Hi, I hope I am posting in the right section and the question is indeed relevant. I hired a company to remove carpets and lay vinyl flooring in my home. In the landing area, the result is visibly not level (photo attached). I come from a culture where people are crazy about their homes, and some go as far as to summon a priest who comes dressed in full gear to consecrate the dwelling. This company wouldn't stay in business where I come from, to put it simply. However, I am actually quite agreeable and can't be bothered to obsess about every detail in my home. Do you think I am exaggerating in considering this work shoddy and rejecting it? I suppose the problem could be in fact caused by whatever is underneath the flooring, but if that's the case, why didn't the people who installed it call me to make me aware of the issue? I would surely have arranged for it to be sorted. Please help me understand what I can reasonably expect. Thanks.
I'd assume it was prepped with ply wood so as it looks flat in the pic it's your landing sub floor that isn't level and nothing can or should have been done bar rebuild your house
Thanks. Well, that sounds pretty much conclusive. I have to say, however, the inclination of the floor does actually change. It's not an entirely flat slope throughout. I don't know about you, but if I were the trader I would've at least warned the client, if anything just to manage expectations. As a side note, I am in general quite shocked by the low standard to which houses in England are made to begin with, and the fairly relaxed attitude of their dwellers, who in some cases pay a hefty premium to live in or indeed own dubious properties. I guess different strokes for different folks.
Not many if any floorlayers will lay a spirit level over a subfloor that's to be plyd and yes houses in England are made to a very low standard unfortunately but yes I would have made my client aware
This is just too true. I would say 80% of the houses I look at have subfloors that are no where near British standards. Very few builders work to these standards and the buck falls with the last one to touch the floor. The most disappointed customers as you say are the ones that have just paid over half a million quid for a new house and I have to try and explain to them they have a subfloor that isn’t good enough for a hard floor to be installed over without extension subdfloor prep work. It’s mostly bodged subfloor, then chuck a carpet over it all Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I haven’t spent over half a million for my house (my country is messed up real bad, but I could probably buy a lush villa with that kind of money) but I would have appreciated someone like you explaining it to me upfront, so I would’ve made an informed decision. I love people explaining me things. I listen. I must thank you guys for getting back to me so quickly, it helped set the conversation with the installers on a slightly better tone because I went there with the presumption they acted in good faith, which they did. To be fair to them, their houses, and the houses of their friends, are botched as much as mine so they stopped noticing these things. They also remarked newer builds are even worse.
