I had just completed remodeling our kitchen and the only task left was to refinish and patch the…read morehardwood floors. I had torn them up in a few places, but overall, they showed 30yrs of wear and tear. I had thoughts of doing this work myself as well, but my wife reminded me that summer was coming, and I needed to be done with the project. It would probably an understatement if I said that I am picky, which is why I like to do my own remodeling and wanted to refinish the floors myself.
So, we contracted with Doug and All About Hardwood. To be honest, I was a little nervous... but also willing to let a little bit go so I could be done.
The short story... the job is done, and we could not be more pleased.
They began by replacing oak boards where necessary and laced the new ones in in such a way that the repair is completely undetectable. Then they removed all shoe trim, sanded the entire oak floor, applied the stain that we requested and finished with a couple of coats of sealant or what I would call clear coats. The refinishing crew as led by Sam. The crew was very easy to talk to, answered all questions, arrived on time and did an all-around awesome job.
The final task by All about Hardwood was to add new shoe molding. Honestly, this made me the most nervous as a crappy job here would make the whole kitchen look bad. I resigned myself to hoping that the job would be "good enough", and that I would putty where I had to and/or replace pieces if they were "that bad".
The trim guy, Mike (I think was his name) was awesome. His trim work was awesome (sorry, I know I have repeated that word a few times in this review). I have done trim work part-time for over thirty years, and I am a very tough judge when it comes to fit, miters, etc. To be honest, red flags went up when Mike told me that he never "copes" his miter cuts. This scared me. But the finished miters speak for themselves... no gaps!! I asked Mike how he got them so tight, and he commented that he just adds or subtracts and degree or two when he has to. Color me impressed!! The only downside to the whole job, is that Mike did not have putty with him that matches the shoe molding. He offered to come back, but I told him I would finish it myself. I bring this up only because his trim job was so good, i.e. the miters in the corners are so tight, that no putty is necessary. All that is left for me to do is putty his nail holes (whole job will take less than 15 minutes).
As an aside.... I have read several negative reviews on here that do not appear to reflect the same company that I worked with on this project. Hmmm...??? Obviously, I cannot speak for anyone else or cannot speak about anyone else's project other than my own. I can only say that I am completely happy with the results at our house and would highly recommend this crew and company to anybody that will listen to me.
