The damaged area is approximately 3m². How much would it cost to fix this? Any estimates or experiences?
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Thanks.
cost to fix risen floor
cost to fix risen floor
Hi, I live in an apartment building in Vantaa. My entrance floor has risen near the bathroom door. The landlord says I need to fix it since no pipe leaks were found. My insurance company also won’t cover it because it wasn’t caused by an accident.
The damaged area is approximately 3m². How much would it cost to fix this? Any estimates or experiences?
You will find an image in this link
Thanks.
The damaged area is approximately 3m². How much would it cost to fix this? Any estimates or experiences?
You will find an image in this link
Thanks.
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Re: cost to fix risen floor
it sucks to be in that situation, and to be honest, it's was dumb of the landlord to install flooring that can't tolerate splashes by the bathroom.
It's hard to tell from the picture what type of flooring that is, but it doesn't look particularly high quality. That said, most laminates, vinyls and linoleum cost around 30 EUR/m^2 at your local store, the cheapest ones sometimes even half of that.
The problem you might have is finding the exact one that matches the rest of the room, and could end up having to replace the whole thing.
Most flooring is very easy to install yourself (certified by the university of youtube), the most annoying part is removing the trim intact so you can reinstall it later, depending on how it's attached. Required tools for laminates, parquet, and vinyl tiles are just some saw (circular/jigsaw/whatever you have that can make a straight cut), and an exacto knife, they may or may not require glue. Linoleum is just an exacto knife and glue, very easy.
Otherwise, it might take a professional a few hours to do it, my trustworthy guy far from Helsinki charges 55 EUR/hour, regardless of what kind of work it is. I'm guessing 2-3 hours might be enough for them if they are only replacing those 3m^2, but I could be wrong.
The cheapest, but not the greatest, alternative would be to remove the damaged flooring, let it dry very well. Repair it by scraping off the bloated parts, filling holes with waterproof tasoite, sanding, then regluing the top sheet, then putting it all back. This could possibly be done without removing it as well, but it would be hard to let dry if you are using the bathroom.
And finally, once it's fixed. It might be wise to put some waterproof caulk around cracks in the splash area to make it less likely that water will get underneath the flooring and ruin it again. This will never work perfectly, but might help.
It's hard to tell from the picture what type of flooring that is, but it doesn't look particularly high quality. That said, most laminates, vinyls and linoleum cost around 30 EUR/m^2 at your local store, the cheapest ones sometimes even half of that.
The problem you might have is finding the exact one that matches the rest of the room, and could end up having to replace the whole thing.
Most flooring is very easy to install yourself (certified by the university of youtube), the most annoying part is removing the trim intact so you can reinstall it later, depending on how it's attached. Required tools for laminates, parquet, and vinyl tiles are just some saw (circular/jigsaw/whatever you have that can make a straight cut), and an exacto knife, they may or may not require glue. Linoleum is just an exacto knife and glue, very easy.
Otherwise, it might take a professional a few hours to do it, my trustworthy guy far from Helsinki charges 55 EUR/hour, regardless of what kind of work it is. I'm guessing 2-3 hours might be enough for them if they are only replacing those 3m^2, but I could be wrong.
The cheapest, but not the greatest, alternative would be to remove the damaged flooring, let it dry very well. Repair it by scraping off the bloated parts, filling holes with waterproof tasoite, sanding, then regluing the top sheet, then putting it all back. This could possibly be done without removing it as well, but it would be hard to let dry if you are using the bathroom.
And finally, once it's fixed. It might be wise to put some waterproof caulk around cracks in the splash area to make it less likely that water will get underneath the flooring and ruin it again. This will never work perfectly, but might help.