we have balau, bintagor, kempas, keranji, red balau, and dark red meranti as well ma
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y limit urself to merbau only? there are variety of malaysian timber which is suitable for flooring apart from merbau
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QUOTE(lizziewong @ Jul 16 2011, 11:06 AM) For the other varieties, price is one factor. But more important u shld go to the timber board website to familiarise yourself with the quality of the timber. One important criteria is resistance to termites. Merbau is not top tier like Teak, but for the price, it is considered quite hard for termites. The other wood grains are nice, but termite resistance must be good too. termite resistant is not jus bout the wood... people got the misconception d.. for termite, normally flooring company will treat the wood 1st de.. so relatively speaking if u go to a reputable flooring company most of their wood is treated d.. wont be susceptible to termite unless u expose it to prolong moist environment.. I did my window hood using balau wood, which is considered ok for external. But I notice other contractor also use meranti which someone tells me is softer wood. A timber supplier whom I asked to quote timber stairs, told me balau is not so suitable because it tends to warp over time.  merbau is on par with teak in term of strength and durability ... balau not suitable for ur stair becos it have high shrinkage value...but tat 1 can be solve if u tell ur installer wat environment u are installing it at.. for normal indoor u need to tell ur installer , will u install aircon environment? or jus open air.. if air con environment.. will it be 24 hour .. the installer must monitor ur room moisture content and humidity and acclimatised the wood before install.. normally for indoor the moisture content is around 15-17% if in aircon environment (8-12%). for more information on wat type of wood and its suitability u can go to http://woodwizard.my/index.asp . it have most of the Malaysian species available in Malaysia |
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QUOTE(airdyloo @ Jul 20 2011, 09:41 PM) How about those lock on timber strips like those sold in Floor Depot? Are they more durable? They mentioned to me that their solid timber are abrasive and scratch resistance because their timber are pre-laminated with coating in the factory, not at the site of installation. what do u guys think? yes those will be more durable in term of scratch resistance .. but besure to check u got the right thing.. some might give engineered / reconstituted wood but claimed to be solid wood. |
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QUOTE(farisz78 @ Jul 23 2011, 09:11 PM) Im a newbie and planning to replace my old parquet floor with new timber flooring. During the survey, I came across kekatong timber. Does anybody knows is kekatong better for flooring compare to merbau? Anybody can share experience installing kekatong flooring? Share kekatong floor pic? yes kekatong is a very good wood.. density is around 800-1000 kg/m3.. which is comparable to merbau.. when u are buying from contractor.. make sure the contractor know where u wanna install it.. and check the environment 1st.. the moisture content and humidity of the place which u wanna install is vital for solid wood installation.. if not properly acclimatised ur flooring will have lot of defects... usually the reason y the contractor suddenly intro u this species becos he having a stock on hand and wanna sell it to u.... wood is good no doubt tat is if ur contractor is honest enough to give u to whole package with kekatong wood.. sometimes they will mix with meranti or even cap chai.. so better u got some1 which is knowledgeable in this solid wood so tat u dont get cheated..In order to get to install the flooring cheaper, I was thinking of buying the wooden planks separately and hired a contractor to install them. Would this be more cheaper than buying directly from the flooring shop? Anybody who can offer contractors with reasonable price and good workmanship for installing solid timber floor is most appreciated. Does anybody knows whats the average charge for taking out old parquet, installing, grinding, and varnish new timber floor? Thanks in advance. |
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QUOTE(kamion @ Jul 24 2011, 07:21 PM) What about Borneo cherry compared to merbau or walnut? Should be kapur.. But u really need to ask the shop tat sell it.. As we dont have tis species here.. But it is usually given an exotic trade name by shop to boast their sales..I prefer the lighter colour of Borneo cherry. Anyone know what is the name of the tree which Borneo cherry wood is taken from? |
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QUOTE(kamion @ Jul 25 2011, 03:14 PM)  They have no idea. Is this a bad sign?This is a picture of the sample I was shown. |
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