Hello everyone,
I've just had laminate flooring fitted by a joiner. After he finished last night I noticed that around sections of the wall and the doorways, the expansion gap was not consistent. He also screwed the door threshold right through the laminate.
I have attached some photos to demonstrate the gap left by the joiner. The small piece of foam underlayment is 5mm for reference.
The laminate is from wickes and 14mm thick. The box of the laminate suggests 12mm gap around. The room is roughly 32m2 and the subfloor is a suspended T&G chipboard. This guy wasn't cheap at £600 for fixing squeaks and fitting laminate so I am wondering if this is ok.
My only worry is that the boards will buckle as the expansion gap is half of the recommended - some boards are right against the tiles in other rooms/wall. I will be painting the skirting boards and walls so it is quite a hassle to redo all of this if the laminate buckles in 6 months.
Thanks
I've just had laminate flooring fitted by a joiner. After he finished last night I noticed that around sections of the wall and the doorways, the expansion gap was not consistent. He also screwed the door threshold right through the laminate.
I have attached some photos to demonstrate the gap left by the joiner. The small piece of foam underlayment is 5mm for reference.
The laminate is from wickes and 14mm thick. The box of the laminate suggests 12mm gap around. The room is roughly 32m2 and the subfloor is a suspended T&G chipboard. This guy wasn't cheap at £600 for fixing squeaks and fitting laminate so I am wondering if this is ok.
My only worry is that the boards will buckle as the expansion gap is half of the recommended - some boards are right against the tiles in other rooms/wall. I will be painting the skirting boards and walls so it is quite a hassle to redo all of this if the laminate buckles in 6 months.
Thanks


