Shopper's Guide
Building or renovating a home or an office will cause a headache to most people. As we know, flooring has become the key to manipulate the feel on how your home would look like and a very common obsession for many home owners. Therefore you have you have to make the right choice on what type of flooring you're going to choose.

  1. Why Solid Timber Flooring?

    • Solid timber flooring offers you a natural look, warmth, beauty and value of wood. The beauty of solid hardwood is much more than "skin deep". Neither synthetic nor engineered, it comes from the heart of nature - the simplest and most reliable of origins.
    • With solid timber flooring, it increases the value of your property.
    • Gives you a comfortable & healthy living environment.

  2. What is Solid Hardwood Floor?

    • Solid Hardwoods floors are one solid piece of wood which has either Tongue & Grooved Sides (T&G) or Surfaced Four Sides (S4S). The most commonly used timber flooring in Malaysia is Merbau & Burmese Teak.

  3. What is the life span for Solid Timber Flooring?

    • When the solid timber flooring is properly maintained, it can last a lifetime.

  4. How to choose a solid timber flooring which is best suited for your new home or even for existing home?

    • Cost
    • Color
    • Hardness & Durability
    • Convenience / Maintenance
    • Characteristic / Appearance
    • Area Size

  5. Can I get consistency on Solid Timber Flooring?

    • The solid hardwood flooring & finishing in your home are made up of many pieces of wood. No tree is exactly alike and no pieces of wood looks just like another, so you may notice natural variations in color. The lighter pieces were closer to the tree's bark, while the darker pieces were closer to its center. All are equally strong & impart the beauty and value that make hardwoods second to none.

  6. What is the maintenance like for solid timber flooring?

    • Basically, for daily maintenance - you are required to only use dry mop to clean the flooring 2-3 times a week.
    • For long term maintenance - depending on your flooring how badly is it damage, you can either do sanding & varnishing or grinding varnishing 5 to 7 years once. For offices / gym / dancing studio etc. - it is more advisable to do grinding & varnishing 2 to 3 years once as there is more traffic and usage of the floor compared to home users.

  7. How often can the Solid Timber Flooring be sanded / grinded?

    • In general, grinding normally remove about 0.5mm to 1mm of the timber strips from the surface depending on the type of flooring or the floor level. For the 18mm thick floor products, it has 7mm of wood above the tongue, therefore, we are able to sand / grind 7 to 10 times or more before the timber strips reach the a depth where the top of the groove edge is weakened.

  8. How long does it take to complete, if I plan to install Solid Timber Flooring?

    • 2 ½ to 3 weeks from the date of delivery (depending on the area size of the site)
      Example:
         Area Size: 1,000 sq.ft.
         Installation: 3 to 5 days
         Cooling of Period: Minimum 10 days (For your floor acclimate to its surroundings)
         Grinding & Varnishing: 2 to 3 days

  9. How to make use of solid timber flooring to beautify your home?

    • Mix & match with our solid timber flooring with your furnitures / kitchen cabinets / wardrobes / beds / door frames / curtains / wall paints / lightings

  10. If I purchase the solid timber flooring product from your company, who will installing my flooring?

    • At RV Woods, we only use our own in-house installers, never third party sub-contractors. All RV Woods installers have experience in all aspects of solid timber floors installation and you will find them experienced, courteous and professional at all times.

  11. RV Woods is a solid timber flooring specialist, can I be sure the company I select is an established expert in the field?

    • RV Woods has been operating in solid timber flooring industry for the past ten years, very often being impersonate but never matched.
    • To be convinced on our product and workmanship, we are able to arrange for you a site visit before making any commitment in our company.

  12. In my previous home, there are gaps between the timber strips laid on my floor, why does this happen and how to avoid this?

    • During the hot months of the year, there is a lot of humidity in the air. Your wood flooring soaks up this humidity and it expands. To avoid this scenario to happen, normally, we would recommend to keep the room at a constant 45% humidity level using your air conditioner. Also, prior to installation, the timber floors to be left to acclimate the surrounding the longer the better.