American Standard Flooring

I worked with Earl to refinish my incredibly beat-up hardwood floor in an old Craftsman home I'd purchased. Earl was by far the most knowledgeable of all the floor refinishers I'd spoken with, and his attention to detail was astounding. He not only told me more things about my floor then I'd even learned, but was patient and kind while doing so. He does all the work himself, and is patient in explaining what he's doing and how he's doing it. My floor looks better then the day it was laid, and Earl was able to bring parts of it back that I was sure were going to need replacement. He was a pleasure to have work on my home, and my only regret is that I don't have more wood for Earl to work on. I can't recommend his services highly enough.

Earl Hodson of American Standard Flooring is among the most incredible craftsmen I’ve ever worked with. For example, I had a 35-year old, oak parquet floor in my entryway and hallway, and I wanted to install plank wood flooring in my adjoining kitchen, dining room, hallway and office. The parquet needed refinishing (badly). I had no idea how the two floorings would match. Earl recommended that I purchase unfinished plank flooring from Owens (which makes hybrid, engineered oak flooring with the thickest wear layer possible, because it goes down to the top of the tongue) said that he would refinish the parquet and match the color with the new flooring. This was not easy to do, because he said the old wood absorbs the stain differently from the new wood. In short, he spent some time working it out on test samples, and the resulting color match is perfect (see photo). It looks like I have all new flooring. Even more extraordinary, he wanted the flooring to look good at the end of the run, and not have to lay a half-width board where it meets tile in the bathroom, so he did trial layouts from the kitchen, up a step to the dining room, then down the hallway into the office, where it ended at the bathroom. And now, I have a full-width board that runs parallel to the doorway against the tile. Who’da thunk? He also leveled my concrete slab floor, filling in the depressions. He’s a talented artisan, choosing and arranging the boards to have the most attractive appearance, rather than just plunking down whatever comes next in the box. His claim of dustless finishing is accurate. He uses a sander equipped with a device of his own design that effectively captures the dust. And these are just the beginning of the problems he solved.