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Mike Wong
Zeus.
Wesley Elliott
Opening the door you locked the day before after sealing the floor but it was unlocked.
Brian Adams
The painters’ truck in the driveway the morning you pull up to apply your first coat over stain.
Jim Hyde
“Can you hold the check for a few days before you deposit it?”
Brian Richey
“I seen this on the internet.”
Armando Garcia
Open windows and it's been raining all night.
Adam Melonic
"Well, that's not how they did it on YouTube."
Bill Bagley
“But the last flooring company made as many color and species samples as we wanted.”
jameslobawakol
That’ll be a decorator, Steve!
Skip Jones
Hearing a door open when you're coating the floor.
William Harris
"Do you move furniture?”
David Diaz
Customers wanting to mix stain colors.
Kent Chavis
“I‘ve done some sanding and finishing myself.”
Wayne Walker
Litter boxes.
Mauro Morales
“If you can match the existing color the job will be yours.”
Ryan DeGrange
“I put blue tape on all the spots that need fixed”... on the same day that it was coated.
Aaron Goodman
Yellow Post-It notes.
Jorge Perez
“I’m an engineer and wife is a designer”.
William Covington
Workers not showing up because it's summer too hot to handle.
Bob Patterson
Time deadline written in the contract and wood delivery is delayed…
Josh Bingman
OSHA.
Danny Urioste
Homeowner + blue tape = terrifying.
Robert Bassett
Guys coating over spot filler.
Micheal Seeley
Three Huskies.
John Michael
A hissing sound.
Billy Melvin
Forgetting my impromptu stain cup is not my coffee.
Christopher Morrison
Mop n Glo!
James Owen
Filing a lien in the property for non payment.
Jon Weeks Jr.
3 letters... D.O.T.
William Burnam
A Californian with “a vision”…
Bee Ha
Hearing footsteps when you’re at the place alone.
Adam Francomb
The new guy.
soulbrotha09
Getting the bubble guts after already finishing the way to the toilet.
roxanac202
“The stain doesn’t look like the sample.”
franjana147
Showing up to do a final coat finding fish eye everywhere.
brown_oaks_flooring
Watching water-based polyurethane dry.
bellabonch
When someone turns on a fan during the final finish.
fatony9
A helper who likes to drag things.
kahlbomco
Arguing with client/contractor regarding marks in new floor. Because of course I installed a dented or scratched floorboard.
lawsonfloors
A text from the homeowner that only says, "Call me."
floorsbytheshore
Cupped floors.
funguy3n
Rookie sands over any kind of 240 power cord.
reddys_hardwood_flooring
A text at 6 a.m. from an employee…
christieshardwoodflooring
“It probably just needs a light sanding.”
bellabonch
"I was just thinking a buff a coat” when there are three decades of pet stains.
