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safe to use ? why alot articles out there suggest not to use steam mop, because of the moisture may destroy the wood

Why need to steam? Easier than just mopping it?

https://www.tipsbulletin.com/cleaning-lamin...th-a-steam-mop/

more clean especially grease

Hi need get some recommendations on reliable contractor for a) parquet removal and to install spc flooring. Size about 800 sq ft (upper level), yet to include stair case.. we are staying in the house. Appreciate advice n recommendation best way with good value..thanks

I was at an expensive hotel some years ago and I love the feel of the wood floors. But I am sure it is very costly. So downscale laminated.

I have looked at a few brands. How much should I pay for 12 mm, E1, ac4 Robina which includes skirting, workmanship?

Is it worthwhile to pay extra for engineered wood? But still won't get solid wood.

On the wood feeling
Hardwood > Engineered Wood > Laminate

On scratch resistance and hardness
Laminate > Engineered Wood > Hardwood

Engineered Wood is usually real high grade wood layer on top of plywood. For me the laminated is just fine. My parent house is hardwood. So, growing on house made of wood Now my house is 100% laminated except for just bathroom

This probably help.

Thank you for the video. That helps a lot. But do we have 'luxury vinyl plank' in Malaysia?

I think I'll stick to laminate. In my old place, I installed ceramic tiles thinking I could buy the place, but can't afford it. I could kick myself, should have installed laminate.

Some people like tile but I hate cold feet. Changing tile can be more expensive then just putting the laminated flooring. The waterproof one use plastic composite and will have no problem with water. I use normal laminate and once there was a leak in the kitchen and the laminated floor become swollen. Later they dried up leaving gaps and bit curvy on the edge, making it felt like real wood

Now got them replaced. You can check online for sales. They can be very cheap like just around RM4+ per square feet. Way cheaper than tiling the floor. Removing old tiles even as much costly. My replacement was using Floor Depot. They always have sales online

I recently also install SPC laminate floor on my dining hall and it's totally waterproof and termite proof. So no more worry of water spill on it anymore.

More and more of these SPC have issues. As a flooring seller myself, please check the background of your company and whether they are experienced / sourced the good factories or not. We sell SPC too.

We have received more than 15 enquiries of fixing other brand SPC products until date.

Can someone quote me Robina flooring 8mm for 742sqf?
Include installation, profile and skirting.

Necroing thread because I went with a new type of 8mm laminate floor product. It was more expensive than the SPC that I was originally looking for but the core is made from charcoal fibre + bamboo fibre. So chose it because after numerous threads of seeing SPC from other users having issues a few years down the line.

The salesman guaranteed us it was waterproof and even threw in a free upgrade to EVA underlay. Had a sample soaking in water for a week to show us. Price was RM11.90/sqft but we decided on RM14.90/sqft which included the concrete leveling to be done by them. Hopefully it will last.

When you say levelling, your old tiles were removed? How many sqf was it?

Remove old style parquet floor to do levelling. About 660sqft in total excluding the stairs which were RM180/step

This post has been edited by holynoob: Jul 20 2024, 12:02 PM

Hi Anyone encountered this kind of problem before? The laminated flooring became like this. the core of the laminated flooring became small particles of wood.

This post has been edited by Secret_Garden: Aug 19 2024, 01:31 PM

Hi tenant left my floor like this, is it possible to be fixed?