Joes hardwood floors

Description of Work: I am writing this detailed review of Joe's Hardwood Floors for two reasons. First, because knowing what to expect takes the worry out of the investment. Second, before Angie's List, we had to tear out and replace many contractor's projects, or contractors would leave before completion or not come at all. Because of Angie's List we feel very lucky that we found Joe's Hardwood floors who ordered and installed our 1100 sq ft, 3/4 inch thick, clear, rift sawn, five, four, and three inch wide plank, red oak flooring. From the beginning, Joe talked about our possible choices of hardwood flooring. Then he oversaw the ordering, the quality control, and the delivery of the special factory direct order. Then the floor needed three weeks to acclimate to our house humidity and temperature. (He checks its' dryness with a special wood dryness meter). Then part of the flooring was carefully laid out before the actual installation. We chose to place the planks down the length of the rooms. The men studied the dimensions of the rooms and decided that they could start with the five inch width and end with the five inch width on each side of the larger room. Then they lined up the planks to get a visual straight line from the end of each hall across the large room. With this plan made, the floor could be laid in a proportional and pleasing way. I was impressed with the measuring and figuring to get everything right. After taking up our old parquet floor, Joe suggested a PVA moisture barrier providing not only, an air and moisture barrier, but a smooth surface over the rough splintered areas to lay the new floor. This sealant provides an unexpected "give" while walking across the finished floor as well. The stain color was customized to go with our cabinet and carpet colors. Joe, with us, even went upstairs and downstairs looking at the effects on the stain color choices from the windows' natural light and the rooms' electric light. A Bona stain choice was made. The floor actually blends with the house colors. Joe used Bona Naturale Ultra Low Sheen finish which is very durable, does not show much dust and dirt, and most importantly, mutes the oak's natural blackish veins to tan lines instead. As a result, the whole floor has an over-all soft, quality appearance. ( I must add another unexpected feature is that this finish is not slippery at all. So we do not need the stair carpet runners we expected.) The Daily Experience: Joe worked with us, educated us about our choices, imparted facts when needed, detailing with his experience and knowledge. Finally, he showed us how to care for the floor. He left a floor care kit and a warning against ever using the popular floor steam cleaner or any mop flooding of any kind. He always kept his word about when he or his men would be here and always introduced new people. He also always answered his phone for our questions. If something unexpected happened, he came right away and solved the problem such as when it was discovered that the steps on our stairs were unevenly spaced (a clear safety issue). His men are not only friendly, always on time, and clean up inside and outside every day. His men take great pride in their work. They are a blend of professionals and artisans. Every line is straight, from board to board from the hall to the far end of the room. Be it stairs, miters, or scrubbing curves to curves to the floor, on bended knees, his workers demand perfection from themselves. Their attention to detail is amazing. From the beginning, all cabinets, walls, lights, etc. were covered with plastic. After they left, I found no damage to cabinets or anything else. Due to the plastic sheeting, the dust filter equipment, and the daily cleanup, no sawdust was left behind. How unexpected is that! These men are also very thoughtful. Because we were living in the garage, when a loud sander came near the door, they gave me time to move my birds. But what was beyond my expectations was what his men offered to do for me. I feared leaving the house open due to the home invasion across the street. These men offered to eat lunch here every day. At any time, someone was always here. And when it was time to leave, they promised to call me and wait for me to come up and lock the doors. They always kept their word. Thank you guys from the bottom of my heart. I always felt safe. And you left me with a beautiful floor that I love. We highly recommend Joe's Hardwood Floors for both the beautiful floor and the ease of the daily experience. Sincerely, Amelia Hunt

Description of Work: The task was to rip out 2 carpeted rooms (and 2 closets) and install wooden floors matching the rest of the house.

Description of Work: Joe's Hardwood Floors installed flooring in our bedroom and closet.

Description of Work: Joe's sanded and refinished my hardwood floors

Description of Work: Joe sent two men to remove carpeting in a hall and refinish my living room hall way and stairs. Then install mouldings around the complete area.

Description of Work: We had hardwood flooring in our hallway and family room. It had a wax finish and we had neglected it for years and thought it couldn't be saved. It's on a slab foundation and many boards had lifted due to the adhesive drying out after so many years. They sanded, stained, glued where needed and finished our floors with a strong, satin finish.

Description of Work: Refinishing and repair of kitchen and family room hardwood floors.

Description of Work: Joe's team resurfaced, re-stained and coated several areas of wood floor in a very old house. Part of the floor in front of the door was damaged by sun and he blended stain to match the existing floor. He re-coated with polyurethane all areas including the dining room, hall, kitchen, living room and back hall and bathroom.

Description of Work: Installed new floors in 1 room. Sanded, refinished, stained and coated 4 rooms and hallway. Patched hole left by floor furnace, replaced damaged boards.

Description of Work: Joe came out to the house on time and estimated the job. There was no drama, no last minute cost increases or problems. He installed wide plank maple floors in the living room, dining room and family room. The floors came out beautiful and look fabulous. Everything was done in a timely manner. I would recommend Joe to anyone who asks.

Description of Work: I needed my floors cleaned, refinished, and repaired.

Description of Work: Installed a new hardwood floor in the Living Room to match the floor already installed in the Dining Room.

Description of Work: -Ripping up current hardwood floors-Prepping floors-Removing baseboards-Installing new floors-Reinstalling baseboards

Description of Work: We hired Joe's Hardwood Floors to restore approximately 900 square feet of red oak flooring as well as weave-in new flooring in the kitchen. We purchased a 1344 square-foot, 4 bedroom, 2-bath 1954 La Mesa tract home. Unfortunately, the previous owners were unable to afford maintenance and the floors were in rough shape. In 5 days, Joe and his crew transformed them from battered and dull to shining and warm. They also installed baseboards and added transitions.

Description of Work: We had 1100 square feet of original hardwood floors (with termite damage) refinished with a natural finish.

Description of Work: We hired Joe's Hardwood floors to refinish approximately 800 feet of red oak flooring.

Description of Work: They refinished most of our hardwood floors in the living room, dining room, hallway and entry way.

Description of Work: They refinished flooring in a hallway, bedroom, and a guesthouse.

Description of Work: First job was refinshing the origianl harwood floors in Livingroom, diningroom, hallways and three bedrooms, December 2011. This entailed removing the old carpeting from everyroom. The old foam padding under the carpet had rotted and stuck to the floors, so quite a challenge.Hardwood floors got refinished with high traffic urethane and a light stain. The second job was installing LVT in the kitchen/familyroom area in March 2012. All plans and charges were reviewed and followed to the letter by Joe. He listened, provided guidance/options when I had questions and took care of all the details.

Description of Work: Installation of 1000 square feet of high end hardwood floor. Included demo, prep, finishing.

Description of Work: Rip out old carpet & baseboards, sand & refinish existing wood floors originally installed in 1963.

Description of Work: Epoxied down two areas of hardwood floor that had come unglued due to previous water problem. Refinished floor (sanded, coated). Replaced edges around floor (q-rounds, etc)

Description of Work: Sand off the dark stain and finish wood floor with two coats of industrial oil based polyurethane in the kitchen. living room, dining room and family room. Replaced and repeged some damaged boards

Description of Work: Provided, installed and coated new red oak hardwood floors in living room and master bedroom (approx 500 sq ft) to match existing and refinished existing hardwood in 2 bedrooms and hallway (about another 400 sq ft). Removed & disposed of old carpet; replaced all damaged boards; patched old holes in the subfloor and replaced and leveled large area in master subfloor that needed it.

Description of Work: Installation engineered hardwood flooring in master bedroom. I purchased the wood from Lumber Liquidators (I decided against LL install people), I supplied new baseboards which they installed. I removed old carpet and padding and moved all furniture (except for the bed) out of the bedroom.