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Laminated flooring cowboy job by builder
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Errrr... likewise...aaah, I just didn't realise which level you meant!
Its scary how these people get off taking money for this standard, shocking. Trying to get some money back from him, near impossible....aaah, I just didn't realise which level you meant!
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I have come across these kind of cowboys in my time.
I made a lot of money ripping up their crap and fixing it.
Funny thing is that most customers asked my quote but then went for the cheaper one.
Inevitably they'll call me to fix.
That's when I would double my quote to rip up the lot and redo.
Once I ripped an entire 24 unit kitchen.
I saved only the doors and hinges but didn't offer a guarantee on them (cheap 15mm chipboard probably from Ebay)
A couple of years later I went there to replace doors and hinges.
Total: the customer paid almost 3 times what I had quoted initially.
This was one of the worse examples, but there were many very similar.
Unfortunately there are so many cowboys around who talk the talk but don't walk the walk. Always better to hire someone who can get the job done once.....ideally hiring someone who specialises in what your doing not jack of all trades
I can't seem to find dark grey caulk to fill the gaps, can I use laminate or timber floor sealant instead?
oh dear ...
Looks pretty awful.
The paint jobs aren't any better.
Like most jobs, taking time to do it properly isn't something that a jobbing builder isn't going to do.
By the looks of it, it might have been the first time faced with fitting flooring around anything.
The paint jobs aren't any better.
Like most jobs, taking time to do it properly isn't something that a jobbing builder isn't going to do.
By the looks of it, it might have been the first time faced with fitting flooring around anything.
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The tenants will probably trash the place in a year or 2 so I wouldn't worry about it too much it's not dangerous
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He had to get some money from you his horse needed feeding
Pretty awful looking job, probably never done laminate before or just can't be bothered.
Paintwork not much better.
If you have some spare laminate, always a good idea, swap out the really bad stuff.
Cork strip is the normal expansion stuff, or a gap, or silicone.
There are suppliers who will do almost any colour of silicone for a match.
no doubt the builder goes by the name Bodgit and Scarper.
In my experience, HDF laminate doesn't actually expand much at all and even in the heat of July and August, didn't see any movement.
Paintwork not much better.
If you have some spare laminate, always a good idea, swap out the really bad stuff.
Cork strip is the normal expansion stuff, or a gap, or silicone.
There are suppliers who will do almost any colour of silicone for a match.
no doubt the builder goes by the name Bodgit and Scarper.
In my experience, HDF laminate doesn't actually expand much at all and even in the heat of July and August, didn't see any movement.
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