The Wood Doctor

Description of Work: Kitchen cabinets had worn finish and some trim had mismatched finish.

Description of Work: First Contact Email Sent on August 3 2016 Greetings, We have a odd, small project in need of your services. We tore up the carpet in a hallway (20 SF) and off the stairs (13 treads) and need them all replaced with new material. We would like to match the top nail narrow plank floor that is original to the house. We know this is white oak. We would like to provide the Oak material, unless you might be able to source salvaged materials. Would you please let us know your pricing, and scheduling? We were hoping to have this project wrapped up by mid month, however, we have been experiencing some flakiness with all the contractors we have been referred to thus far. Thank you kindly for the response!

Description of Work: I have paneling in my living room. They rough-sanded and refinished the paneling.

Description of Work: The work performed was good quality. They completely stripped and refinished two solid cherry doors in our front entry. The doors were 20 years old and looked bad with streaking and water spots. When they were finished, they look almost new with the exception of a few minor spots in the molding crevices.

Description of Work: Cabinet Refinishing

Description of Work: All cabinets in the home were refinished and stained. New knobs and hinges were added to cabinets as well. Banister was also refinished and re-stained.

Description of Work: We got an estimate from them.

Description of Work: My elderly parents needed their oak cabinets in their kitchen repaired. The cabinets had over twenty years of use had started to show damage. The Wood Doctor came in and basically made the cabinets look new.

Description of Work: Refurbish dark-stained wood windows, cabinets, and paneling in dining room, living room, front hall and stairway in an 1910 Craftsman.

Description of Work: He stripped and restained bathroom cabinets.

Description of Work: Nice guy. I think he meant well, but the quality of work is very mixed. We hired Stephen primarily to clean up our kitchen cherry cabinets from 20 years of use. This included a re-glossing, not a re-surfacing. At the same time, a cabinet maker rebuilt our island with new cherry panels that needed to be matched to the existing cabinets. Stephen promised several times that he could match "99%" to the other cabinets. Though we talked with him in detail about how he would achieve this (my husband is very knowledgeable in this area), Stephen was certain that he would be able to do this. When it became apparent that the match was not good, he initially said that he would "eat the cost" of having another contractor complete the job, which I thought was appropriate. He later asked my husband to share the cost. Because Stephen had seemed to be up front about the difficulty working with the new cherry, and our desire to have the job done right, my husband agreed to share the cost, but that we wanted to be very involved in the consultative process and with the new contractor. Long story short, the cost was very high, and we had little confidence in either of them. My husband ended up finishing the project beautifully. He also was to refinish the wood on the edges of our stairs. They look adequate, if no one looks closely. To us, they look poorly done, with a muddy looking finish. Stephen was also contracted to refinish a maple dresser and headboard. It was a poor job. I had to ask for more coats of finish because it felt sandy and unfinished. When the project was "complete" some of the drawers were very noticeably lighter than the others (some of this is related to the nature of maple). I asked him if he could darken the few drawers to match. He left the pulls and knobs on the drawers and varnished over the top of them!. If that weren't bad enough, because now I am not able to replace the pulls with a different shape- one of them had been replaced upside down when he varnished over the top, so when I turned it over the dresser showed an outline of the upside down handle. The sides of the dresser and the legs were done poorly, showing acid marks, and sanding that wasn't then varnished. The matching mirror was not finished well, with several edges sanded but not finished. The headboard is a bookshelf type. Looks good until I lie down and see into the spaces that there is slopped stripper all over the inside. And the trim pieces were sanded but only varnished on the front, though they had been finished fully from the factory. By the time I had spoken to Stephen several times about all of these things he needed to attend to, I just wanted him to be done, and gone. The dresser is used in the spare room, thank goodness. But I get mad every time I look at the set.

Description of Work: They restored our oak cabinets and installed handles.

Description of Work: The Wood Doctor refinished some wood doors for me, and they did some cabinet work.

Description of Work: The wood doctor restored our cherry cabinets in the kitchen and two bathrooms, and also restored our front door which was damaged from 22+ years of weather. All that they required was that we emptied the drawers and leave the cabinets as is. They covered the shelves with towels. EVERYTHING turned out even better than I had expected. The cabinets shine and the front door looks like new! They did a wonderful job with little or no intrusion into our daily lives. It was great!

Description of Work: Sanding and refinishing (restoration) of original unpainted built in bookcase in 100 year old craftsman home. Repair (sanding and refinishing) of extensive damage of window sill and front door due to dog claw scratches.

Description of Work: Completely restored all our kitchen cabinet doors including the wood panels on our large sub zero refrigerator.