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Walkthrough Before We Start
Watertown houses range from early twentieth century two-families to postwar Capes, and their subfloors differ. The lead installer tests for soft spots, measures doorways and sets the row direction before work begins.
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Hardwood Floor Installation in Watertown, MA
$2.25/Sq Ft labor, nails and underlayment included. Written price before we start.
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Hardwood Floor Installation Cost
Watertown hardwood installation begins at $2.25/Sq Ft of labor when the boards are nailed, and that rate already includes the nails and underlayment. A two-family near Bemis and a Cape in East Watertown are charged the same.
Nail Down Installation
Solid oak is nailed to plywood at $2.25/Sq Ft and finished in place, a classic fit for the living rooms of older two-families.
$2.25
/Sq Ft
What’s Included:
Underlayment Included
Nails Supplied
Professional Installation
Nail and Glue Down
Nail and glue is $2.50/Sq Ft plus adhesive, which helps wide prefinished planks stay flat through muggy summers by the river.
$2.50
/Sq Ft
What’s Included:
Nails Supplied
Glue Billed Separately
Professional Installation
Floating Floor
Floating engineered hardwood is $2.00/Sq Ft with glued joints, the right call for a basement or condo unit where fasteners cannot go through the slab.
$2.00
/Sq Ft
What’s Included:
Joint Glue Supplied
Underlayment Included
Professional Installation
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Licensed, Insured Installation
Nobody on your stairs is a subcontractor. The crew is on the Brazil Floors payroll, licensed, insured and NWFA certified.
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Remeasure and Material Count
Installation morning opens with another round of measuring. Cartons are tallied, transitions placed at every threshold, and the nailer comes out only after that.
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One Year Install Warranty
Our labor is warrantied for a full year, and the plank manufacturer stands behind the wood, so both the work and the material are protected.
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Hardwood Floor Patterns
Which way the boards run changes a room more than people expect. Straight, diagonal, herringbone, chevron and parquet all appear below, and the crew lays each one.
Straight Lay Hardwood
Boards laid parallel to the long wall give a classic look and cost less in cut-off waste.
Herringbone Hardwood
Short boards stacked in a zigzag turn a dining room into something that feels woven.
Chevron Hardwood
Board ends mitered at an angle form sharp arrows that run down a long hall.
Diagonal Hardwood
Rows at 45 degrees stretch a narrow bedroom and cover a wall that has gone slightly crooked.
Checkerboard Parquet
Parquet squares, each turned against the next, make a tidy grid under a table.
Basket Weave Parquet
Basket weave reverses short strips from square to square, a nice accent for a study.
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Watertown Hardwood Floor Installers
The crew arrives from our Natick shop, takes up the old covering and works down to clean plywood. In this home they rolled out underlayment, nailed oak row after row and kept a small gap at each wall to let the boards move through the seasons.
/ VINYL, REFINISHING AND STAIRS
More Floor Work Around Watertown
With new oak in, the same crew can lay vinyl plank in a basement, float laminate in a spare room, sand and stain what you have, patch boards or put oak on the stairs.
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Hardwood Floor Installation FAQ
Watertown owners tend to ask the same three things before booking: the cost, the schedule and what to move. The answers follow.
Get your Free In-Home EstimateWhat do you charge to install hardwood in Watertown, MA?
Nail down labor is $2.25/Sq Ft, nails and underlayment inside the rate. Add the wood from us and unfinished oak installed is $5.50/Sq Ft, prefinished $6.00/Sq Ft.
My two-family has old carpet over wood. Can that be handled?
It can. The crew lifts the carpet and pad, pulls the tack strips, checks the boards beneath and tells you whether to restore them or lay new. Tear-out is about $1.00/Sq Ft.
Can the crew empty and refill the rooms?
Furniture moving is a flat $250. For a first floor with two bedrooms and a living room, many owners find that worth it.
What goes on a basement slab?
Engineered planks, floated with glue in the joints at $2.00/Sq Ft for labor. Solid oak does not belong on concrete.
When does the flooring show up?
Delivery from the Natick warehouse is next day after the order is placed. The crew's own start date is agreed at the free in-home estimate.
Is it cheaper to buy the wood somewhere else?
We buy direct, and material bought through us can run up to 30% less. A written quote from elsewhere is welcome and we will compare it.
How does payment break down?
You settle labor as the crew arrives to begin and pay for material as the boxes are carried in. For sanding, 50% is due at the start and 50% at the final coat.
What if a board squeaks next year?
Our labor is warrantied for one year, and the mill covers the wood. Call 508-306-4190 and the same licensed, insured crew will look at it.
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Hardwood Floors in Nearby Towns
Belmont, Newton, Waltham, Arlington and Cambridge sit close to Watertown, and a new hardwood floor in each is billed at the identical labor rate per Sq Ft.
Belmont homes get solid oak nailed over plywood at $2.25/Sq Ft of labor, nails and underlayment counted.
Newton basements take floating engineered planks at $2.00/Sq Ft with no drilling into the slab.
Waltham households order prefinished oak installed with material at $6.00/Sq Ft and move back in quickly.
Arlington homes get unfinished hardwood with material at $5.50/Sq Ft, sanded and sealed in place.
Cambridge apartments and houses take wide planks nailed and glued at $2.50/Sq Ft plus adhesive so long boards stay flat.
