RJ Schulz Hardwood Floors

RJ made a good pre-job impression, but the work he did will not pass code. I have to re-build in order to meet quality standards. He charged $1,000.00 for a 10'x10', which I thought was quite steep, but he promised a solid, level floor. He habitually does not show up when he says he will, arriving late and leaving early when he does show up, only doing a couple of hours of work per session. As the framing was being toe nailed in, splitting the ends of the joists, I asked him "Aren't you going to use joist hangers and stainless screws?" I then realized, to RJ, joist hangers are not necessary, and only an afterthought, and were not going to be installed until I mentioned it. (He then used tiny galvanized bolts, and missed a good number of necessary placements, and the joist hangers were not toenailed in for the proper strength (to correct the 'cut corner' oversight), as they are supposed to be. Then, without re-insulating under the floor in the crawlspace, he again, against my wishes, power nailed the subfloor, so that it is difficult to lift in order to re-insulate, and in doing, missed the joists in several places, and grazed joists, splitting them in the process. (My experience with nailed floors is that down the road they work loose and become squeaky, thus the request for screws.) Not anticipating I was going to have to fire RJ Schulz, I had pre-paid for some other work he promised, and upon requesting this money refunded, he 'made up' costs which do not exist, in a feeble attempt to keep the non-earned money. Although RJ (nickname "Bo") promised to remove the demolished materials, they were all left for me to dispose, at extra cost and inconvenience to me. Funny how he says the job site was "disorganized", when it was RJ's lack of commitment to his list of promises and untimely absences which brought about inco-ordination, and all around discord with the other people working on the house. Great at fabricating promises he can't fulfill, poor at fabricating floor.

Excellent work at a great price. Went above our expectations. We ended up doing a lot of additional work because it kept getting better. Would highly recommend Rob & Dave!!!

He did a fabulous job, was very meticulous, is an artist, was able to look at the floors and make recommendations on how to fix any repairs and was able to really produce a fabulous outcome.

Our general contractor brought RJ in for the hardwood portion of our home renovation, comprising $5000 of our $20000 project. He is obviously quite passionate for his craft, but sadly this passion does not translate well into meticulousness, promptness, and the like. RJ did not seem to commit to our home as a priority. Behind schedule, a statement such as and quot;We're going to hit it aggressively tomorrow!and quot; would result in a 1:00pm arrival...with a 3:00 departure. Our project could have been shortened quite extensively had some solid 8-hour days been logged. His purported dustless system left our belongings and furniture absolutely filthy. We basically moved into our basement during the project, moving our valuables, clothes, and necessities downstairs. Our oasis down there wasn't immune to the dust. His water-based sealants, stains, etc leaked through the floor through the basement ceiling, ruining clothing and the comforter of our bed. Yet the odor and statement from our dry cleaner makes us wonder how much non-water based chemicals were utilized. Upon discovery of the dripping, I went upstairs to ask if there was something he could do, but sadly and quot;That's just where the spacing of the hardwood and the subfloor don't meet.and quot; No provisions were made to protect our only place of solace from a whole-house renovation. He is the professional. Yet it took us amateurs to point out stains that were still plainly visible on a and quot;completedand quot; floor. These boards would be replaced, and re-sanded, and resealed. Non-tinted putty was used on a tinted hardwood giving it a shoddy two-tone appearance. This putty was scraped and picked out, and re-sanded, and resealed. All adding to the length of time of our project. It got to the point, sad as it is to admit, that even though our hardwood floors were not finished to the level of quality and appearance we expected, we frankly just wanted RJ out of the house and done. For $5000 we shouldn't have to settle, but for our sanity we did just that.