Hi,

Met up with a laminated flooring supplier and received a quote from him.

Inside the quote includes a 10% wastage of material so the area to be laid, is inflated by 10%.

Is this a common practise?

Please advise. thanks!!

Find another brand.

Find another brand.

this supplier (SUPXXXX) is one of the company that some forummers raved about so i am interested to know whether did anyone of you encoutered before?

materials wastage is bound to occur in any construction works....the contractor can either built-in the cost of wastage into his base price or quote you on the net area/price and add in a reasonable wastage.....to me, what's most important is the total price you, as the purchaser, have to pay for the works.

materials wastage is bound to occur in any construction works....the contractor can either built-in the cost of wastage into his base price or quote you on the net area/price and add in a reasonable wastage.....to me, what's most important is the total price you, as the purchaser, have to pay for the works.

I saw some forummers shared the psf pricing of the laminate.

Thats why I am interested whether

1. Did the supplier end up billing 10% extra of the area laid?

2. Did anyone verify the area laid?

3. Or what they quoted and you measured is what they billed?

Apologies that I asked this simple questions.

Yes, usually the grand total will have a 10% wastage due to the length of the plank. If your house got more difficult corners special shape it could be worst.

I saw some forummers shared the psf pricing of the laminate.

Thats why I am interested whether

1. Did the supplier end up billing 10% extra of the area laid?

2. Did anyone verify the area laid?

3. Or what they quoted and you measured is what they billed?

Apologies that I asked this simple questions.

Hi,

Met up with a laminated flooring supplier and received a quote from him.

Inside the quote includes a 10% wastage of material so the area to be laid, is inflated by 10%.

Is this a common practise?

Please advise. thanks!!

Hi,

Normal wastage is 5%. Unless you are laying at a diagonal angle or curve area upto 15% more.

Or the laminate board is the small narrow type 10% wastage.

If u need more info, PM me.

Zip.

i was charge 10% wastage for my case, but its something mention when i took up the package, but if tis 10% was charge during the measurement stage, then it ll become a hidden cost. i m using Tarkett floors now, its sweedish brand manufactured from German, best part bout it is tat the laminated floor dont looks like normal laminates, it looks n feel like real wood, i love it very much, every1 is impress when they visit my house n i reallly feel proud of my choice too, contact Alex Aw 9xxx xxxxx if u need laminate flooring, hes cool too

Edited July 29, 200917 yr by JuzChris
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yeah, i was charged 10% too.. i think it's quite common.

btw, songyuhan.. what do you mean by SWEEDISH BRAND MANUFACTURED FROM GERMAN. so what brand ? swedish brand or german? contradicting. If you really check up and done your homework, i suppose you should know it's not from germany nor sweden. And if you have paid $5+ - $6+ for this kinda laminate floorings i think you really very impress with the designs or salesperson.