Scope

What a typical project includes.

The list below is what a typical JRF flooring project includes. Your written proposal is the list for your job, because the condition of the subfloor and the rooms changes the scope.

In the scope

From the first visit to the walkthrough.

Nothing on this page is a menu of add-on charges. If a task is part of your job, it is written into the proposal before the work starts.

Free in-home estimateSomeone from JRF comes to the house or the business, looks at the rooms, and talks through materials and timing. You are not billed for that visit.

MeasurementThe rooms in the job are measured, including closets, stair landings, and the doorways where one floor meets another. The proposal is based on that measurement.

Surface prepThe subfloor is checked for loose spots, high seams, and old adhesive that would show through the new floor. That prep is part of a typical installation, not a step saved for later.

Removal and haul-awayFlooring that is being replaced comes up and leaves the property. That includes carpet and pad, old vinyl, or a floating floor that is coming out. Tile removal is heavier work and is named on the proposal when it applies.

InstallationThe new floor, the tile, or the remodel surfaces written into the scope are installed by JRF. A flooring-only job does not assume plumbing, electrical, or moving unusual furniture unless the proposal lists that work.

Trim and transitionsShoe molding, reducers, thresholds, and the stair nosing the new floor requires are part of a complete install. Doorways are finished in the same job, not left raw.

CleanupThe work area is vacuumed and the dust from cutting and setting is cleaned up before the job is called done. A refinish or a remodel that creates more dust has that cleanup described in the proposal.

Final walkthroughJRF walks the rooms with you, looks at transitions, grout, and edges, and notes anything that still needs attention before the project is closed.

Scope questions

When the list changes.

Ordinary prep is part of the work. Conditions that are worse than they looked are added to the proposal before that extra work starts.

Is haul-away always part of the job?+

When an old floor is being replaced, taking it out and hauling it away is part of a typical JRF scope and is listed on the proposal. If you are keeping the old material, or the tear-out is tile, that difference is written down before the work starts.

Does every project include new trim?+

The trim and transitions the new floor needs are part of the install. That is shoe, reducers, thresholds, and nosing. Repainting every baseboard in the house is a different scope and is only included when the proposal says so.

What if the subfloor needs more than a typical prep?+

Ordinary prep is part of the installation. A soft subfloor, an active leak, or a floor that has to be flattened well beyond a typical install is additional work. JRF stops and writes that into the proposal before the extra work starts.

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