Change order
A mid-project price increase — on a hardwood job, most often for substrate conditions that a proper assessment would have found before quoting.
Substrate correction discovered mid-job is the single most common source of change orders on a hardwood project, and it is the one most often avoidable.
The presence of open-ended change-order language in a contract is a statement about when the contractor intends to discover problems.
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- Fixed priceA price written in the estimate that is the price paid, with no open-ended change-order language for conditions that should have been tested on day one.
- SubfloorWhat the finished floor is installed onto — plywood over joists, a concrete slab, or a radiant assembly — and the thing that determines the installation method.
- Glue-downBonding flooring directly to the substrate with adhesive — correct for engineered flooring over concrete, and in condominiums.
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If you are dealing with this on a real floor: hardwood installation, or get a fixed written price after a measure.
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