Another emergency fix for a frightening DIY floor fitting disaster in Birmingham. After spending £1000’s on an amazing extension to the property, the DIY floor fitting enthusiast attempted to save a few pounds by trying to fit wooden flooring themselves to the professional built project.
After seeing numerous of adverts and you tube videos of how easy it looks to complete a professional DIY floor fitting project, it turns out that it is not that easy after all. Most people think that the easy click together system makes for an easy DIY job in their home before they realise how much planning and prep work goes into a successful floor.
After the DIY attempt was completed, the client was happy with the achievement but soon became aware of the shortcuts and bodges that couldn’t be overcome when laying the floor. Bad planning and inexperience in tackling problems soon became apparent on the finished floor when problems began to arise.
Some of the problems included: Raised joints, ill-fitted joints, bad cuts, exposed edges and a very visible hump in the floor. After spending the best part of £1000 on the project, the client was not happy and thought that it let down the overall look of the otherwise amazing extension.
After calling us out to evaluate the problem we advised several options to help with making the existing floor more acceptable, whilst also offering a complete rip up and refit quote. The obvious choice was to start again as most of the problem existed with the sub-floor itself as it had not been properly prepped.
After a plywood subfloor and water proof membrane was installed to correct the uneven sub floor the laminate flooring was then effortlessly fitted to create the perfect finished wooden floor
