Hi I'm looking for a sanity check, or maybe i need my expectations managing Vinyl flooring has been replaced to much of my home's ground floor area, under insurance due to a water leak. But I'm quite disappointed with the result as it isn't nearly as neat as the original flooring - I've lived here since the house was built 7 years ago. My main issues are a 2mm wide space where a join has been made, and that the vinyl isn't stuck down around the edges. The fitter said he couldn't do anything about the space in the join, short of the whole thing being relaid. And re the edges, he couldn't get a great fit because of the mastic that was still on the skirting left from the original flooring, that it not being stuck down around the edges is ok and how pressure sensitive adhesive works. However, even in a room that didn't previously have vinyl the fit is poor (imo) - plus I can lift it in one corner and there is no tackiness on the floor or back of the vinyl in that corner. Maybe it will look neater if the mastic is redone but I don't remember the original vinyl not being stuck down at the edges. Actually, I've just checked the upstairs bathroom and that does have a bit of play on the edges where it can be pushed down, it just isn't nearly as visibly obvious. Am I expecting too much from the new flooring/fitter? Christina
thanks. I'm glad it's not just me. I wasn't altogether happy they sent the same fitter back to try to rectify the faults and I was mostly fobbed off. I'll get back to the builders who are contracting out the work.
So that’s the standard of cheap shop vinyl fitters I’ve found. All the silicone should of been removed before the floor was fitted by the Floorlayer Should be glued all over as well.
Thats shocking. I dont normally comment on other fitters work, but thats really bad, and wants replacing
Thanks for the replies. The fitter is an employee of the flooring company. He didn't seem that bothered about the mess he'd left behind, even pointing out the beige/light brown substance left on the kickboards when I queried if they've been put back the right way up. There's something else bothering me about this though and I'm hoping you could put my mind at rest that it's nothing to worry about. I think it is this substance that has been poured down the rainwater drain on my property. Some solid lumps of the stuff were left in my kitchen sink and I can't seem to clean it off the skirting boards without it taking the paint off as well. Would you know if this is water soluble, or safe for pouring in the drain? What do you usually do with what you have left over?
The cowboy tipped his remaining screed down our drain by sounds of it. Have you paid for this job yet?
Hi it's being paid for by the insurers but I think the loss adjuster hasn't released the monies to the builder yet. I've emailed them both with the problems - there are more issues than I have mentioned here. I will have to pay for some work though as I gave them the uninsured work too (I didn't have contents insurance). That work was for the most part OK, although there is a bump in the middle of the vinyl in the hallway. I haven't been invoiced for the work yet.
keep in touch with your insurer as you are doing and they shouldn't release payment till you are 100% happy, no way should you be forced to accept what you are left with, no way!
