Should they have adjusted the skirting boards when I got new flooring installed?

NibblyPig

I had my bathroom floor replaced. The quote was "To supply and fit vinyl to bathroom, uplift old and dispose. Latex or ply floor."
They took the old floor up, and put the new one in. However the new one is a couple of cm lower than the old one. Some skirting boards have a gap underneath, and some are not attached to the wall (they weren't amazingly well attached before though).

I'm wondering if it's reasonable that they should have fixed the skirting boards, by taking them all off and putting them all back on, or if it's clearly my job to sort them out.
I can probably pull them all off but I am not confident I can get them back on again.

Penguin_

They have done what was asked of them. Carpet fitters fit carpets, joiners/carpenters sort skirting boards.

rach_k

Your job, sorry.

NibblyPig

No worries. Thanks. 

pramsay13

Your job, although it you're not totally confident it might be worth considering something like the moulding in this image. You just nail it or glue it to the bottom of the skirting to cover the gap.

TELLIT01

They were contracted to remove the old flooring and lay new, nothing else. With your comment about the state of the skirting before they started, it suggests you expected them to improve the quality of the building.  If they had moved the skirting down a couple of centimetres you would have an unfinished section of wall instead.  If the walls are tiled you would then have to find matching tiles etc.

the_lunatic_is_in_my_head

How does the floor join in with the next room if the new floor is a couple of cm lower than the old one? 

Unless the old floor was already higher than the next room I'd expect it to be in the same place or at the very least for there to be a discussion about it beforehand. 

Le_Kirk

the_lunatic_is_in_my_head said:

How does the floor join in with the next room if the new floor is a couple of cm lower than the old one? 
Unless the old floor was already higher than the next room I'd expect it to be in the same place or at the very least for there to be a discussion about it beforehand. 

I thought that too; maybe it is mm not cm?

Carrot007

Penguin_ said:

They have done what was asked of them. Carpet fitters fit carpets, joiners/carpenters sort skirting boards.

My carpet fitters (ok laminate but the company does carpet too) fitted new skirting as I asked them.

Which would be the general issue here.

1. A good company would have pointed out the issue (if they came to measure up that is (and at that time knew what was wanted to be fitted)), and offred to fix it for a cost.

2. If you knew it was going to be an issue you could have asked, how will they know you care unless you ask?

If neither of you knew then neither of you knew.

(as an asside, skirting is cheap enough that you can bin the old and just put new ones on)

NibblyPig

I didn't realise the new floor would be lower than the old floor, and I assumed that if they took skirting boards off, they would put them back on.

Not to worry, I will take them all off and attempt to glue them all back on. The gap is definitely around 2cm, the difference is quite drastic.

I will repaint the existing stuff and stick it back on because I don't fancy using a mitre saw to cut the corners. I am hoping I can stick it on with glue (I bought some stuff called "sticks like sh*t" that looks promising).

Future dealings with companies I need to be much more careful about spelling out exactly what and how they will do. Thanks for advice.

NibblyPig

I suppose one question I have is, what does 'Latex or ply floor' mean?
I thought it meant they'd have to put something down on the floor (which is concrete) then put the vinyl on top. But looking at it, it's just vinyl. One side is vinyl with a tile pattern, and the backing is a sort of felty material.