Laid laminate flooring in the kitchen

[jacs]

I need to find an inspector who can check this. The cabinets are hanging in the back with support at the front edge.

The subfloor is old (28mm tongue-and-groove), which I pointed out was not level, but the carpenter checked and considered that the sinking (3-4mm over a 2m long level) was not a problem at all.

 

[BirgitS]

The cabinets are supported at the back with support at the front edge.

Then they put a little weight on the floors and most floor manufacturers allow that (unlike, for example, a kitchen island which has all the weight downwards).

 

[AndersS]

What I reacted to is that the floor has separated by 4mm, which is (very) much, and despite everything, it's a small floor of just 12 m2 (3.5*3.5 m if it's quite square-shaped), so something must be locking the floor surface. What is the brand of the floor and the product name?

 

[BirgitS]

I agree. Could it be that the door frames or baseboards are holding the floor in place?

TS doesn't seem to want to state what kind of floor it is because I already asked about it in post 9, as it would be good to check the installation instructions regarding the underlayment.

 

[jacs]

As the kitchen is, there is a kitchen island where I have some short joints that have come loose. The others are only locked on one side and shouldn't come loose, but oh well. The room is 3m x 4m and the planks lie in the 4m direction.

https://www.bauhaus.se/laminatgolv-torino-8475-k32.html#full-description

It should be this floor if I remembered the number correctly from 3 months ago.
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[BirgitS]

the carpenter checked and considered that the subsidence (3-4mm over a 2m stretch) was no problem at all.

According to the installation instructions, 3 mm per 1 m should work: https://www.logoclic.info/sv/laminat-laeggning

But kitchen islands are usually not good to place on floors that move.
"Extraordinary load" https://www.logoclic.info/sv/laminatgolv-garanti
But that's something a flooring installer should know about.
Have you gotten in touch with the consumer advisor now?

 

[AndersS]

The kitchen island is tricky, and the fridge and freezer are close by.
Did you buy the flooring yourself and then order/arrange installation with the carpenter?
Did the floor installer know that a kitchen island would be placed on the floor, or is it the same carpenter who installed the kitchen?

 

[jacs]

We bought the floor and the same carpenter laid it who installed the kitchen.

Talked to the consumer advisor and called an inspection person, so a meeting shall be arranged.

 

[BirgitS]

Feel free to come back and tell us how it goes.

 

[jacs]

The inspector didn't even want to take the job as the person hasn't gotten in touch yet, and the carpenter wrote in the conversation that he would show up and fix it but is conspicuously absent. The latest SMS was that I should contact a company he agreed with, to which I replied that he should arrange it, not me, since any issues I will have with that company and he can avoid.

I will fix the floor myself when I have free time for it (around the summer) and also see if it's possible to get the heating foil sorted so that it's not freezing cold on the toes when you're by the stove. It's cold by the cabinets and underneath since the electrician didn't place the foil near the kickboard under the cabinets but rather where the countertop ended from the wall. It must be possible to lay this correctly if the entire floor is going to be opened up anyway due to the mistake the carpenter made.