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Lumber Chart, June 2022: Tracking the Futures Market
Lumber Futures Market, Mid-2022: flooring project guidance from The Hardwood Guys, serving North Metro Atlanta.
By David Brannan · Published June 14, 2022 · Updated August 2, 2026 · 3 min read
- 500+ Google Reviews
- Featured on TV Multiple Times
- 25 Years in Business
How Material Costs Factor Into Your Quote
Wood species is a real cost factor in any refinishing or installation quote, not a footnote. Red oak, white oak, hickory, and maple all sand and finish differently, and market conditions on the raw material side affect what is readily available at any given time for new installations and stair-part replacements.
Because material markets move, we do not publish flat pricing — every quote comes from an on-site visit where we look at your existing floor, discuss species and finish options, and give you a written, itemized number specific to your home.
Whatever the material market is doing, the fundamentals of a good refinishing job do not change: proper sanding technique, the right finish for how you live in the space, and a crew that has done this long enough to get it right the first time.
The Real Cost Drivers, Market Aside
Stairs, when present, are typically the single biggest driver of a job's price, since each tread and riser has to be hand-worked rather than run under a large sander. After stairs, the existing floor's condition is the next-biggest factor — a floor that only needs a screen-and-recoat costs a fraction of one that needs a full sand-and-refinish, regardless of what raw lumber is doing that quarter.
Staining adds a real cost on top of a clear or natural finish, since it is a full additional step with its own dry time before finish coats go on. We walk through all of these factors, not a commodity chart, during every free on-site estimate, and financing up to $55,000 with interest-free options from $30 a month is available regardless of material pricing.
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Getting an Accurate, Written Estimate
Every quote starts with an on-site visit, not a phone call or a market chart: we look at your existing floor's condition, discuss species and finish options with physical samples in hand, and run the water-drop test if we are checking whether a full refinish or a lighter screen-and-recoat is the right call. You get a written, itemized number before any work begins, regardless of where lumber pricing happens to sit that week.
After 25 years and more than 50,000 completed jobs, that on-site process is still the only way we have found to give homeowners an accurate number instead of a guess.
500+ Reviews, 25 Years, One On-Site Process
Lumber markets are outside anyone's control, but our process is not. Every project starts with a free, on-site visit where we assess your floor's actual condition, bring physical stain and finish samples, and write up an itemized estimate before any work begins. That process is the same one that has earned The Hardwood Guys more than 500 five-star Google reviews and multiple TV features since we started in 2001.
More than 50,000 completed jobs later, the crew that shows up for your estimate has seen just about every combination of species, finish, and floor condition North Metro Atlanta has to offer, market swings included.
Call 470-826-3581 or request your free estimate below, and we will give you a straight, written answer on what your project actually needs, market conditions aside.
None of this changes the basics of a good job: an accurate on-site measurement, an honest read on your existing floor's condition, and a written number you can count on before work begins.
It also does not change how we sand and finish a floor once material is on-site — the same planetary sanding and finish process applies whether lumber is expensive or cheap that particular month, and the very same experienced crew shows up to do the work either way.
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