Karndean - finish

[Swimmum78]

Can anyone who has had karndean/any glue down lvt let me know if this finish is acceptable. I've gone for this product as I didn't want beading. However there are some small gaps between the floor and the skirting. Not sure if I am being too much of a perfectionist. Fitters are coming back tomorrow to do another room so opinions on whether I should ask then to rectify gaps. Pics attached.

I have Kardean and I wouldn't be happy with that at all.

No not good enough. Wouldn't be happy with that at all.

Mine does not look like that. It’s close to the skirting.

I have kardeen too, but they should finish it off properly with edging strips!

They are both infils that have been cut too small. Not acceptable at all.

They should have measured it all far better than that and not needed to fill in any edges in the first place. It's vinyl FFS! They can and should be able to avoid those slim fillets.

Thats terrible get it sorted

I had bamboo flooring laid a few years ago, and it was gappy like that - I didn't want skirting boards.
I ended up compromising with a tiny skirting board - about 3cm high

No that's not acceptable however that's the whole point of beading.

I wouldn’t like that
BUT mine was laid before the skirting
That’s generally better

Not good enough

I have amtico and there are no gaps. That’s a shoddy job.

Not acceptable at all.
I've had it laid to skirting in hall & downstairs loo, pretty much right up to the skirting.
In my kitchen, conservatory & utility we had the skirting off anyway and they laid upto the wall then we refitted the skirting on top so the flooring goes underneath it.

I have Karndean and no I would not accept that

That's rubbish. I wouldn't be happy with that at all.

@HoardingSamphireSaurus

I don't think you understand what Karndean stickdown LVT is. It comes in 'planks' so its quite usual to end up with planks cut in this way at the edges.

The fitter though should have made a better job of cutting those pieces.

To clarify most of the flooring is flush to the skirting, it's just in a couple of places there are gaps. I will speak to the fitters tomorrow before they start the next room. Dh thinks I am being too picky but glad to hear consensus is I am not.

No, that’s rubbish.

DH and I fitted our own floor once because we were trying to save money. We managed better edging than that. I'd expect a much better finish from a paid professional.

@Brogues

I have amtico and there are no gaps. That’s a shoddy job.

I too have amtico....I too have no gaps

@Mantlemoose

No that's not acceptable however that's the whole point of beading.

But there’s no need for beading with LVT

@Mantlemoose

No that's not acceptable however that's the whole point of beading.

I chose Karndean because it didn't need beading.

The fitter cut it tight to the existing skirting, it's a clean line with no gaps like yours OP. I think they were hoping you wouldn't notice the gaps and it is very straightforward for them to swap those boards out, so nothing to worry about.

Watch out if the sun falls on those pieces because you may find it shrinks further and the gaps between planks widen. Happened to both our floor and my mum’s in a sunny square in the kitchen (both have karndean)

Dh is a floorlayer and specialises in these vinyl floors. Sorry OP, this is a real shoddy job. The vinyl should be tight fitting to the skirting boards. Mine aren't like that at all!

Definitely point the errors out

Definitely not good enough. They need to fix it, you are not being picky at all.