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August 12, 2017 18:05

How to lay laminate own hands

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Lately, especially popular laminate flooring.Their advantages are clear: aesthetic appearance, a relatively small material cost, high speed of installation.We offer you an extensive guide with photos and video on, how to lay laminate own hands .By following all of the recommendations and adhering to the described technology, you will be able without difficulty to perform laying laminate worse than experienced master.

Content

Preparation for laying
Substrate Preparation
Materials and tools
Video how to lay laminate own hands

Preparation for laying

To yourfloor long remained steady, it is strongly recommend that the following conditions are stacking:

Before you lay laminate flooring, leave it in the room at 36-48 hours.This time it is necessary to adapt the material to the microclimate of the room, its humidity and temperature conditions.Thus, after the installation of the board are not deformed and do not change size.
Check the evenness of the floor level or meter rule.If the base is too crooked, perform an initial alignment of the floor.

special attention to the rigidity of the floor.Before laying laminate wooden floor creaked and curves, perform additional surface leveling.
buying laminate flooring, pay attention to the safety of the factory packaging - it should be tightly sealed and no damage or chipping at the corners.
Laminate, like other building materials of wood, can not withstand excessive moisture.Thus, in the bath or sauna can not be used.Today, manufacturers offer several models of water-resistant floor coverings, which can be used in the kitchen or hallway.To prevent the ingress of moisture into the joints and locks, they are treated with a special hermetic means.

Substrate Preparation

We have already mentioned that laminate installation requires special surface preparation.Stack it possible to:

concrete floor;
floor of wood;
linoleum;
ceramic tiles;

detailed information how to lay laminate over concrete, you will find by clicking on the link.This type of placement is considered to be one of the easiest.At that time, as to lay laminate linoleum is problematic.Select which training base required in your case, and check out a detailed description of all the processes in the relevant articles.

Materials and tools

For proper and qualitative laying laminate, you need to have on hand a set of tools:

Tools to perform layout: square, tape measure, pencil;
Hammer.It is used for the density docking panels.Blows are applied only through a special lining that protects the material from damage.
special set - you can buy it at any hardware store.It includes wedges, clips, templates designed for the correct folding of the laminate.
Jigsaw.It is used for sawing laminate.If the purchase of such a tool for you can not afford it - replace it with a nail file with a few teeth.
Before right to lay laminate own, buy all the necessary components - baseboards, corners for them stroke for pipes, sills, flexible profile.

preparatory phase almost completed.You needed to agree on a few nuances.For example, the direction in which to lay laminate.Practice stacking three types: in the direction of the window of the room and diagonally even perpendicular.

A detailed description of the installation process you will find in video a little later in this article.

Video how to lay laminate own hands

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