When a flooring inspection is performed by certified experts such as those of The Weinheimer Group LLC one can expect a thorough inspection process. The commissioning party who is the person or company ordering and paying for the inspection, may choose to limit the scope of the inspection process. While an expert inspector will still perform a thorough hardwood, carpet, laminate or other floor inspection it will be limited to that scope.
As a homeowner or property owner you may have a carpet, hardwood, laminate or specialty floor that is not performing properly and you want to know who is responsible for this failure. A home or property owner that commissions an inspection might ask to have everything from the product to the installation thoroughly investigated and tested. If a flooring installation company has commissioned the inspection they may only want to know if the installation was performed to industry standard. A manufacturer might commission the inspector to only test for and investigate concerns as it relates to manufacturing or they may be looking for the cause of a flooring failure be it product, site, installation, specification, maintenance or abuse. A commissioning party may also want to know if the end users expectations are too great for the product and the environment in which it is installed. As one can see, while an inspection may be thorough, the thoroughness may be limited to the concerns that are being addressed.
The knowledge of a retailer, decorator or contractor is often limited to their personal experience and what they hear about a product from the manufacturers sales person or their customers. The knowledge of a flooring installer is usually limited to the installation of the product and their personal experiences. An experienced, expert floor covering inspector such as Kevin Weinheimer and Terry Weinheimer is trained to know the ins and outs of how flooring products are intended to function. These inspectors who are routinely certified by CFI, IICRC, NWFA, NOFMA, FCITS and others regularly attend conferences, updates and training sessions and conventions keeping abreast of how different flooring product should be installed, structural, environmental and maintenance concerns that may affect the performance of a product or installation, and the cause and extent of why flooring systems can fail. This in depth training gives The Weinheimer Group and other qualified inspectors an edge when it comes to solving floor covering problems.
