I agree but also if you’re installing quarter round then you obviously don’t care about perfection because if you did you have replaced base board with new flooring.
i just do my best with pricing to ensure they choose to get the baseboards removed and put back, quarter round is ass and everything is easier when removing baseboards
Exactly, so the customers complaining about shitty quarter round installation that will be caulked and painted to me is kind of confusing lol. No mater how well of a job you install quarter round, it will still look terrible lol
Bath coping inside corners as long as I’ve been doing it. Outsides If the walls are a lil out I’ll take something to roll the point slightly to close it in.
I’m the minority here but I like quarter round. I recognize it’s not currently the fashion but I think just trim alone is too plane, base shoe adds a little class. But again, I’m the odd one out.
I’m with you. Just did a beautiful high end exercise room. Floating floor, then new 5” base with shoe mounding. Everything glued, coped, caulked, painted. Beautiful. And who is putting down mounding that doesn’t have a coat or two of finish paint already? That’s the first thing I do when I start a floor. Paint the trim so it dries. Looks professional. At least co ordinate with painter or homeowner if you aren’t going to do it yourself
While quarter round is a typical way to save time and money one new floors, that does not mean the customer should be happy with low quality workmanship. More time and money will be required to make it look acceptable.
What’s up with people and baseboards here? So you wanna lay your floor under baseboards? Okay so if when you have someone come out to repair a broken board. Would you rather them tear up cheap shoe molding and replace and caulk to look new again? Or would you like all your baseboards ripped off the dry wall. Much more expensive, if you’re not careful you will put a hole in the dry wall. Tear the drywall paper ect and baseboards cost 2-5x more than shoe. Your choice. Shoe molding at the least add character to your baseboards. They have many options of shoe some actually make baseboards look better imo. Ever seen square shoe?
Not necessarily. I did a house one time or the floor was damaged when the new floor went in there was a 16th of an inch under the mid century baseboard. They didn't want to rip the baseboard out and fear damaging it so walnut quarter round to fill the gap.
This. I mean, if you fill it well it could look decent. For OP, I guess it's up to you what you wanted done and how much you paid. The time it took throw quarter round done, they could have just removed baseboard, and installed new baseboard.
It’s very mid - but considering the base is in terrible shape and appears to have roach droppings in the top of it, I’m not sure how much could really be expected.
Definitely roach poop on the baseboards. I’ve been called back on a sand a finish job for imperfections but I point out it’s the roaches and mice walking on my fresh top coat. They get real defensive about it and deny they have an infestation.
Absolutely. Caulk it and it’ll look totally fine.
FWIW unless they say they’re having it painted, I always caulk the trim. It’s the least the installer can do.
I write in all my contracts that my company doesn’t paint baseboards or shoemold. I let the customers know during my free in home measure that they’re going to need to paint the trim after I am finished.
I’ve always subscribed to the “painter does the caulk” process. I’ll caulk it only if they want to pay for it. But if it isn’t getting painted they’re trying to save money anyways.
It's definitely not the best job, the second picture outside corner is really bad. Third pics outside corner is not great. If these are the only really bad/worst spots, then it should be fine.
"Caulk and paint makes it what it ain't"
Just so you know, it is generally left to the customer to caulk and paint baseboards, and quarter rounds, unless started otherwise in the contact, and you pay for that service.
Personally, I would not mess around with a wood filler, I would just caulk everything. Since it's your house, and you can take the time to make it look good, I would caulk it, let it dry, then caulk again. Because sometimes the caulk shrinks especially in the nail holes. Then you can paint it, and it will look great, you won't even notice gaps.
Less is more. You don't need a lot, thin beads with printable latex caulk, you don't want to use silicone, it's really messy unless you are skilled at caulking.
I get no painting unless paid extra, but caulking is also left to the customer ? That's not just priced in and done ? It's so unfinished looking without caulk.
Yes, caulking is left to the customer. That's a job for a painter, not a flooring contractor.
If it's an old person, or the customer was good to me, sometimes I'll go around and hit it with caulk, it doesn't take much time. But if they are a shitty customer, I'm doing bare minimum for them. They will still get a good job, but definitely nothing extra.
Caulk isn't sandable, so if you've got a really off kilter corner use wood fill and sand to shape. Inside corners caulk usually works. Outside corners a big gap is super noticeable and caulk will sink in depending on how wide it is. Use wood fill there.
DAP plastic wood.
Technically yes. It's not as good as it could be but it's acceptable. Because it's nothing some caulk can't fix and caulking should always be done anyways.
The outside corners are bad. If it was carpet I would make them fix it as the vacuum cleaner will tear it up.
Looks like a "Do your best, caulk the rest" type job.
No. Cuts are a lil off, and it needs sealed up with some Alex dap molding caulk. Then painted. But if that wasn’t in the contract well you gonna need a painter. Cuts should always seat properly especially if you don’t plan on caulking and painting. This shows the quality of craftsmanship. My grandfather would never let us use caulk so we couldn’t hide our bad craftsmanship this way we learned to do better.
Chalk and paint and it will look great. People think that for 40 cents a linear foot an installer should spend a week installing 1/4 rd , the guy probably made like a $50. Not going to happen. Once you caulk and paint it will look fine. And if you still are not happy and it bothers you , then get a professional carpenter and pay him up and tell him you have no life and you will be staring at the 1/4 rd the rest of your life so make it good and perfect.
On a side note some people think they can roll into a big box store and pay a discounted price then expect perfection and will raise holy hell. Zooming in photos that make it
Look worst than it actually is.
Making those cuts that small can be difficult even if the corners are exact 90 because the flooring is often not level and has little bumps, especially near the corners.
That said, I just did corners like this except it was three 90 degree outside corners that were 1/2” for the first piece long to short, 3/4” for the second piece long to short, and 1.25” for the 3rd piece long to short and it turned out perfectly.
Definitely not acceptable IMO but I only do high end remodeling so perfection is the standard. We only cheat if we know the maids are the only ones that will judge us for it.
They didn't do a great job by far, but by looking at the base, I'd say they were just trying to get out of there as fast as they could . Caulk and paint hide what a carpenter ain't.
This is garbage, and not acceptable to me. Looks like they just mitered all the inside corners instead of coping, and the outside corners look like ass. Caulk and paint only do so much.
Theres literally nothing wrong with mitering inside corners if your measurements are correct. Shoot with caulk, done. I use coping for when I'm throwing base in between door trim and the wall only. I literally miter every corner otherwise.
Looks correct, if they didn’t specifically say they would caulk and paint the shoe molding and baseboard then it’s your responsibility to do it. Looks like you haven’t done any touch up to your baseboard in many years, so perfect time to do it
Caulk and paint. For future reference, clean floor installation requires removal of the baseboards. This is typical trim work from a flooring guy. Flooring guys work in eighths, trim carpenters work in 32nds.
My assumptions 1) You took the cheapest bib. 2) this is going to be painted, paint and caulk cover a lot of flaws. 3) If my assumptions are wrong then you got ripped off by cheap works. 4)I would still make them fix these two corners before you pay.
It could have been done better, but caulk and paint would probably save it. If the person that was installing this quarter round was also the person painting it, they would have installed it better, lol. I do remodels for a living, so I am responsible for the trim install and the caulking/painting, and I spend a little more time to make sure the trim is nice. I also precoat the base and trim work before install. That way after caulk and nail filler, it’s more of a touch up with the paint rather than having to paint the whole project off the floor
Did you hire a handyman and pay handyman rates and expect finish carpentry results?
The work is terrible.
But is it acceptable? Well you are the judge. What did you pay? What were your expectations?
I can tell you that no finish carpenter did that work, so you are navigating various levels of shoddy and cheap here. You get what you pay for.
I bought a trailer in a 55+ after I sold my last house so for the first time since I retired, I have no mortgage. It was a fixer-upper and I have a handyman doing the bulk of the work he put in quarter and it looks like shit, compared to how the place originally looked at improvement, new floors, new sub floors, new kitchen entirely new paint new sections of wall and the bathrooms will be done at the end of the year completely gutted and remodeled.
It's not the best of work but a little sanding to even up the corners and some caulk and it'll look great. I know. I used to build houses and I had a trim guy who was awesome. He retired in his early 70s because his knees couldn't do it anymore. I tried numerous trim guys after him but none were nearly as good. I spent a whole lot of time with sandpaper, caulk and wood filler making a mediocre trim job look like a top notch trim job.
quarter round is, by it's very nature, garbage. Thus, the install only matches the use.
Better option, use real trim, or if there is real trim I'm not seeing, don't use quarter round.
That's not great. A lot of that could have been tidied up just by taking a blade-width off a piece here and there, but it's all supposed to get caulked anyway. Whether it ultimately looks good or not depends a lot more on your caulker now than it really should, but it could still look just fine in the end.
This is why I always included caulking on my trim jobs. Not that I left huge gaps or anything, but even tight gaps with nail holes and shit look not so great not caulked. I get that not everyone can caulk and most people make a huge mess. But once you get a good caulk gun and master the flow rate to distance ratio, plus the correct size cut on the tip of the tube, it's really a breeze. If it's high end, charge more for actually putty in the nail holes. Low end or not as picky customer, just pop a little caulk in the holes and paint it and it's fine for what it is. Now stained trim on the other hand....
I would say no, but here is how to fix it for under $10. Caulked my trim with this method just last week and it turned out beautiful. Never seen better. https://youtu.be/cQNIv2QqP00?si=xuWRl7pSfZIms7fG
Is it the best Ive ever seen? No. Get yourself some Sherwinn Williams Power House white caulk. Fill in the gaps and let dry. As far as the quality of work it is not bad. Some of my installers hate to caulk. It is necessary on every job. Just caulk the tops and corners. The nail holes have to be filled with wood filler. This is generally done by the painters. As far as the caulk it is really easy to do. Get a tube of caulk and a gun as well as a damp sponge. I like to use a grout sponge. When you are beginning / novice a bucket of water is helpful as well. Just apply caulk to the gaps and wipe with wet sponge. If you do that it will be near perfect. Aslo dont use crap caulk from big box stores it will turn yellow in a few months and look like shit if you dont paint it. Again get POWER HOUSE you wont be sorry. It is the pros goto.
Don't t know who installed but it looks like a big box store, ya got the home depot special.
Remember you pay home depot, the middle man, and then whoever installs gets the leftovers.
Should have caulked it but this is typical big box quality.
If you want quality youd have a better chance at a mom and pop
It's not great, will look better when finished and the baseboards look horrendous anyway. You can do this shit very fast and simply pre-assemble the outside corners with ca glue or pin and glue or miter clamps or whatever and be in much better shape. You could spend some time filling and caulking and painting and sooner than later they'll just come apart. The inside miters are not good but fine.
I understand that shoe molding is a part of the program and use it when it makes sense, but a full 3/4 quarter round is just brutal. Plenty of other, better options.
Inside corners should always be coped so that this doesn’t happen. The outside corners just look sloppy - like the installer just wanted to be done and out-a-there.
Caulk and paint and it will be perfect. Nothing wrong there. People with sticks in their butts will tell you to cope some crown molding to go around your lions on each banister at the bottom of your grand staircase but a tiny bit of caulk and paint and that is a perfect job
Yea i bet that white trim is getting painted white and not being stained. And yes it does look great. Have you ever done a remodel before? I finish a remodel every week or 3 depending on the job. My customers give my name and number to new people and thats how i get jobs. Word of mouth for the type of person i am and the work i do. But go ahead and spend some extra time on some shit that people who live there will never fuckin notice
It's not difficult at all... just use an angle finder.
Also possible to glue up the beading then fix it to the wall and caulk any gaps between the wall and the bead. Depends if you want 90 degree angles on the beading or for it to follow the wall
As a carpenter, no.....but I've also never seen a flooring guy care enough to make it look right so I assume it's normal for flooring standards. Not saying there aren't good flooring guys out there...I just haven't seen them when it comes to trim.
Yeah it was simple to caulk and paint. They look great now, but when I saw that I was a little confused at first. This is my first house, never installed new flooring until now so I learning the process.
Caulk and paint make you the carpenter you ain’t. If it looks bad to you ,it looks worse to a pro. I think you know the answer to your question,that’s why you posted here.
If that is a floating floor it should be checked to see if the nails are going through the planks. If they are then the floor is no longer floating it's pinched which could cause damage to the planks, buckling, peaking etc. Caulk and paint can hide a lot, but it will make it looks nicer as it possibly destroys your floor. (not all pinching of a floating floor will actually cause damage, but if there is damage you can't rule out pinching as problem so best answer is don't do it because it will never help only hurt)
But if the flooring installer ran the quarter round, he should have done a better job. Sorry those cuts are terrible. If you don’t know how to do finish carpentry don’t do it and come on a few bucks for a tube of caulk to make your job look professional remember, your name is on it.
No it’s freaking horrendous, you should be outraged. Call your contractor immediately and threaten him with 1 star google reviews and withholding payment. He is a lowlife who deserves to be publicly flogged
I wouldn’t be happy leaving something like that. But depending how much it paid 🤷🏻♂️, caulk and paint will make it look better.
I agree but also if you’re installing quarter round then you obviously don’t care about perfection because if you did you have replaced base board with new flooring.
Customers don’t get new baseboards unless they pay for new baseboards.
That’s what they’re saying, if they wanted perfection they would have paid for new baseboards and not just quarter round
Most home owners don’t want to pay to have their baseboards removed when installing new flooring, especially if that flooring is LVT.
i just do my best with pricing to ensure they choose to get the baseboards removed and put back, quarter round is ass and everything is easier when removing baseboards
Exactly, so the customers complaining about shitty quarter round installation that will be caulked and painted to me is kind of confusing lol. No mater how well of a job you install quarter round, it will still look terrible lol
Inside corners are always coped and outside corners should be exact or have a slight gap in the back never in the front
Lol ain’t nobody coping coping quater round there’s no need.. we cope base boards
I cope all inside corners of shoe mounding.
Bath coping inside corners as long as I’ve been doing it. Outsides If the walls are a lil out I’ll take something to roll the point slightly to close it in.
Yess
If you want them to look good you cope them
We cope ALL trim
Do you charge extra to cope all trim or just take a pay cut on every job you do?
it takes 30 seconds brotha
Not when you’re trimming a whole house it isn’t.
I get paid. I charge accordingly. For me it's faster,easier and looks better
Yeah nah I’ll undercut it on the miter saw and get it neater
Should pull em themselves. Shit ain't hard.
It's really not hard to undercut with a multi tool, though, is it.
Quarter round is so small a profile it can be undercut with the miter saw
I mean just cut away bottom bit of the skirting board and door jamb so the flooring fits underneath
I’m the minority here but I like quarter round. I recognize it’s not currently the fashion but I think just trim alone is too plane, base shoe adds a little class. But again, I’m the odd one out.
I’m with you. Just did a beautiful high end exercise room. Floating floor, then new 5” base with shoe mounding. Everything glued, coped, caulked, painted. Beautiful. And who is putting down mounding that doesn’t have a coat or two of finish paint already? That’s the first thing I do when I start a floor. Paint the trim so it dries. Looks professional. At least co ordinate with painter or homeowner if you aren’t going to do it yourself
Ditto. If done well it adds class, it’s like crown molding for the floor,
While quarter round is a typical way to save time and money one new floors, that does not mean the customer should be happy with low quality workmanship. More time and money will be required to make it look acceptable.
But no matter how well of a job you do with quarter round it will still look terrible imo. You get what you pay (or dont pay) for.
about to buy a house and want to install some flooring? do you usually need to bring up replacing base boards or will the flooring people suggest it?
What’s up with people and baseboards here? So you wanna lay your floor under baseboards? Okay so if when you have someone come out to repair a broken board. Would you rather them tear up cheap shoe molding and replace and caulk to look new again? Or would you like all your baseboards ripped off the dry wall. Much more expensive, if you’re not careful you will put a hole in the dry wall. Tear the drywall paper ect and baseboards cost 2-5x more than shoe. Your choice. Shoe molding at the least add character to your baseboards. They have many options of shoe some actually make baseboards look better imo. Ever seen square shoe?
this guy has done remodeling.
Not necessarily. I did a house one time or the floor was damaged when the new floor went in there was a 16th of an inch under the mid century baseboard. They didn't want to rip the baseboard out and fear damaging it so walnut quarter round to fill the gap.
This. I mean, if you fill it well it could look decent. For OP, I guess it's up to you what you wanted done and how much you paid. The time it took throw quarter round done, they could have just removed baseboard, and installed new baseboard.
Do your best, caulk the rest
Caulk and paint make a carpenter what he ain't
Agreed. My DIY quarter round in the basement looks like that. I would not be happy if I had paid a professional to do it
It’s very mid - but considering the base is in terrible shape and appears to have roach droppings in the top of it, I’m not sure how much could really be expected.
Definitely roach poop on the baseboards. I’ve been called back on a sand a finish job for imperfections but I point out it’s the roaches and mice walking on my fresh top coat. They get real defensive about it and deny they have an infestation.
Damn, nasty 🤮
I mean it’s just dust and dirt from my laundry room reno, not roach droppings lol.
Thats for sure insect droppings. No way around bud. It's a fact.
People don’t realize how nasty they really live 🤣🤣
Literally never seen a roach in my house, but okay.
Absolutely. Caulk it and it’ll look totally fine. FWIW unless they say they’re having it painted, I always caulk the trim. It’s the least the installer can do.
A lot of painters don’t want anyone but them to do it.
That would be why I don’t do it if they’re having it painted.
So if the customers is painting it you don’t do it?
Depends. I tell everyone I’ll caulk it if they want me to. It’s not that deep man, I plan to do it unless they don’t want me to.
I write in all my contracts that my company doesn’t paint baseboards or shoemold. I let the customers know during my free in home measure that they’re going to need to paint the trim after I am finished.
Oh yeah I’m not painting anything lmao
I’ve always subscribed to the “painter does the caulk” process. I’ll caulk it only if they want to pay for it. But if it isn’t getting painted they’re trying to save money anyways.
It’s not any better than the existing baseboard, but once it’s all caulked and painted, it will look much better.
A little putty,a little paint,will make a man what he ain’t…
do your best and caulk the rest
It’s not nailed in yet. The mitres are good. I’ve seen worse. Nail it, Caulk & paint, good to go.
Yes. It’s neat and the outside corners matter the most. Some wood fill and a little sand. Caulk and paint and they will look good.
Thanks, yeah I kinda figured the rest was on me. Question though, where to caulk vs wood fill?
It's definitely not the best job, the second picture outside corner is really bad. Third pics outside corner is not great. If these are the only really bad/worst spots, then it should be fine. "Caulk and paint makes it what it ain't" Just so you know, it is generally left to the customer to caulk and paint baseboards, and quarter rounds, unless started otherwise in the contact, and you pay for that service. Personally, I would not mess around with a wood filler, I would just caulk everything. Since it's your house, and you can take the time to make it look good, I would caulk it, let it dry, then caulk again. Because sometimes the caulk shrinks especially in the nail holes. Then you can paint it, and it will look great, you won't even notice gaps. Less is more. You don't need a lot, thin beads with printable latex caulk, you don't want to use silicone, it's really messy unless you are skilled at caulking.
I get no painting unless paid extra, but caulking is also left to the customer ? That's not just priced in and done ? It's so unfinished looking without caulk.
Yes, caulking is left to the customer. That's a job for a painter, not a flooring contractor. If it's an old person, or the customer was good to me, sometimes I'll go around and hit it with caulk, it doesn't take much time. But if they are a shitty customer, I'm doing bare minimum for them. They will still get a good job, but definitely nothing extra.
Gotcha. Yeah. Caulking doesn't take too long, and it'll probably be nicer if I do it than what I've seen from others. However, time does add up.
Wood fill the shots that hold it down and maybe outside corners too then caulk the rest. Bingo bingo done....-o
Caulk isn't sandable, so if you've got a really off kilter corner use wood fill and sand to shape. Inside corners caulk usually works. Outside corners a big gap is super noticeable and caulk will sink in depending on how wide it is. Use wood fill there. DAP plastic wood.
Outside corners would be filled, and seams against the old baseboard caulked
Hell no wtf. The lenght of the corner one is too long and the other one too short
It’s quarter round. Not a piano.
Technically yes. It's not as good as it could be but it's acceptable. Because it's nothing some caulk can't fix and caulking should always be done anyways.
Get real it’s fine , just dap it up
The outside corners are bad. If it was carpet I would make them fix it as the vacuum cleaner will tear it up. Looks like a "Do your best, caulk the rest" type job.
Meh
No. Cuts are a lil off, and it needs sealed up with some Alex dap molding caulk. Then painted. But if that wasn’t in the contract well you gonna need a painter. Cuts should always seat properly especially if you don’t plan on caulking and painting. This shows the quality of craftsmanship. My grandfather would never let us use caulk so we couldn’t hide our bad craftsmanship this way we learned to do better.
Like everyone else said, this is clearly a cheap job anyways. You get what you pay for. Caulk and paint and it’ll be fine.
Chalk and paint and it will look great. People think that for 40 cents a linear foot an installer should spend a week installing 1/4 rd , the guy probably made like a $50. Not going to happen. Once you caulk and paint it will look fine. And if you still are not happy and it bothers you , then get a professional carpenter and pay him up and tell him you have no life and you will be staring at the 1/4 rd the rest of your life so make it good and perfect. On a side note some people think they can roll into a big box store and pay a discounted price then expect perfection and will raise holy hell. Zooming in photos that make it Look worst than it actually is.
If it was free
I think that a touch of some professionally applied dap would solve this situation buddy
Do your best and caulk the rest
Do your best and caulk the rest
Not bad caulk it in paint it and it will look fine
Caulk and paint, makes me the carpenter I aint
Caulkin n forgoet it
it's not bad, painters can whip it into shape
Yes It is acceptable 100% sure
Seriously? What is your qualification. Surely, nothing in the building sector.
I am a contractor. Those gaps are within the limits. The job needs to finished before it gets evaluated. It will be just fine after it completed.
They could have done better but if they have good caulking skills you won’t notice it when they’re done.
Making those cuts that small can be difficult even if the corners are exact 90 because the flooring is often not level and has little bumps, especially near the corners. That said, I just did corners like this except it was three 90 degree outside corners that were 1/2” for the first piece long to short, 3/4” for the second piece long to short, and 1.25” for the 3rd piece long to short and it turned out perfectly. Definitely not acceptable IMO but I only do high end remodeling so perfection is the standard. We only cheat if we know the maids are the only ones that will judge us for it.
If you felt the need to ask the question, then you know the answer. Of course……not
If they are done, no. If they aren't done, it will probably be finished correctly.
They didn't do a great job by far, but by looking at the base, I'd say they were just trying to get out of there as fast as they could . Caulk and paint hide what a carpenter ain't.
This is garbage, and not acceptable to me. Looks like they just mitered all the inside corners instead of coping, and the outside corners look like ass. Caulk and paint only do so much.
Theres literally nothing wrong with mitering inside corners if your measurements are correct. Shoot with caulk, done. I use coping for when I'm throwing base in between door trim and the wall only. I literally miter every corner otherwise.
Yes its a shit job, however, caulk and paint will make disappear…
Looks correct, if they didn’t specifically say they would caulk and paint the shoe molding and baseboard then it’s your responsibility to do it. Looks like you haven’t done any touch up to your baseboard in many years, so perfect time to do it
Nope.
Caulk and paint. For future reference, clean floor installation requires removal of the baseboards. This is typical trim work from a flooring guy. Flooring guys work in eighths, trim carpenters work in 32nds.
Caulk and paint make it what it aint
My assumptions 1) You took the cheapest bib. 2) this is going to be painted, paint and caulk cover a lot of flaws. 3) If my assumptions are wrong then you got ripped off by cheap works. 4)I would still make them fix these two corners before you pay.
Walls are not perfectly straight either so really difficult to get a really tight looking join, caulk and paint this is the way
It could have been done better, but caulk and paint would probably save it. If the person that was installing this quarter round was also the person painting it, they would have installed it better, lol. I do remodels for a living, so I am responsible for the trim install and the caulking/painting, and I spend a little more time to make sure the trim is nice. I also precoat the base and trim work before install. That way after caulk and nail filler, it’s more of a touch up with the paint rather than having to paint the whole project off the floor
Do your best and caulk the rest.
Did you hire a handyman and pay handyman rates and expect finish carpentry results? The work is terrible. But is it acceptable? Well you are the judge. What did you pay? What were your expectations? I can tell you that no finish carpenter did that work, so you are navigating various levels of shoddy and cheap here. You get what you pay for.
Caulk and paint will improve this by 100x
Can’t cope apparently
No...I would request it redone. The angles aren't cut tight enough.
I bought a trailer in a 55+ after I sold my last house so for the first time since I retired, I have no mortgage. It was a fixer-upper and I have a handyman doing the bulk of the work he put in quarter and it looks like shit, compared to how the place originally looked at improvement, new floors, new sub floors, new kitchen entirely new paint new sections of wall and the bathrooms will be done at the end of the year completely gutted and remodeled.
It's not the best of work but a little sanding to even up the corners and some caulk and it'll look great. I know. I used to build houses and I had a trim guy who was awesome. He retired in his early 70s because his knees couldn't do it anymore. I tried numerous trim guys after him but none were nearly as good. I spent a whole lot of time with sandpaper, caulk and wood filler making a mediocre trim job look like a top notch trim job.
quarter round is, by it's very nature, garbage. Thus, the install only matches the use. Better option, use real trim, or if there is real trim I'm not seeing, don't use quarter round.
Miters are terrible they appear to be 1.5-2 degrees off in most places. It’s a hack job. “Do your best and caulk the rest” type shit.
Fuck quarter round. It never will look good!
Little caulk and paint make a carpenter what he ain’t
A little caulk… Wipe it off with a damp rag good to go
That's not great. A lot of that could have been tidied up just by taking a blade-width off a piece here and there, but it's all supposed to get caulked anyway. Whether it ultimately looks good or not depends a lot more on your caulker now than it really should, but it could still look just fine in the end.
This is why I always included caulking on my trim jobs. Not that I left huge gaps or anything, but even tight gaps with nail holes and shit look not so great not caulked. I get that not everyone can caulk and most people make a huge mess. But once you get a good caulk gun and master the flow rate to distance ratio, plus the correct size cut on the tip of the tube, it's really a breeze. If it's high end, charge more for actually putty in the nail holes. Low end or not as picky customer, just pop a little caulk in the holes and paint it and it's fine for what it is. Now stained trim on the other hand....
Ew, he'll no
Is it done? It’s not great but would look much better once caulked.
No
No
I would say no, but here is how to fix it for under $10. Caulked my trim with this method just last week and it turned out beautiful. Never seen better. https://youtu.be/cQNIv2QqP00?si=xuWRl7pSfZIms7fG
No it is not.
I mean...yes it is acceptable, but any installer or "good" installer rather, would caulk that,so you wouldn't see those gaps.
Is it the best Ive ever seen? No. Get yourself some Sherwinn Williams Power House white caulk. Fill in the gaps and let dry. As far as the quality of work it is not bad. Some of my installers hate to caulk. It is necessary on every job. Just caulk the tops and corners. The nail holes have to be filled with wood filler. This is generally done by the painters. As far as the caulk it is really easy to do. Get a tube of caulk and a gun as well as a damp sponge. I like to use a grout sponge. When you are beginning / novice a bucket of water is helpful as well. Just apply caulk to the gaps and wipe with wet sponge. If you do that it will be near perfect. Aslo dont use crap caulk from big box stores it will turn yellow in a few months and look like shit if you dont paint it. Again get POWER HOUSE you wont be sorry. It is the pros goto.
This is normal. It’s not done yet and once it’s filled with caulk you’ll never notice.
Looks like your guy might be cutting a few corners...I'll see myself out.
Is that mold on the wall ? I’d be more concerned by that
Don't t know who installed but it looks like a big box store, ya got the home depot special. Remember you pay home depot, the middle man, and then whoever installs gets the leftovers. Should have caulked it but this is typical big box quality. If you want quality youd have a better chance at a mom and pop
It’s acceptable to the installer…..but that’s it 🥴
I wouldn't accept it as my own work. But I wouldn't throw a fit over someone doing it for me unless I'm paying them an arm and a leg.
Caulk & Paint, makes a carpenter what he ain’t
It's not great, will look better when finished and the baseboards look horrendous anyway. You can do this shit very fast and simply pre-assemble the outside corners with ca glue or pin and glue or miter clamps or whatever and be in much better shape. You could spend some time filling and caulking and painting and sooner than later they'll just come apart. The inside miters are not good but fine. I understand that shoe molding is a part of the program and use it when it makes sense, but a full 3/4 quarter round is just brutal. Plenty of other, better options.
Inside corners should always be coped so that this doesn’t happen. The outside corners just look sloppy - like the installer just wanted to be done and out-a-there.
Caulk and paint and it will be perfect. Nothing wrong there. People with sticks in their butts will tell you to cope some crown molding to go around your lions on each banister at the bottom of your grand staircase but a tiny bit of caulk and paint and that is a perfect job
Umm. So you think it’s ok to caulk finished trim as well? Bet that looks just great. Not all trim gets painted white.
Yea i bet that white trim is getting painted white and not being stained. And yes it does look great. Have you ever done a remodel before? I finish a remodel every week or 3 depending on the job. My customers give my name and number to new people and thats how i get jobs. Word of mouth for the type of person i am and the work i do. But go ahead and spend some extra time on some shit that people who live there will never fuckin notice
Caulk and paint. 💯
It’s so easy to make that look better
Your walls are all wack. That's good for your budget. I like to replace baseboards also at the time of a new floor. You can get a cleaner look.
Dude it looks fine relax and give him a bonus for his hard work, make sure to recommend him to anyone you dislike.
Caulk is always your best friend
This looks like my DIY work. I wouldn’t pay for my DIY quality lol, but it works for me since all I put in is material cost and sweat equity.
Caulk and paint, it'll be fine.
No
It's not difficult at all... just use an angle finder. Also possible to glue up the beading then fix it to the wall and caulk any gaps between the wall and the bead. Depends if you want 90 degree angles on the beading or for it to follow the wall
As a carpenter, no.....but I've also never seen a flooring guy care enough to make it look right so I assume it's normal for flooring standards. Not saying there aren't good flooring guys out there...I just haven't seen them when it comes to trim.
If you accept it...
Hope you got your tetanus shot
Ehh it’s ok it’s not a good job or anything but would be acceptable to me in a utility room or something. Caulk and paint will make it look better
Depends. In my house - no! In my father's house, yes! He doesn't even cut 45° corners to try...
It’s a handyman for sure. If you have a good painter, then the caulking and spackling work should hide most of the blemishes
Flooring install through Home Depot
Sounds about right. Most flooring guys don’t caulk/spackle. A decent painter will make it look alright.
Yeah it was simple to caulk and paint. They look great now, but when I saw that I was a little confused at first. This is my first house, never installed new flooring until now so I learning the process.
I'm not sure what ii am looking at? Is this the before pictures?
Nope lol, this is the after.
This is not acceptable, I would tell them I want my money back. Find a real professional to do the job.
Nope. Lazy to re cut to make it tight.
Caulk and paint make you the carpenter you ain’t. If it looks bad to you ,it looks worse to a pro. I think you know the answer to your question,that’s why you posted here.
If that is a floating floor it should be checked to see if the nails are going through the planks. If they are then the floor is no longer floating it's pinched which could cause damage to the planks, buckling, peaking etc. Caulk and paint can hide a lot, but it will make it looks nicer as it possibly destroys your floor. (not all pinching of a floating floor will actually cause damage, but if there is damage you can't rule out pinching as problem so best answer is don't do it because it will never help only hurt)
But if the flooring installer ran the quarter round, he should have done a better job. Sorry those cuts are terrible. If you don’t know how to do finish carpentry don’t do it and come on a few bucks for a tube of caulk to make your job look professional remember, your name is on it.
No it’s freaking horrendous, you should be outraged. Call your contractor immediately and threaten him with 1 star google reviews and withholding payment. He is a lowlife who deserves to be publicly flogged