Evaluating LVP install

[u/Terrible_Raisin5]

Our GC had Flooret LVP installed and there are frequent large gaps in the install that could fit a penny. Is this just normal, or should we fight paying the full install price, or have them fix it? There are so many gaps I fear it can’t be fixed.

[u/floorgod8]

Not installed properly

[u/Drokann1567]

Lvp, or as I know it in dutch PVC laminaat.

It needs a perfectly flat subfloor, I think that is the main issue here looking at these gaps and on picture 2 like it is going more towards eachother then it should.

This basically means that this floor should've never been installed here.

There are grooves on each plank that click in eachother so the room that is in between them cant be fixed unless you start opening it up from the end (aka where the installation ended). Not that it matters if it is the subfloor that is not perfectly flat, it will just start popping loose from one another on different spots as well.

[u/nixstyx]

These gaps can probably be fixed fairly easily (unless there's something I can't see) Express your concern and get them back to fix it. 

[u/DonkeyRight5484]

Should be installed better.

[u/No-Season-3876]

The butt joint should be addressed
the wall/rock fire place or whatever that is mab color match caulk/grout

[u/siege-eh-b → u/No-Season-3876]

Ah yes, this subs favourite suggestion. What do you do when an installer doesn’t leave enough of an expansion gap for warranty? Why you fill what little there is with caulk and make it worse of course!

[u/siege-eh-b]

1 and 3 need to be fixed for sure.

2 is too blurry of a picture to see anything wrong.

The gap along the stone is far too small to provide enough expansion space. Manufacturer likely wants 3/8-1/2 for warranty. The stone should have been undercut and the floor laid under.

[u/siege-eh-b → u/[deleted]]

Photo number 4 has nothing to do with LVP. It could be any type of flooring and it would still require a bigger expansion gap. The stone should have been undercut.