What is in the bill from a Singapore Flooring Company?
This is going to be one of the most controversial articles written.
What is usually in your bills other than the service of supplying and installation of the flooring?
You may look at the bills and be concerns on what extra services that maybe included to make the flooring happened.
- Cement screeding and Self Levelling.
Cement screeding and Self Levelling are 2 different works but they try to achieve the same thing. What do I mean?
When it comes to flooring, first thing that comes into mind, a flat surface that your feet is stepping on. However, our floors are not necessarily flat. This can be the result for reasons such as hacking, previous flooring removal or just uneven ground.
Cement screed is to level up the different levels of the ground. Making them level and flat. More commonly used for ground with more than 25 mm difference. It is going to leave a rough surface.
Self-Levelling is to even out the rough surface that left by cement screed or even level ground for less than 10 mm.
It is a necessary process for preparation before any installation for any flooring to prevent uneven flooring
Original Ground
Cement Screed
Self Leveling
2. Trimming of Door Sill
This is to trim the bottom of door (usually known as sill or the threshold) After installation a new flooring especially, a vinyl flooring overlay on previous flooring. This will cause a raise in the height of flooring. The gap tolerance between the surface of floor and the bottom of the door naturally gotten smaller.
Trimming the bottom of door height is essential. Having this service, trims the bottom of your door, adjusting to the height of the flooring protect the flooring that you paid for.
3. Moving of furniture
This is one common question that was asked by various customers. Do flooring company help move furniture out of the way when installing of furniture.
Short answer: Yes. But with a price.
What will be the price of moving the furniture?
Short answer: It depends.
The cost of moving the furniture will be different is due to the amount of furniture and the kind of furniture.
How to make sure what shows in your bill is correct? Ask the Salesperson. Most of the flooring solution companies are honest. However the bad apples may spoil the name of most. Itemize both the invoice and quotation to know what you are paying.
You can also ask for a quote from our floor specialist today for your residential flooring which includes our very own luxury vinyl tiles (LVT) flooring or Luxury Vinyl Panel (LVP), Artificial Turf or Grass Carpet and EPDM which is commonly known for flooring for playground and track and field just to name a few
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