How lower part of doorways should look like? Ideally.

Hi There It would certainly be helpful if you could post some photographs, it would make the job of giving advice a little more accurate, from your description it sounds like there's an over-compensation for an expansion gap around the perimeter, there's a school of thought which says that laminate flooring has a much lower coefficient of expansion than timber flooring and consequently requires less of an expansion gap Either way, your Builder should have either provided mouldings to cover the juncture of the laminate/skirting and he should also have under-cut the door frames to allow expansion beneath these and conceal the gap, the mouldings could be retro-fitted at any point which would solve the problem you have at the skirtings, if you can post a picture of the problems at the doors then I could offer more advice Many Thanks Ken Clydebuilt Joinery Hi There Thanks for the photographs, I had a quick look at them and I “reluctantly” have to say its not the best looking finish, I think as all of the previous respondents commented, its really pretty poor quality workmanship There are one or two “tricks” that you could try which might reduce the visual impact of the problem, if you still have scraps of the flooring material you could try cutting some very small “slips” of flooring that might close the gap slightly, ensuring of course that you leave an expansion gap , the edge cut would have to be very straight and I don’t imagine you own a chop saw with a very fine tooth blade, in that case even a basic mitre box and cheap saw from B&Q might do the trick, bed the slips in silicone mastic and leave the silicone to set Once its set, you should be able to find a flexible sealant which matches the floor colour, I would suggest using a tube of this to “conceal” the remaining gaps at the frame, the badly fitting mouldings could also be set in silicone and any poor joints sealed with matching sealant Its never going to be a substitute for a properly done job, and normally I wouldn’t advocate it, but in this case it may well save you the expense of getting tradesmen in again to make good the bad workmanship , the matching mastic does tend to have much less of a visual impact than a gap at the door frame Hope this works for you, and hope you manage to get it sorted Best Wishes Ken Clydebuilt Joinery

Hi sounds like you have a rubbish contractor. The laminate floor should have a 8-12mm gap from wall, but the door frame should be cut away to allow the floor to run underneath -no visible gap. Sounds like he cut too much away. On walls beading or skirting may solve the gap. The extractor should be centred over hob-no excuses.70mm (7cm) is a massive difference. You will need to get someone to look at it and offer solutions. Get someone off this site. Good luck

Hi there, It sounds like the 'builder' has not cut the bottom of your door frames and put the laminate underneath them, that is how it should be done. No gaps should be left uncovered! If there is big gaps they do not pay the man and insist he does it properly! Kind regards, Andy A.M Joinery