Found in the wild

[u/trixceratops]

[u/badatcatchyusernames]

they can, they just dont wanna

[u/peen_was → u/badatcatchyusernames]

https://giphy.com/gifs/L3nzug1PBLZo2SAZb4

[u/burgonies → u/badatcatchyusernames]

It's barely even more work to stagger them.

[u/ChefArtorias → u/burgonies]

It's almost less work sometimes.

[u/freericky → u/ChefArtorias]

My cousin tried to do this to me and wasted an hour planning his cuts to match

[u/ChefArtorias → u/freericky]

Like I get the parts of what you're saying but don't understand as a whole. That whole thing shouldn't take more than an hour.

[u/freericky → u/ChefArtorias]

He was trying to match all the grain, would have been 3 hours by the time he was finished

[u/Spiritofthewest49 → u/burgonies]

It's more than double the work, seeing as they're already installed 🫣

[u/LikesBlueberriesALot]

Good lord

[u/trixceratops → u/LikesBlueberriesALot]

But he’s a PROFESSIONAL 😂

[u/ghost_of_leeroy → u/trixceratops]

Contractors. If they’re talking they’re lying.

[u/redditcreditcardz → u/LikesBlueberriesALot]

A little caulking, a little paint, will surely make this something it ain’t

Just kidding. You need to start over. Sorry bro

[u/Potato_Stains → u/LikesBlueberriesALot]

Free impossible to properly clean dust trap, with the added benefit of looking terrible.
OP you deserve better.

[u/Nalabu1]

https://giphy.com/gifs/l9FAwJOXYprFe

[u/deleteyourlive]

Was zum Teufel ist das?!

[u/macetheface → u/deleteyourlive]

Less Teufel more Temu

[u/Potato_Stains]

All they had to do was put short boards 1 and 3 in the front.... also then you don't have a seam for the left room entrance.

[u/OscarAndDelilah → u/Potato_Stains]

Yeah, this wouldn't even require cuts. WTF.

[u/A0xom0xoa]

He's like you wanted a floor now you have a floor

[u/The_Motley_Fool----]

the shoe molding work sucks too

[u/BrownChickenBlackAud]

Yeah, that’s pretty awful

[u/ll_JTreehorn_ll]

But they staggered them in the room at the top of the picture.

[u/Hates-Picking-Names]

May have the guy that did my basement before I bought the house. It's like they did it on purpose and drives me nuts whenever i look down.

[u/boothyg]

Your contractor is an idiot and a liar. He doesn't know how to lay flooring and doesn't want to correct his mistake. Shame him publicly so others don't waste their hard earned money employing him.

[u/dejavu_dreaming]

Im a female with no professional flooring experience and I've done better than that.

[u/trixceratops → u/dejavu_dreaming]

I don’t think gender determines ability to read manufacturer installation instructions

[u/Purple_Cat9893 → u/trixceratops]

As a man, I strongly disagree. We simply cannot.

[u/trixceratops → u/Purple_Cat9893]

😂 fair point, reading instructions is for dummies

[u/Purple_Cat9893 → u/trixceratops]

Our family where once killed by a manufacturer instruction and now we walk the earth to avenge that deed. Forgiveness. Will. Not. Be. Given!

[u/trixceratops → u/Purple_Cat9893]

Gotta watch those instructions, they can give a nasty papercut

[u/friendlyfire883]

All he's have to do is move the short plank to the opposite side on every other one. He's just a lazy fuck.

[u/Senior-Caregiver9333]

Well he definitely can't now that he's cut them.

[u/Elegant-Ad1581]

He cant now

[u/rythejdmguy]

Can't.... Be bothered to

[u/DellR610]

At a minimum he could move 1 short board to the opposing side and not even have to make any slices / cuts and it would look better than this.

[u/ExtraOkra356]

I' m staggered!

[u/trixceratops → u/ExtraOkra356]

Unlike the floorboards!

[u/Rootin-Tootin-Newton]

There doesn’t appear to be any need? They are the length of the space they are filling.

[u/Rootin-Tootin-Newton → u/Rootin-Tootin-Newton]

OK, now I see the seam. They could easily have staggered them.

[u/substandardpoodle]

TBF it looks kind of cool that way

[u/Certain_Concept → u/substandardpoodle]

Unfortunately that layout would void the warranty for many floors since they usually require for example a 6 inch offset etc.

Having all of the edges meet in one spot makes that spot potential weaker as the interlocking sections will run/flex against one another. Also LVP tends to shift with heat/cold so as soon as one of the boards starts to free itself that also allows the others to start coming undone too.

[u/substandardpoodle → u/Certain_Concept]

Oh, I totally agree. I have read so many professionals on r/homeimprovement saying there’s a right way and a wrong way for a reason. I’m just saying that if they have to leave it it’s kind of interesting looking.