed Separately
Professional Installation
Floating Floor
At $2.00/Sq Ft, engineered hardwood floats on foam and puts real wood over a slab or a chilly lower level down in the River Valley.
$2.00
/Sq Ft
What’s Included:
Joint Glue Supplied
Underlayment Included
Professional Installation
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Licensed, Insured Installation
Everyone on an Athol job is a Brazil Floors employee with a license, insurance and NWFA certification, never a subcontractor hired off a message board.
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Remeasure and Material Count
The morning we start, rooms get remeasured, bundles are opened and racked by length, and reducers are cut for every doorway so the rows never stall mid room.
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One Year Install Warranty
Our labor is guaranteed for one year, and the mill that produced your flooring backs the boards with its own manufacturer warranty.
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Hardwood Floor Patterns
Athol homeowners can pick a plain straight lay or go to diagonal, herringbone, chevron, parquet or basket weave. Borders and medallions are priced when we see the room.
Straight Lay Hardwood
Rows following the longest wall give the fastest install and least waste, and they stretch a narrow Athol Center living room.
Herringbone Hardwood
Short boards meeting at right angles in a zigzag suit the formal front rooms of the Victorian era houses Uptown.
Chevron Hardwood
Ends cut at 45 degrees so every pair meets in a point, a sharp modern look for an open kitchen in a renovated Athol two family.
Diagonal Hardwood
Boards running corner to corner at 45 degrees disguise walls that have drifted out of square in the oldest River Valley homes.
Checkerboard Parquet
Squares of oak with the grain turned each time, a traditional pattern for a study or sunroom in Athol Center.
Basket Weave Parquet
Pairs of short strips alternating direction inside a border, a handmade detail for the entry hall of a Main Street colonial.
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Hardwood Floor Installers in Athol
Our crew drives out Route 2 from the Natick warehouse and stays on the job until the last reducer is set. On this Athol project the old carpet came up, loose subfloor got screwed down, underlayment went in and red oak was nailed row by row, the same sequence we follow from Uptown to the Starrett Plant Area.
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Flooring Services in Athol
Besides oak and maple, our Athol crews float engineered planks, click together vinyl and laminate, resand old mill era floors, change stain colors, swap broken boards and rebuild stairs.
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Hardwood Floor Installation FAQ
Price, calendar and which rooms to clear are what Athol homeowners ask first. The answers below cover Uptown, Athol Center and the River Valley.
Get your Free In-Home EstimateHow much is a hardwood floor install in Athol?
Nail down labor is $2.25/Sq Ft, and nails plus underlayment are already counted. If we supply the wood too, unfinished oak installed is $5.50/Sq Ft and prefinished is $6.00/Sq Ft.
Can you replace the carpet in an old mill worker house?
Yes. Carpet, pad and tack strips come out at about $1.00/Sq Ft, soft spots in the subfloor get screwed or patched, and then the oak is nailed over sound plywood.
Our floors in Athol Center slope. Is that a problem?
Not usually. A gradual slope in a century old house is normal and the boards follow it. Dips and humps get leveled or shimmed before the first row so the floor stays tight.
Will the wood need to acclimate in the house?
Solid hardwood sits indoors a few days first while we check its moisture against the subfloor with a meter. Skipping that step is what causes gaps come winter in the North Quabbin cold.
How soon can delivery happen in Athol?
The next day. The truck leaves our Natick warehouse and comes out Route 2, and the crew gets scheduled right behind the delivery.
Do you do stairs as well as the floor?
We do. A new oak tread with riser, nosing, stain and labor is $60, and sound existing stairs can be sanded and refinished for $50 per step to match the new floor.
When do we pay?
Material is settled on delivery day and labor the morning the installers walk in. Should you want us to clear and reset the furniture, that is a flat $250.
Who fixes a squeak if one shows up later?
We do, free, for a year after the install. The oak itself stays under the mill's warranty, and the people coming back are the insured, NWFA certified crew that nailed it.
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Hardwood Floors in Nearby Towns
The same installers who work Athol Center drive on to Orange, Phillipston, Royalston, Petersham and Warwick, and the labor rate per Sq Ft does not change at the town line.
Just downriver in Orange, solid oak gets nailed over plywood at $2.25/Sq Ft, with the nails and underlayment inside that labor price.
Phillipston homes with slab lower levels get engineered planks floated at $2.00/Sq Ft, so the concrete is never drilled.
Out in Royalston, prefinished oak arrives sealed and goes in with material for $6.00/Sq Ft, ready to walk on the same day.
In Petersham farmhouses the usual choice is raw oak at $5.50/Sq Ft installed, then sanded and toned on site so it sits well beside the old pine upstairs.
Warwick, Massachusetts homeowners pair a new floor with oak stair treads at $60 per tread, stained to tie the hall together.
