Walkthrough Before We Start
Sandy flip flops after the boardwalk, wet bathing suits dripping past the mudroom and a lab shaking off after the bay. Oak with a tough satin coat keeps up with summer.
Sandy flip flops after the boardwalk, wet bathing suits dripping past the mudroom and a lab shaking off after the bay. Oak with a tough satin coat keeps up with summer.
Cartons roll out of our warehouse in Long Branch, NJ, a short run up the coast, with next-day delivery from Long Branch so crews rarely wait on wood.
An estimator brings oak, engineered and prefinished sample boards to the house and sets them on your floor, so you see the color in true bayside light.
Labor is covered for a year, and the board maker adds its own warranty. Installers are on our payroll, licensed and insured, never brought in from outside.

Nailed oak across a new framed floor in a rebuilt raised house stays tight and quiet underfoot.

Engineered boards float in sunrooms facing the bay, where humidity swings would stress solid planks.

Exterior stairs to a raised living level are no obstacle, since our own employees carry every box up.

Boards over plywood in a raised house take nail and glue at $2.50/Sq Ft plus adhesive.

A whitewashed pale oak gives a small summer cottage a bright, airy feel.

Beach sand scratches soft finishes, so entry hallways get a harder coat.



Nail down labor is $2.25/Sq Ft, nail and glue is $2.50/Sq Ft plus adhesive, and a floating engineered floor is $2.00/Sq Ft. With wood from us the installed figure is $5.50/Sq Ft unfinished or $6.00/Sq Ft prefinished.
It can be, if humidity is managed and the subfloor is dry, and engineered boards are the safer pick for damp ground floors. We read moisture at the estimate and recommend the better fit.
Floating engineered planks with a moisture barrier are what we use, at $2.00/Sq Ft of labor. Nailed oak is reserved for raised wood framed floors.
Yes, for about $1.00/Sq Ft, and our truck takes the waste off the island. Soft spots and squeaks are repaired first.
The estimate is $250 cheaper when booked on the website. Moving furniture is a flat $250 if you would like it done.
A pair of prefinished rooms is typically finished within a day or two. Raw oak sanded and coated on site calls for most of a week.
It leaves our warehouse in Long Branch, NJ and arrives in Lavallette the next day from Long Branch.
Our own staff, never subcontractors, and you get one year on labor plus the manufacturer warranty on the wood.