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Carpet,
Hardwood,
Laminate, and Hard
Surface Flooring
Inspections:
Statewide
Inspection offers
neutral,
third-party
inspection floor
covering services
when parties
involved in a
carpet, vinyl,
laminate, tile, or
hardwood flooring
complaint cannot
resolve their
dispute and wish
to obtain an
expert.
Being unaffiliated
with any
manufacturer,
distributor,
retailer, or
contractor enables
us to provide
truly unbiased
inspections
regarding the
quality and
installation of
your flooring.
Our
services are
available to
anyone in need of
an independent
flooring inspector
including
manufacturers,
distributors,
retailers,
consumers,
contractors/builders,
architects,
insurance
companies, home
builders, tenants,
designers,
flooring
installers, carpet
cleaners,
engineers,
property managers,
and attorneys.
Our typical area
of coverage is New
Jersey, New York,
and eastern
Pennsylvania
with nationwide
service available.
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Litigation,
Case Review,
Report Review,
Deposition and
Litigation Support
Flooring
expert, Linda
Lockwood provides
attorneys with
report reviews,
Commercial,
Residential,
and Hospitality
Site Inspections,
Litigation and
Deposition
Support,
Product Failure
Analysis and
Expert Witness
Testimony for
cases involving
the
manufacture,
installation, or
use of Tufted or
Woven Carpet,
Solid and
Engineered
Hardwood, Bamboo,
Laminate, Cork,
Ceramic, Solid
Vinyl
tile, VCT-Vinyl
Composition Tile,
Tile, Stone,
Marble and
Specialty
Flooring.
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We Inspect
Flooring Problems for:
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Manufacturer Warranty Claims-
Product defects-
failures |
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Insurance
Claims-Product Value-Contractor damage-moisture- |
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Installation
Failures
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New Construction, and Home Re-sales |
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Maintenance Damage |
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DIY; Do it Yourself Installations |
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Trip and Fall Accidents |
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Flooring failures related to Construction
Defects |
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Product: |
Problem: |
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Hardwood:
Solid-
Engineered
Site & Factory Finished
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Gaps, gapping, cupping, buckling,
lifting,
crowning, delamination,
splits,
checks, wear, dents, cracks, scuff marks, scratches, gouges,
indentations. Problems related to Moisture. Sand and Finish problems.
Installation problems: nail down, direct glue and
floating floors |
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Carpet:
Tufted -
Woven-
Area Rugs
Runners
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Wear, stains,
staining, fraying,
wrinkles, delamination, odors,
crushed, matting, shading, fuzzing, shedding, soiling, lines,
bands,
streaks, bearding, color loss, color difference, color sidematch, pile
reversal, pooling, sprouts, sprouting, snags, rippling, pilling,
texture
retention, clean-ability, scuff marks, texture retention. |
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Resilient
Sheet Vinyl:
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Yellow, black and
blue, pink, purple, hot pink discoloration, stain,
scuff, scratching, discoloration from Mold and Mildew or
asphalt
tracking. Wear, loss of gloss, dull, seam separation,
buckling, scuff
marks, cuts and gouges. streaks, spots, lines,
indentations. |
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Laminate
Flooring: |
Buckling, cupping,
seam Swelling, gaps, wear, discoloration, peaked
seams, chips,
cuts, gouges, fading, sun fade, loss of gloss,
indentations, scratches, stains,
burns. |
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V.C.T & Vinyl Tile:
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Gaps, Buckling, Discoloration |
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Stone- Glass-Ceramic Tile:
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Lippage,
cracks, gaps, loose, lifting, chipping, splitting, crazing,
porosity, cracked grout, porous surface. |
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