CaptainCook
Established Member
Hi All,
A big stab in the dark, but I'm looking for a fitter of laminate to help me establish approximate costs of ripping up, then laying a new laminate flooring.
We've had a leak from one of the radiator valves in the hallway and it's blown the laminate. The insurance assessor has been around, agreed the claim but I have the following "issues":
1. I have no joins in the doorways. It's continuous throughout the entire ground floor.
2. Approximate size of the hall is 20sqm but it's a very irregular shape.
3. The skirtings etc have been fitted after the flooring was laid.
4. The joins in the laminate by the doorways don't fall "under" the door.
The accessor has been really good but the solution she offered was a bit of a hackjob as they said they would cut the laminate next to the skirtings, then re-lay with trim etc around the room. It would also require cuts to be made at each door in the hallway and a join inserted.
I understand their requirements to minimise their liability, but I wasn't happy with their suggested repair.
So, she has agreed to pay in cash the materials plus reasonable fitting costs, so I can repair to a standard that I am happy with.
Trouble is...what is reasonable? I can find costs on the net, but they tend to exclude hallways as I guess they are particularily difficult.
Please help!!! I need approximate costs to remove (including removing CAREFULLY the skirtings etc) then fitting costs bearing in mind the challenges with the door joins.
Many thanks
CaptainCook
A big stab in the dark, but I'm looking for a fitter of laminate to help me establish approximate costs of ripping up, then laying a new laminate flooring.
We've had a leak from one of the radiator valves in the hallway and it's blown the laminate. The insurance assessor has been around, agreed the claim but I have the following "issues":
1. I have no joins in the doorways. It's continuous throughout the entire ground floor.
2. Approximate size of the hall is 20sqm but it's a very irregular shape.
3. The skirtings etc have been fitted after the flooring was laid.
4. The joins in the laminate by the doorways don't fall "under" the door.
The accessor has been really good but the solution she offered was a bit of a hackjob as they said they would cut the laminate next to the skirtings, then re-lay with trim etc around the room. It would also require cuts to be made at each door in the hallway and a join inserted.
I understand their requirements to minimise their liability, but I wasn't happy with their suggested repair.
So, she has agreed to pay in cash the materials plus reasonable fitting costs, so I can repair to a standard that I am happy with.
Trouble is...what is reasonable? I can find costs on the net, but they tend to exclude hallways as I guess they are particularily difficult.
Please help!!! I need approximate costs to remove (including removing CAREFULLY the skirtings etc) then fitting costs bearing in mind the challenges with the door joins.
Many thanks
CaptainCook