Now comes the cost factor which was most certainly worthy of consideration and research before
electing to make these major changes in my home. I learned through extensive research that many
new home builders and flooring companies sub-contract the hand scraped wood floor work out to
companies other than their own. Thus they simply serve as the middle man offering rates as high
as $12-$13 plus a square foot!! How ever, once the "middle man" can be taken out of the
equation I assure you there are resources that offer the same beautiful hand scraped wood floor
installations as much as 30-40% less than if you contracted your floor out to say a Home Depot.
I know as I was quoted $12.50 a square foot by a local Home Depot but had my floors done to my
own specifications for around $9.50 a square foot.
I eliminated the "middle-man" and now hope to share the great work my crew did for me and my dogs!
With all of that said lets move on to the many considerations there are to look at on various methods
of installation. Basically you can go one of two ways when considering how you want your hand scraped
floors to be installed. Let me explain!
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