u/JAMM9

Been a licensed contractor for a year and a half now, been doing plank flooring installs for about three years. Had an experience this week:

Customer wanted laminate flooring installed in two rooms and a hallway with no transition strips so I had to cut a custom piece for the threshold between two rooms. My piece had a 3/16” gap and I decided to patch rather than try and recut the whole thing. I told homeowner what was going on when it happened. The patch was invisible. Then I finish the job and get told they want the piece redone….which means I have to rip out an entire room to get back to it to replace.

As a newer contractor I’m having an existential crisis over this. I want to be good at what I do and I’m feeling guilty like I made a mistake and took the easy route and now I’m paying for it. Anyone have any similar experiences or advice?

I have a 18g nail gun I bought last summer, used one time and it stopped shooting nails. Had my foreman look at it today and he said something is defective with the gun. It’s been about a year since I bought the thing, any advice on how to best deal with this?

Has anyone had good success with advertising plank flooring installation? How do you generate your best leads?

Has anyone had good success with advertising plank flooring installation? How do you generate your best leads?