Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering Re: Joint on middle of laminate flooring-Is it really necess 12Sep 26, 2017 6:11 pm Decomo Hello Homeone Friends, I am not sure if this has already been discussed and if it did, please guide me where I need to go and find it. We are building a house with Metricon and just noticed that they put nasty joint between hallway and living room. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ We never seen this joint on any of Display home and all of my friends house nearby do not have this. Even my friend who is an owner builder told me that it is not normal and he always put continuous flooring. My 3rd party home inspector told me that most of homes have continuous flooring and it is just poor workmanship and it can cause safety hazard issue... However, Metricon told us that it is what needs to be done if hallway to living room length is longer than 10m. And, the length from entry to the end of living room is 18m in total so they put cross joint. Otherwise, warranty cannot be offered from manufacturer. I am totally lost who is right and is it really a must to put cross joint. It just look poor work. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. (My wife has panicked after seen this and hassling me to fix this issue ever since ) Thank you so much in advance. The joint is only required when you use laminate flooring for expansion. I'm also building with Metricon and the only way you don't want the joint is you upgrade to engineer timber flooring. My friend who works in carpet call told me that good quality laminate flooring doesn't have joints only the cheap ones come with the joint. Re: Joint on middle of laminate flooring-Is it really necess 13Jan 29, 2018 7:56 pm We aren’t building with Metricon, but we’ve also been told we require expansion joints for engineered wood flooring. Apparently the only way to avoid is to opt for glue down rather than floating or get vinyl :/ We are exploring our options. do not pay until you are satisfied with workmanship windows require flashing over the head archithrave and up under weatherboards 3 29107 Currently renovating, and our main lounge is 5m x 10m, with a cathedral roof peaking at 6.5m high. Currently have tiles on concrete slab. Room is very hard to heat. I am… 0 5403 Hi, I am planning to select San Selmo reclaimed original for the fascade of my build. I have seen many photos on line of the brick varying from a rustic to a neat finish.… 0 4839 |