Cam’s Floor Covering Specialists
CA License #833448
Carlos Mercado
Phone: 619-884-9697
Hardwood flooring specialists. Several stores actually subcontract out to Carlos. It’s probably cheaper just going through him directly once you pick out your wood. His guys are GREAT and he actually did Philip River’s house as well.
Carpeting/custom rugs: Phillips Abbey Carpet in Oceanside. I dealt with Ken who was FANTASTIC. I actually went through them to get my hardwood flooring and he contracted the job out to Carlos listed above.
Quite honestly, my experience was so good with Ken and Phillips Abbey Carpet that I probably would just use them. I’m not sure how much they mark it up but he is a true pro. They made several custom rugs and he wasn’t happy with the quality so he re did them.
Electrician: GREAT electrician is Heron Moriarty at Confort Air and Electric. I’ve used him many times for several things and he is a very honest guy with good prices. (619) 929-8297
Bathroom renovations: I renovated several bathrooms with Kerry Taylor at Taylor Pro. He has his own guys that he uses and he kind of manages the projects but he was so dependable and reliable and the bathrooms turned out GREAT!
I actually went over to Surfaces USA on Miramar road and bought several slabs of Carrera Marble myself and his guys picked it up and installed it. He didn’t care that I bought all my own fixtures/sinks/etc. myself from Amazon.com and he installed them. He doesn’t mark up the fixtures so he didn’t care where I got them.
Beware many contractors mark up the prices on the items so it typically is better you buy them yourself if you can.
Custom made shades or curtains or black out blinds: I used Smith Shade out of Lemon Grove and dealt with the owner, Ralph Smith who did a GREAT job making custom black out blinds for several of our rooms along with custom covers to hide the shade when they are rolled up. 619-299-2228 http://www.smithshade.com
Home Theatre and networking the house stuff: American Home Entertainment. I deal with Kjell Osness who is really great. 858-430-1701. http://www.aheav.com
Custom made closets: I went with California Closets and was really pleased with the custom closets. It’s amazing the computerized software they have. They will come out and give you a free estimate. He will just take the measurements and then give you all these options to choose from or you tell him what you want and they will design it for you.
We did 6 closets with them including a walk in his and hers closet and my wife LOVES her walk in closet they did.
There are others but these are the terrific guys I can think of off the top of my head. They really did a great job.
