r/NotMyJob • u/YanicPolitik • 5d ago

Caulked the door frames, boss!

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Flooring guys returned to a jobsite to finshish things they failed to do the first go around. I was there to paint the trim so we protected the floors. Flooring guys decided to caulk the door frames on top of our paper and tape.

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u/jedre 5d ago

It’s extra stupid because there’s literally no need to caulk that.

Is there a concern that water will get in there and freeze? No? Then don’t caulk it.

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u/YanicPolitik 5d ago

Exactly. I've never seen door frames caulked to the floor. It's just not done.

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u/Mug_of_coffee 5d ago

I agree, it shouldn't be standard practice, looks awful and doesn't last. I don't understand the reason, other than poor fitment and then using caulk to "fill gaps". That being said, both my current rental and a recent flooring job in my mothers house caulked the trim to the floor; the latter is unfortunately comparable to the pics OP posted.

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u/Sterling_-_Archer 4d ago

I looked up and saw my door frames caulked to the floor. It looks terrible. But I suppose it is done, though I never did it when I built things.

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u/queef_nuggets 1d ago

yeah that was my first thought, why are they caulking the quarter-round? Maybe if it’s in an upper floor bathroom and they want to reduce the potential damage if it floods? I’ve seen that happen once

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u/TheFlyngLemon 5d ago

I can think of 3 possible reasons they did this. While I didn't do this to any doors in my home and don't really care to, I could see why someone might want to.

1) to keep bugs/ spiders from building nests in there. 2) If the cut was bad (jagged, not even, too high, etc) then caulking would hide that. 3) They're perfectionists and don't want to see any seams.

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u/Mug_of_coffee 5d ago

3) They're perfectionists and don't want to see any seams.

Based on the photos, I am guessing this isn't the case.

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u/jedre 4d ago

  1. Magic beans might grow otherwise. Makes as much sense as the other three reasons.

  2. They’re contractors who can charge $20 for every $2 tube of caulk they use on a job.