karndean Korlock badly laid.
Today i had my new Kardean Korlock floor laid in our new entension. After weeks of researching thid product, then a 2 month wait for the shop to lay it, i'm destressed to have come home to this...(see photos) It looks totally unfinished. There are significant gaps around my island and tall cupboards. one of the cupboards has a 4mm gap next to it and i can clearly see the whole interlocking system on the plank. All along my bifold doors the planks are cut badly and gaps visiable, and the floor moves significantly under foot.
I contacted the shop (extremely rude and unhelpful) who told me that as the bifolds are flush to the floor there can be no beading as it will be above track height. They also said that the expamdion gap in other areas in necessary but they can put a beading around certain parts (but also said that it will look bad as it will be random pieces of beading, which dont run all the way around. Im pretty sure that no one would pay 2.5 grand for this shoddy job.
I'm hoping to take some advice, if anyonr has any, on how to deal with this.
Thank you in advance.
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5 years agowe don't supply Karndean but they do produce some excellent products. Let's mention some important technical info about your floor. Korlok should be laid with an expansion gap of 5 mm (0.2”) around the perimeter of the room and all fixed objects, including pipes. This must be increased to 8 mm (0.33”) for areas larger than 100 m2 (1000sqft).
This to allow for expansion and to avoid floor cupping or bowing. Korlock floor is always installed floating.
Generally speaking gaps are covered by either the skirting boards or edging
Your installer should have checked if the kitchen plinth could be adjusted and possibly fit the floor beneath the plinth. If that wasn't an option he should have told you.
Your suppliers should have given you all the various options at point of sale but evidently it didn't happen.
The good news is that there are plenty of floor trims to remedy the problem. Floor trims can be in metal, normally brass or aluminium, wood or plastic and are suitable for tiles or wood flooring.
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