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Just keep an eye towards resell value in NYC. Floor paper will drop the re-sale value of your apartment. DIY shows this in a video for a house in a more rural environment than NYC.
Why not just refinish the wood, staining it with a cherry like color with high gloss? Move quickly on this because it can take 5 work days to do this for your size apartment.
I highly recommend Norwegian Wood Floors: http://www.norwegianwoodfloors.com/
Good luck with your proposed renovations:
Regards,
Richard
www.manhatta.net
Try Carlos Wood Floors, contact him at carloswoodfloors@gmail.com or 646-418-0925. They come to you location and explain the process...very professional crew.
Adam
I used the following contractor: nikywoodfloors@gmail.com, 347-531-8812
They also were very professional, explained the process, and went over all the options for refinishing and replacing the floors. I had them refinish some of the floors with Bona Traffic and one room with prefinished oak planking.
Forgot to add that some of the well know flooring places with store fronts will not put down subflooring if required. They want you to hire a separate contractor. Niky Wood Floors does the subflooring and leveling work.
I agree. I would first look to see if you can refinish the existing hardwood floors. Try sedona red, red chestnut, mesquite red. If you like them really glossy, do a glossy or semi gloss finish. If you are doing a water based poly everything comes out a bit less glossy so see if it's possible to use oil based poly. Or if you use water based move up a notch on the glossy factor...if that's what you like.
(Bear in mind that satin is a bit more popular and shows scratches/dents less).
We installed Lumber Liquidators "Brazillian Redwood" 3" - love it
- http://www.collins.net.pr/Photo/House%20photos/135%20Henry%20St%2C%20Brooklyn/3.%20Final%20Outcome/slides/2009-12-06%2019-03-15.htm
If you want to save some money I have a spare 100 square foot roll of the QuietWalk underlay that you can have for $20
- http://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/mat/4343881512.html