Need hardwood floor installer (Austin, Gonzales: buy, price, floors)

[Austin97]

Austin hardwood flooring apparently went out of business. Im looking for a hardwood installer to install solid hardwood directly onto a concrete slab. If you have had a good experience with someone please let me know.

Im primarily looking for someone who installed solid (not engineered) wood directly onto your slab.

We have gotten one bid and the labor cost was about 3.65/sq ft. which seems a little high, but isnt too bad.

I most likely will buy the wood, adhesive and sealers online. Leveling compound if necessary, Ill get locally.

[BentBow]

Originally Posted by Austin97

Austin hardwood flooring apparently went out of business. Im looking for a hardwood installer to install solid hardwood directly onto a concrete slab. If you have had a good experience with someone please let me know.

Im primarily looking for someone who installed solid (not engineered) wood directly onto your slab.

We have gotten one bid and the labor cost was about 3.65/sq ft. which seems a little high, but isnt too bad.

I most likely will buy the wood, adhesive and sealers online. Leveling compound if necessary, Ill get locally.

Solid over concrete is a bad idea, even if you do use a moisture blocker like Bostik's MVP4, Mapei WFM PlaniSeal, or any of the epoxy coatings.

The ability for the concrete to be below dew point temperature, is a big issue and the main reason we have engineered flooring, especially in the Austin region.
What happens to a surface below dew point temperature?
If it were not for concrete, we would not have engineered wood flooring.
Wood is hygroscopic. Swells across the grain, with a gain of moisture(even from humidity) and shrinks with a loss of moisture(heater on)
Wood absorbs moisture faster then it will lose it.

Putting solid over concrete, is one of the reasons Austin Hardwood went out of business. You have better odds in Vegas. Did you see the cupped solid in his show room? I can't believe he left it there.


The quote you got was competitive.


.75¢ a foor for moisture blocker application
$2.50 for 4-5" wide Plank
$3.10 for 2¼" wide Strip
Floor prep and baseboards, trim and transitions extra.

But then again, I have seen the $1.25-$2.00 a foot guys work, too!!! There was a reason I was looking at it.
Looked at one last week, where she got the guys name from Angie's List. I had to laugh. What a hack!!!

[tfresca]

I'd like to know if your recommend someone. Also consumer reports just rated eco-timber bamboo product as the best product for real wood floors.

[10scoachrick]

Originally Posted by tfresca

I'd like to know if your recommend someone. Also consumer reports just rated eco-timber bamboo product as the best product for real wood floors.

Except that bamboo isn't wood . Interesting stuff, but it ain't wood.

[tmcd]

I had good results and a good price using MG Floors. Manor Gonzales is the owner and will certainly give you his opinion on putting solid wood over concrete.

[BentBow]

Originally Posted by tfresca

I'd like to know if your recommend someone. Also consumer reports just rated eco-timber bamboo product as the best product for real wood floors.

If your going to gluedown Eco-Timber or any wood that is backcoated with finish, you will need to sand the finish on the back, or you can get bonding issues with urethane adhesives. Too much surface tension for the glue to bond well.