Walkthrough Before We Start
Barn boots at the mudroom door, a lab fresh from the creek and a harvest supper for twelve. A tight-grained oak floor with a hard finish keeps up.
Barn boots at the mudroom door, a lab fresh from the creek and a harvest supper for twelve. A tight-grained oak floor with a hard finish keeps up.
Pallets come from our warehouse in Long Branch, NJ, and next-day delivery from Long Branch brings them down to Salem County before the crew arrives.
Oak, maple and engineered samples travel with us and rest on your own subfloor, so you judge the shade beside your trim in farmhouse daylight.
Workmanship carries twelve months of coverage, and the wood keeps its mill warranty. The installers drawing a paycheck from us are licensed and insured.

Old farmhouse framing drifts out of level, so shims go in before the first strip is set.

Slab ranches get floated engineered wood over a vapor sheet, because nails do not hold in concrete.

Boards sit in the house for several days so they match its humidity before installation.

Over the plywood of a sunroom addition, nail and glue at $2.50/Sq Ft plus adhesive holds each strip down.

A warm hickory plank with a satin coat brightens a dim farmhouse dining room.

You pick square or beveled edges and your sheen with sample boards at your feet.



Nail-down labor runs $2.25/Sq Ft, nail and glue is $2.50 plus adhesive, and floated engineered is $2.00. With boards from us the totals are $5.50/Sq Ft raw and $6.00/Sq Ft prefinished.
Yes, after the low spots are shimmed and loose subfloor is fastened. Houses this old have settled, so we plan for it at the estimate.
Floated engineered planks work there, at $2.00/Sq Ft of labor. Solid nail-down stays for wood subfloors.
Our crew pulls it for about $1.00/Sq Ft and hauls it off.
Yes, $250 comes off the estimate. Moving furniture is a flat $250.
Prefinished rooms take a day or two. Raw oak sanded and sealed in place runs nearer a week.
From our Long Branch, NJ warehouse, delivered next day from Long Branch.
Our own crew, never subs. Labor is covered one year and the wood carries its manufacturer warranty.