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Bend in new laminated flooring boards

  • 08-01-2016 10:10am
    #1
    To Elland Back
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    Looking for advice. I bought 12 packets of laminated flooring in Woodies yesterday. Good quality, 10mm thick. I opened up a pack for a look and a few of them have a bit of a bend in then. I opened up a 2nd pack and same again, but not too bad. They had been displayed flat in the shop in stacks of around 10 packs (I took the ones from the top)

    Is this normal? Will these flatten out when I open then up to rest? Will they sort themselves out when fitted or should I return them?

    Thanks


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  • #2
    dodzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,153 ✭✭✭✭dodzy


    To Elland Back wrote: »
    Looking for advice. I bought 12 packets of laminated flooring in Woodies yesterday. Good quality, 10mm thick. I opened up a pack for a look and a few of them have a bit of a bend in then. I opened up a 2nd pack and same again, but not too bad. They had been displayed flat in the shop in stacks of around 10 packs (I took the ones from the top)

    Is this normal? Will these flatten out when I open then up to rest? Will they sort themselves out when fitted or should I return them?

    Thanks
    I'd normally let bards acclimate for a couple of days before laying them.
    Leave them for 48hrs and see how they look then. If a slight bend is visible, just try interlocking a few boards together quickly. You will know very quickly if you are going to have problems. You might be OK. If there's any fitment issues, bring them back and exchange.


  • #3
    To Elland Back
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    Just an update. I dropped in to Woodies to tell them of my problem. We agreed that I would open all 12 boxes and that they would replace any warped ones. There were 6 lengths in each box and after box 4, we only had a handful of straight ones. I loaded the car up and returned them to Woodies and got a full refund. Disappointed with that, but fair play to Woodies, they were very good about it. I got different boards elsewhere which look to be OK. Not laying them for a few weeks, so they'll be well acclimatise.


  • #4
    dodzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,153 ✭✭✭✭dodzy


    To Elland Back wrote: »
    Just an update. I dropped in to Woodies to tell them of my problem. We agreed that I would open all 12 boxes and that they would replace any warped ones. There were 6 lengths in each box and after box 4, we only had a handful of straight ones. I loaded the car up and returned them to Woodies and got a full refund. Disappointed with that, but fair play to Woodies, they were very good about it. I got different boards elsewhere which look to be OK. Not laying them for a few weeks, so they'll be well acclimatise.
    Nice one. They get some bad press but in some areas, flooring at 3 for 2 for example, they are competitive and returns are never questioned.


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