Walkthrough Before We Start
Hockey bags in the front hall, muddy cleats from a Watchung Reservation hike and a lab chasing a tennis ball. A hard finished oak floor takes the abuse.
Hockey bags in the front hall, muddy cleats from a Watchung Reservation hike and a lab chasing a tennis ball. A hard finished oak floor takes the abuse.
Your order ships from our warehouse in Long Branch, NJ and arrives by next-day delivery from Long Branch, so the install does not stall waiting on a pallet.
Our estimator walks in with oak, maple and engineered boards, then sets them on your own subfloor next to the windows so the color is judged where it will live.
Labor is covered for one year, and the boards keep the maker warranty. Everyone on site is on our payroll and none of the work is subcontracted.

Red oak strips nailed over a leveled plywood floor give a split level a solid, quiet walk.

Wide engineered planks float across a finished lower level, where a slab runs cooler than the floors upstairs.

Steep driveways on the hills here mean boxes come in by hand, and our crew carries every bundle through the door.

On plywood over joists, nail and glue at $2.50/Sq Ft plus adhesive keeps boards tight in a high traffic den.

A pale European style oak brightens a colonial living room that gets little afternoon sun.

Slush and road salt tracked in from Route 22 winters call for a tough finish on foyer boards.



Labor runs $2.25/Sq Ft for nail down, $2.50/Sq Ft plus adhesive for nail and glue, and $2.00/Sq Ft for a floated engineered floor. Add our lumber and a finished job lands at $5.50/Sq Ft for raw oak or $6.00/Sq Ft for prefinished.
Yes, once the low areas are built up and loose plywood is fastened. We map the slope at the estimate and tell you what leveling it needs.
Floating engineered boards are the safe pick over a slab, and labor is $2.00/Sq Ft. We test the concrete for moisture before ordering anything.
We do for about $1.00/Sq Ft and take the debris with us. Squeaky spots are screwed down before the first new board is set.
Schedule the Mountainside estimate on our website and the first $250 of the bill disappears. Clearing furniture from the room is a flat $250 when you hand that to us.
Two prefinished rooms usually wrap in a day or two. If raw oak is sanded and coated inside your house, plan on most of a week.
It leaves our warehouse in Long Branch, NJ and reaches you by next-day delivery from Long Branch.
Our licensed, insured staff and nobody hired out. A twelve month labor warranty sits on top of the maker coverage on the boards.