Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering Re: Flooring question 2Mar 09, 2023 2:06 pm I've never heard of expansion joints going into a wood, hybrid or floating floor through the middle of any rooms. There's a gap UNDER the skirting around the entire perimeter of every room for expansion. Something tells me your builder is trying to minimise the loss of the remedial work by getting you to accept a lesser solution or a more expensive product. I would chat with the supplier/manufacturer of the flooring and ask them about this expansion join in the middle of a room business. Better yet if your builder has installe dthat product in any display homes, you will have proof of it being installed without such joins through teh middle of a room. Re: Flooring question 3Mar 11, 2023 12:03 am Thankyou for your reply. He has come back with a number of options, and all of them benefit him. This has left such a sour taste. Re: Flooring question 4Mar 11, 2023 8:58 am Firstlasofrobtics Thankyou for your reply. He has come back with a number of options, and all of them benefit him. This has left such a sour taste. can you ask him for a complete refund of floor cost, and then find someone else to do it properly? or get a quote from someone else to do it properly, along with the options they suggest and present it to the builder? Re: Flooring question 5Mar 11, 2023 9:43 am strannik Firstlasofrobtics Thankyou for your reply. He has come back with a number of options, and all of them benefit him. This has left such a sour taste. can you ask him for a complete refund of floor cost, and then find someone else to do it properly? or get a quote from someone else to do it properly, along with the options they suggest and present it to the builder? The builder is trying to claim that I knew about the expansion joints needing to be installed base on ‘asking for hybrid flooring as a variation’, with no evidence or documentation. They are suggesting 1. Install with joints 2. Install without at my own risk 3. They will do everything and pay 50% of cost of vinyl glue down that won’t need expansion joints and I have to pay the other 50% (I think this one is actually lose / lose for all of us). 4. Refund just over a little more then half of what we paid. Which would mean if we installed ourselves we would be out over pocket by my estimate a little over $5000 if we had to put in a new floor. The floor is getting lumpier and I’m concerned that it could get progressively worse where it’s very noticeable and unmanageable. If it does not get worse taking the money and run may be an option. I would do this if it was a full refund. I’m not finding much help on line in regards to their responsibilities and my husband is worried that going via the fair trading process will drag out and just overall not be good for us health wise. I’m going to try to get someone else to look at the floor and see if they think it will get worse or stay the same. Re: Flooring question 6Mar 11, 2023 10:49 am Have you got a floor plan? Are there logical expansion points? Would help to see sizing of areas. Would changing flooring direction give more logical expansion trim areas? Our whole house is hybrid (192 square metres supplied), there are two expansion points with trim covers. One is under a door, the other is a walkway but we don’t notice either. I removed all plaster, paint, glue etc from the floor before floor installer got there. He checked the slab and did some local grinding in a lot of places. His go/no go gauge was a 1m level - if it could be rocked he would smooth it. Skirting was drilled off before flooring was done (out fixing carpenter hates people who only glue and nail) and the skirting board installed after floor installation. We have scotia around kitchen area and an end channel trim at sliding doors (which allows movement). Pics in this thread - I can get other pics if you need viewtopic.php?f=31&t=104814 1000000% definitely add insulation. I have in my home and it makes a big difference minimising sound transfer. Insulation is pretty cheap and definitely worth it 2 6424 Engineering timber is certainly a less fuss option, times cheaper to supply and install and better withstands humidity. 1 16238 Hi there, I'm a conplete newbie to this, but I'm looking to put a floor down in my 6x9m shed. It's currently sitting on a 100mm thick concrete perimeter (dirt floor… 0 6732 |