Haha! Yes, I am very aware, I just wanted to confirm that it was less than 1/8". Thank you!!

unbelievable

Sorry!!

New Construction? Remodel? I mean the caulk job is pretty terrible but context helps.

This caulk is the least of my worries. This is a remodel from hell.

Context of other botched jobs:

https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/5558355/switching-from-load-bearing-wall-to-beam

https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/5565079/crooked-backsplash

Contractor is now requesting payment before he remedies any of his other work:

• for plumbing work that was done (but has to be redone because the master bath is getting torn out and redone)
• for backsplash tile work (which also has to be fixed now that the kitchen was remeasured and new cabinets need to be rehung).

Will start a new thread for that situation ^^

1/8" gap is too sloppy. No gap is appropriate. Is that a reinstalled piece of molding that was temporarily removed while changes were made? If it is, it should have been replaced with a new piece of proper length; is it is a new piece, it was cut wrong. Whichever it is, it's the work of someone who is unprofessional and is happy to do hack work if he can get away with it.

The door, door frame, and base molding are all new.

Okay...that's just wrong. It was misscut, and they should not have installed that piece. Sometimes a trim installer will leave a small gap intentionally at the bottom of the jamb if wall-to-wall carpeting is going to be installed. But I doubt that is what you are doing.

Good grief. Stevie Wonder could have done a better job. This guy has a license???

Sorry you have to deal with this. Renovations are stressful enough with a good contractor, I cannot imagine having to deal with the stress of such poor work on top of it. I hope you’re able to get a satisfactory resolution.

I've re read all of your posts, I'm sorry you are going through this, you certainly found a doozy of a 'contractor'

Obviously the door casing is too short and you are missing shoe moulding (it is like quarter round but with a narrower profile)

I am so sorry that you're facing these issues. That's nothing short of a hack job. Aside from the unacceptable gap in the door trim, I have never seen anyone caulk the gap between the baseboard and the flooring. That gap is always covered with quarter round (also called shoe molding). Like this:

I just had new hardwood flooring installed in my kitchen and I'm in the process of installing the trim myself. There should be no need for any caulk if that door casing is newly installed. It should be tight like this casing I just installed:

It's clear that this guy has no interest in doing a good job.

Did the contractor remove a wider saddle/threshold (the marble that is there now - did there used to be one that stuck farther out into the room)? Or, was there a tile floor previously? I ask because many of my 1920s home's door casings look like yours: because they were cut over the decades for shag carpet or thick ugly tile to be installed. (I then removed all, refinished the original hardwood floors - and have gaps like yours. We are having plinth blocks installed to remedy the situation.)

Ahhh Sabrina, this guy just gets worse and worse. So sorry. That casing needs to be replaced.