Laminate / Swiss Krono 7mm
I purchased enough laminate for my house. I laid this laminate which was 7mm width in my bedroom. After finishing the room the joints between the laminate are loose?
Before buying I was assured that this was suitable for pets. Also suitable for kitchens , lounges and hallways. Yet the joints click into place yet seem to loosen leaving the flooring unable to be cleaned with anything, even sweeping the flooring the dust would collect in the gaps.
I telephoned the company who I purchased from who were very polite until passing my photographs to their expert who phoned me. I was then told to drive the flooring to the West Midlands ? I live at the other side of the country. Where they will lay the flooring on a flat table or worktop to show me that it works perfectly.
I stated that it’s flooring so why can’t they show me how this is done on a floor? Which they refused.
I was then assured that this flooring is suitable for kitchens as nobody drops any liquid in kitchens, when I disagreed I was met with quite a few insults. It actually left me in tears.
The flooring cost me a lot of money and I am wondering if anyone has had any bad experiences as experts who lay floors with this type of laminate please? Or if anyone knows if this laminate is able to be somehow glued together?
It slots into place and looks lovely yet it’s not until you have moved about 5 rows down that you realise that the rows that were in place have gaps between the joints that are clearly not water resistant.
I’m now stuck with boxes of it and the company demand that I pay to return it by courier.
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Adrian painting
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It's all about who fix the laminate in your house, if your floor isn't leavel then that's happen,I will say the supply company from were you buy the laminat floor are nothing to do whit the labourer work to fix it unless they ghive you a person to lay it down
19th Nov 2022
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when you lay a laminate floor it is important firstly that the sub floor is level. dips or falls in the sub floor could make gaps open. if that's the case you will need to use self-leveling latex and level the floor (this is easier than it seems). if there is weight on the floor that can also open gaps. when you lay a floor, you lay it all with a 5mm to 10mm gap for expansion, but while you are fitting you use packers to hold the floor in that gap. once the whole floor is fitted that gives it strength and then when you fit skirting or beads around the edge that strengthens it all. you can use PVA in the joints, but this really shouldn't be needed. also, you can get a glue to fix to sub floor, but this is normally used for hardwood floors
i hope this helps and i explained properly
i hope this helps and i explained properly
25th Nov 2022
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Joinery & more
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Should have git a expert to fit it
28th Nov 2022
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CDM Services
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You can purchase a waterproof adheisve that you apply whilst fitting. It's applied on the ends of the flooring before it's clicked into place. Once wet it makes the fooling water proof.
22nd Dec 2022
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Card Flooring
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I won’t sell 7mm Swiss krono laminate - we don’t rate the product at all sorry
23rd Feb 2023
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Houseright
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The company are taking liberties for sure. Lamintae flooring is never suitable for kitchens or bathrooms because there is no such thing as waterproof laminate. Nor is laminate suitable for pets because it can be scratched over time regardless of what they tell you. Remember that a lot of companies will tell you what you want to hear to sell you their product which is disgraceful. In an ideal world you should remove skirting then fit laminate and refit skirting on top allways allowing 5 mm for expansion. You can glue them together carefully and this is time consuming as you would need to ratchet them together whilst glue sets. This method is usually reserved for flooring such as bamboo or oak and the like. In most cases if there is a gap its because the boards are not clicked together square, the expansion gap is too much though unlikely or the laminate is rubbish more likely. As an alternative try using vinyl boards in kitchen and bathroom as these provide a much better water resistance than laminate. In any event as a consumer you have the right to return any unused product to the store within a year and they can not refuse by law. Hope this helps
3rd Apr 2023
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