Hi there
Looking for some advice. I got a joiner from my work to fit laminate flooring in my kitchen. I spoke to him before the job and he said that I would not need to remove the skirting as he would scribe around the skirting and it would be neat up to the skirting.
He came around and fitted the laminate last night. Looks great but I realise why he didn't need to remove skirting. He has left a gap of around 5mm and then put clear silione over the top to seal it with the skirting.
It actually looks ok but it would not be my choice way to do it. I never thought that he would ever put silicone around the skirting to finish it off because from previous experience it just pulls off from the gloss painted skirting and the smooth laminate.
When we orginally discussed this, he said that I did not need expansion gaps in such a small room.
Is this a normal practice for joiners to do?
Also, he was supposed to sand off the bottom of my doors as they stick on the new carpet. He proceeded to use a jigsaw on them and no the bottoms are all split on one side.
Is this normal as well? Should he have belt sanded them and would this have prevented the laminate wood ripping off.
Thanks for any replies.
Fluff
Looking for some advice. I got a joiner from my work to fit laminate flooring in my kitchen. I spoke to him before the job and he said that I would not need to remove the skirting as he would scribe around the skirting and it would be neat up to the skirting.
He came around and fitted the laminate last night. Looks great but I realise why he didn't need to remove skirting. He has left a gap of around 5mm and then put clear silione over the top to seal it with the skirting.
It actually looks ok but it would not be my choice way to do it. I never thought that he would ever put silicone around the skirting to finish it off because from previous experience it just pulls off from the gloss painted skirting and the smooth laminate.
When we orginally discussed this, he said that I did not need expansion gaps in such a small room.
Is this a normal practice for joiners to do?
Also, he was supposed to sand off the bottom of my doors as they stick on the new carpet. He proceeded to use a jigsaw on them and no the bottoms are all split on one side.
Is this normal as well? Should he have belt sanded them and would this have prevented the laminate wood ripping off.
Thanks for any replies.
Fluff