John Wissinger

Worth every penny. John knows wood floors. He went above and beyond to make the floors look beautiful. He fixed areas that were torn apart by 75 years of wear, replaced wood that was damaged with exact matches. He is not hesitant in his craft. The work gets done quickly and responsibly.

I have used John in the past on 2 different homes in Chestnut Hill.  His work was acceptable at the time.  On this project, I asked John to sand, stain, and finish newly installed wide-plank white oak flooring (8? to 16? wide) on the first floor and some existing wide-plank long leaf pine on the 2nd floor.  Needless to say, these floors were spectacular before he started. Well, he ruined them.   His price was reasonable and he said he could do the job ??no problem?. I held back on submitting a report to Angie?s List because I was trying to recoup my cost/ money from John.  To date he has refused to take my calls and has refused to refund the money I paid him.  Below is a list of just some of the problems:

-Sanding machines dug long groves in almost all of the boards,

- His edging machine gouged the newly installed custom baseboard all around the rooms,

-Workmen spilled stain on a corner of a newly painted wall and tried to hide it,

-At the start of the job John agreed to sink all existing nails, in the end he said he wasn?t able to because the floor was too hard,

- Stain application was splotchy,

- John must use some type of sanding sealer and not oil based polyurethane as he said he would, less than 2 years of minimal use later, there are 2? X 2? areas of the floors are scuffed from the vacuum cleaner and all need refinishing. I think using the sanding sealed allows for a shorter amount of drying time between coats.

- Workmen regularly smoked outside the front door and left their cigarette butts on the ground,

You might ask why I paid him. Well, John did a good job in the past and I was in the middle of a major rehab on our house.  Additionally, a lot of the problems did not present themselves immediately.  I also believed john was a man of his word and would fix any issues in the future- well he didn?t and I paid the price.  Also watch out for the sob story about his son and his surgeries.  Sorry to have to tell it like it is, stay clear of John Wissinger Hard wood floors-he is only a shadow of his father in the business.

They picked out the important areas that needed to be worked on. They made sure everything was okay. The work was done on time, and it was clean.

John & his crew have been doing my floors since I moved into this house 18 years ago. I found him via an ad in the local paper & I'm glad I did. I've had John back here four times to do more work. He is totally trustworthy - I have no qualms about giving him the key to my house & having him work while we're away. Most recently John refinished my living/dining/front hall area & did an absolutely beautiful job.He has also refinished bedrooms and our kitchen floor. John's crew always does an excellent job cleaning up, and most recently I was gratified to learn that he has new equipment that cuts way down on the dust kicked up by refinishing. He will also put up plastic sheeting to keep the dust from getting into other areas of the home.

They had to reschedule because one of the workers came down with the flu, so work started later than planned. The job was done as expected in the amount of time promised. There was lots of dust, but they hung plastic over all doorways to reduce movement of the dust. the floors are beautiful.

I called John and he returned my phone call the next day. Two weeks later his crew arrived and finished the job in three days including moving the heavier furniture. The floors are beautiful.

Lots of dust - this is not a dust free contractor. There were areas that did not stain, and I asked him to come back. Never did.

He re-did my wood floors. He was wonderful. All A+s. He cleaned up after himself. His work was meticulous. He made sure all of the dust was gone before we moved in.