Anyone here staying in 2 room BTO?

[Ms Huzzy]

That time I dont know so dont have, but I can contract then to buy if needed else similar tiles also ok for me, it look ugly but I guess a lighter color then my of tiles will not be very notice



I guess they will charge a high price for it a sin replace a few tiles my guess is at least 900

I go social media, what most ppl do is to get contractor to remove those hollow tiles then level the floor using cement then only overlay with vinyl

They say it cheaper then remove affected tiles and replace the affected tiles

So I guessing this will be the option in the near future when I clear leave

That's what happen at my brother's house . First they removed those pop tiles. Then checked for any other hollow tiles. Most affected areas are the living room. And some areas near to one of the bedroom. They level up the cement and lay over vinyl. Luckily the bedroom not affected because the steam mop never went in there

 

[The_King]

That's what happen at my brother's house . First they removed those pop tiles. Then checked for any other hollow tiles. Most affected areas are the living room. And some areas near to one of the bedroom. They level up the cement and lay over vinyl. Luckily the bedroom not affected because the steam mop never went in there

my affected are living/ bedroom. the entryway is fine but i got a door in the middle, if need to overlay until the entryway mean the door bottom need to trim a few cm

 

[Ms Huzzy]

my affected are living/ bedroom. the entryway is fine but i got a door in the middle, i wonder how will overlay it

my affected are living/ bedroom. the entryway is fine but i got a door in the middle, if need to overlay until the entryway mean the door bottom need to trim a few cm

If you can't find the same tile to replace the hollow ones, then perhaps you can make it bolder like this

you can use pebble sand, colorful glass pebbles or those pebbles that similarly install at exercise corner where old folks walk on.
It's either a floor art or mini indoor foot massager.

 

[The_King]

i think the best course of action

1st to contact my contractor (text them this morning but no reply, tml will contact them again)

2nd if no reply then i think i have to find the other 2 contractor that i shortlisted 2 yr ago and ask if Tile Injection work as it a small void based on 80% ANSI tile coverage

3rd i check if it advise by contractor to do Tile Injection ( as in there no crack, loose tiles) and see what their reply is, base on their reply to do minor repair or if advise to leave it then i will leave it cause many in those reno group (and advise by their contractor) , suggest that do nothing (i mean remove a few hollow tiles and redo lay the tiles again, cause they are all link, if you remove one, all will be affected unless they are doing reno

4th if not in future, remove hollow tiles to overlay, and my door might need to trim shorter (2 to 5cm) so the tiles can overlay from bedroom to entryway. i think smelly smelly also 3 to 5k

but since i know of the issues i might get some vinyl from TB to learn to overlay my entryway tiles just as a practice.







any better suggestion? thanks

 

[The_King]

If you can't find the same tile to replace the hollow ones, then perhaps you can make it bolder like this

you can use pebble sand, colorful glass pebbles or those pebbles that similarly install at exercise corner where old folks walk on.
It's either a floor art or mini indoor foot massager.

good idea, i might do this using my current tiles, so it remind me of my mistake that i nv check properly

then later my home got 3 or 5 tiles that is this design. hahaha

 

[wongminmin]

i think the best course of action

1st to contact my contractor (text them this morning but no reply, tml will contact them again)

2nd if no reply then i think i have to find the other 2 contractor that i shortlisted 2 yr ago and ask if Tile Injection work as it a small void based on 80% ANSI tile coverage

3rd if until to do or not advise by contractor to do Tile Injection ( as in there no crack, loose tiles) then i will leave it cause many in those reno group (and advise by their contractor) , suggest that do nothing (i mean remove tiles and redo lay the tiles again, cause they are all link, if you remove one, all will be affected unless they are doing reno

4th if not in future, remove hollow tiles to overlay, and my door might need to trim shorter (2 to 5cm) so the tiles can overlay from bedroom to entryway. i think smelly smelly also 3 to 5k

but since i know of the issues i might get some vinyl from TB to learn to overlay my entryway tiles just as a practice.

any better suggestion? thanks

most of the contractors vanished after they collected the full payment. so dun get high hope on them.

if is me, i will just ignored until it break. my 1 room totally hollow, cause face west sun.
if is break/uneven, just hack away and do spc flooring. Even if screed the affected areas, the other tiles will still pop and cause uneven flooring.

they can repair, just dun want, not much profit margin.

When my tiles pop...... i asked many contactors to hack and re-do.... all dun want to do. just want to screed and overlay.
this is why i hate and love tiles.....

 

[qhong61]

my affected are living/ bedroom. the entryway is fine but i got a door in the middle, if need to overlay until the entryway mean the door bottom need to trim a few cm

Sorry to hear abt ur problem

 

[The_King]

most of the contractors vanished after they collected the full payment. so dun get high hope on them.

if is me, i will just ignored until it break. my 1 room totally hollow, cause face west sun.
if is break/uneven, just hack away and do spc flooring. Even if screed the affected areas, the other tiles will still pop and cause uneven flooring.

they can repair, just dun want, not much profit margin.

When my tiles pop...... i asked many contactors to hack and re-do.... all dun want to do. just want to screed and overlay.
this is why i hate and love tiles.....

ok then i just use as per normal, until it break i just patch it back if it small break. and maybe in near future just overlay with vinyl flooring ( i read that time SPC is so call better due to it rigid core)

1st: if is break/uneven, just hack away and do spc flooring. what do you mean? you ownself remove the tiles with problem then ownself screed the area with tiles remove to level it? then get vendor to overlay the spc flooring?





2nd: i dont get this? Even if screed the affected areas, the other tiles will still pop and cause uneven flooring.

(i ask ai, it say if the tiles 80% contact with motar, better to leave it alone and dont do anything else if i re-lay it and something it will cause the other normal tiles to be affected (might be uneven, and add stress to other good tiles and cuase them to pop)

is that what you trying to say?




3rd: i asked many contactors to hack and re-do.... all dun want to do. just want to screed and overlay.
as in hack and re-do the affected area? and you mean they want to remove the hollow tiles then screed the area with the tiles remove and overlay it? i guessing this by the vinyl flooring vendor to remove hollow/ pop tiles and then overlay vinyl?


thanks

 

[wongminmin]

ok then i just use as per normal, until it break i just patch it back if it small break. and maybe in near future just overlay with vinyl flooring ( i read that time SPC is so call better due to it rigid core)

1st: if is break/uneven, just hack away and do spc flooring. what do you mean? you ownself remove the tiles with problem then ownself screed the area with tiles remove to level it? then get vendor to overlay the spc flooring?

2nd: i dont get this? Even if screed the affected areas, the other tiles will still pop and cause uneven flooring.

(i ask ai, it say if the tiles 80% contact with motar, better to leave it alone and dont do anything else if i re-lay it and something it will cause the other normal tiles to be affected (might be uneven, and add stress to other good tiles and cuase them to pop)

is that what you trying to say?

3rd: i asked many contactors to hack and re-do.... all dun want to do. just want to screed and overlay.
as in hack and re-do the affected area? and you mean they want to remove the hollow tiles then screed the area with the tiles remove and overlay it? i guessing this by the vinyl flooring vendor to remove hollow/ pop tiles and then overlay vinyl?


thanks

1. if it happen to me, i will find contractor to hack away all the flooring > screed > lay spc flooring. i really lazy to move my furniture

2. contractor will also suggest that "just overlay". For me, i just settle it once and for all. if vinyl spoilt in future, i can just replace myself , no need find contractor again.
u can ask chatgpt why ur 1.8 years tiles become hollow. i suspect is poor installation.

3. my case is at kitchen. i want hack away all the kitchen floor tiles and re-do.
yeah, they will overlay with another layer of tiles.

 

[The_King]

1. if it happen to me, i will find contractor to hack away all the flooring > screed > lay spc flooring. i really lazy to move my furniture

2. contractor will also suggest that "just overlay". For me, i just settle it once and for all. if vinyl spoilt in future, i can just replace myself , no need find contractor again.
u can ask chatgpt why ur 1.8 years tiles become hollow. i suspect is poor installation.

3. my case is at kitchen. i want hack away all the kitchen floor tiles and re-do.
yeah, they will overlay with another layer of tiles.

1. hack away all the flooring? including kitchen? hack all mean many thing have to move and if include kitchen even worst kitchen cabinet need to remove also and the wall will be dirty or worst get damage also mean repaint. blind need to remove or cover up, AC also need to cover up etc...


2. i did ask AI, it say the same thing, but saying as long as got at least 80% coverage i should leave it and not do anything until it have issues


3. your kitchen got many hollow tiles? which is why you want to hack and redo tiles?



lastly my idea is kitchen is by hdb and i dont spot any hollow i just leave it, and my entryway also no hollow, so i just leave it ( but will double check again when i can). then get contractor to remove the affected tiles (so far in living room and bedroom) then overlay with vinyl in living room and bedroom

so this a good idea?

 

[Mr.Canberra]

How much would a 2rm flat cost 5 years from now..

Resale will be more than 400k+ while bto will be around 200k+.

My guess for prices in 2030.

2-Room BTO flat (Type 1): From $180K
2-Room BTO flat (Type 2): From $220K

• Newly MOP •
2-Room resale flat (Type 1): From $450K
2-Room resale flat (Type 2): From $550K

1/5 of all transactions for newly MOP 4-Room resale flats will cross $1 Million.

66% voted for it. I don't want to hear any more complaints.

The only way to solve this unsustainable price increase is to decouple from land cost. Newly sold BTO flats will be priced without land cost.

Existing flat valuation will undergo a price trim to remove land cost. A good will compensation of an additional 10 years to be added to the lease balance.

1001% thick skull PAPaya will not implement such an idea because it is slapping own face for selling the asset enhancement dream.

 

[The_King]

My guess for prices in 2030.

2-Room BTO flat (Type 1): From $180K
2-Room BTO flat (Type 2): From $220K

• Newly MOP •
2-Room resale flat (Type 1): From $450K
2-Room resale flat (Type 2): From $550K

1/5 of all transactions for newly MOP 4-Room resale flats will cross $1 Million.

66% voted for it. I don't want to hear any more complaints.

my HDB saving goes to redo my flooring in the near future

and it still alot cheaper

hahahaha

 

[The_King]

i saw this, i think i will try it, since all my hollow are at corner



or this

 

[Mr.Canberra]

i saw this, i think i will try it, since all my hollow are at corner

My take is if it ain't broken don't fix it.

 

[wongminmin]

3. your kitchen got many hollow tiles? which is why you want to hack and redo tiles?



lastly my idea is kitchen is by hdb and i dont spot any hollow i just leave it, and my entryway also no hollow, so i just leave it ( but will double check again when i can). then get contractor to remove the affected tiles (so far in living room and bedroom) then overlay with vinyl in living room and bedroom

so this a good idea?

my kitchen is popped tiles. so die die need to redo.
i re-do 3~4 flooring ...... 3 times still under hdb warranty, 1 find contractor to do.
Currently my 1 bedroom got 6 hollow tiles. other bedrooms got 1~2 hollow tiles.

hollow tiles are still ok to live with. Just the flooring may not even.

u no need to bother about it for now. if u can't live with hollow tiles, then just proceed with ur that idea.

 

[wongminmin]

i saw this, i think i will try it, since all my hollow are at corner



or this

this is what i show u previously. lol


the hardest part is u need to find the air gap below to fill up.......
u can try ... just saying not so easy like what yt show. lol

 

[The_King]

My take is if it ain't broken don't fix it.

thanks, one of them is at the area in front of the door i walk the most and the largest hollow.

if i doing, i just fix the that one, the rest i just ignore


is it a good idea

 

[Mr.Canberra]

thanks, one of them is at the area in front of the door i walk the most and the largest hollow.

if i doing, i just fix the that one, the rest i just ignore

is it a good idea

For me as long as it is not aesthetics or functional issue I will not bother.

 

[The_King]

my kitchen is popped tiles. so die die need to redo.
i re-do 3~4 flooring ...... 3 times still under hdb warranty, 1 find contractor to do.
Currently my 1 bedroom got 6 hollow tiles. other bedrooms got 1~2 hollow tiles.

hollow tiles are still ok to live with. Just the flooring may not even.

u no need to bother about it for now. if u can't live with hollow tiles, then just proceed with ur that idea.

no wonder you want to hack all the tiles. now i understand

for now i just thinking to fix the tiles at the door there as i step on it everytime i walk to the other side




and in future since mine no problem at kitchen and entryway i just ignore and hacking will start with all the tiles in bedroom cum living room until the door to screed and do vinyl

AI say if it due to poor installation to fix the issues need to remove all the affected tiles (as in to fix the under lying issues), and since the affected tiles is all at this room, i just do this room as shown below

 

[The_King]

For me as long as it is not aesthetics or functional issue I will not bother.

mine is functional cause i step on the hollow tiles everytime i walk to the other side from the door as shown