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Walkthrough Before We Start
Plywood that dips between joists is a trait of the seventies and eighties colonials here, so the lead installer tours each room with a long level and a moisture meter before a single carton is ordered.
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Hardwood Floor Installation in Boxborough, MA
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Hardwood Floor Installation Cost
To nail solid hardwood in a Boxborough house we charge $2.25/Sq Ft, and the cleats plus the underlayment are already in that figure. A contemporary on Flagg Hill and an old farmhouse by Steele Farm read the identical rate per foot on their estimates.
Nail Down Installation
Raw red or white oak cleated over plywood at $2.25/Sq Ft, then sanded and sealed in place, is what most center hall colonials off Middle Road end up with.
$2.25
/Sq Ft
What’s Included:
Underlayment Included
Nails Supplied
Professional Installation
Nail and Glue Down
Wide prefinished planks get cleats and a bed of glue at $2.50/Sq Ft plus the adhesive itself, the combination that stops a 7 inch board from cupping in a sticky Boxborough August.
$2.50
/Sq Ft
What’s Included:
Nails Supplied
Glue Billed Separately
Professional Installation
Floating Floor
Engineered hardwood floats on underlayment at $2.00/Sq Ft, joints glued, so a lower level slab near Pine Hill gets real wood and the concrete never meets a drill.
$2.00
/Sq Ft
What’s Included:
Joint Glue Supplied
Underlayment Included
Professional Installation
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Licensed, Insured Installation
Nobody on a Boxborough floor is hired for the day. Each installer draws a Brazil Floors paycheck, carries NWFA papers along with a license and coverage, and is the one who returns if anything wants a second look.
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Remeasure and Material Count
First morning: rooms are measured a second time, cartons stacked in the order they will open, and the reducer for each doorway cut ahead of the opening row.
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One Year Install Warranty
The labor is ours to stand behind for a full year and the mill stands behind its boards. Labor is settled when the crew pulls into your driveway, the wood when the cartons land in your garage.
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Hardwood Floor Patterns
Direction and pattern decide how a room feels. These are the layouts Boxborough installers set most often, from a plain straight run to parquet blocks.
Straight Lay Hardwood
Rows that follow the room's longest wall leave the fewest offcuts and suit the boxy rooms of a Middle Road colonial.
Herringbone Hardwood
Short boards meeting at right angles weave a herringbone, a natural fit for the dining room of an old Boxborough farmhouse.
Chevron Hardwood
Chevron angles every board end so the rows meet in a V, a strong line down the open main floor of a Flagg Hill contemporary.
Diagonal Hardwood
A 45 degree diagonal widens a narrow upstairs hall and disguises framing that drifted out of square in a 1980s build.
Checkerboard Parquet
Parquet blocks with the grain turned square to square give a study near Boxborough Town Hall a traditional, built in look.
Basket Weave Parquet
Basket weave alternates paired short strips inside a darker border, a detail that rewards a front entry.
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Boxborough Hardwood Floor Installers
Colonials and contemporaries from 1970 to 1995 on the side roads off Massachusetts Avenue and Middle Road make up the bulk of our Boxborough calendar. In this house the carpet came out, two sags in the plywood were shimmed level, rosin paper went down and white oak was cleated wall to wall with the expansion gap tucked under new shoe molding.
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Other Floor Work In Boxborough
Nailing new oak is one part of what the lanes off Middle Road ask of us. The rest is vinyl plank in walkout basements, laminate in bonus rooms, sanding and recoloring worn floors, swapping split boards and setting hardwood treads on the main stair.
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Hardwood Floor Installation FAQ
Three things Boxborough homeowners want settled: the price per foot, when the wood shows up and whether the furniture has to go. Each is answered below.
Get your Free In-Home EstimateWhat does it cost to put hardwood floors in a Boxborough house?
$2.25/Sq Ft to nail it down, cleats and underlayment counted. Wood from our Natick warehouse brings an installed unfinished oak floor to $5.50/Sq Ft and a prefinished one to $6.00/Sq Ft.
Our colonial still has wall to wall carpet upstairs. Do you take it out?
We do. Figure roughly $1.00/Sq Ft for carpet, pad and strips to come out and ride away in our truck. Having the bedroom furniture carried out and back is a flat $250 on top.
Does the oak have to acclimate before you nail it down?
Several days indoors while the house runs its heat or cooling the way it always does. The planks get metered against the plywood and the nailer waits until both readings sit close, which heads off winter gaps.
Can I get real wood in my walkout basement?
Engineered hardwood can go there, floating on underlayment at $2.00/Sq Ft with glued joints. Nothing is fastened into the slab, and a section can come up later if a problem ever appears.
How soon after I order does the wood reach Boxborough?
The following day. Our truck leaves Natick in the morning and Boxborough is about 40 minutes up Route 2, so acclimation starts the day after you pick a board.
Is your price beatable?
Material bought through Brazil Floors is discounted up to 30% off retail, and an estimate booked online takes $250 off the job. A lower written quote for the identical floor gets a hard look from us.
When do I pay for a hardwood install?
Labor is due the morning the crew arrives and begins, material as the boxes are delivered. Nothing is owed just to hold a date.
What if a board lifts or squeaks next year?
A year of coverage on our labor, and the mill's warranty on the wood itself. Call 508-306-4190 and the crew that laid the floor drives back to Boxborough and sorts it out.
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Hardwood Floors in Nearby Towns
Stow, Harvard, Littleton, Acton and Maynard all sit within a quarter hour of Boxborough Town Hall, and a nailed oak floor is billed per Sq Ft identically in each of them.
Houses around Lake Boon in Stow have solid oak cleated over plywood at $2.25/Sq Ft, with cleats and underlayment inside that labor figure.
Below grade rooms around Harvard Common take floating engineered planks at $2.00/Sq Ft, and the slab stays undrilled.
Near Littleton Common, prefinished oak goes in with the material at $6.00/Sq Ft and is walked on that same evening.
West Acton colonials take unfinished oak with material at $5.50/Sq Ft, sanded and sealed in place to blend with the rooms already there.
Maynard homes along the Assabet River have wide planks fastened with both cleats and glue, $2.50/Sq Ft plus the adhesive, so the boards cannot cup.
