Install aborted
I observed this as my installers got started. No expansion gap. I alerted them and they agreed. They then went off to Home Depot to buy spacers. Next thing I know, the contractor is pissed off at me for telling his guys to buy something at Home Depot (which I didn’t do). And now he has called off work until Monday after he is back from vacation. He thinks I am at fault.
At some point I may need to pull the plug and walk away from this guy.
Oh, yeah. This was after I observed that the vapor barrier was being done wrong. They were taping each section of plastic to the slab and they did not tape the separate sheet to each other. So there was a gap in the barrier between each sheet. But I’m the bad guy for noticing.
Update: we resolved our differences and will move on