Walkthrough Before We Start
Salt air and old multifamily framing can leave a floor out of true, so the lead checks the subfloor, the doorways and the stairwell before nailing anything.
Salt air and old multifamily framing can leave a floor out of true, so the lead checks the subfloor, the doorways and the stairwell before nailing anything.
Subcontractors are not part of our process. Brazil Floors employs the people who lay your floor, and each is licensed, insured and certified by the NWFA.
We open with a measure of every room, then park cartons, trim and reducers just inside the door so the crew never stops to go looking.
Our labor is warrantied for a year, and the mill warrants the planks. When a question comes up, the answer sits with a single company.

Planks follow the longest wall, using the least wood and stretching a narrow apartment hall.

Short pieces set in a zigzag at right angles, each cut by hand. It fits the dining room of an older Revere house.

Boards cut at 45 degrees join in a sharp point. They suit the open layouts in renovated units.

Diagonal planks draw the eye across the room, which helps a small city kitchen look wider.

Oak squares with alternating grain give a parquet floor that belongs in a sunroom near Revere Beach Park.

A woven pattern of short strips, often with a border, brings old character to a front hall.



Nail-down labor is $2.25/Sq Ft, with nails and underlayment inside the number. Bring the wood in through Brazil Floors and the all-in figures are $5.50/Sq Ft unfinished and $6.00/Sq Ft prefinished.
Yes. The crew removes carpet, pad and tack strips, patches any soft plywood and nails down the oak. Tear-out is about $1.00/Sq Ft.
Engineered hardwood. It floats over padding with glued seams, so no nails go into the slab, and labor is $2.00/Sq Ft.
We can. Vinyl plank labor is $2.00/Sq Ft and laminate $1.99/Sq Ft, and vinyl is the safer choice near entries and ground floor baths.
The next day, loaded in Natick and driven to your address. After the boxes are inside the crew is ready to start.
Yes. A new oak tread is $60 with riser, nosing and stain, and solid old stairs refinish for $50 per step.
You pay labor as the crew arrives and material as the boxes are unloaded. Sanding is split, 50% at the start and 50% at the last coat.
Brazil Floors warrants labor for one year, and the manufacturer covers the wood. Everyone on the crew carries a license and insurance, and holds NWFA certification.