ᐅ Minimum dimension for parquet edge pieces

Hello to all interested readers,

Our final building inspection date is coming up soon, and we are wondering what exactly is meant by the "professional installation" of the parquet flooring and baseboards.

Specifically, we have noticed:
- The end pieces of the glued parquet are very short in some places (with a length of 2.20 meters (7 feet 3 inches) for the country-style planks, some pieces are only about 4 centimeters (1.5 inches) long or 2 centimeters (0.8 inches) wide!)
- The baseboards were screwed in, but the screws are neither centered nor aligned at the same height.

See also photos.
What do you think—professionally done or needing corrections?

Thanks & best regards

Is the floor fully glued down across the entire surface?

As an amateur, I would say that this is not the proper way to do it. Any DIYer would make sure the screws are all flush and avoid leaving little pieces like that.

Unfortunately, this is one of those things that doesn’t really cause any harm, but once you’ve noticed it, you can’t unsee it. The contractor will probably hear some strong words about it, especially if glue was used. They’ll likely just paint the screw heads white, so it won’t be as noticeable, and then it will be considered good enough. Nobody is going to replace anything voluntarily.

I would definitely bring it up and see what happens. But I don’t think anyone will replace parts, as that would be too much effort. Probably a bit of paint on the screws and a $100 discount will be the end of it.

Yes, it is (unfortunately...) fully glued over the entire surface.

schoenerwohn schrieb:
- The baseboards were screwed in, but the screws are neither centered nor aligned at the same height.

This is common with painted baseboards since it's expected they will be overpainted.

schoenerwohn schrieb:
(With a plank length of 2.20 meters (7 feet 3 inches), there are pieces that are only about 4 centimeters (1.5 inches) long or 2 cm (0.8 inches) wide!)

When I was still allowed to give corporal punishment as a vocational school teacher, this wouldn’t have happened. Even today, there are three practice pages in the "Construction Math" book alone to avoid such mistakes.

Anyone who has listened closely to Al Borland would pay attention to avoiding “leftover pieces” that are less than a quarter of the length or width of an element when planning the overall layout. Whether this is formally required for proper workmanship, I would have to ask Wilson ;-)

This should be especially considered in older buildings: if a room is 1.5 cm (0.6 inches) narrower at one end than the other, it usually goes unnoticed. But if there is a row of parquet planks only 4 cm (1.5 inches) wide, then it is immediately visible.

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