Walkthrough Before We Start
A stroller wheeled in from the avenue, a dinner party that fills the living room and a cat sprinting down the hall. Oak with a hard finish handles the routine.
A stroller wheeled in from the avenue, a dinner party that fills the living room and a cat sprinting down the hall. Oak with a hard finish handles the routine.
Boxes ship from our warehouse in Long Branch, NJ, and next-day delivery from Long Branch lets the crew plan around your elevator or loading window.
We bring oak, maple and engineered samples to your apartment and lay them on your own floor, so you judge the tone under your windows and your lamps.
One year of labor warranty comes with every floor, and the boards carry the mill's own coverage. The installers are our employees, never subcontractors.

Red oak nailed over a leveled plank subfloor stays quiet in the hallways of older brick houses.

Engineered planks float over a concrete slab with a pad that softens footsteps for the unit below.

Narrow stairwells and tight hallways are routine work, because the crew hand carries each box.

Nail and glue at $2.50/Sq Ft plus adhesive suits boards laid over plywood in a renovated third floor flat.

A pale prefinished oak in a bright condo living room lets the river light do the work.

A hard finish handles daily traffic from a busy front hall near the avenue.



Nail down labor is $2.25/Sq Ft, nail and glue is $2.50 with adhesive extra and floated engineered is $2.00. Order the boards from us and the numbers are $5.50/Sq Ft installed for unfinished, $6.00/Sq Ft installed for prefinished.
Engineered boards floated over an acoustic pad are the usual route, at $2.00/Sq Ft of labor. Send us your building's rules on sound and work hours and we plan around them.
Not once we level the low spots and fasten the subfloor. Buildings of that age settle, so we plan for it at the first visit.
We tear it out for about $1.00/Sq Ft and carry it away. Squeaks and soft areas are fixed before oak goes down.
Furniture moving is a flat $250. Booking the estimate online takes $250 off.
Prefinished flooring in two small rooms is done within one or two days. Oak sanded and sealed in place stretches toward a week.
Yes, the crew carries boxes up the stairs by hand. We note the floor count at the estimate and plan the day around it.
The crew are NWFA certified employees on our payroll, licensed and insured. Labor is warranted for one year, and the wood has the manufacturer's coverage.