Walkthrough Before We Start
Houses near the Farmington River breathe with the seasons, so oak rests in your rooms until the meter agrees with the subfloor, then the first row goes down.
Houses near the Farmington River breathe with the seasons, so oak rests in your rooms until the meter agrees with the subfloor, then the first row goes down.
Each installer in your Simsbury home is a Brazil Floors employee holding a license, insurance and an NWFA certification. No other firm sends anyone.
Every room is measured, and cartons, trim and reducers are staged by the entry in the order they will be needed, so nobody hunts for a piece.
Our labor carries a one year warranty and the wood carries its manufacturer warranty, which leaves both the work and the material covered.

Boards follow the longest wall, the quickest layout with the least waste, and they lengthen a formal living room.

Short pieces set in a stepped zigzag and cut one at a time, a period look for a dining room near Simsbury Center.

Rows mitered at 45 degrees join in a clean V, which flatters the open kitchens of newer homes on Westledge Road.

A diagonal run pulls the eye across a room and makes a narrow Station Street kitchen feel wider.

Oak squares with alternating grain in parquet style, a classic finish for a study in a Terry's Plain Road home.

Short oak pieces woven over and under, often inside a darker border, seen in the front rooms of older Hopmeadow Street houses.



Labor is $2.25/Sq Ft for nail down, $2.50 plus adhesive for nail and glue and $2.00 for floated engineered. When we provide the oak, the installed price is $5.50/Sq Ft unfinished or $6.00 prefinished.
It will after we level the sags and fasten the subfloor. Old framing moves, so we map the dips at the first visit and plan around them.
Engineered oak floated over a pad can go there, at $2.00/Sq Ft of labor, once the slab reads dry. Solid oak is reserved for wood framed floors.
Yes, for about $1.00/Sq Ft with the debris hauled off. Squeaks and soft plywood are repaired before any new board is nailed.
Book your estimate through our website and $250 comes off. We will also carry your furniture out and back for a flat $250.
Labor is paid on the morning the crew arrives, and material is paid as the boxes are delivered. Sanding work splits in halves, one at the start and one at the last coat.
Sealed oak across a few rooms is a day or two. Raw oak sanded and finished in place takes roughly a week.
Our payroll employees, never subcontractors, with a one year warranty on labor and the manufacturer warranty on the oak.