Walkthrough Before We Start
A front hall that sees muddy cleats, a kitchen that sees a hundred dinners a year. Oak with a tough finish ages well under that kind of use.
A front hall that sees muddy cleats, a kitchen that sees a hundred dinners a year. Oak with a tough finish ages well under that kind of use.
Your order ships from our warehouse in Long Branch, NJ, and next-day delivery from Long Branch means the boards are on site when the crew is ready to start.
Our estimator carries oak, maple and engineered samples into the house and sets them on your actual subfloor, so you judge color in the light of your own rooms.
Labor on every hardwood job is covered for one year, while the boards keep the manufacturer warranty. Brazil Floors uses its own payroll crews, never subcontractors.

Oak strips nailed over a leveled subfloor stop the creaking that tall, old Main Street staircases and halls tend to develop.

Prefinished planks in a Peddie Lake neighborhood living room are ready for the couch the day the crew leaves.

Porches and narrow side doors on older borough homes are no obstacle, since our crew carries every bundle in by hand.

A raised floor over plywood takes nail and glue at $2.50/Sq Ft plus adhesive, which keeps boards tight on a springy deck.

A soft gray prefinished oak lightens a darker dining room in a 1950s cape on the quieter streets.

A durable satin finish suits a mudroom or front entry where boots come in all winter.



Labor is $2.25/Sq Ft for nail-down, $2.50/Sq Ft plus adhesive for nail and glue, and $2.00/Sq Ft for floated engineered. Supplying the boards ourselves brings the job to $5.50/Sq Ft unfinished or $6.00/Sq Ft prefinished.
Usually the old layer comes up first, and we flatten and refasten the subfloor underneath. A house that has stood a century has moved, so we plan for that at the estimate.
Yes, provided the lower level stays dry. Where a basement or slab runs damp, we steer you to engineered boards instead.
Tear-out is about $1.00/Sq Ft, and we carry the debris off. Any squeaks or soft spots get repaired before wood goes down.
The online estimate booking takes $250 off. If you would rather not shift the sofas yourself, furniture moving is a flat $250.
A pair of prefinished rooms is typically finished before the second evening. Raw boards that are sanded and coated in the house stretch to about a week.
It ships from our warehouse in Long Branch, NJ, and next-day delivery from Long Branch applies once the order is placed.
Brazil Floors employees only, each licensed, insured and NWFA certified. The labor warranty runs one year and the boards carry the maker warranty.