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You should chalk it up to experience and move on instead of disputing the work. I always find it hard, but sometimes it really is better to just let go.
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total shiter not sure what the best course of action is. probably just going to have to take your dumps : /
thought I'd add though, just so you have a reference for your sanding quotes: I'd expect to pay £25-35 per sqm for sanding work. that includes prep, sanding, finishing etc. we paid £30 psqm for our latest floors and we are really happy with them. this is in glasgow - wouldn't expect prices in ed to differ significantly
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Further to my adventures with floorboard replacement: there are details I'm not happy with, both in terms of gaps between boards and architraves, between boards and hearthstone, and in terms of how removed skirtings have been reinstated. I've paid in full £2.5k for 30 square metres, supply and fit. I didn't want to withhold payment; I figured this was a non starter. I don't think the joiner has the skill necessary to remediate, and I don't think I could have gotten enough money off the job to make it worth the hassle of the argument.
So now I'm looking at getting some remedials done by another firm in the same contact as sanding and oiling the boards.
What I'm after in this post is some kind of reassurance that chalking it up to experience and moving on is indeed the right way forward, rather than disputing the work with the original joiner. It would also give some comfort of anyone has experience of the cost of this sort of work. If the price was cheap then I can be happier forgiving poor workmanship. (I had a moment of being a complete idiot and didn't get comparative quotes; I thought I was under the gun to get the work done quickly - it's now apparent that I could have waited. Lesson learned, painfully).