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August 12, 2017 18:05

Laying laminate on uneven floor

uneven ground - one of the most common problems when installing laminate. Laying laminate on the uneven floor with their hands possible, but there are so many different nuances that need to be taken into account during installation.Yes, and expect a positive result should not - with time during the active operation of such coverage will be deformed and as a result will need to dismantle.Because it is better not to tempt fate and to take care of the floor leveling.We'll show you how to properly hold a laminate assembly with his own hands, with a rough surface in the room.

Content

  1. Consequences sadden you!
  2. leveling substrate - ideal for rough sex

Consequences sadden you!

Very often after the dismantling of the old floor, we opened a nasty little picture - chips, cavities and nodules on the concrete base, uneven planks, the floor drops.How to get rid of all these defects?Or, you can ignore them and laying laminate uneven floor?Experts say unequivocally - no! consequences of such initiative can be very sad:

  • laminate boards that were placed on an uneven surface, over time, begin to "play" sag under the weight of a human body or a set of furniture in the room.This is due to the fact that part of the laminate panels simply hang over the void, and not having under a solid surface will deform.
  • Shortly after installation, laminate flooring will "diverge at the seams."Links to shatter and thus interrupt the necessary integrity of the floor covering.
  • When differential base exceeding 3 mm, laminate panels locks damaged, bringing the entire structure useless.
  • If a laminate formed a large influx of concrete, it can cause the formation of cracks and splits the panel.

conclusions from the above are obvious: laying laminate on the uneven wooden floor - a thankless and hopeless.The result of this initiative - a complete or partial dismantling unnecessary financial costs, nerves.Therefore, if the concrete base difference greater than two millimeters - it is necessary to level the floor.

leveling substrate - ideal for rough sex

There are several ways to align the surface of a laminate.The easiest and most financially lucrative - leveling the substrate.Today's manufacturers offer a wide range of material - cork, polyethylene foam and polyurethane.With the help of this material is performed laying laminate flooring on uneven .The video, which we offer, will show step by step guide for installing leveling the substrate, the features of each species, their specific use.You can also find out what the maximum allowable size of unevenness can be compensated with the help of each type of substrate, without compromising the performance characteristics of the laminate.The substrate is placed on an uneven surface immediately prior to the installation of the laminate.Gender or laminate does not attach to it, being in a relatively free state.However, it should be remembered that this method of leveling the floor surface - just one of the compromises as a way to hide only minor irregularities.Alternative methods of alignment should be used for high differential plane.

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