I would keep what's there. it's very nice.

(you sure it's 1/2" ?)

keep looking. I know damn well you can find the exact same type of flooring size to fit what's there. they do it all the time

Have you called a solid wood floor refinishing company? sometimes they remove floors like yours and have a stockpile of used oak

keep what you have and feather in the new planks (if you can find it) or look for some salvaged wood that matches yours. You can install on concrete if it's prepped or aged long enough (which yours is) you could paint on a vapor barrier.

You can find 1/2" solid oak. I do what is shown above, and then get the whole kit and caboodle refinished w/the Bona Natural

Unless you want to do something darker.

To answer the other part, I would not do some other type of wood flooring next to your old oak, and I'd try very hard not to rip that out. where that pink tile is, you want wood? nothing else?

where the old flooring is, is it just that one room that's pictured?

if you ripped up, how much sq feet of old oak would you be removing?

How many sq feet of new flooring do you need? (excluding the old oak )

worse comes to worse, if you can't find a 1/2" , but it's only a 2", or a 2.75, I'd do that. keep the horizontal divider like it is and you shouldn't notice the diff.

this is a 2.25" inch red oak.

that old floor is amazing, and like beth said I would try and match and if you want to restain

Hi! Thank you for responding! Your floors looks great!

They are definitely 1/2” thick. I had a few different people come to give estimates. They all said if I wanted to match width and thickness it would be a special order estimated at around $2500-3000 for 470 sq ft.

The original wood side is approximately 1000 sq ft. So for me to replace all flooring throughout the whole house with the cost of the new engineered wood it would be about the same price as special ordering new wood and having all the floors refinished and matched. They also said even after staining it Still would not be a perfect match.

I would do what Beth said. Biggest problem is getting good craft installers to do it right. But all wood would be awesome. I had all hardwood in a couple of our home’s and loved it. We have LVP in our current home and I would much prefer real wood.

Don't do that demolition please.

Beth is right as are folk above, please don’t put more crap in the landfill. Preserve the current floor, maybe folks can help you source same floor too. Where are you located?

If you remove the tile, build up the old area up a smidge less so that 3/4" strip would be the same height if that would match width wise.

Thanks for the tip! And definitely not doing the demo myself!

if you add the hardwood to match you would be able to refinish in the future not sure about the engineered, some you can. I would honor the house, those floors look like they are in great shape

2500-3000 for 420 is nothing. compared to what it would cost to replace the 1000sq ft?? You're looking at 10K , plus install, for a medium priced flooring. then add the other 420sq ft, and you're well over 14-15K. and that's not including any demo of the original floors. Youre looking at 20K to demo and redo ALL of those floors and baseboards.

get the special order.

Ummmm....the 'special order' price range is: $5.95 - $7.14/sf for wood that is a MATCH!!! That's AWESOME! A 'decent' engineered hardwood STARTS at $7/sf....which means your cost for replacing ALL of it = DOUBLE the cost of the replacement product.

Remember: Cost of PRODUCT is only 1/2" the price of the job. The LABOUR for the project is almost the SAME as the product cost. Don't forget to get ADD 5% onto the ORDER for waste.

Let's do the math - Assuming $6.50/sf x 445sf = $2892 for WOOD material

Demolition: $2/sf x 420sf = $840

Subfloor prep: $2/sf x 420sf = $840

Adhesive: $2.50/sf x 420sf = $1,050

INSTALL Labour + FINISH: $4/sf x 445sf = $1,780

Cost for NEW wood: $7,402

Cost to sand/refinish OLD: $5/sf x 1000sf = $5,000

Total Cost for 1420sf of wood flooring: $12,402

Math for TOTAL REMOVE/REPLACE Engineered Hardwood:

Demolition: $2/sf x 1420sf = $2,840

Subfloor Prep: $2/sf x 1420sf = $2,840

Adhesive: $2.50/sf x 1420sf = $3,550

Engineered Wood: $7/sf x 1495 = $10,465

Labour Installation: $3/sf x 1495 = $4,485

Total Cost for 1495sf of ENGINEERED WOOD: $20,930

Hmmmm....that's a LOT MORE than the 'lace in hardwood' job!!!!!

Remember: The TOTAL job cost is what you are comparing....NOT the material costs.

SJ. Are you located in Canada and do you know a good hardwood installer who can install 21/4 inch red oak and stain to match existing living/dining room. Beth H referred you. I am in Ontario near Toronto

@sully2 I'm in Vancouver BC...so not my area of expertise. I know the local mills do VERY well. You simply need to google " 'Your town', Ontario, hardwood mill". You will find several local mills. You can reach out to them to find out what the lead time is to get 2.25" strip hardwood.

As for a pro to install, the NWFA (USA) website works for Canada as well. They are the voluntary 'industry standards' for installers. They are well worth the extra money.

www.nwfa.org

If the local mills can't help you, then a local Ma-and-Pa hardwood flooring store (20+ years in business) WILL HAVE SEEN your type of wood before. They will have helped out with dozens of renos with your type of flooring. Again, they will have all the understanding of costs, lead times from the mill, etc. They are well worth the few extra dollars you will spend on your wood.

Start with the www.nwfa.org and go from there. The stores who are owned/operated by an NWFA pro will be listed on that site. Worth a boo.

Thank you. Very helpful