Wooden Board Effect Vinyl Flooring very slightly off straight

danrv

I don't think I'd be happy with that floor. Maybe it was lined up with the bath panel edge as that looks ok.
Does it appear straight against the wall under the sink? The area I'd notice most is at the door entrance when looking in. 

If straight at the door opening, along the right and back wall, then I wouldn't worry too much about the bath edge alignment. 
I'd try and get it redone if possible.

WIAWSNB

danrv said:

I don't think I'd be happy with that floor. Maybe it was lined up with the bath panel edge as that looks ok.
Does it appear straight against the wall under the sink? The area I'd notice most is at the door entrance when looking in. 
If straight at the door opening, along the right and back wall, then I wouldn't worry too much about the bath edge alignment. 
I'd try and get it redone if possible.

It looks 'out' in the same direction, even along the bath panel. I don't think that's perspective. 

20vt-rs

Section62 said:

20vt-rs said:

Right hand wall

If it helps, it is the pipework for the towel rail which I'd sit looking at, asking myself 'Why did they do it like that?'

Maybe leave it for a few days, see how you feel then.

Haha that made me laugh, that was here when we moved in and I always wondered why. I think the plumber before didn't want to take the floor up perhaps.

20vt-rs

victor2 said:

Section62 said:

20vt-rs said:

Right hand wall

If it helps, it is the pipework for the towel rail which I'd sit looking at, asking myself 'Why did they do it like that?'

Maybe leave it for a few days, see how you feel then.

And whilst sitting there contemplating the plumbing, I'd wonder how and why the door stop was done that way. Does it have sealant round it? Why wasn't it removed and then screwed back down without sealant after the flooring was fitted? 

Yep, I did wonder that, I took the stop out and asked them to re-fit it when the floor is down, when they were done it was like that. I think they made it hard by cutting a hole and then sealing it. Bit strange, another something not quite right.

20vt-rs

WIAWSNB said:

20vt-rs said:

Thanks for looking - Yes it doesn't look quite right from all sides, I think the room is a little off perhaps, maybe the bath panel is a bit wonky, but skewing the floor back to the right (clockwise) would make it look better. I don't think it's that simple though, I think it'll need re-doing.

The bits in bold are immaterial in this case, if even true. And, yes, it would need completely redoing with fresh vinyl.

The flooring is 'out' - askew - by a roughly similar amount on each side, and in the same direction. Ie the whole sheet has been laid partially rotated anticlockwise. And this also makes the planks appear veered-off from the doorway towards the left-hand side. 

Absolutely see if you can overlook/get used to it for a few days, but if you decide 'not', then that would - imo - be absolutely fair enough in this case.

If you are going to give it a chance for a week or so, then I'd still email the company right away, and include these photos. I'd do this so they realise you noticed it immediately, and it didn't just dawn on you a week later whilst sitting on t'pan picking fluff out of yer navel. 

Make sure you show both sides, so the recipient doesn't think, for example, that the fitter may have used one 'preferred' side to set it all out by (which would be a matter of professional judgement), or that the sides are skewed in opposite directions (it ain't). Make it clear what you are observing, and that you believe that it was laid, for some reason, slightly anticlock. Add that you'll try and get used to it, but may not manage...

A really good local company would fall over backwards to correct this before even waiting for you to try and accept it - and that would save you a lot of bovver

Yes you've explained exactly what I am seeing, I will try to see how it goes but I will call them up and let them know what I see. At least I have a set of pics from this that i can use like you say. Will be interesting to hear why it went down this way also. Thanks for the detailed feedback 

20vt-rs

danrv said:

I don't think I'd be happy with that floor. Maybe it was lined up with the bath panel edge as that looks ok.
Does it appear straight against the wall under the sink? The area I'd notice most is at the door entrance when looking in. 

If straight at the door opening, along the right and back wall, then I wouldn't worry too much about the bath edge alignment. 
I'd try and get it redone if possible.

No it's out along the back also, but that's really not noticeable because of all the furniture along that wall. As you say, the most noticeable area is as you look in our out along the threshold, it's just wonky. The bath edge is hard to read because that panel isn't straight, and even on the straight edges it's never fully right as it's screwed at the bottom and clamped at the top, so has some flex.

victor2

20vt-rs said:

victor2 said:

Section62 said:

20vt-rs said:

Right hand wall

If it helps, it is the pipework for the towel rail which I'd sit looking at, asking myself 'Why did they do it like that?'

Maybe leave it for a few days, see how you feel then.

And whilst sitting there contemplating the plumbing, I'd wonder how and why the door stop was done that way. Does it have sealant round it? Why wasn't it removed and then screwed back down without sealant after the flooring was fitted? 

Yep, I did wonder that, I took the stop out and asked them to re-fit it when the floor is down, when they were done it was like that. I think they made it hard by cutting a hole and then sealing it. Bit strange, another something not quite right.

That must have been more difficult to do, compared to just screwing the doorstop down on top of the flooring! Maybe the doorstop was too high for the door to slide over if so done, and that was their solution? 

twopenny

Is the printed pattern itself straight?
Have you taken a tee square, protractor or corner of a sheet of paper to see if the room corners are straight or where the pattern is going awry? 
I think before you approach the supplier you need to explain more than 'it looks crooked 🙂

I was disappointed in my new bathroom flooring where he'd obviously cut slightly too much and used filler but to be fair he'd done perfect tiling, plumbing and fitting. 
As time has gone on it's no big deal now. Just when it was all brand new 

20vt-rs

twopenny said:

Is the printed pattern itself straight?
Have you taken a tee square, protractor or corner of a sheet of paper to see if the room corners are straight or where the pattern is going awry? 
I think before you approach the supplier you need to explain more than 'it looks crooked 🙂

I was disappointed in my new bathroom flooring where he'd obviously cut slightly too much and used filler but to be fair he'd done perfect tiling, plumbing and fitting. 
As time has gone on it's no big deal now. Just when it was all brand new 

Yes the pattern is straight, I had done what you described with a piece of paper and the room corners are straight, the only bit that throws it a little is the bath panel because of the way it's fixed top and bottom, it's not dead straight along the lines. But hard to notice to be honest... I think the pictures explain to be honest, when you are in the room, even more so. I do think because it's new I am after perfect, but after a couple of days it's still bugging me.

KittenChops

@20vt-rs
May I ask, how much you paid for supply & fit please?
And if you know the name of the name / spec of the flooring please?
We have a very similar size bathroom in need of new flooring & that looks exactly like what we require, obv without the mis-alignment (with which I agree with the concensus)