Almost impossible to say without pictures. But ask the boss straight up if he would be happy with this install in his house..........................

Based on your descriptions none of these sound acceptable. There will be some small gaps that may need to be filled with woodfiller, but they should not be the width of a grout line. I'm guessing that is woodfiller at least on that part. You shouldn't be able to see the backing that doesn't sound like they even connected the pieces properly. As for the end joints with pieces of material. I can't even figure out what they may have done there.

I used the Versini product in an addition. I did see a little bit of the glue extrude in a few spots. This was supposed to be cleaned up and was very minor. I did put in base molding. The product did wear very well. I think what you are describing is a poor install job. As you are aware, this isn't a cheap material. Be prepared for a fight.

Becky , can you provide pictures. I'm curious to see #3 that you mentioned.

Also curious about #3. If you want no shoemold, I assume the baseboard was installed after the wood floor.

Thanks for the comments. The pictures I took yesterday weren't good, so I'm not even going to waste time uploading. I'll try again today and will upload them this evening.

@Johnson Flooring, yes, the floors were installed before the baseboards, so it should have been easy to avoid the gaps. In rooms like the pantry & dog kennel, I had the trim guys install shoe mold to resolve the issue and didn't bring them up to the flooring guys (other than to say, I fixed the problem here, so I want you to fix it there). Those are relatively small rooms and I can compromise on my ideal look. My living room is open to the kitchen, dining room and foyer, so if we install shoe mold in the living room we will need to do it every where.

I hate shoe molding. It always looks dirty.

Finally got some photos.

1. Joints aren't tight.

2. something is stuck between the joints.

3. gap at baseboard...

4. gap filled with wood filler??? (This is in the kitchen & highly visible.)

It looks like your house was NOT built straight!! You need to have a serious conversation with your GC! IMO...either get it straight or serious compensation. I think your GC is using VERY cheap labor to make allot of money! What's new these days......

When I said there was a little glue that could be wiped off, I wasn't talking about gaps this size. This is a bad installation.

As detailed in a similar thread, industry and government standards for an acceptable gap is 2mm-3.175mm. Yours is way over.

robin069 may have a point. But the flooring installers could have simply cut a triangular piece that would fit flush to the wall.

No house is built 100% straight. #3 looks like a layout oversight. Ideally they would have ended with something less than a full width board on each end so it can be cut to fit the wall and not need a shoe. That gets more challenging sometimes when the same floor extends from space to space, but someone who knows what they are doing would plan ahead and have a reasonable fix.

I hate shoe molding. It always looks dirty.

I thought it was just my cleaning abilities! LOL.

It looks like your house was NOT built straight!!

I think it is just the floor that makes the walls look like they aren't square. The gaps shown in photo #1 aren't consistent along the board. One end might have an acceptable gap and the other end looks like the photo. Once you get to the end of the room with a couple of skewed boards it looks like photo #3. If it were a smaller room instead of the open floor plan, it might not look so bad in that corner.

robin069 may have a point. But the flooring installers could have simply cut a triangular piece that would fit flush to the wall.

Sounds like a triangular piece might be the "fix" for now. We are so far over schedule that if we don't convert our construction loan we will get hit with extra fees. I might not gain as much fighting over this as I'll lose in bank fees for not wrapping it up ASAP. It kills me to say this, but maybe I'll have to live with it for now and redo the floors ourselves at a later date. I've installed vinyl and tile flooring as a DIY project in previous houses. It took FOREVER because I wanted it right, but they looked good. I'm guessing if I can do vinyl and tile as a DIY, I can do wood floors.

No house is built 100% straight. #3 looks like a layout oversight. Ideally they would have ended with something less than a full width board on each end so it can be cut to fit the wall and not need a shoe. That gets more challenging sometimes when the same floor extends from space to space, but someone who knows what they are doing would plan ahead and have a reasonable fix.

I think you're right. That is how I did my DIY tile and vinyl floors. I spent days planning the layout before I started. I don't expect professionals to spend days planning it, but since they do this on a daily basis I expect them to know how to do it and put thought into it. I think this guy just picked a corner and started working.