We hired Floor Houston initially because of the high rating on Yelp, and all the four star ratings on the Floor Houston Facebook page. We hired them to install around 2800 square feet of 9 x 36 porcelain tiles from Flor and Décor herringbone style, install 450 square feet of straight lay wood look tile on our outdoor patio, a bathroom remodel with 9x36 tile to the ceiling and a wall nook with custom backsplash, install 300 square feet of wood floors upstairs, install wood on the stairs and a custom tile backsplash stair riser, and install a wood backsplash around the fireplace.
Floor Houston Issues:
1. The job was not finished for about 2.5-3 weeks from the original estimate of 7-10 days. We had to stay in a hotel for an extra 7 days because the remodeling job was not complete. At the end of the 2.5-3 weeks our outdoor patio was still not complete.
2. Homeowner found multiple line item issues with original invoicing, and as I found these issues Floor Houston owner would update the invoice throughout the remodeling job.
3. We told Floor Houston owner multiple times to get the carpet and tile removed from our garage, and it did not get done for an additional 3-4 days.
4. Homeowner had to point out to Floor Houston owner tiles that were installed poorly and needed to be replaced.
5. Floor Houston hired a random cleaning crew on yelp.com to clean our house they did not have an active relationship with.
6. Floor Houston owner was not checking the quality of workmanship of his sub-contractors, and he only came out to the job site a couple times.
Tile Sub-Contractor Issues:
1. They put hand prints, and water marks all over our walls. Floor Houston's recommended painter was a no show the morning he was supposed to come paint the water marks and hand prints so we had to hire a painter ourselves.
2. Found one tile that was a half inch higher that the others, and another tile in the kitchen which was partially damaged on the edge that was installed. Homeowner had to hire a contractor and pay him to fix these issues after the job was completed.
3. Ceramic thin set was used to hold down our porcelain tile instead of porcelain thin set.
4. Some of the tiles do not have enough thin set underneath them, and you can hear a hollow sound when you knock on the tile.
5. 20% of our base boards were damaged, and a number of them had grout and hand prints on them. One of the base boards had nails sticking through when the tile sub-contractor nailed it back after the tile install.
6. Tile sub-contractor threw away or took the standing pedestal sink from the powder room because he assumed the homeowner did not want it.
7. Tile sub-contractor did not install bathroom remodel toilet correctly and it would not flush. We had it fixed by a contractor we hired after Floor Houston was finished.
Wood Floor Sub-Contractor Issues:
1. Wood was cut inside the house and the dust clogged our A/C blower in the attic. We had to have 3 service calls to get it working again.
Floor Houston Positive Feedback:
Floor Houston reimbursed us for 4 days in our hotel for our inconvenience, the cost to remove all the extra grout the tile sub-contractor did not remove, the cost to repaint the walls and clean the grout in the bathroom after the bathroom remodel, the cost to install a vanity and sink in the Powder Room. Floor Houston hired a cleaning company on Yelp to deep our house clean of wood dust. The wood stairs, the tile stair riser backsplash, the wood on the second floor, and fireplace backsplash came out beautiful after the Floor Houston owner got all the minor workmanship issues fixed on the stairs that the homeowner identified. Floor Houston hired two people to fix the base boards, touch them up with paint, and caulk the 90% of the entire house where we had the herringbone tile installed to give a much better finish look.
Floor Houston Constructive Criticism:
1. Please know the quality of workmanship of the tile and wood sub-contractors you choose to use for work. Be more pro-active on the job-site in identifying issues with workmanship quality and don't depend on the homeowner to do it for you. This will save time and money in the end because the job will have been done right the first time. I think this will put the homeowner at ease, and improve your relationship with the homeowner in terms of future recommendations for work.
2. Finalize a contract, and sign it with the homeowner. Clearly explain line item by line item what could change if anything up front before the work begins.
3. Cover the kitchen cabinets with plastic or some other kind of material to protect them when removing kitchen tile, grout, and thin set.
Overall Satisfaction:
Overall the job came out looking really nice after all the finish work was complete. The process to get there was stressful for my family but I think the Floor Houston owner did the best he could to make us happy by reimbursing for a lot of the issues we experienced which we did appreciate. read more