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Enut said:
SIMON67 said:
Just had a sweary row with the guy on the phone. His parting shot was "I'm a floor fitter not a carpenter" give me strength ??
Shame he didn't tell you this at the start, then you could have got someone half decent to do the job!
Now the floor is dry I can see the living room skirting. Worse than the hall.
Now concerned about the floor. I know he didn't leave any expansion gap against the patio doors - not sure how much of an issue this might be with engineered wood floor. Wax has dried with lots of fluff / grit etc in it and several dents, presumably from tools etc. Also lots of damage / marks to walls, window cills. All was freshly decorated prior to floor fitting. More pics to follow...
Now concerned about the floor. I know he didn't leave any expansion gap against the patio doors - not sure how much of an issue this might be with engineered wood floor. Wax has dried with lots of fluff / grit etc in it and several dents, presumably from tools etc. Also lots of damage / marks to walls, window cills. All was freshly decorated prior to floor fitting. More pics to follow...
Sounds a nightmare. Sorry to hear it.
There is no excuse as far as I'm aware for dents in a new floor, however as it's going to spend the next two decades having furniture and peoples shoes all over it, probably a rug or coffee table in the middle, it might not be so bad as it feels now.
Grit and dust can be removed before refinishing, ditto marks in the wall etc assuming painted, but yeah what a pita.
There is no excuse as far as I'm aware for dents in a new floor, however as it's going to spend the next two decades having furniture and peoples shoes all over it, probably a rug or coffee table in the middle, it might not be so bad as it feels now.
Grit and dust can be removed before refinishing, ditto marks in the wall etc assuming painted, but yeah what a pita.
te. I feel for you.SIMON67 said:
Now concerned about the floor. I know he didn't leave any expansion gap against the patio doors - not sure how much of an issue this might be with engineered wood floor.
Depends on the span and how big the expansion gap at the other end is. I chose to put an expansion gap at our patio doors (which is a pain in the arse to do neatly!) but we have a 7-8m span to the opposite end of the flooring; if your span is less than about 5m it's probably OK with just the expansion gap at the opposite wall, IMO. Engineered flooring is remarkably stable. Regarding the skirting, I guess see what it's like once filled and painted. The wall gaps look normal to me - walls are never straight and filler WILL fill the gaps imperceptibly if done properly. The corners... well I certainly wouldn't have done it like that but I can believe that someone suitably skilled with filler can make that work. I do almost all of this sort of thing DIY, but from what I've seen every professional will have come up with a slightly different technique which works for them and ultimately gives decent results once complete; if this guy is particularly good with filler and particularly bad at cutting mitres, he may well be able to make that look good once finished.
Any sort of noticable imperfection in the finished floor is obviously not on, but there may be a polishing step still to go which will remove the fluff... not sure anything can be done about dents though!
Edited by kambites on Friday 31st March 16:11
SIMON67 said:
Now concerned about the floor. I know he didn't leave any expansion gap against the patio doors - not sure how much of an issue this might be with engineered wood floor. Wax has dried with lots of fluff / grit etc in it and several dents, presumably from tools etc. Also lots of damage / marks to walls, window cills. All was freshly decorated prior to floor fitting. More pics to follow...
Try not to worry about that and you need to let the floor settle for a while anyway, In the unlikely event it does bow, you will be able to trim it and cover the edge.That's a really poor job.
Pretty much the easiest profile to scribe and they've still just butted it.
Are the walls plasterboard? Because if you have to rip all of that off and start again, you will make a right mess of the plasterboard. I would factor in having to buy a taller profile skirting to cover any damage etc. Or an allowance for making good above the skirting if you try and salvage the bigger pieces and buy some additions lengths, as that Will take chunks of plasterboard off when pulled off.
Pretty much the easiest profile to scribe and they've still just butted it.
Are the walls plasterboard? Because if you have to rip all of that off and start again, you will make a right mess of the plasterboard. I would factor in having to buy a taller profile skirting to cover any damage etc. Or an allowance for making good above the skirting if you try and salvage the bigger pieces and buy some additions lengths, as that Will take chunks of plasterboard off when pulled off.
Slagathore said:
That's a really poor job.
Pretty much the easiest profile to scribe and they've still just butted it.
Are the walls plasterboard? Because if you have to rip all of that off and start again, you will make a right mess of the plasterboard. I would factor in having to buy a taller profile skirting to cover any damage etc. Or an allowance for making good above the skirting if you try and salvage the bigger pieces and buy some additions lengths, as that Will take chunks of plasterboard off when pulled off.
Half plasterboard - I've already gone up to 119mm and don't want to go any further. Going to have to fix any damage before replacing. Pretty much the easiest profile to scribe and they've still just butted it.
Are the walls plasterboard? Because if you have to rip all of that off and start again, you will make a right mess of the plasterboard. I would factor in having to buy a taller profile skirting to cover any damage etc. Or an allowance for making good above the skirting if you try and salvage the bigger pieces and buy some additions lengths, as that Will take chunks of plasterboard off when pulled off.
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