How to lay laminate

Choosing laminate for your home

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When choosing a laminate, you must pay attention to the following factors:

• should pay particular attention to the warranty;
• for premises provided such goods as the classes 21, 22, 23;
• better to choose a panel thickness of not less than 7 mm;
• density should panels be at least 850kg / cubic meter.m;
• best laminate manufacturers are Belgian, French and German firms.

Preparation for laying laminate

For proper and effective implementation of the installation of flooring you need to prepare the tools and materials:

• laminated panels;
• mixes and tools for screeds (if necessary);
• insulating substrate;
• tools for installation: wedges, maintenance, tool for tightening straps;
• roulette;
• plinth;
• small hacksaw.

-step description of the process of laying laminate flooring in a building.Step 1. Align the floor

If your floor has obvious defects, this process is a prerequisite for laying laminate flooring in the living room.If there is an uneven coating will disperse quickly joined the panel in mounts and will be ruined.

In order to align the floor in the room is traditionally used screed, which can be made using concrete or special construction mixtures by mixing them with water and pouring onto the floor.There are also different types of ties in the form of a dry mixture of expanded clay, slag or silica.The advantage of using such a tie is that after installation of the room do not need to give time to dry, so the process of laying laminate flooring is accelerated significantly.

Step 2. Measuring parameters

room before you begin the process of laying, it is necessary to make measurements of the length and width of the room.This is done in order to calculate the number of required elements laminate coating.Typically, measurements are made using a tape measure or ruler.

Step 3. Calculation of laminate

To calculate the required number of laminated panels, it is necessary to carry out such acts to measure the floor area, divide it by the same amount of one unit of material.At the output we get the exact number of the material in pieces.

Step 4. Preparation Material

Before starting work, you must give a "get used" laminated panels to the room acoustics.For this pack with the purchased material is left in the room in which the work will be carried out, for two days.Only then you can start the installation process.

Step 5. Laying the substrate

First the substrate styling.It is an intermediate layer of synthetic or cork between the screed and laminated panels.This layer is used for sound insulation and greater reliability of the laid laminate.Also, under the substrate layer formation should podstelit polyethylene, which provides waterproofing.It must be laid perpendicular to the seams of the laminate.

Step 6. Process orientation panels on the incident light

In the process of laying laminate should take into account the fact that the seams are less noticeable if panels lay parallel to the incident sunlight that comes from the windows.Thus, we can give postelennuyu cover additional aesthetic value.

Step 7: Laying the first row of laminate

should start the installation of the laminate from the wall, while leaving a gap between the first panel and the wall.The gap should be about 10 mm.In the future, this gap between the coating and the wall will be covered by the skirting board.To the gap did not disappear, it is necessary to use special wedges, which will retain the desired length of the gap between wall and laminate flooring.

Step 8. The process of connecting panels together

Connection parts laminate coating can be done in two ways: by means of slot joints or glue.In the first case the panel are joined to each other by the parties concerned.When the adhesive mount, at the junction of each panel is applied a special glue, which then holds the whole structure.

Step 9: Verifying the laying

After the installation has been made the first three rows of the laminate, to avoid future irregularities, it is necessary to make in-line measurements.They can be carried out using a tape and a ruler.If the first rows are perfectly correct, they can be fixed with adhesive tape and continue the installation of the remaining material.

Step 10. Installation of skirting

plinth mounted in locations where there is a gap between the panels and the wall.This item bears more than a decorative than functional nature, so do not press it strongly to the laid panels.Before installation is placed under the plinth bar piece of cardboard, and then gently fasten it to the wall with screws.After the above steps, you can remove the cardboard.Now work can be considered complete.

will serve you for many years, while remaining durable and aesthetically pleasing With proper care of such a floor.