Just had new engineered hickory installed. The planks vary in their lightness, with random knots here and there. The wood is stained medium brown so the variations aren't as drastic, but they do vary.
After the installer was finished and gone, I noticed from the front door point of view (i.e. the first thing you notice when you walk in), going down the middle of the hallway to the back (the planks run from front to back), they had lined up 3 darker planks in a row. And it just looks so wrong to me.
The next day I noticed in the dining room there was this super cluster of about 20 knots on one side of the room and almost no knots on the other.
I mean, overall, the floor looks really good, but these 2 blunders are driving me nuts. A good installer would have made sure to distribute and vary the planks better then this, i imagine.
Is there anything to gain from complaining to the installer about this, or is this one of those things in life you just have to write off ?
After the installer was finished and gone, I noticed from the front door point of view (i.e. the first thing you notice when you walk in), going down the middle of the hallway to the back (the planks run from front to back), they had lined up 3 darker planks in a row. And it just looks so wrong to me.
The next day I noticed in the dining room there was this super cluster of about 20 knots on one side of the room and almost no knots on the other.
I mean, overall, the floor looks really good, but these 2 blunders are driving me nuts. A good installer would have made sure to distribute and vary the planks better then this, i imagine.
Is there anything to gain from complaining to the installer about this, or is this one of those things in life you just have to write off ?