Installing Pre-finished Hardwood Floors

I got the estimate from the floor guy.  4300 bucks.  That adds up to around $13/square foot to install prefinished hardwood flooring in two rooms.  Someone do me a favor and see if it says, "shmuck" on my forehead.   That is an OUTRAGEOUS price. 

I'd really like to install the prefinished hardwood because we can avoid the headaches of sanding and staining and varnish.  No matter what they say; it freakin' stinks up the house, there's dust EVERYWHERE, and you can't put furniture on your floors for days.   Last time we had our floors refinished we stayed in a local hotel for a few days and our kitchen floor is already showing a LOT of wear and it's only been 2 years.  UGH. 

I did a little web research today and found some good sites on installing wood floors.  One in particular had a lot of information (but we're going to keep this from Dave.  They say installing hardwood isn't easy.  Pfft!  Childbirth wasn't easy either and I did that 3 times!)

So I told Dave about how I wanted to go to night school and learn carpentry.   Not to brag, but I DID earn an A in wood shop back in the 8th grade.  (That was back when wood shop was still a class and 12 and 13 year olds handling giant saws weren't a big problem for people).

Dave likes the idea of getting one of those pneumatic nailers.  He asked, "how much would we save if we did it ourselves." 

"Thousands Dave."

"What?"

"Thousands.  I can get the materials for about 12 to 1500 bucks."  (If you do your shopping and really look, you can get the hardwood flooring sometimes as low as 2.50/square foot).

I think he's sold.

 

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