Flooring industry: Four major standards will be introduced in the next two years

Recently, it has been reported that the home improvement industry in 2012-2013 will successively introduce “four major standards” to standardize the currently confusing renovation market. In response, each home decoration company said that the home improvement industry will usher in about 15% of the price increase.

In recent years, more and more home improvement companies have entered the market, and the home improvement industry has experienced mixed situations. Home decoration disputes also occur from time to time. In order to better govern and standardize the home improvement industry, the relevant national associations and home improvement industry associations will successively introduce the “Code for the Quality Acceptance of Residential Interior Decoration Projects”, the “Standard for the Acceptance of the Quality of Home Furnishings and Decorations 2013”, and the “Home Furnishing Industry Operation”. "Service Specification" and "Home Layout Design Guidelines" are the four standards that regulate the construction quality, details and acceptance criteria of home decoration.

Prices for raw materials and labor costs have risen. The state has introduced the “four standards” industry and home improvement enterprises to improve their research and development levels... In order to manage the home improvement problem, all departments are doing their utmost to take appropriate measures. At the same time, the flooring industry, which is closely related to home improvement, will follow the policy and develop more new products that meet environmental protection and use standards.

Regarding the price issue that consumers are most concerned about, most of the responsible persons of home improvement companies stated that the new standards for home improvement impose strict requirements and mandatory acceptance on construction technology, details, and quality, and the double increase in pressure and cost makes the decoration price “up”. . Once the new standard becomes an "order" that must be followed, renovations will become inevitable. According to Mr. Ma, who works in the engineering department of Tianjin Creative Decoration Co., Ltd., the labor cost of the masons was 15 yuan/m2 five years ago, and it has risen to 18 yuan/m2 three years ago, compared with 28 yuan/m2 in 2012. In the general situation of the Year of the Snake, the labor costs will continue to increase by 5%-10%, and some raw materials will also rise in varying degrees. “After the country has promulgated the four major standards, since the raw materials and labor costs will increase every year, and the mature home improvement companies will invest a lot of money in research and development, the home improvement market next year will have a substantial price increase, although at present Large enterprises did not provide information on price increases, but according to the current situation, it is expected that the increase will be more than 15%, said Mr. Meng, a deputy general manager of a decoration company.