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Old 05-04-2005, 04:06 PM
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I just bought a house in East Falls and before i move in I am going to have the hardwood floors refinished. Does anybody have any contacts for good flooring companies?Thanks
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Old 05-04-2005, 04:31 PM
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Hello tklimek and welcome to Phillyblog!

I see that you posted a similar query in another forum. I posted an answer there:

http://phillyblog.com/philly/showthr...7885#post97885
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We had a guy refinish our floors - John the Floor Guy - I'll dig his number out for you when I get home from work. He did a great job, was really reasonable price-wise, and he came to our house within 30 minutes of our call for the consult, and then did the floors in 2 hours the next day! Talk about quick!
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Old 05-06-2005, 12:27 PM
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Old 05-06-2005, 02:53 PM
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What is your problem with Keystone?

Just curious
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They did our house and did a schlocky job.

They were more expensive than other companies but we had seen them TV (Furniture Guys) and were impressed by their pitch.

The guys who came out wasn't the guy who did the work, which is understandable because he was the top guy and he hired guys to do the work. But his contractors/employees were terrible.

We paid a lot of money for two rooms and the stairs (more than $2k) - and that was a number of years ago. We paid for five coats (since we had a dog). After the fourth, they were ready to leave. I had to remind them that they were doing five.

They were really sloppy - the corners of the steps don't look good where they missed several edges. There are several spots in the living room where they put poly over piles of dust from the sanding. They puttied some holes (their recommendations) and the putty didn't set, it came out soon after they were gone.

It was just a really bad experience. And the shine didn't last at all. It was done after a year.

We'd never use or recommend them. Their work was definitely lacking.
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Old 05-06-2005, 03:25 PM
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We re-did our kitchen and dining room flooring at our former home in Roxborough, and we got Kelley Carpet, of South Jersey to do the work for us- very professionally done- excellent appearance, perfectly lined up with a great moulding and threshold, solid work on the sub-flooring. They were also very timely and affordable! I would highly recommend them.

Here is their contact information:

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Address: 712 Delsea Dr, Pitman, NJ 08071
Phone: (856) 589-4000
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