Carpet and Flooring Reviews - Empire Today

We had scheduled to have flooring in our upstairs and the kitchen.

The upstairs and staircases were done.

The finishing work is poor, and they did not put back furniture nor clean up.

The kitchen was scheduled for another day. After waiting that morning, they cancelled at the last minute.

It was rescheduled, only for the same thing to happen again. After that, we cancelled and asked for our down payment to be returned.

It has now been almost a month, and we still have not received the check. Every week I call and am told that it is in the mail.

User's recommendation: Do NOT use this company!!

Had new floors installed kitchen, family room and laundry room , laminate pieces sticks up in many places asked for help from Empire for 4 months and no help , installers come when they want, and the time that they want, no return calls from the company called many times and email them no response our home is torn up waiting for a response installers told us floor should be replaced, installers did a inspection took pictures we even bought extended warranty Do8extended extended warranty

User's recommendation: Do not use Empire Today no help at all.

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The start with the sales person went well. They were knowledgeable, had samples and could show the total cost before purchase based on the carpet options.

The sales person scheduled the wrong date and installers showed up an empty house. We later had to move the date due to the completion of the tile work by someone else. The date was easy to move, no problem, Empire makes that easy. The second attempt moved again because Empire ran out of the carpet underlay.

On the actual install day, the installer had me verify the underlay mat and carpet. It took about a half day for about 700 sqft of unfurnished basement. The carpet looks good, minus a clear seam I notice, but some seam is inevitable, hopefully it blends better over time. Upon completion, there were several gauges in my baseboards, and walls from door removal.

Empire considers these minor, though they will take spakle, primer, and re-painting to look just OK since they are perfectly located on the edge of trim and decorative routing at the top of the baseboard. Several nails were left up which my 5-year-old discovered as they went into her foot.

A few Band-Aids later, I think I have knocked them all down. I am happy with the carpet overall, probably wont use empire again, will probably deter others from using them or at least tell them what to look out for since the cost did not match up the install craftsmanship, and definitely not worth the work I had to complete after.Mayb

User's recommendation: Maybe recommend.

I had Berber carpet in installed in 3 bedrooms on Feb. 11.

The installers were great .Now 4 months later the carpet is worn down in the walkway and in front of my desk. I contacted Customer Service and was told to get it cleaned. What ??? It is brand new.

I did file a claim and an Inspector came out on May 6.

Took pictures and sent them to Empire. Empire closed the case.

User's recommendation: Do NOT use Empire. Poor product quality . Poor Customer Service.

The Sales rep told me (voluntarily) that laminate flooring would NOT have a hollow clicking sound when you walk on it. Actually it DOES make that cheap sound.

You don't know this until the flooring installation is done. Then it is too late. Empire would not give me a refund. A senior executive told me the hollow sound would go away in four months.

Really?!? This was on top of installers being 6 hours late a

User's recommendation: Stay Away - low price means cheap products and bad service.

The Sales Rep measurements were all wrong. They left a

WHOLE room off the order/quote.

Then the warehouse sent the installers out without enough materials.

We had to wait TWO weeks for them to complete the job without a working kitchen during this time. Once they finally got the balance of the material in the installers got some somthing on the new hardwood floor, and it won't come off.

User's recommendation: Beware.

Contacted Empire flooring after getting estimates from LL flooring and a couple private contractors. Decided on Empire due to warranty concerns, the personality of the salesman and comparable cost with LL Flooring.

I discussed a concern with the salesman regarding the underlayment that was to be used. I hoped for an option such as DMX (LL Flooring carries) which has what I believe are better wicking capabilities. I contacted Empire through their online chat 2 days after signing the contract and expressed my concern. I was contacted by the sales Manager who sent me a copy of the spec sheet for the underlayment (sound buffer).

After reading the spec sheet I was more convinced of my concern and contacted the salesman. Long story short I was given the ok to purchase the underlayment (DMX) by sales via text messaging. I purchase 700 sf of underlayment and notified sales that all was ready for the installers. The day of the installation I contacted the salesman after 8 am that I hadn't heard from installers which prompted a call from Empire an hour later notifying me that installers would arrive between 1 and 3 that afternoon.

I had taken 2 days off from work to empty the furniture, aquarium, etc and be there for the installation. After running an errand I returned at 11:15 to find the installers had been there and gone telling my wife that they could not install the underlayment I purchased and the humidity being 100% would void warranties. I notified the salesman about the situation, and he contacted the installers called me back and said that in fact they could not install the underlayment and I would need to reschedule.

I had planned this out with Easter in mind and a large family gathering. Now I'm stuck with an install date down the road and a wife who thinks I should install myself or hire another.

We live in the Florida Bay area. The person they sent to do the work (apparently they have no one in our area) spoke absolutely no English, bled on our floors, spent most of two days running his mouth on his phone, and on the third day, brought in another non-english speaking person to finish the job.

They put in 6 prominent tiles in the wrong direction. NEVER covered any of our furnishings so we had a LOT of dust and debris covering our bedroom. The pushy manager didn't care that we weren't satisfied..he ONLY wanted my wife's signature on his paperwork. Speaking of paperwork, the original guy refused to begin work until we signed of on the payment schedule which had absolutely NOTHING to do with him.

I grew up listening to Empire's commercial. Which is why we chose them.

We seriously regret that decision now. I would NEVER recommend this company to anyone for anything.

User's recommendation: GO WITH SOMEONE ELSE!

We ordered our flooring and when the first crew came they said that it was the wrong product as our floor was unleveled and told us to order a different product. The salesman had not brought a level was what we were informed and not his fault.

The salesman comes back and brings new samples and never checks the floor in other areas, and when the new crew comes, scheduled for first thing in the morning, arrives at 1 pm, my husband and I both took off, this crew states the same thing. We moved all of our cabinets and the contents of them upstairs and lived like that for 2 weeks. We are in our 60's. No apology from any of them.

Why didn't the salesman investigate the whole floor ahead of time. Shouldn't they be trained. And the installers coming at 1pm to start a basement job. They said the floor would take weeks as they would have to level parts of the basement.

Two different crews, 2 different opinions. Just such a depressing outcome, and feel like who do you trust if you can't trust a big company. We had hired a person who owned their own company and they went MIA before this.

Just really feel so very let down. They had even promised certain workers to us and kept changing them which was okay, but noone had the same opinion about what to do.

User's recommendation: Find someone else.

Listen to the poor reviews on this company. They gave us an estimate for our entire house and everything went well.

We were told that we were getting the top carpet with a full warranty. About 5 months after installation, we noticed what seemed to be a seam in the middle of our living room. It was very obvious and we called to take advantage of the warranty to get it corrected.

They sent out a rep to examine it and he explained that it wasn't a seam but a manufactures defect that occasionally occurs during a run of carpet. He said that he would submit our claim to the manufacturer but it would take awhile to get an answer.

I received a call today and was told that my claim was denied, however, they would replace our carpet for a small fee of

$900.00. She said that because I had two dogs in the house, that they couldnt warranty it. She continued to say that they always ask about dogs and kids when filing a warranty claim. So my understanding is that they have this great warranty that is voided if you have dogs or kids.

I asked if the fact that my husbands toenails were long was also a reason to void the warranty. She did not answer.

So here we are with carpet that is not a year old that we will be replacing so as not to have a line through the middle of our living room. Beware of this company.

They will say anything and what you end up with is apartment grade carpet with absolutely NO warranty. And a customer service team that is non existent.

User's recommendation: DO NOT CONSIDER. POOR QUALITY AND NO REAL WARRANTY.

moved all the furniture out of my 5 bedroom the night before to find out the day of installation they only had enough carpet for two. called costumer service they don't care.

they told me it would take 3 days.if i have to sleep on the floor with my 4 kids i can wait to have another company installed the carpet in my house. i will cancel on Monday F this company

User's recommendation: go to home depot.

After I prepared my house for install, was called the night before and have cancellation. So I want to cancel and told there is a fee..yet I took off work and worked and packed and I am not getting paid.

Tne whole experience was horrible I wanted a Saturday call so I could see the samples and instead they came at 9pm

Very unhappy,,no product and want cancelled. Thanks Clara Tornow

My husband and I requested a consultation, because in our last home Empire was an amazing experience, so we decided to purchase flooring from Empire for our new home. The sales person told us installation would be scheduled for 10/10/20, we asked for another date, but we were informed this was the best, so we canceled our anniversary plans, the day came and no one came to install the floors, and no one called.

My husband called, and we were informed that we were not on the scheduled for 10/10/20 but were scheduled for 10/17/20. We then spoke with the actual salesman who stated it was his error, so we decided to wait until the newly scheduled date. Well, 10/17/20 comes and the installers get here, but they do not have the correct amount of flooring and tells us it was measure incorrectly, and they can then install the floors on the following Wednesday when the truck comes in with more flooring, that indeed did not happen it was placed on calendar for 10/24/20 at this point I just want them to leave, but my husband called the office, and they assure him they will complete the installation, and we will be the first scheduled of the day on 10/24/20. Unfortunately, on 10/24/20 no one showed up by days end my husband called and asked did anyone intend to inform us that no one was coming out again?

Some woman called us back and stated that her boyfriend was still coming but was running late and was never informed that we were to have been scheduled as the first appointment of the day. When my husband asked if this is how they operate their business, she hung up. At that point we called back and told them to forget it. We have placed many calls to the customer service, and we are given the run around, We are being told they are still investigating what and how all these mishaps occurred.

However, we have been billed for badly contracted work, non-existent communication and a broken contract on Empire's end. We are still attempting to resolve this matter .

We were repeat customers, but never again. Very Unhappy Never Again Customer in Lebanon Tennessee.

User's recommendation: All Empires are not as customer focused as the next, try and find a location that cares. We learned this the hard way.

I reached out to Customer Service at Empire Today regarding cancelling order but was told I did not need to send the notice of cancellation as I was assigned a job number requesting cancellation of contract which I signed today, November 17, 2020, and was told someone would contact me in 24 hours. The contract states Empire Today must receive notice of cancellation by midnight of November 20, 2020.

Nowhere in the contract is there an email address for sending notice of cancellation though they emailed contract to me. I will send notice of cancellation by express mail/request signature.

User's recommendation: Buyer Beware.