I'm so sorry to hear of your problems. Hang in there, it will all get done!

If you don't find someone on the board, try Craigslist and ServiceMagic if you have SM in your area. I have used both with my kitchen, bath remodel and now my flooring. I have been happy so far but you need to really interview them before deciding. It just gives you a lot more to chose from.

Lynn, check with your local lumberyard. They usually keep names/numbers of subs looking for small jobs like this. And ask your friends/neighbors. You just need a carpenter to install the baseboards. It doesn't need to be a flooring person.

Sorry to hear of your problems with the BC. How about Angie's List? I have had good luck with those contractors who have many evals. If you lived closer, I would do it for free (Not the painting, my wife won't let me do painting :-)
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ricewO, I had found someone from Angie's list on July 4th that sounded great but he had to be booked in advance and could not buy the BR-111 product at the same great price as from TrueHardwoods.com so told me to buy it and call him and he would see when he had time. He wanted me to order one extra box but he said if I was going to be picky on boards, then two extra boxes. I had ordered 8% extra and he felt that was not enough (he was right I see now). When I called him to tell him I think I made a mistake with the order and I should have ordered 2 T-Moldings and 2 Reducers and not 3 Reducers and no T-Moldings, he told me I needed 4 Reducers and 1 T-Molding. He was too far from me to do a quick stop over here to measure again. My current installer before hiring him, came by and pulled up the carpet to test which molding he brought with was the right one and also bought me a white foam pad with a big board to stand on (pulled the rug and padding up so the wood and pad would be on the cement floor)to let me make a decision on if I liked the feeling of a glued down floor or a floating floor. That is when I decided that I did not want 3 extra boxes of wood like my neighbor who ordered a different product from TrueHardwoods.com so I went with my current installer and also my current was able to begin right away. BUT I see now that I was wrong and my current is not doing a good job and I am afraid for him to cut new molding to install since all his cut boards are poorly done with various size spaces next to my wall. Also the installation itself was done wrong and I had to call the manufacturer of the FloorMuffler with Ultra Seal and put them on Speaker phone since the current installer did not believe the instructions and was not using the ULTRAseal tape (he had it tucked under the pad!) at all and was not gluing the pieces together and was not putting the pad up against the wall a bit. The manufacturer said to insulate and protect from moisture he was doing it wrong and I was right. Then my current installer did it right in front of me and then when I left the room and came back I saw he was doing it wrong again! He installed damaged boards and some of the boards are not enough distance form each other with the seams. I am unhappy with his installation but very happy now with the beautiful Brazilian Cherry floors and so glad I went with the 5" wide boards since the grain is gorgeous and the coloring is now the orange reddish color I felt it should be when first installed despite not looking like that in the box.

I really would like someone to install the last row of boards when the new box comes in and cut the new baseboard trim to install it so the cuts and piecing together can be professional. If I have no one else, I would have to have the current installer complete the installation of the wood with me there the whole time since I do not trust him anymore.

I almost did not hire the current installer when he did not return my phone calls when I found the 47 foot crack in the cement floor but he arrived Thursday morning without return my phone calls the prior night or the prior days and I wanted the floor done.

He also ripped out two side corner moldings near my tiles (my brother took the molding off the walls everywhere else and did a good job) and metal is showing and he cracked two tiles. He installed the two T-Moldings and you can see nail heads and he scratched the molding and a tiny crack now from putting the nail in the molding. Now I see why he wanted to reuse the old trim since I do not feel his carpenter skills are that good. He was referred by a client of mine that used to sell the current installer insurance before he retired from the insurance business.

I had a painter come in today to give me an estimate on just painting the walls and not the trim. I have another painter coming by at 2 PM to give me an estimate also.

Thank you ricewO for the suggestion of Angie's list. I may call back the other installer as well as all the messages I left last night on Angie's list's carpenters, flooring installers and painters. Thank you for your nice offer. I wish you lived near me.

kge9, msgreatdeals, sippimom & ricewO, thank you all for being there for me and responding. I will try the lumber yard for a carpenter, craigslist & servicemagic if none of the calls last night pan out. In fact I may look tomorrow morning as well as call the local lumber yard.

I wonder if that installer I liked so much but he wanted me to buy more wood (he was right) is good at cutting new trim since he had planned to put the quarter rounds or shoe molding on the old molding that was 3" high and would have not had much molding showing with the wood floors installed next to the molding rather than the molding on top and the long shoe molding on top would have been needed to cover the 1/2" space. I guess that is what also had me chose the current installer since he was going to remove the baseboard (my brother did this for the installer and removed the carpet and pad for him and the tackless to help me out to get back on better terms with me and to help me get the job done quicker) and reinstall it on top of the wood but I was not happy with the old 20 year old pieces that needed too many repairs and I want wider baseboard molding to cover the pulled off sheet rock on the wall that now has some brown paper showing.

I want my floor to be finished being installed with the new baseboard installed as well as painted so I can place my office furniture back in the home office and in the family room. I am so behind in my work and can barely get work done with my tiny computer desk crammed in my bedroom with a calculator on it and an All-In-One machine so that I have no room to right except on my lap.

I am willing to pay someone as a separate job to move everything back into my three rooms with felt on the bottom of the furniture and someone that has at least two strong men to do the job. The two college student that took out the drawers and moved the cabinets out with dollies are not strong enough to carry them inside without the dollies and they scratched my front door with my desk since it was too heavy for them. I was thankful they were here for me and I paid them payroll checks since they were not self-employed. But I can hire them to remove the files again and put them back in the drawers and move the lighter smaller file cabinets.

Hopefully the wood your getting will be from the same run since not too much time has passed. It will probably be difficult to get someone to take over a job that is not going well. Good luck!

msgreatdeals, thanks for your support. I hope the wood is from the same run.

I have someone who wants to paint that is visiting me tomorrow morning to give me an estimate. He has painted 2 other townhouses in my complex, has no BBB complaints against him, pictures on his website are nice. He is licensed and insured and knows someone who is a carpenter who can cut and install primed baseboard trim for me that the painter can paint before installation.

If I can't find someone to finish the wood job, I will let the current installer finish it but he MUST remove that bad board he used. I was surprised at how many bad boards were in the BR-111 boxes. I could not believe he used a board with a finish failure that looks like it will peel up. He used boards that were chipped and used wood filler to fix them when he was supposed to cut off the damage!

I am still waiting to hear from the company who I wanted to install the floor and paint as well as do the trim. They just did not have time and each week could not give me a definite date they could start and finish.

Lynn- I am so sorry to hear you are having trouble with the installer. If he ends up finishing the job, at least he will hopefully be more conscientious and careful in his work.

When this is all over, you will love being in your home & office with beautiful wood flooring, new base boards & fresh paint. It will all be worth it!! -Laurie

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