Mclaughlin Flooring Installation Inc.

Last summer Rick and his team re-floored two rooms of our house with hardwood flooring. They did a great job, so of course I wanted them back to re-floor the kitchen this year. The existing floor was super cheap laminate, which was covering up 40 year old stick-on tiles. So there were some layers to remove before they could get to the job of laying sub-floor. This house is over a hundred years old, and nothing is level or straight anywhere. (Except the floors that Rick has done!) There was one particularly problematic area in the kitchen, where the floor was about 1.5 inches below level. I had a couple of other contractors in to quote on the floor. One said it was impossible to fix. The other said all he could do was pour self-levelling cement in the corner and hope it didn't run off somewhere it shouldn't. (OMG). But Rick wasn't afraid to take on what these other guys saw as "impossible". He's an artist when it comes to levelling up floors, and arranges the shims in various intricate ways to accommodate the rise or fall of the floor. He does really good, detailed work, as you can see from the pictures. It's really excellent to have a level floor now!

Between last year's and this year's re-flooring projects, I've had 4 different quotes besides Rick's. Most of them wanted to just slap down new floor on top of old floor and then charge a lot for this service. Rick gave me a detailed quote on a complete job, no half measures, and still came in below the others. He ripped up old floor, laid new sub-floor, levelled it all up, laid the new flooring, then installed quarter-round or baseboard as required. Plus the team did a perfect job of installation. Nothing sloppy. All corners tight and straight. Then they cleaned up everything when they were done, including sweeping up inside and out. They arrived precisely on time at 8am, and were completely done by 530pm.

Rick is a stand-up guy, straight forward and trustworthy. The guys who work with him (including his son Jordan) are decent, hard-working, talented and professional.

I highly recommend this flooring company's services!