Wardrobe Fitter marked wooden floor

hamsterboy

Hi All
We just got some built in wardrobes fitted but we noticed when the guy left after 3 days of fitting that the wooden floor in the room he was working is badly marked.....looks like he was assembling the pieces on the raw wood.
We contacted the wardrobe company and sent them on pictures of the damage.
In fairness they came back to say that the fitter was taking full responsibility and what we wanted to do next....refunds etc...
I've posted the pics of the floorboards we sent to the company below. I know it's hard to see but do they look like they're repairable? Or would you have to take too much off them to remove the marks, causing a dip in the floor?

Regards

HB

Idioteque

Janey that's a shocker. I'd be surprised at someone who does that for a living not knowing how to protect the floor...questionable who they used.

I'd let the wardrobe company do the work on figuring this out seeing as they are the ones who you paid and just let them know what your expectations are in terms of finish. It'll either be a bit of work sanding, filling and re-varnishing while trying to match to original or replacing boards outright.

Rows Grower

It's bad workmanship in all fairness but it is repairable and in fairness he has taken ownership of the problem.

I'd let them have a go at sanding and sealing and see how it turns out. You won't notice any dips afterwards.

antiskeptic

hamsterboy wrote: »

Hi All
We just got some built in wardrobes fitted but we noticed when the guy left after 3 days of fitting that the wooden floor in the room he was working is badly marked.....looks like he was assembling the pieces on the raw wood.
We contacted the wardrobe company and sent them on pictures of the damage.
In fairness they came back to say that the fitter was taking full responsibility and what we wanted to do next....refunds etc...
I've posted the pics of the floorboards we sent to the company below. I know it's hard to see but do they look like they're repairable? Or would you have to take too much off them to remove the marks, causing a dip in the floor?

Regards

HB

Get the whole floor sanded and stained/varnished/whatever. It's a days work and would cost about 500-600 quid. You won't local repair it. Given it's a bedroom, you're not going to suffer from the material removal of sanding - it's not like you'll be getting it done regularly.

_Brian

It’s disappointing but not impossible to repair.
Maybe contact some of the companies that sand and refinish floors for an opinion and a quote on the job.

As previous poster said, at least they aren’t fighting you on it.