Right to lay a concrete floor with linoleum

How to lay linoleum on concrete floor, to end up with a perfectly flat surface, and can we do it?

Linoleum is a versatile material: it can be laid on a concrete base, and on the wood, have a special knowledge and skills are not necessarily familiar enough with the overall styling technology.

In general, many people opt for this floor because it simply to install and easy to wash, he decorates the interior, is a durable material.

How to choose the material?

Placements linoleum classified into commercial, household and semi-commercial.

Commercial - used in commercial organizations, offices, a high level of traffic stores, so it is the most durable and rugged.It has a very high price.

semi-commercial - can be used for domestic purposes, and commercial organizations.

Household - also has high strength, but in comparison with the first two types of plays in this matter.

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there is no need in the home environment to lay the mostthick and robust linoleum and overpay for it.

When choosing linoleum for the house will be right to pay attention to the environmental friendliness of the product and its image.

With the purchase of the flooring should be guided by the size of the room - this is important when choosing any material, but there are some features:

• Lay linoleum better one cloth, eliminating the possibility of joining of the webs.Thus, coating integrity is preserved, the installation will be easier.As for the figure, it is not necessary to combine, therefore, the material consumption will decrease;
• to the length and breadth of the space allowances are added (minimum allowance of 7 cm).This is necessary to equalize, as flat wall - is a rarity;
• width linoleum and the largest wall of the room should be equal to (preferably) in order to avoid docking paintings.If this is not possible, the material you need to take more than necessary;if there is a pattern, while consumption has increased due to the need to combine;
• All indentations (. Doorways, a heating radiator, etc.) are taken into account: their size must be added to the overall size of the room.

How to choose linoleum. See the video.

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Surface preparation

term linoleum service is directly dependent on the quality of the base.Why flat surface so it is important when using this floor?

It would seem that linoleum is not so capricious material like laminate or parquet floor so you can not align.But this is not the case.

Firstly, all the bumps, depressions, irregularities disturb the beauty cover, because linoleum is a flexible material, and secondly, in these places, linoleum is wiped, thin, torn.

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As for the concrete, then it needs to beinsulation and waterproofing to the floor remained warm, linoleum and did not yield to decay.

base Preparation begins with the dismantling of the old coating.All insulation materials are also removed.Waste generated in the course of the work, is swept away.As a result, must remain clean concrete floor.

next step is to check the floor for dents, cracks, bulges or other defects.

If the percentage is high enough (more than 20%), then the right will fill a new tie or use self-leveling mixture.

In good condition cleaned base all cracks, including the joints of slabs.To carry out these works better to use epoxy grout and putty.

lumps and bumps can be cut.Paul desirable primed.

After drying can be stacked insulation layers.

If we put the linoleum with the insulating substrate, the floor will still be cold, so a heater can be used plywood.

Plywood should be laid on a flat base, so it does not deform over time.

plywood sheets are placed with offset joints, brickwork, leaving a gap between the seams of a few millimeters.This provides an expansion joint.

Before laying the sheets must perform waterproofing the floor, as the material can be used thick polyethylene which is placed on the floor overlapping, fixed masking tape.

edges polyethylene can go on a little wall.They cropped linoleum with the last stage of installation.

See. Video on the preparation base.

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lay linoleum

Let us consider how to lay linoleum on concrete.

In cases where the linoleum flooring is performed on a concrete base, pre-coated with insulating layers, the material itself is better to choose a heat-insulating substrate.

This is to ensure that the floor was warm, and the room was comfortable to be in.

immediately proceed to the floor is not necessary.Linoleum should stand in a room for several hours, after which it is spread on the floor and leave as such for at least a day.

During this time the floor cracked down, takes the temperature and humidity level of the room.

linoleum on the concrete foundation can be set in three ways:

1. With mastic asphalt, which has good waterproofing properties.With its help, you can also align the surface of the base, if there is a small (!) Cracks and fissures.When using Bituminous concrete must be primed, but will correctly apply the special primer, intended for further processing mastics;
2. using an adhesive;
3. Using double-sided tape.

Before fixing webs made his cut, but this is done only after the material lay in the room and cracked.

room humidity in which the work and should not be high.Cut Linoleum on the edges is necessary so that the material is a little sign on the wall, remove the remaining surplus after better fixation.

Otherwise, the gap can be formed, spoiling the aesthetics of the floor.

Then apply the adhesive (any of the three).

In the case of adhesive or mastic, it is necessary to pay attention to the instructions, which contains information on the exposure of substance: when the floor is covered with glue or mastic, it is necessary to wait about 20 minutes and then applied himself linoleum.

adhesive is applied with a brush or roller, mastic - notched trowel.

correctly will lay linoleum pieces.

For this roll off its roll in half, cover the floor adhesive, waits a moment (if necessary) and straighten linoleum, you can smooth out your hands, and you can use a heavy roller.

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The corners linoleum slightly incised, to better adjoined to the base.The rest of the floor is laid in a similar manner.

In the case of the use of adhesive tape, first on the perimeter of the room is attached to the base of adhesive tapes.

Linoleum for convenience and coiled.Next, a protective layer of adhesive tape must be removed and carefully glue the floor covering.

Fixation linoleum is better to use double-sided tape in small spaces.Glue and mastic considered more reliable locks.

After this work are cut all the excess edges and skirting boards are installed.With rack-threshold can be secured (strengthen) doorways.If

laying linoleum produced in multiple bands, then it is necessary to fix the joints.This can be cold welding, or in a simpler way - two-way tape.

How to do it correctly and quickly, look at the video in this article.

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