It sounds like your contractor dropped the ball more than once. Does he have his own flooring and electrical guys or does he sub out? I know things can go wrong but you have had so many issues and you should not be responsible for fixing his mistakes. Good luck and I hope when it is finished you will love it.

Remodeling is usually a nightmare. You can't ever get exactly what you want unless you rip it down to the studs. I don't know how anyone has the patience to build a new home.

Good ess, hou’ve trulynhad the instsllers from Hexx. First, the flooring installers should have installed the transitions between flooring types. thatnismpart of an install when matching up one flooring to another. Second, I would point out the scratching your brand new stove and ask what they are going to do about it. DO NOT let them get away with damage to your possessions.

i’m glad you got the water heater fixed. Everything should be ok, but i would be absolutely livid with the idiot who did that. And with the crummy install of your faucet. If it is a Delta, they have a lifetime warranty, so I’m told so you can call their 800 number and they should have handled it.

Yes, I promise, it will end.

Satine, he has his own people but he told me he had his own plumber and electrician before starting but he has been doing all of that himself. That was the reason when it went bad I called an actual plumber. He wasn't happy about that but I didn't trust him to fix it.

Outside playing, there are transition peices but because Pergo I had put in years ago was put on top of linoleum, they cut the moulding around the doors to fit. When the kitchen flooded, they ripped everything out and only put Pergo down, so now there is a gap because there isn't any linoleum under it anymore. The not-so-old faucet was a Moen and not a cheap one.

You need to stop buying stuff and trying to fix it yourself. You paid to have the floor "professionally" installed. If they installed the new flooring without building it up to the level of adjoining floors then they should provide the transition strips to make it right. Also isn't this an insurance remodel? If so they should have given you an approved list of contractors. It could be argued that the faucet failed on it's own. It doesn't take licensed plumber to reinstall a faucet. However the scratch on the new stove is on him to have repaired or replaced. Figuring out how to repair any mistakes is his job not yours. But you have to communicate your issues and give him a chance to make it right. Running about trying to do things on your own can very well alienate him. Then you will really have issues getting anything done.

If you post a pic of your trim issue, someone may have a creative solution for you other than plinths.

Wildchild, they aren't going to fix it without charging me more. No matter if they should have done it right the first time or not.

Olychick:

I would just get a piece of molding.

Very frustrating but not terrible.

I love your floor. Can you please share the info?

Eld6161, the flooring is Pergo Elements Saffron Chestnut. I was thinking of buying one peice of matching moulding and cutting it to fit the hole, is that what you mean?

In the case of your baseboard "hole"...the basebord needs to be notched in a continuous piece. That is the correct way to install it.

I'm also in a bad spot with my homes. My insurance company has decided "not-to-pay" the roofing claim on one of my rentals. They say it was insured differently than the others. Isn't THAT special....:0) $16K out-of-pocket due immediately.

Yes Kath. Ideally it should have been notched like Nicole says but will they replace that whole section and do it right?

Sometimes you just need to move on.

Nicole, this company didn't cut the moulding, the guy who did the first Pergo I put in to change the linoleum out did it. Sorry to hear about your insurance company not paying. That's awful. I would be living with a water logged kitchen still if mine hadn't paid. Or maybe Lowes off the shelf cabinets and stick on tile for the floor.

Eld6161, they will if I pay them but my daughter and I are going to try and fix it so I don't have to tear off the moulding and pay hundreds more.

Workers back today. Everything nearly done except the electric in the island.

That's good. That is something that you will not notice once you are busy with regular kitchen life.

Side story: not exactly the same. Our tiles in our master bath were imprints copied from a Citrus tree. Most were just wavey lines but some had weird curly q’s We separated the good, the bad and the ugly. And we didn't want two tiles that were unique next to each other.

DH was diligent in watching. However, he must gave blinked. Front and center are two odd patterned tles next to each other.

Would anyone care? Would anyone notice? I now laugh if I happened to look at it when showering.

I totally agree about finding matching casing, cutting it to fit that little notch (I think some places will actually make the cuts for you), place them, then carefully putty or caulk the seam, and paint to match. No one will ever notice and you'll save $$. It's just the dark hole that makes the spot noticeable now, when it's white like the surrounding trim, it won't show. I might even try something like this: Moldable putty

Your floors are gorgeous!

I actually thought about putty, too, Olychick. Thought about my late father-in-law who built many houses. He often said "Putty and paint makes a carpenter what he ain't". I hope Kathsgrdn can find a low cost solution that makes her happy.

FOAS has the solution. I've had to do this when I replaced a floor. There are other more involved options but I did it this way and it's fine. It is mildly tedious to get a seamless look, buf frankly no one looks that closely at the bottom of a door. It will be fine.

I know...the door casing is too short...but that stick of casing is not cheap either. If you had a miter box....you could go to the restore and buy a stick of door casing. I don't think putty is the answer....that wouldn't look right. A 2" long piece of quarter round pine....might look ok....? I don't like cobbled up messes....everything else is New & pretty....my eye would wander to THAT.

I was lucky that my crew did take care of it (albeit with some grumbling) but when the 3 layers of floor were removed, and I just had the wood finished instead of any new material, there were the same gaps at the bottoms of the doorway trims. They were able to glue some separate trim pieced together to replicate the original molding, and as others have said, then cut pieces sized to fill the gaps and caulked the seams.