Despite having made upgrades to our bathrooms (new cabinets, fixtures, and floors), we never got around to doing anything to our old and worn bathtubs. Refinishing the bathtubs always took a backseat to changing dirty diapers, doing just one more load of dirty laundry, cleaning up toys for the 5th time, or traipsing over to Happy Hollow, Gilroy Gardens, or the Children's Museum. In short, raising two small children. We had moved and decided to rent our house and, not wanting to be in league with Leona Helmsley, added refinishing the bathtubs to our long "to do" list to get the house ready for some (hopefully) relatively clean, friendly, emotionally stable, and financially sound renters. The bathtubs were the same ones that were in the house when we bought it over 10 years ago and have probably been there long before then. They were functional but there were some scratches, noticeable chips, and discoloration. The one in the master bathroom was the worst for wear - probably due to my handy work of dropping a cordless electrical drill when redoing the tiles.
I read multiple reviews on Yelp in my quest to find someone to redo the bathtubs and settled on Tony because (1) the other Yelp reviews of his work were detailed and gave me a pretty good idea of what to expect from him (2) he was the only person/company who called me back within 48hrs of my message vs several who never responded to my multiple msgs (I reckoned they must have been way too busy to need new business so just as well; rather have someone with time to spend on doing a great job than someone who is so swamped they rush through a job) (3) he seemed like a decent chap who was pretty straight-forward about what he would do to improve the bathtubs. I wanted to install a sliding door for one of the bathtubs and he gave me information for getting this done for very reasonable price by someone he knows and sent me information about the doors to ensure that they were good quality doors. I had originally wanted to install/replace new bathtub doors on both tubs but Tony thought that the existing shower door, though outdated, was still in great condition and was perfectly fine for a rental. Of course, this would be different if we were going to continue to live in the house.
Tony gave me a time-frame for completion of the job (two days) and successfully finished the job within that time. Tony covered all the fixtures in and around the tub, including areas of the tile and floor that were close to the tub before doing the actual refinishing. He also removed all the old caulking and re-caulked around the bathtub and bathtub door. He opened the windows and doors to the outside to improve ventilation and closed bedroom doors to maintain the spread of the "odor" from the refinishing process. The result: Awesome! The bathtubs sparkled like new and complemented our recent bathroom cabinet, fixtures, and flooring remodeling! The new sliding glass door lived up to expectations and were sturdy and nice. My only regret is that I wished I had had my bathtubs refinished sooner - while we were still living in the house so that we could have enjoyed our "new" bathtubs. read more