Laminate floor threshold bars and hearth

[LadyHomeLover]

I employed a firm to lay Balterio laminate flooring and they chose and fitted matching threshold bars and made an edging with mitred corners to finish the open edge where the laminate ends and the fireplace hearth starts.

Both of these trims are made of a cheap and nasty "cardboardy" material. They have been bashed by furniture and the vacuum cleaner and are now shabby, scratched and dented and look awful. I have two questions:

1) Can I replace the threshold bars with "normal" metal ones?

2) What can I use around the hearth that will be neater and more hardwearing than the Balterio edging strip?

Photos attached.

 

[KenGMac]

LadyHomeLover, good evening again.

Would you have any recourse back to the firm who installed the Laminate?

There may be something in the contract small print about defective material and possibly ? ? ? workmanship ?? ?

All depends on the so called "Guarantee" period can be between 6 Months and 10 years?

With all due respect the material used around the hearth is best described as "Crap" and the joints are very poor,, not an acceptable standard on both counts.

I would go back to the original installer and argue your case.

If that fails?? suggest you may want to look for some black [or other possibly contrasting colour] "stepped" ceramic trim.

Ken.

 

[LadyHomeLover]

Evening, Ken.

Would you have any recourse back to the firm who installed the Laminate?

No.

you may want to look for some black [or other possibly contrasting colour] "stepped" ceramic trim.

Could you give me a link to that as I have no idea what it is.

Any idea on Question 1?

Thanks!

 

[dazlight]

Have a look at quickstep incizo trims. Great quality. You should be able to find a colour match to the laminate

 

[bobasd]

metal strips look slightly cheap as margins to a hearth but if you google flat alu 30mm door threshold bars youl get lots of choice. but mostly in contrastin colours to your laminate

 

[LadyHomeLover]

Ken, searching for stepped trim threw up this!

https://www.flooringsupplies.co.uk/...MI3YiD74iH2wIVlIjVCh1BnAU3EAkYAiABEgKUNPD_BwE

I guess this is the correct stuff?

 

[LadyHomeLover]

Have a look at quickstep incizo trims. Great quality. You should be able to find a colour match to the laminate

That is the exact trim that has been damaged. I just found an offcut and it was still in the packet with the name Incizo on!

 

[KenGMac]

Have a look at the link below

Loads of differing materials and styles?

https://www.flooringsupplies.co.uk/...d/range/accessorytype/price/offer/hearth trim

 

[dazlight]

Looked like a metal trim in pic 2. They are great trims if fitted correct.