Subfloor seams telegraphing through vinyl flooring.

Floor locked in at ceramic tile transition in background.

After adhesive oozes through seams, it turns black from contaminants.

Damage to end of planks from aggressive installation tapping technique.

Delamination caused by constant roller traffic across the joint.

Straightedge and taper gauge identifies the amount of flatness variation.

The typical issues caused by excessive moisture from below, standing water, improper cleaning, aggressive tapping during installation, or no moisture barrier.

Improper nailing pattern. Staples are too far apart.

Locally caused gouge in the surface of vinyl flooring.

Joints too close together affect the stability of laminate flooring and ultimately cause damage to the locking profiles.

Typical end lifting caused by inadequate expansion space.

Seam iron actually melted the fibers of this olefin fiber Berber.

A typical issue related to moisture (a spill or leak) let standing on the floor for too long.

Indentation from a chair leg. Proper floor protectors will prevent this.

Typical damage from a locally caused event such as the dropping of a heavy item on to the surface of the floor.

Tear on the surface of the vinyl floor from refrigerator damage.

Typical issues from such things as improper installation subfloor not being flat, missing vapor barrier, or covering too large of an expanse without a transition.

The tufted pattern is no longer visible after foot traffic.

Wrinkle from moving appliances without protecting floor.

Screw through laminate inhibits floors' ability to float. This can cause the floor to buckle and separation of joints.

Wrinkles from shifting subfloor in a mobile home.

Typical moisture related issue.

The typical issue caused by improper installation, subfloor not level, or too large of an expanse without a transition.

The plywood subfloor seam is telegraphing through LVT flooring.

Possible damage from handling or shipping, damage at the job site, or aggressive installation practices.

This shows the damage done by pets urinating on a seam (believe it or not this is a common occurrence)

Loop pulled from the backing of a Berber carpet

Moisture in the crawl space caused the floor to cup and buckle.

Plank surface damaged from water intrusion

The floating floor came apart in the middle of the room.

This is the typical look of a loop pile carpet that had no sealer applied to the seam.

Typical issues related to moisture imbalance usually due to the absence of a vapor barrier. Sometimes related to inadequate expansion space

The carpet on one side of the seam is lighter/darker than the other side.

Protruding nail wore through the surface of LVT flooring.

Possible damage from handling or shipping, damage at the job site, or aggressive installation practices.

Chemical build-up from cleaning with wrong products.

The typical issues caused by excessive moisture, improper cleaning, aggressive tapping during installation no moisture barrier.

Chair with roller wore through the entire plank.

Locally caused scratching

Engineered floor delaminating.

This is a large gap in the target seam.

High Rows

The center of the photo shows that the pattern is not properly aligned

Finish peeling from the surface of planks

Delamination at the edge of a plank.

Gapping occurring across the width of planks.

Planks with a different gloss level installed.

Improperly sealed seam coming apart.

Typical intertangling of fibers found in matting complaint

Wrinkles - buckling from carpet that was not properly power-stretched

Open woven ends of backing are signs that the installer did not properly seal the seam edges.

Floor protector becomes floor destroyer once-solid grit becomes embedded in it.

Corner of planked chipped from heavy rolling traffic across the floor.