Wood flooring removal and install

(Edited Sunday, March 11th)  Need work completed NLT mid- to late-April.  Thanks to everyone who has enquired...this is my first "Gig" so still feeling things out.  When you reach out, it will help me if you can provide some details about your company or experience, your background, your crew, licensing and insurance, your availability, etc.  Simply letting me know that you'd like to take the gig doesn't help when I have many people interested in the job.  Please also know that my cost estimate was a best guess based on regional average costs per sf for wood floor installation...this job is a bit more complicated than pulling up an existing floor and installing a new one.  Because of the unusual and unknown conditions involving an existing floor under the current floor and unknown sub-floor condition I'm not looking for the lowest cost provider, rather one that has experience with more challenging renovations.  Last, I have extensive personal experience with many home renovation trades, including flooring, and will be a fair, but demanding client. The Gig:  I'm replacing wood flooring on home main level (~800sf), one upstairs landing (~65sf) and possibly two staircases.  Each staircase turns 90 degrees.  One has 11 treads and a ~9sf landing.  The other has six treads down to the 90 degree turn, which is split diagonally in two steps, then five more treads.  If you consider the triangular steps as treads then this staircase has 13 treads.  I may opt to refinish or paint the treads instead of replacing.  Currently there is 3/8" thick solid hardwood over solid red oak and bamboo, which, I am told, were at different heights.  The red oak is in the living and dining rooms (~550sf) and the bamboo in the kitchen and sun room (~250sf).  Apparently, the 3/8" hardwood is nailed into the red oak floor with a vapor barrier between.  A thin layer of cork and vapor barrier were used over the bamboo to level the transition point.  There is a good deal of "crackling" in various spots on the main level.  Ceiling height is 95",  The 3/8" hardwood at the upstairs landing was applied over subfloor that previously had carpet so it is a different condition than the main floor and an easier replacement.  For the main floor the 3/8" hardwood will need to be removed, both for ceiling height and to assess the existing condition of the previous floor to see if you can apply new flooring on top or if the red oak and bamboo need to be removed and the subfloor addressed. I'd like to use either solid hardwood or engineered hardwood and can source flooring or bundle materials with labor.  My cost estimate is labor only for the removal of the floor and all debris and install...if work is required on the subfloor that would be additional.

• March 9, 2028
• Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Created at: 7 months ago