Robina timber flooring nightmares.

I thought it is easy installation.. but it is not.

Very very difficult to lock the timber floor together. Regret using this Robina timber flooring.

2 days still cannot finish intallation
Anyone one can help?

So we know that laminated/vinyl can be installed on top of tiles without having to remove them first as long as they are leveled

How about the skirting? Can it be installed on tile's skirting or we have to remove the tiles first?

I don't want to remove the tile's skirting in case i want to revert to tiles back

Up to you. Another skirt on top of the other skirt makes it thick skirt. Anyway, what if the tile skirting is shorter to the laminated floor skirting? It will leave shallow groove. If the tile skirting is taller, then you'll have a stepped skirting.

It is common that the wall is not really straight. So, in most installation, the skirting is not just glued to the wall but also nailed. If the tile skirting is not removed, then the installation would be difficult.

U are owner? U buy urself and install by urself?

Hi all,

Planning to do something on my parquet floor in all my bedrooms as some parquet are flipping out and it is very annoying.

Can I still do laminate floor with my furniture inside (bed, wardrobe, table)?
Need to remove parquet and install laminate or can just install on top of it?
Currently some parquet are flipping and abit scratch, other than that, no other complaint.

What r the charges and estimated time to complete?
Thanks in advance

Inovar TZ863 Burmese Teak @ taman bangi avenue 2



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Based on your description on your parquet condition, you can install laminate right on top of it.
Furniture needs to be placed to one side and installed section by section. .

Pm you charges and time to complete.

Hi,

I installed a laminate flooring (inovar) in less than 8 months and now I can see a lot of gaps in between the planks. Is this normal?

The gaps appear on both the long and short side of the planks.

what brand is that? This is not normal. Should be under warranty, right?

Inovar but the sales person said it is normal since the planks will expand over time. So far the largest gap is almost 1mm but my main concern is too many gaps. I think probably around 30-40 gaps.

Im still under warranty

This post has been edited by sidq: Aug 22 2017, 08:34 PM

I don't know much about Inovar. Each piece is interlocked to each other. For me, 1mm gap is visible and not acceptable. The expansion gap is hidden under skirting at the wall about the thickness of the plank itself or 1/4". The floor panels should expand and shrink due to change of temperature day and night and should push and pull each other leaving no gap.

There are manufacturers spec for their product such as how long the laminated floor can span before needing expansion gap, which they need to use T profile. The distance is different for long and short end, like 40' for long end and 20' for short end. If not the interlocking will not work properly leaving gaps.

My floor is already 10 years and no such problem except noticeable (about 1mm) gap on small area exposed to rain all day long while I was at work because I forgot to close the window but that was 8 years ago perhaps . Mine is no big name local brand. I'm trying to recall the name

This is my experience and I don't know much about others. Perhaps anyone using Inovar can tell theirs

Do you hv a photo of your flooring? Seems a little unusual to me.

Can ask Inovar go and touch up, is unacceptable, if they dont then you can get other ppl to help you fix it.

are these laminates or real planks?

is it bad?

This post has been edited by propnoob: Aug 30 2017, 03:21 PM


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The first top two pictures are not acceptable for me.

The others though not that bad but it was caused by poor installation. Some cases, the plank itself defect such as it curved a bit but that is not your problem. They need to replace. In some cases, the installer did not align the plank straight thus causing a bit of gap on one end.

is it easy to fix these kinda gaps?

will it cause any problem in the future? i contacted them already. waiting for them to come and fix this.

i guess they need to use this tool:

https://www.floorgapfixer.com/pages/floor-g...ng-instructions

This post has been edited by propnoob: Aug 30 2017, 05:17 PM

I bet they don't have this. They will just jump and slide with their feet. You can also do that but it is not your problem

they came and told me that there's nothing they can do except for filling the gaps with silicone. if i insisted not to use the silicone, they will have to dismantle all the skirting and manually push the floor.

so how?

You can just kick the board back into place but can be tiring if many or can DIY