5 years ago, we paid around $6000 for reclaimed wide plank pine for a 600 square foot room (installed and finished). And that was the best price. Maybe we had more money to throw around back then, but we would never dream of paying that much for a single floor now.
Reclaimed wide plank is still pricey, but many companies run internet specials. There are also smaller local mills that may charge less.
The least expensive option, if it exists in your home, is to carefully pull up the existing subfloor/planks and scrape them down, then reinstall. Tons of work, but saving all that dough…..priceless.
$6000 Floor, Marbletown, NY
Original Planks, Bed Stuy Home
Scraped and Installed Ourselves: $0
Companies Offering Internet Specials
Antique and Vintage Woods
Craftmark
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what a gorgeous floor! good tips…makes me want to install one right now. If only I had a house. sigh.
NICE. We converted an old hardware store to loft/studio space. We were given (yes, FREE) beautiful maple flooring that was in a building slated to be torn down. It cost us only $600.00 to have the flooring removed and hauled to our building. We cleaned, de-nailed and planed it…it turned out to be about 2500 board feet!
The floors were beautiful and we had the satisfaction of not cutting down more trees…this was recycling at its best.
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