Walkthrough Before We Start
Muddy boots from the Columbia Trail, a barn cat sneaking in and wood stove ash on the hearth. A durable oak floor with a hard finish absorbs country living without complaint.
Muddy boots from the Columbia Trail, a barn cat sneaking in and wood stove ash on the hearth. A durable oak floor with a hard finish absorbs country living without complaint.
Your order ships from our warehouse in Long Branch, NJ, with next-day delivery from Long Branch to the hills of Hunterdon County, so the crew never stands idle.
We bring oak, engineered and prefinished samples out to your house and lay them beside your walls, so you judge the tone in Califon daylight and not under store lights.
Every floor carries a one year labor warranty, and the wood comes with its manufacturer coverage. Our own employees install it, not outside subcontractors.

Oak nailed over a leveled subfloor settles the sags that show up in old Califon farmhouse floors.

A walkout basement above the river valley takes engineered planks over a pad that keeps footsteps soft.

Steep porch steps and narrow village doorways are no obstacle, because our crew carries each bundle inside.

Nail and glue at $2.50/Sq Ft plus adhesive works when boards must go over plywood in a hillside ranch.

A light prefinished oak opens up a Victorian front room that has deep window sills and limited sun.

Back door entries on country lots get a tough finish to resist mud and snowmelt.



Labor is $2.25/Sq Ft for nail down, $2.50 plus adhesive for nail and glue, and $2.00 for floating engineered. With the wood from us, it is $5.50/Sq Ft unfinished or $6.00 prefinished.
Yes, after we fasten loose areas and level the lows. Houses this age settle, so we plan for it when we visit.
Engineered planks over a vapor barrier are the sensible route, at $2.00/Sq Ft of labor. We check the slab for moisture before ordering material.
Removal costs about $1.00/Sq Ft and we haul it off. Squeaks and soft areas are repaired before new wood is laid.
Book the estimate on the site and $250 comes off. Furniture moving is a flat $250 if you want that covered.
Prefinished oak goes down in a day or two for a few rooms. Raw oak that gets sanded and coated on site stretches toward a week.
It ships from our warehouse in Long Branch, NJ, with next-day delivery from Long Branch to Califon after you order.
Our own insured, licensed employees with NWFA certification, never subcontractors. You also get one year of labor warranty and the maker warranty on the wood.