Flooring Nightmare
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How even is your site finished HW floor stain? Nightmare finish
Comments (11)If the second sub made it "better", I'd hate to have seen just how bad your floor looked after the first guy. Honestly, I think that is the single worst floor staining job I've ever seen. The builder might want to find out from the first sub exactly what brand of stain was used then contact the manufacturer. It may be possible to chemically strip the stain out of the floor. I had never heard of chemically stripping stain but someone on this forum recently posted about an issue they'd had where builder accidentally put exterior stain on their hand-peeled interior log posts and, after contacting the stain manufacturer, they found out that the stain could be removed chemically. I'm linking below to her thread. If the stain can't be removed chemically, I would imagine that the only option is to sand the floors down till they reach fresh wood and then start over. I do hope your builder steps up to the plate to fix this. But, if he tries to either deny that this is his responsibility or attempts to convince you that your floors are fine and that you're being too picky, ask him if he would be happy if you posted his NAME, his BUSINESS NAME and business address along with these pictures (and a picture of HIM) on this forum and on every other home-building forum you can find on the internet. I know I WOULD NEVER hire a builder who had left a previous client with such a mess. Good luck. Here is a link that might be useful: GW thread about a similar stain problem...See Moremy vinyl floor NIGHTMARE! learn from my mistake
Comments (13)Does that really make sense? That this glue can only be used on sheet vinyl but not Peel N Stick (vinyl) tile because it won't dry? Isn't the key word 'VINYL'? Either way you have a solid piece on top of the glue. I would think it would be harder to get it to dry under a huge sheet of vinyl as opposed to tiles. DH didn't use the Roberts stuff but it was vinyl adhesive from Lowe's (I think it was called Henry). I only had like a couple of places that the glue came up on the side a bit and it was when he first started and wasn't sure how much to use. Yes, mineral spirits will take it off! That's what our glue said to use! I just couldn't remember because it's been about 5 years since we did the flooring jobs!...See MoreFlooring Installation Nightmare
Comments (25)Flooring Specialist for over 40 years. I’m in St Louis. This or these people are NOT floor installers. Maybe wannabes. Terrible job. End joints should never be even. I usually make them 3” 6” 9” never smaller than 3” on ends. Measuring first before start you figure this out. Also it’s a MUST to have a moisture barrier top on concrete. Also before start you run a moisture barrier test. Cheap way is plastic 12” x 12” clear plastic sheet taped down around edges to different areas to see if there is any hydrostatic pressure if there is by beads of water on the underside you should not use wood. Mildew only takes 3 days to grow. Will cause a musty smell and health hazard. I would go to 3 floor companies have them tell you how much to make right including tearout and if you by that time have furniture remove and replace. Then go to the men doing job they either replace and do it right or you will sue them plus punitive damages for the bid amounts you got plus you will go to all the tv stations to see if they would air their work and they might never get any work around that tv viewing area. Hope you got some paperwork for the cash you gave them and signed to do the work. Plus you can put a lien wave on each of them. If you gave them cash with no paperwork of agreement then you got duped and have to live with it. Take it as a lesson learned. NEVER EVER AGREE WITHOUT A CONTRACT even if it is a sub-contractor. Has to be signed by both parties and dated. If they want upfront money for labor tell them to take a hike. After job you inspect it have them guarantee it for 1 year or more and sign plus get a lien wavier....See MoreFlooring Nightmare! Baseboard advice please!!!
Comments (13)I had baseboard work done at our old house after new flooring was installed and the installers did a beautiful job, none of what you're seeing. All nice snug joints and hidden nails etc. Then we moved and I couldn't find their contact so hired someone random (long story) and it turned out pretty much like yours. New baseboards, installed a total mess. We could have DIYed and they would have been much better but we don't have time. I still haven't gotten over it, every time I look at them I'm mad all over again but I don't want to deal with the reinstall. At least yours have the tiny nail holes, at some point the installer for ours switched over to common nails and they are horrible. What a mess, I wish I'd been assertive and kicked him out when I noticed that. If you can have them corrected, do it. Otherwise I do think that caulk and paint will help it all disappear....See Morerfharmon
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