The following is what kind of ordeal you will go through if you use the installers Floor Traders recommends. it was so bad, we even threw away the free pen they gave us.
The day they came to measure the area to be tiled, we asked specifically and we were assured we were their only job, they did one job at a time. We asked them if they would mind if we took pictures of the demo and ensuing progress, and they said they did not.
We were also told they would arrive at 9:00 a.m. and work 8 hrs. per day.
THEY FLAT OUT LIED !!!!!!
Day 1 they showed up 2 hours and 35 minutes late - 11:35 a.m. and didn't bother to call until 10:00 a.m.
Then they went to lunch from from 1:35 to 3:00 p.m. and quit at 5:00 p.m.
It seems to me there could have been more accoplished if they had arrived when they said they would and stayed as long as they said they would.
Day 2,they didn't arrive until 12:10.( or even call ). At 5:00 they were packed and ready to go. Chad said they would arrive next day before noon.
Day 3 they arrived at 12:05 and left at 5:15 P.M., this means they had their tools and everything picked up and stored around 5:10 P.M..
Day 4, no call, nothing 'til the doorbell rang at 1:33 p.m. Worked as far as they could go because the saw pump broke, or so they say, and they were gone by 5:20 P.M. The master bathroom was tiled.
Day 5, yes, 516 square feet has taken this long, and no wonder when at the end of day 4, we were assured that the job would be finished by Sunday.
However, again, no call no show up AT ALL................. ALL DAY AND NO ONE SHOWED UP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Day 5 wasted.
Day 6 they arrived at 11:30 and left at 2:15 and returned at 3:00 and packed up and left for the day at 7:00. The master bath is still not grouted and it's small.
Day 7 arrived 10:30 and finished at 2:10.
Total time spent on job :29 hrs. 20 min.
Days : 7
I realize tile adhesive needs to dry, but right after stripping the floor they could have started laying tile. Thay could have finished much earlier if they had worked the 8 hours a day chad had first promised. And if they had started on the kitchen and laundry first as I asked, we could have returned to a much more normal life sooner, and not had the washer / dryer and fridge in the dining room for a week !!
What Chad and Connie fail to realize or choose to ignore is that they should get in and out as quickly as possible. We had no water to cook or do laundry the whole time not to mention the 2 nights in a hotel because we had no toilet working. C & C seem to think it is their time to waste if they wish to and don't seem to care about the people who trusted them and let them into their home.
And as for the pictures, well one of them stole our camera the first day, so no pics, no memories, but BAD ONES.
DO NOT HIRE C & C FLOORING INSTALLATION ( CHAD AND CONNIE ) UNLESS YOU WANT HORROR !!!!!!!! read more