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I do not have experience DIY parquet flooring. But wood laminate flooring can easily be installed by any competent pinoyhandyman.

When I installed wood laminate flooring, it cost me around P600 per square meter. This was of the Hornitex brand. Other brands are more expensive. It took me around 1 day to install 10 square meters.

What is important in wood laminate flooring is that the floor on which it will be installed should be very flat and level. All wooden floors, parquet or wood laminate, need a concrete floor that is protected from moisture seeping up from the ground.

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In our place the cost of wood parquet is per square foot....the shop near us quote me 75 pesos/sq ft. or around 800 pesos per square meter if you convert....the wood type is LANGKA which is typical in our area....

I've had bad experience using laminated flooring in our master bedroom.....nagtikwasan ung mga planks....because of uneven floor level :(.....lessson learned... ;D

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From what I know, most of the bedrooms in condominium units that were installed earlier on with wooden parquet now have experienced and have shifted and renovated using better maintainance and less worrysome substitute, laminated wooden planks, now flooding the market in different brands, coming from France, Germany, Sweden, and USA, with different wood color to match your taste.
Although wooden parquet has that natural wood feel and texture yet the better laminated wood planks has better polished looks and feel, and less maintenance to boot. Parquet needs to be sanded, polished, and applied with polyvarnish to look nice and shiny after installation, in addition to the problem of chipping off due to the eventual cracking of the adhesive in two or three years. Laminated planks are easy to install and need no adhesive because they are designed to be clipped to each other and because it occupies larger areas, they dont chipped off as easily like the parquet. But parquet do not need underlays like the wood planks.
But for heavy traffic areas, I have doubts of its durability, even with wood parquet.

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Thus if you can install wood laminate yourself, which is within the capabilities of the Pinoyhandyman, wood laminate of Hornitex brand is cheaper at around P600 per square meter, compared to wood parquet which costs around P75 per square meter.

One should also consider the time needed to install the wood parquet. One day to install, another day to sand, and finally a day to varnish. Then you need some time to have the varnish harden. For a house that's already being used, the time out of the bedroom will be significant.

I'll see if I can write a story on the installation of wood laminate flooring.

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Nakagamit na ako ng wood laminate sa isa kong project(Hornitex brand). Ang naging problema ko ay yung sahig hindi evenly levelled kaya nagtikwasan yong mga laminates. Isa pang dahilan kaya nagtikwasan ay hindi kami naglagay ng tamang space between the laminated panels against the walls. Pero para sa akin maganda ang material na ito. Bukod sa mura na, ito ay malinis tignan at mas madaling i install. Itong current project ko nga gagamit ako uli ng laminated flooring sa mga bedrooms pero this time, I made sure na pantay pantay ang concrete topping sa floors.

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ah ganun pala yun?

me nkita n rin kc kmi dati dun s wilcon n mga sample ng wooden laminate n bnngait nyo mga sir, medyo ganun nga computation nya around P700 up per square meter din sya

actually sir yung kkabitan sana nmin is dati n syang me mga vinyl n flooring ksao d ko sure kung acceptable n yung pagka level nya kung sakali para s wooden laminate tsaka nabanggit din kc dun s price e ksama n installation!pwede kya bwasan yun pag ako n magkkabit?

any recommended n distributor maliban s wilcon mga sir?

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Hi adzz,
Punta ka sa home depot, sa Ortigas o kaya sa Pasong Tamo, maraming klase kang makikitang brand ng laminated floor panels doon, may Hornitex, 3M, Hans, etc. at presyo from 500 to 700 per sqm presyo.
Kung ikaw ang magkakabit, kailangan alamin mo kung pantay ang cement flooring mo. Di bali bakil bakil, dahil natural sa cement flooring yun huwag lang alon-alon kasi hindi lalapat ang haba ng isang panel at madaling masira ito pag natatapakan. Kung dati ng merong vinyl tiles, siguro naman walang alon flooring mo. Yung kaunting bakil bakil mahahabol na ng 3/8" styrofoam underlay na bibilhin mo kasama ng laminated flooring.

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sir raisedroof! and all fellow DIYers hehehe

maraming salamat po sa inputs!

yung isang point kc n kinoconsider nmin sa wood parquet at wooden laminate is di po b kaya medyo magalaw yung laminates ?kasi po yung wood parquet d b stable sya kc nga nakadikit sya dun mismo sa floor d b?tsaka magtatagal din kya yung laminates kgaya nung wood parquet?

if i remember right me Home Depot din po yat d2 sa alabang malapit sa wilcon sa alabang hehehe at least malapit sa amin!(Cavite area po )

SIr 2diy4 ,

salamat po sir if ever na makagawa kayo ng simple guide

mga sir ,

Additional Q po sana about T&B naman,

sir ,

me alam or idea po b kyo dun sa sa parang Glass divider (?) sya between the shower area and the Bowl/ lavatory area!

usually kc nakikita ko to in some hotels na me parang Divider sya instead of a shower curtain!

blak ko sana palagyan yung T&B nmin e Q ko lang po is :

1.Bka me alam kyong contractor ng ganito?Magkano po kya usually inaabot yung ganito?Mga gaano kay katagal install to?

or per sq feet / o meter din singilan nito?

2. isip ko lang po kung pwede bumili n lng ng glass (safety glass b gamit dito?) tpos IDIY n lng sya , kaso di ko sure kung wise move to o let the expert handle it!

heheheh dami po tanong noh?eager po kc ko matuto at makatipid e!

salalmt po uli sa inputs

regards ;D

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Dito sa bahay ko sa Cainta, medyo hindi masyadong pantay ang cement flooring, nararamdaman mong medyo may give sa ibang parte ng laminate flooring. Pero after 2 years, di naman nagtikwasan ang flooring. Sa talagang malalim na parte ng subflloring, dinoble ko ang foam.

Ang tolerance yata ay 1 or 2 mm sa bawat 2 meters. Kung talagang alon-alon, meron low viscosity epoxy na ibinubuhos sa subflooring at ito ay pupuno sa lahat ng low sports sa floor upang maging talagang level ito.

Ang laminate flooring ay floating, meaning, hindi dapat talagang nakakabit sa underflooring. Kailangan may 5 to 10 mm spacing sa lahat ng wall sa paligid. Hindi rin dapat pakuin o iscrew sa subflooring ang anu mang parte nito.

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yup, tama sila dapat meron space between yun laminate and wall kasi mageexpand pa sila, so yun mga umaangat dahil singad sa wall so pag expand ng laminate tutukod sa wall kaya umangat...

huwag kayo bumili sa wilcon or any other home improvement masyadong mahal taga....

sa project unlimited kayo pumunta sila mismo importer, tapos ang price nila is if I remember it right ang singil nila sa akin is P500/sq meter, kasama na installation, foam and yun plastic na nilalagay sa ilalim ng foam para hinde pumasok yun moisture....

remember marami rin kayong bibilhin mga "profiles" yun ang mahal 1.2k yata or 1.6k each, ito yun para sa mga dugtungan sa pinto meron pa sila yun "profiles" para sa gilid etc, meron pa sila tintawag na transition ...basta lahat ng profiles nakagamit ako, para malinaw ito yun mga nilalagay sa mga edge para hind e[pangit tingnan

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sir gonefishing,

salamat po sa inputs, tanong lang po sir saan/ano po b yung project unlimited?shop po b?location po?any websites?

contact no po?

maraming salamt po uli!

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gud day po sa lahat. clarification lang po regarding wood tile installation. is it ok to directly lay wood tiles on concrete floor using white glue (stikwel)? kasi i've read somewhere that there should be a moisture barrier. thanks po.

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You only need a moisture barrier if the concrete floor is laid directly over the ground. You don't need the moisture barrier for the second floor.

I do not know how to lay a moisture barrier on a concrete floor that's already poured. What I have done in the past is to lay a moisture barrier before the floor is poured. In my case I simply lay a plastic sheet on the gravel base or tambak before the rebars are laid and the concrete poured. This moisture barrier has served me well in my house.

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Thanks 2diy4..... i plan to lay wood tiles on the first floor and it has alreay been pour and smooth finished... but its elevation is higher than the ground level outside. do you think there will be moisture problem? tnx.