the 4.50 is for installing and staining, and finishing. This is wholesale number by a man who is the best. We charge about 7.50 a ft for his work plus the cost of the material needed. I was very misleading..Sorry.

Actually 5% overage is standard. Unless your going to be doing a angle, or very custom installation. As an installer, subcontracting, I charge the guy I'm subcontracting to for the amount of flooring he loads onto my truck. As a contractor selling my services directly to the property owner, I bill for exact flooring used, including any cull boards I touched to give you a lasting work of art.

I charge anywhere from 22.00-48.00 a sqft for JUST INSTALL including setting materials ie mortar or masic and grout and sealer caulk. You have to remeber an no matter how basic an install it takes 2 days 3 if its done properly, waiting for grout to harden before caulk. its 2021 prices are going up it takes fuel to get to the job and back multiple times. the installer needs to recoup money and time spent getting and burning setting materials that hold your material in place and replace tools like blades and basic stuff like garbage bags and shop vac filtera lot plus alot other stuff you wouldnt even imagine.. many installers have a laborer they need to pay a livable wage and need to make a wage themselves. not to mentionthe time on your site is time away from other ones. and Let me tell yall time is MONEY.... skilled labor isnt cheap and cheap labor isnt skilled. -Justin Your Floor Guru

I can't help you with the installation costs but we refinished our red oak wood floors and were charged $1.64 per square foot. We are in the Chicagoland area. We got a bunch of different estimates all were under $2.00/sq ft. For our steps I think he charged $15 per but I honestly don't remember off hand. He gave us a bit of a discount because we said we would pay with cash. We did not stain them however, it was just sanding and putting the clear coat on. I would have loved to stain a bit darker but Dh won that argument :)