We had laminate flooring installed about 3 weeks ago.
The joiner (carpenter) is someone highly recommended - he laid a real wood floor for DP's colleague (whose recommendation is one I take very seriously as she is not to be messed with) and his parents are respectable people who work with DP.
I am happy that we have this type of connection / recommendation with this person - sourcing tradespeople is very hard as we all know. We were ultra happy to have this guy do the work as we've had a lot of bother with work before.
We watched him work, he took great pride in his work, was reliable, punctual and paid attention to details, i.e. took off skirting boards and didn't use edging strips.
We used fibre board underlay, not the foam stuff on a roll.
Everything done properly, no corners cut.
Our house is 15 years old, no issues with the floor or damp. The room is 7m long, 4m wide at front half, 3.5m wide at back half (room is sort of in 2 halves so to speak)
We bought the flooring a couple of weeks before it was laid, and opened the packs so that it would acclimatise to the room.
However... the laminate is rising up from the floor, so much so that it is buckling and splitting between the boards. When you walk on it, it has a "wobble board" effect (like Rolf Harris) and you can hear it moving (sort of "popping"
The width of about 12 boards is affected by this - it's pretty substantial. It's a sort of zigzag effect, really noticeable. It's a dreadful mess sadly, and appears to be getting worse - the door touches the floor when it's open and shut now, and it didn't do this before.
It is B&Q value flooring, and I think the "click-lock" mechanism isn't helping this - it is apparently very easy to lay and I think the boards move at an angle because of this.
I don't understand why it's ballooned up like this. The "click-lock" thing isn't the cause, I just think it's not helping IYSWIM.
Any suggestions?