Harwood Flooring and/or Carpeting Installation

[rainbow-spork.livejournal.com]

Has anyone out there had hardwood floors installed? What about carpeting? Can you recommend anyone good for either task?

I've poked around on Angie's List a bit, but I'm looking for further recommendations. I'm brand new to this whole homeowner thing (in fact, I don't even own it yet), so I'll also take advice on how to go about finding tradespeople in general.

Comments

[m-b-w.livejournal.com]

For any other people who want "real linoleum (not vinyl)," I would NOT recommend Ace Flooring on Broadway in Ball Square. When we went in a few days ago for linoleum, the woman working there directed us to vinyl. As many people do use these terms as synonyms, we weren't very concerned but specified that we wanted REAL linoleum; her response was "vinyl IS linoleum." We again tried to clarify that we wanted a natural product such as Marmoleum. It turns out that the store does carry Marmoleum but, after she spent several minutes digging out the samples, she said "we don't really sell much of this" and seemed to be have no interest in our business. So, as much as I would have liked to work with Ace because they are our neighbors in Somerville, we're heading to Watertown to bring our business to Only Flooring or Father & Son . . .

[nomacmac.livejournal.com]

I ran into the same problem with dozens of flooring places that I called. Vinyl is NOT linoleum! Father & Sons was the only place that didn't try to convince us that cheap, ugly vinyl was better than real linoleum. (FWIW, 4 yrs later, we still love the linoleum...it's really easy to take care of, and looks like it belongs in an old home)