Cost to Install Prefinished Hardwood Floor
Our prefinished hardwood flooring 2024 calculator allows you to figure by dimension.
Includes all labor, materials and supplies needed for installing prefinished
hardwood based on entered floor footage measurements. Results are approximations
based on floor installs in the United States. Total cost sums exclude any taxes charged for both materials and labor amounts.
Options for Installing Prefinished Hardwood:
1 Take the measurement rounded to the next foot.
Inclusions and Exclusions
Included is the laying of factory finished floor slats in a one direction, excluding
any accents or patterns. Includes a maximum of 3/4" solid floor, though which may be thinner, laid with tongue and
groove joints on all sides of each slat. Figures on a floor that, when completed, can be refinished at some point in the future.
Grade of wood floor is anywhere from Select and Better, on up to Clear Grade which represents the costliest of choices.
Labor, Materials and Supplies notes:
The labor component charged to the project only.
Includes all materials and supplies needed for prepping and
clearing the subsurface like resecuring subfloor and any leveling needed as
well as pulling and replacing doors and performing undercuts at the jamb &
casings. Includes labor and materials for underlayment such as laying of felt paper,
securing by nails or staples and applying adhesives, along with attaching of shoe mould around perimeter
baseboard. Hardwood materials allocates an approximate 5% due to waste cuts.
Includes supplying and installing transition strips at doorways
of the bordering areas. If transition strips are not available per chosen wood stain color/finish
then these may need to be adapted from raw stock pieces milled in a like manner.
All floor surfaces to be placed hidden beneath baseboards and door casings around
the room circumference.
Final cleanup and disposal of waste is allocated within these amounts.
Amounts for the labor portion per specific geographic locales may fluctuate based
on the particular zip code by 12% to 16% and greater.
