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we are moving to new house in 2 months. its a 134 sq m house. planning for wooden flooring eveywhere except kitchen ,utility and bathroom. we have a kid of 2yrs old. we are very confused between laminate and semi solid . some people say laminate wont last for more than 5 yrs. is that true? about semi solid , they can get easly damaged when kids play it seems. is that true? some say about sanding the semi solid.is that easy as it sound to sand it. pls tell be both the advantages and disadvans of laminate ,semi soild and sanding semi solid .

pls help
 
Laminate is generally more hard-wearing and longer lasting that most floor coverings. Indeed, some of it is close to bullet proof!

Semi-solid is made up of a top layer of a few mils of your wood of choice, then alternating layers of lesser wood to form the required thickness. It is more stable, and generally cheaper than solid wood. It is a lot more prone to damage than laminate, but as you mentioned, it can be sanded to restore the surface.

Sanding is a big enough job though, requiring the hire of special sanders. Sanding semi-solids requires care and attention, a little too long in one spot and you blow right through the top layer.
Leo
 
While we're on the subject, how long after installing laminate is it safe to walk all over it?
 
if it's not click laminate, safer to wait til the glue dries before heavy traffic.
 
gayathri said:
we are moving to new house in 2 months. its a 134 sq m house. planning for wooden flooring eveywhere except kitchen ,utility and bathroom. we have a kid of 2yrs old. we are very confused between laminate and semi solid . some people say laminate wont last for more than 5 yrs. is that true? about semi solid , they can get easly damaged when kids play it seems. is that true? some say about sanding the semi solid.is that easy as it sound to sand it. pls tell be both the advantages and disadvans of laminate ,semi soild and sanding semi solid .

pls help
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hi Leo.

we have semi solid in our hall and tv room. I have noticed it is now starting to come up in certain places. I have checked along the walls and it does not seem to be touching them. The top part of one plank has come away and I need to replace it. Unfortunately it is about 4 planks into the room.

Any tips???

Damian
 
Hi Damian. Sounds like the veneer is delaminating from the engineered base? Did it get wet at any stage? How long is it down, and what kind of guarantee did you get? Unfortunately, it'll be very difficult to rectify this satisfactorily without replacing the affected boards.
Leo
 
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