Ewing's Wood Floors

Neal Ewing and his assistant, Ryan Patrick, installed the new kitchen floor and refinished the existing wood floors in the time frame they said it would be done.(we were out of our upstairs living space for a week) When the floor finished drying, it was all full of bubbles. Ewing agreed and redid it. (we were out of our living space another week) When the floor finished drying again, the bubbles were gone, but the floor was full of sanding marks. Ewing agreed and redid it.(we were our of our living space another week) When the floor was finally dried, it looked okay and we paid him. After our floor was completed, Ewing supposedly retired and went out of business. His assistant on our job, Ryan Patrick, took over under the name of Patrick's Flooring. In January of 2010, I had Ryan Patrick come by the house because everything was marking on my floors, and, in the kitchen, the new floor boards were raising up, and my feet, socks and slippers were catching on the floor. I pointed out the marks and raised floor boards to Patrick. He said he would check for a different finish and get back to me. (He never did, even though I left many messages. I also left messages for Ewing, and my calls were never returned.) Patrick also said Ewing was not fully out of business. Later, some construction friends of mine told me (a) the floor finish was probably not put on correctly, resulting in the floors being easily scratched and allowing humidity to raise the floor boards, and (b) if I wanted a nice floor, I would have to have it redone.(taking everything out of my rooms, living in my basement or being out of the house because of my asthma, and having to pay additional costs for this work.) In August, I decided to start looking for another flooring contractor to redo the work. At the same time, I tried one last time to contact Patrick. I was successful in reaching him by phone. He told me he was a new business and had nothing to do with my floor, Ewing was retired (but I notice he's still advertising in my 2010-2011 phone book (white and yellow pages) and would not be answering my calls, and that there was nothing wrong with my floor (and I would never be satisfied). I then hired a new contractor who redid my floors correctly in October 2010 (at a cost of $1545), but I am still upset with the original work, and want to warn other people about getting involved with the Ewing and Patrick flooring businesses.