wood floors price difference

It really depends on how much you need to repair. To refinish the floor would cost you around $3.00 sq ft. to replace it probably would cost $10.00, so you can have now floors for about $5,600.00 but you would also need new base molding. If the floor is not in good condition you should get new ones

Primer,

What are sme good mid-price hardwood floor manufacturers? Can you find anything decent in the $6-7/psf price range?

Check Lumber Liquidators. There are plenty of nice floors, even natural hardwood, for under $6psf, and much of what they do now is traditional retail, not liquidation. Rick at the E 18th St. showroom was great to deal with (even gave me the lower price when it dropped after I ordered but before delivery). I returned an unopened box of flooring and some trim to the larger showroom in Gowanus for a refund, no hard time w/ anything (though some items have restocking fees).

There are many costs associated w/ flooring you might not have considered, though:

-Demo and cartage of the old floor and mouldings.
-Installation of a subfloor if necessary.
-The layer between the subfloor and the topfloor. Anywhere from cheapo rosin paper to pricey insulation.
-Any fees collected by the co-op or condo to review the alteration plans.
-Moulding material (try Dykes lumber) and installation.
-Reducers, saddles, t-moulding, etc.

Also, consider what you want to do with any phone and media cabling. You'll probably want to hide it behind the moulding.

I wound up btw $11-12psf, but my top floor was very inexpensive (solid hardwood that's been great, though) with full subfloor and some nice insulation. On the other hand, a friend who went full-bore top-of-the-line everything including a dedicated flooring consultant spent over $30psf.

Good luck!

Yes. I was surpirised but my client purchased a prefinished floor from Lumber liquidators for $6.00 sq ft and it came out beautiful. A new client just puchased preinished wood flooring from Junkers (you can google) for $8.45 sq ft and it looks much more expensive and different from anything i have seen. Depending on your taste i would look at the Black Oak.

I dont think you can go wrong with either. As far as molding Dykes would be the place to go, another less expensive way to go is to install a flat 4" MDF molding that the contractor could purchase at any hardware store.

Thanks. I have heard very mixed reviews about Lumber Liquidators. Glad to hear you guys think the quality is good. Saw some stuff from Mirage and Mercier which seemed nice (though more expensive). Does anyone have any experience with their floors?

jdf, LL also offers installation, so when reading reviews make sure any criticisms aren't about that rather than materials. I can only speak to the materials, which I thought were an excellent value. You can walk into the showroom and grab 3 free samples to see at home.

Mirage is very good.

11-12 psf with labor or without. Can i replace only 20 damage pc . from the floor?

what about Laminate Flooring on top of the existing floor

You can put it over existing flooring, I do not suggest it though. I charge $30 sq ft only when its herring bone and we need to install sound proofing underneath. The normal price for a pre-finished decent floor with installation and moldings should run you about 13-14 sq ft.

You can replace a small amount if you want to

11-12 was total cost. This is the only flooring job I've ever been involved with so my experience is limited. I don't know what it would cost to partially replace flooring so that it's undetectable, but I've seen some cheaper patch jobs and they look awful. I only considered natural, solid wood, so no experience with laminate or engineered.

There are other threads on flooring you should search for. One of them had lots of info on laminate floors, floating installation, etc.