Walkthrough Before We Start
Wet paws after a towpath walk, river damp that creeps in each spring and the daily parade of guests at a busy kitchen. Hard finished oak keeps pace.
Wet paws after a towpath walk, river damp that creeps in each spring and the daily parade of guests at a busy kitchen. Hard finished oak keeps pace.
Everything is staged at our warehouse in Long Branch, NJ, and next-day delivery from Long Branch brings the cartons up the river road ahead of the crew.
Our estimator sets oak, maple and engineered samples on your actual subfloor, so you see how the tone reads against old plaster and the light off the Delaware.
A twelve month labor warranty covers each installation, and the wood has the manufacturer guarantee on top. Only our own employees work in your home.

Hand hewn joists in a stone farmhouse rarely sit level, so we plane the high spots and fasten the loose ones.

Engineered planks float over an old slab beneath a village apartment, with a pad that softens footsteps.

Tight stairwells in village row houses are manageable, since the crew carries each carton in by hand.

Nail and glue at $2.50/Sq Ft plus adhesive suits boards over plywood in a newer house on the ridge.

A pale prefinished oak lightens a dim parlor in a Victorian with small windows.

High traffic spots by the kitchen door get a harder finish than the rest of the room.



On labor alone, nail down is $2.25/Sq Ft, nail and glue $2.50 plus adhesive, and a floated engineered floor $2.00. Using our lumber, raw boards finish at $5.50/Sq Ft and prefinished at $6.00.
Usually yes, after we level the low areas and fasten any loose subfloor. Houses this old have moved for two centuries, so we plan around it at the first visit.
It is, once we read the moisture below and add a barrier where needed. We tell you honestly if a crawl space needs attention first.
We will, near $1.00/Sq Ft, and the debris rides away with us. Soft areas are repaired before any new board is laid.
An estimate booked online gets $250 off. Moving furniture, if you want it, costs a flat $250.
A pair of prefinished rooms usually wraps up within two days. Raw oak that we sand and coat in place needs closer to a week.
The boxes start at our warehouse in Long Branch, NJ, and next-day delivery from Long Branch carries them to Stockton.
Our own crew, with no subcontractors, plus a one year labor warranty and the maker warranty on the lumber.