Hand Scraped Floors

Description of Work: I hired John Powell's Hand Scraped Floors company to put solid wood floors into my home. The first time I used this company, John came out and quoted solid wood floors for our family room and our dining room/living room combination. We opted to do the family room first in September of 2012 and the floors turned out so, so beautiful that we had John and his crew come back and not only do our dining room/living room, but also our master bedroom in April of 2013. He used solid red oak #1 wood that had to be acclimated to our home for about a week or two before installation. For the family room, we had the floor installed first and then let it acclimate before the sanding, staining, and poly steps. For the other rooms on the 2nd go around, we had them deliver the wood and let it acclimate in a pile so that we could get everything done in one shot over the course of a few days. The crew was very experienced and knew exactly what they were doing. We saw the same crew members both times we used them including the foreman named Omar. First, they pulled up our carpeting and got rid of it for us. Then they scraped the foundation clean and put down heavy duty plastic to prevent moisture coming up through our concrete foundation. The next step was to install a plywood subfloor and then they added another moisture barrier over the plywood. They installed the floor with such expertise. I was amazed at watching them them work. After the wood was installed and sanded, they filled in the cracks in the joints and other small imperfections in the wood with a special fill. In my case, they saw some imperfections that required new wood planks and replaced them. After filling the joints, they sanded the floor again to create a very beautiful and smooth floor. (We opted for a smooth floor, not hand scraped.) Then, they brought in their staining crew who matched the stain to my kitchen cabinets perfectly. After the stain was dry, they applied a coat of polyurethane and let it dry over night. The next day, they buffed the floor before applying the next coat of polyurethane. They said that we could not walk on the floor for at least 72 hours and recommended to not put any rugs down for at least two weeks. They also said not to use any cleaning products for two weeks. We have beautiful wood floors that have added value to our home. They charged $7.75 per square foot. They also added shoe moulding in our dining and living room and took all doors off the hinges and filed them down because the wood adds some thickness to the floor. In my family room and bedroom, they put back my same moulding taking good care of it when reinstalling it.