Replacing hardwood floors

I have the same questions as I'm considering replacing my floors. My place is a 1 br, about 1/2 the size. Any advice? thx

home depot does it

You may not have to replace the floors but have some boards replaced.

1) I would take the $10,000 plus money that this project will cost to repair and refinish the entire floor and take a really nice vacation instead. Evertime you step and hear the floor creak, you will be pleasantly reminded of your amazing vacation.

2) Alternative is to vacate your apartment, including contents, for four weeks. Good luck finding a month-long sublet and dealing with a move two times over in the same month. (add another $5,000 - $10,000 for rental and moving expenses.

3) If you just have a couple patches that annoy you, you might be able to find a carpenter to take on the job. Doubt a floor re-finishing carpenter that will.

I had this guy from Shalom Flooring (in Long Island) repair my parquet floors. He is a wood lover, knew they were oak and made sure to match wood and finish. Note that I did not have any underlying problems w/ sub floors so he just worked on the floors. Much cheaper and dust levels minimal. You could also get the floors refinished - lots of dust and can't do it too often because you lose some height each time the floors are sanded, but MUCH cheaper than new floors. BTW I'm on the UWS and I got estimates from 3 companies first.

I had a contractor come in as part of a gut reno and did 1100 sft of hardwood floors in white oak, stained and finished for $12,000. Messy job that takes about 2 weeks. Almost impossible to do while you are still in the apartment, so you will probably have to either: 1) move all of your stuff into storage or 2) work with a very patient conttractor that will do the floor in sections and let you move your items around him while he works!

#7, can you give me his name and does he work on the UWS? Thanks.

I just had one room redone - i had them scrape, patch, seal and put two coats of glossy poly. Its not very smooth and the contractor says it gets smooth with wear? Is that true or is this guy full of shit?

Any more helpful info or actual recommendations of flooring people would be welcomed. Thanks.

Your floors should be smooth immediately.
They did not sand properly with fine gauge sandpaper on the machine.