Went to measure a lounge diner tonight. Customer wants the same as the hallway which is spring oak on the 45 with a 10mm mahogany feature and a single plank border. Apparently she went direct to karndean for the hall which I guess means they recommended a local account holder. Anyway, had a quick look, it was OK, not great but most noticeable was the feature meeting the field. Cut true but not bevelled so there is a distinctive sharp edge on the join between field and border. Looked and felt really odd to me as the border planks had the bevelled edges butted to the inlay which you couldn't feel. Just a little thing but makes me wonder what is accepted because you're an account holder or "trained" installer.
If he was going to do that he should of used a 3mm deep design strip so its flush with the cut edge but is still half mm above the bevel edge.
I spot it all the time and it annoys me. Maybe it's just because of what I do. I always bevel the field into the border and once you get used to it it becomes second nature. I'm sure Amtico and Karndean regard it as good practice but don't know how they would respond if someone were to complain.
Not some thing I do usually but know what you mean. I fit border first, cutting field in second have a beveller but how would you use it with the border in the way, lay a strip of ply underneath to keep them up off the floor to run along?
To be honest at one time I didn't know you could bevel the edges & never had a complaint but when I was enlightened I thought oh **** what a t*t ? Especially when I realised I had a beveling tool bit didn't know what it was lol
I lay it in gently so not to grab the adhesive too much and so it overlaps the border, score it, lift it enough to snap and put a piece of scrap tile ( or the piece you've just cut off ) under the edge to bevel.
gottcha cheers. on tile designs I start from centre and with border its easy to run round all sides before border goes in.
