Walkthrough Before We Start
Lake cottages turned year round homes often have wavy old subfloors, so the lead checks level across rooms, thresholds and stairs before fastening any board.
Lake cottages turned year round homes often have wavy old subfloors, so the lead checks level across rooms, thresholds and stairs before fastening any board.
Whoever works in your New Fairfield house is on the Brazil Floors payroll, never a temp, and holds a license, insurance and NWFA certification.
Day one is measuring, then we stage boxes, trim and thresholds by your front door so every step has what it needs close at hand.
You get a twelve month warranty on the labor and the mill stands behind the oak, so the install and the lumber are both protected.

Planks run parallel to the long wall, the quickest layout, wasting the least wood and making a narrow hall feel longer.

Short planks zigzag at right angles, each cut by hand on the spot. A classic option for a cottage dining room by the water.

Boards cut at 45 degrees meet in a neat V, a good match for the open floor plans in newer builds on Joyce Hill.

Planks set on a diagonal pull the eye across the room, which makes a small lakeside kitchen feel broader.

Squares of oak alternate direction in a parquet layout, giving a sunroom with a lake view a traditional floor.

Narrow oak strips woven over and under with a dark border suit the oldest cottages along the shore.



Nail down labor here is $2.25/Sq Ft, and the nails and underlayment are part of that. Buy the oak from us and the package is $5.50/Sq Ft unfinished or $6.00/Sq Ft prefinished.
Usually, after loose boards are screwed tight and a plywood layer makes the bed flat. That prep is a separate line on your estimate.
Floating engineered oak at $2.00/Sq Ft of labor is common. Where moisture shows up in a slab test, vinyl plank is the wiser choice and we will tell you so.
Not at all, since our people plan the route and bring everything for the day. Cartons ship from the Milford warehouse one day after you order.
The day after the order, and the boards then sit in your house a few days before nailing. The material payment is due when the cartons are unloaded.
Yes, every hardwood tread is $60 with riser, nosing, stain and labor counted in. We tint it to coordinate with the new floor.
A furniture move is a flat $250 and removing the old flooring runs about $1.00/Sq Ft. Both appear in your written quote.
On the morning the crew arrives. Sanding jobs are split, half at the start and half once the final coat is on.