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That time a homeowner in Phoenix insisted on installing her own LVP before we got there
We showed up last month to a floor with 3/8 inch gaps at every wall and a dozen planks already buckling. Has anyone ever managed to salvage a DIY job that bad, or is it always a full tear-out?
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leewalker3mo ago
Honestly, that sounds rough but maybe you can just pull the baseboards and slide new pieces in. Tbh I've seen worse get fixed.
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shane_hayes3mo ago
Ever notice how this is just the home improvement version of "I watched a YouTube video, I got this"? People do it with everything now. They'll try to fix their own phone screen and glue the battery shut, or follow a TikTok recipe and ruin a good pan. That overconfidence always creates a way bigger, more expensive mess than if they just called someone who knows what they're doing from the start. That floor is toast, you're looking at a full redo.
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owens.anthony3mo ago
But what about the wins? Sometimes you save a ton of money and it works out fine.
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rowan_wells301mo ago
...and then she blamed the manufacturer, not the fact she left no expansion gap at all. My buddy had a similar situation with a laminate install in Tucson. Homeowner thought they could just snap it together tight, no underlayment, no acclimation. Three days later the whole floor looked like a accordion. We had to charge double to rip it all out and start fresh. Some lessons just gotta be learned the hard way I guess.
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