Unfinished hardwood

[stephen1236]

We want to hire someone to sand and restain hardwood and steps. However I want to install hardwood on 2 rooms that have carpet beforehand. So, do I install unfinished hardwood? If so, where can i purchase unfinished hardwood. The flooring in my home looks like Bruce gunstock

 

[highup]

Do you know if your existing floor is solid hardwood, or engineered, and how thick it is?

 

[Nick]

Home Depot carries Bruce gunstock..

I would install the flooring first ..

 

[stephen1236]

I have 3/4 inch solid hardwood. Where do you suggest that I get the unfinished red oak to install before the sanding and restaining?

 

[Nick]

HD around here has it @ $3.69 a ft ..

 

[highup]

Are you sure the existing is red oak, and not white oak? Makes a lot of difference when staining.

 

[Ernesto]

West coast middle or east coast?

 

[highup]

West coast middle or east coast?

Pennsylvania

 

[stephen1236]

I live in Maryland. I presumed it is red oak, not white. How can I tell as all of the flooring is stained?

 

[Ernesto]

Cant help ya. Talk to Nick. He's in Jersey.

 

[Nick]

It's all Red in this area .. Ask the company you are buying it from .. Should say what it is on the box ..

 

[highup]

I live in Maryland. I presumed it is red oak, not white. How can I tell as all of the flooring is stained?

I can't help you either, but there's a reason I asked.
If the red oak is stained brown, it will look reddish brown no matter how brown the stain is. Nothing you can do short of bleaching the red oak will make it stain brown.... and ya wouldn't want to do that anyway.
I asked because I've tried to stain red oak to match white oak when making a couple of custom wood transitions. I bleached the trim piece with a shower cleaner product, dried it with a hair dryer and wallah!
I don't know what the color of your floor actually is. I don't know if it's brownish or reddish, or reddish brown.
I think you need a local wood flooring contractor to assist you on this.
I'm west coast and most everything here is red oak............ your results may vary. If you want it all to match closely, you need to know for sure what it is.