Walkthrough Before We Start
Harbor damp in July, a lab shaking off a swim and boots coming in from the dock. A floor with a hard finish shrugs off that routine.
Harbor damp in July, a lab shaking off a swim and boots coming in from the dock. A floor with a hard finish shrugs off that routine.
Cartons ship from the warehouse in Long Branch, NJ. With next-day delivery from Long Branch, the wood is stacked in your hall when the crew rings the bell.
We come with oak, engineered and prefinished samples and hold them against your own walls, which shows the actual tone in Keyport light.
Everyone who lays your floor is on our payroll, licensed and insured. We stand behind the labor for a year, and the boards keep their maker's coverage.

Softwood subfloors in century-old houses get extra fasteners so new oak does not telegraph old creaks.

Upstairs units over storefronts get floated planks on a pad that muffles the sound for tenants below.

Steep porch steps and narrow side halls are handled with hand carried bundles, never a pile left outside.

Nail and glue at $2.50/Sq Ft plus adhesive keeps boards put over plywood in an addition behind the main house.

A pale prefinished oak lets daylight bounce around a small front room facing the water.

Waterfront grit comes in on every shoe and wears down softer finishes, so we put the hardest coat on entry floors.



Nailed labor is $2.25/Sq Ft. Nail and glue is $2.50 with adhesive extra, and a floating engineered floor is $2.00. Buy boards from us and the installed total is $5.50/Sq Ft unfinished or $6.00 prefinished.
No. The crew levels low areas and fastens loose subfloor first. A house this old almost always has some movement.
Floated engineered boards on a quality pad are the usual answer, at $2.00/Sq Ft labor. We also check your building rules on underlayment.
Yes, for about $1.00/Sq Ft with the waste hauled away. Squeaks and soft spots are fixed at that stage.
It is, at a flat $250.
Prefinished work in a couple of rooms is a day or two. If the oak arrives raw and gets sanded and sealed in the house, the stay stretches to roughly a week.
Yes, it takes $250 off the estimate.
Our staff, not subcontractors. Labor is warrantied for a year and the manufacturer warrants the boards.