Hollow spots and messed up baseboards after new flooring
Some areas feel hollow underneath and sound different after luxury vinyl plank installation, while laminate ends under walls are sometimes cut and stuck together without clicking. Homeowners want to know if these issues indicate faulty contractor work and what can be done before the crew leaves.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Asking online communities to inspect photos or descriptions of the installation work
- 2Confronting the contractor to redo the section
- 3Leaving the unclicked seams as they are
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“Having contractor install laminate and under this wall, there are two cut ends stuck together without being clicked together. Is that an issue?”source ↗
“Before they leave I would like a second set of eyes to check their work. Some areas are hollow underneath, the lvp is not moving but it sounds different in some areas, is there’s anything they can do about that? Also why are they messing with my baseboards.”source ↗
Where this came up
People with this problem also raised
- 7How to tell if flooring installation is wrong
- 2Are gaps in underfloor heating normal?
- 4How to tell if a carpet installation job was done badly
- 4Is minor up and down movement in LVP flooring normal?
- 4Should I glue down engineered herringbone flooring or float it?
- 8How to tell if uneven flooring panels are defective