Terms of use

These terms cover your use of Flooring Jester. By reading the site, you accept them. They are deliberately short and deliberately plain.

What this site is

Flooring Jester publishes opinion and general information about flooring products, materials, trends and installation practice. It is editorial content. It is not a specification, a survey, a quotation, a building control opinion, or professional advice for your particular property.

Every floor sits on a different subfloor, in a different climate, with different people and animals walking on it. Nothing here can account for that. Use the writing to ask better questions of people who can see your room.

No guarantee of accuracy or fitness

The writing is offered in good faith and checked as far as a one-person publication can check it. It is still opinion, and opinions age. Products change, standards change, and a technique that worked in one house can fail in another.

The site makes no warranty that any information is complete, current or suitable for a particular purpose. If you rely on it for a purchase, you do so at your own risk.

No professional relationship

Reading this site does not create a client, advisory or fiduciary relationship. Sending a message does not create one either. The jester is not acting as your installer, surveyor, engineer or designer.

Intellectual property

The text, illustrations, logo and design of this site belong to Flooring Jester unless stated otherwise. You may quote short extracts with a clear credit and a link to the page you quoted. You may not republish substantial parts, scrape the site to train a commercial model, or present the writing as your own.

The illustrations on this site are original works made for it. They may not be reused without permission.

Third-party links

Some articles link to other websites. Those sites have their own terms and privacy practices, and the site is not responsible for them. A link is not an endorsement.

Comments and contributions

There is no comment system. Messages sent through the contact form may be used, in anonymised form, as the starting point for an article. Do not send confidential information.

Limitation of liability

To the extent permitted by law, Flooring Jester is not liable for any loss or damage arising from the use of, or reliance on, the content of this site. That includes indirect and consequential loss.

Nothing in these terms excludes liability that cannot lawfully be excluded.

Changes

These terms may be updated as the site changes. The date at the top of the page shows the last revision. Continued use of the site after a change means you accept the revised terms.

Governing law

No jurisdiction has been specified for this site yet. Until one is supplied, these terms are provided as general information rather than as a jurisdiction-specific contract.

Contact

Questions about these terms can go through the contact form. See also the privacy policy, which explains what the site does and does not collect.