What is the price per square foot?

Heart Pine to Knotty Pine everyone wants to know, “how much per square foot”? The question is usually first or second one asked. And we answer it by asking three questions; what species/grade, where are you and how many square feet do you need? Furthermore, your zip code is the other part of the equation determining the “landed” or real price per square foot. Shipping to Montana different than sending 10,000 lbs. to Georgia or Louisiana. Of course, we have a volume discount, but we are talking about real cost including all fees “known and “unknown”. Price per square foot means very little if it arrives beaten up, or I can charge .10 per square foot and $1000.00 per square foot to deliver it. So price per square foot means nothing without more information and the inclusion of shipping, crates, pallet fees, etc..

Price per square foot is Fugazi

If you get the movie quote, yes, it is funny. If not, it means nothing, it has no value without more information, some of it obvious such as grade; and some information is hidden-on purpose inside a massive propaganda campaign shared across the industry.

When callers ask us for the price per square foot of any grade, we respond with two questions. Where are you and how many square feet do you require for the project? One customer may pay $3.00 delivered when the next person pays $3.50 even though they both paid the same for the flooring. What is the cause? With smaller orders shipping is a higher percentage of the entire order, make sense? If we ship 200 square feet to  Indianapolis, it may cost $300.00, while 1000 square feet only cost $395.00. One customer pays over a dollar per square foot for shipping while the other pays .395 cents per square foot.