Have had a new floor installed. (Raw) From what we can understand, the installation is well executed. However, three boards differ so significantly from the others. Can there be such large variations?
Geez. Someone had a bad day at the flooring factory. The person who laid the floor as well, if the deviating plank had been placed at the edge you could have filed a complaint, gotten some new ones, removed them and laid new ones. Now it's in the middle so quite a lot has to be removed. Another way would have been to saw off the deviant part and use it as scrap in a suitable place if you had enough flooring for that.
Oh my God, how can someone as a floor installer stand up and see that and think "Job well done!" It also looks like there's a pretty big crack in one of the boards.
Certainly, the floor didn't look completely okay, but it depends on what instructions the floor layer has had and what the flooring's classification is. Occasionally, I've encountered customers wanting a floor with a cheaper classification, and they've sorted the boards themselves. Otherwise, you just take from the box and lay it down. However, of course, such a board wouldn't be my first choice to install.
It can definitely be solved, you can probably get some new boards at Beijer. Then you just need to carefully lift and insert new ones. It's just a shame it ended up in the middle. You can do it yourselves if the craftsman has had enough, it's not difficult. Lift up whole rows and gently separate the end joints. Cut new ones using the old as a template. Number everything you remove so it goes back in the same place. You'll need a woodblock and a small hammer.
I've been thinking about it since I myself bought cheaper flooring—where do you draw the line for variation in appearance. You get what you pay for, after all. But that's quite a bit and should have raised a warning signal for the person who laid it. Sometimes it might be better to do the job yourself if you've bought budget products. A floor layer I know said he doesn't lay floors of certain brands and qualities, the risk of the customer being dissatisfied is too high.
On the other hand—if the customer says: here's the material, lay it, maybe it's up to the customer to inspect it first.
I think it looks pretty cool!
However, I would have wanted to spread out the deviating planks more, now that they are together, it feels very cluttered!
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It also looks like there's a pretty big crack in one of the boards.
