Hardwood Floors? What Do You Want? Do They Listen?
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Comments (26)I did not mean to let this thread drop. I want to say again, thank you all so much for your support. Greendesigns, that is probably the nicest offer of help from a perfect stranger I've ever received. And if you ever do roadtrip near Portland, hit Heirloom Roses in St Paul Oregon. :) Update---I did insist they refinish the floors. The GC told me the flooring guy agreed to "take care of the floors" which when pushed I discovered they were going to "repair" (which they'd already claimed to have done) rather than "refinish." I expressed concern over this to GC. They did the repairs last week. The spots are still there. :( Many/most of the spots are greatly lessoned/gone, but the worst spots (the ones in front of the front door and an area in the dining room) are still visible. It was because of those two areas that I insisted upon getting the floors redone. Obviously, I'm not happy and the GC knows this. (I'm sure the floor guy is not happy either because he's now invested another day on this job.) GC told me Thursday that he needed to talk to the floor guy and see what our next step is and I've not heard back yet. I'm sure his next step will be to tell me to shove it. You all understand--this is so exhausting--this has already delayed us moving in for several weeks, we missed our deadline of being in the house before school started because we made the floors a priority. And they're still not fixed! I gave floor guy 2 opportunities to fix it... what would you all do at this point? I am now done-stick a fork in me. I will live with those ridiculous spots--that never should have been there, had he done a careful job in the first place--but I refuse to pay this guy as if he did a good job. He did not do a good job and has shown he is not able to fix it. Does this seem reasonable...I am thinking that I should pay floor guy for materials and installation, but not the line item for finishing? That gives me the option to get them refinished properly later (I know it's a hassle) but then I am not seething that I've paid for/accepted an unacceptable job. What do you think?...See MoreScuffed Up Hardwood Floors. What to do?
Comments (5)" I looked at different poly to apply but from everything I read you risk adhesion problems." Sounds to me that there is already adhesion problems from some sort of contaminent or procedures not followed correctly. Adding a completely different product on top of a mess very well make this a complete mess. I would stop, take a step back and figure out what is wrong with the finish currently in place. You mentioned you have cross posted on the flooring forum, that will be in my opinion where you will get good advice, maybe not what you want to hear but good advide....See MoreRefinishing hardwood floors...what do I do about baseboard?
Comments (6)Floors! Always floors. The baseboards, if left in place during the refinish, are most likely going to get dinged up a little (that's why some of the best flooring jobs include removing/updating baseboards at the same time). That's fine as long as you plan to replace them in the future. In the mean time, a little bit of touch up paint will hide most of the damage (which should be minor to begin with)....See MoreWhat hardwood do I really want?
Comments (3)Whew. Hard to say...my first reaction to A = will read DARKER in a house because the house will take on the darkness of the floors. If your new home has a TON of natural lighting and HUGE amounts of artificial lighting (some homes are well lit...others not so much) then the darkness of the floors will be off-set nicely. Personally I think B is the closest to your current floor but I'm not a fan of hand scraped. It always looks fake to me. That leaves C. It is a close cousin to B without the hand scraping (if the photos are to be believed) and the bevel is minimal. The gloss level will calm down as you live on the floors (ie...they should get duller as they age...but it could take several years to do this). I love hickory. It has HUGE amounts of movement (different colours). With a stain on it, that will calm down a little/quite a lot depending on the stain....See MoreUnique Wood Floors
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