mango 0 Report post Posted November 13, 2007 Help!Wanted to do laminate flooring for all bedrooms, living and dining.The existing flooring in bedrooms are parquet n living room is terazzo.my contractor said CANNOT lay laminate over parquet so given two optionsoption 1) remove parquet in bedrooms and lay laminate but then there will be a drop from living to bedrooms, think it is ugly.option 2) touch up the parquet.any other suggestions? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ggmummy 0 Report post Posted November 13, 2007 Help!Wanted to do laminate flooring for all bedrooms, living and dining.The existing flooring in bedrooms are parquet n living room is terazzo.my contractor said CANNOT lay laminate over parquet so given two optionsoption 1) remove parquet in bedrooms and lay laminate but then there will be a drop from living to bedrooms, think it is ugly.option 2) touch up the parquet.any other suggestions?In my opinion, nothing beats the warm feel of genuine wood. I suggest you have the existing flooring sanded and varnished to a matt finish and it should look great.Not sure how your terazzo flooring look but I've seen beautiful ones. Again, have it touched up and polished to a high shine and it should look fine. However, I understand that it is expensive to polish terazzo. Not sure how true this is. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TYM 0 Report post Posted November 13, 2007 I will go for parquet anytime over laminate.Will be quite a waste to overlay terazzo with laminate. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mango 0 Report post Posted November 13, 2007 forgot to add that the parquet is as old as the flat, close to 30 yrs.from what i can see (those portion not covered by furniture) condition not so good,think need to replace quite a lot. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MaCe 3 Report post Posted November 16, 2007 forgot to add that the parquet is as old as the flat, close to 30 yrs.from what i can see (those portion not covered by furniture) condition not so good,think need to replace quite a lot.revarnish the parquet...look for a contractor under ST classified - i can only remember their phone number ends with 1011. they are the specialist in parquet - might not even to replace anything. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mango 0 Report post Posted November 16, 2007 revarnish the parquet...look for a contractor under ST classified - i can only remember their phone number ends with 1011. they are the specialist in parquet - might not even to replace anything.ok. will do that. thank you so much. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
