Modern floating floor with their hands

modern floating floor - is a structure consisting of several layers of different building materials, combined in a single unit and perform certain functions.

It is not only easy and convenient, but also very safe, as the installation shall not apply nails or screws or glue.

Set in his wooden house, in an apartment or directly on the ground floating floor alone - is not difficult.

main thing is to understand the wide variety of such systems and to understand whether it is advisable to install them for your case.All these questions will be discussed in the article.

Cfor what purpose and where mounted floating floors?

At its core, floating floor does not apply to the elements of interior decoration, you can not see and consider.

Its main purpose - is the ability to create an excellent heat and sound insulation, the most important in an apartment building.

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Another no less important role of floating floor in a wooden house - it is protection of the base of the loads that arise when expanding ties finished floor and can cause it to deform.

This is the main principle of operation.

Despite the popularity of this technology is not always feasible.

Experts advise to use the device is a floating floor in only a few cases:

• when you need to create an excellent sound insulation.Under screed is laid typically polystyrene, fine blanking noise of various types;
• when placed warm water floor.Warming of the floor in the house comes from the inside, which obviously lead to deformation because the temperature is not constant;
• when rough floors installed in the newly built private house or multi-storey building.

New building will shrink and create a heavy load.

to strengthen ties to mount a floating floor can be even on the ground.

Species floating floors

With the appointment and installation of the place figured out.Now we should talk about the existing varieties of systems floating floors.

In fact, they have one main feature - without rigid fixation layers.

Install a floating floor on virtually any surface: on the beams of wood, plywood, dry screed or concrete, or else make the right on the ground.

Floating construction wood

Mount such floors in a wooden house began in the last century.But it is true today, especially when the old floor in good condition, but you want something new.

The main advantage is that need not take your existing coverage.Sex can be mounted on wooden beams easily.

When poor condition of the old coating, it should be updated.To do this, cleaned plinth and the floor leveled.Eliminates base defects.

In a restored wooden floor beams for support set, put a heater.

Next, the old coating system is mounted under any floating floor finishing, for example, under the tile.

Dry screed using spetssmesi

This is one of the most economical ways of mounting, and not only in monetary terms but also in terms of the complexity of the process.

as insulation select any, and with the choice of a filler for dry mix no problems.

Implement a method of laying preferably on perfectly level base of concrete.Neither beams nor for plywood, nor on the ground do not do this.

This is a very simple and accessible, even to someone who has no construction skills in the preparation of the screed.

Construction dry screed with thermal insulation and a pillow from the expanded clay

In this case, fit the reinforced concrete base, which is easy to correct irregularities claydite crumbs.It is not only easy, but it is also an excellent thermal insulator.

This measure adjusts the thickness of the layer of expanded clay poured.

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When creating expanded clay foundation work is preferably carried out in the following order:

• put foil insulation, for it exhibited levels that will regulate the thickness of the cushion, and after these actions, the level of aggregate is poured layer;
• in 2 layers (can be more) of the plate fits gipsovolokna - it should be treated with a special waterproof and fire resistance of a solution;
• strengthen insulation can be an additional layer of polystyrene or mineral wool;
• at the end of the process all of this is subject to priming.

construction with insulation on the normal screed concrete

This type of screed called the most reliable, durable and strong.It can even be used directly on the ground, which significantly expanded its application.

on the basis of reinforced insulation is placed in the role of which can also be any backfill mixture, put a bead isolation.

As established levels is poured a mixture of concrete (do not forget to make a reinforcement).Once dry, finish flooring is installed, which can be made of wooden materials.

floating floor construction type on the plywood and dry screed

Such technology should be used in a room where a wooden cover to be installed heavy interior, which requires correspondingly strong enough floor.

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From normal to dry floating floor screed it differs only in the use of material: instead of waterproof gypsum boards used tiles or sheet of plywood.

sheet thickness should be acceptable for this purpose.All other actions are similar.

Design Ground

Floating floor with your hands on the ground does not require special costs and skills in-house.Its installation is practically indistinguishable from small installation with expanded clay base.

install it directly on the ground should be to remove its upper layer.

The resulting recess without placing any additional materials directly on the soil poured a layer of sand and a layer of gravel.

All other actions are exactly repeated installation of dry screed.

floor of cork panels

little unusual, but quite common technology are floating cork flooring.This

such panels of several layers, where the top layer is made of cork.

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originality and uniqueness of the pattern of each panel make these unique floors.

they are mounted without attachment to the base, only connecting with glue between them.

sequence of work when installing a floating floor with their hands

self-stacking technology is simple: several layers superimposed on each other.The bottom layer - waterproofing, the top - tie, reinforced with metal.

In the middle lay the insulation, either polystyrene or foam.

first option is more popular as more dense material, respectively, to cope better with their functions.

Mount floating floor with your hands is not difficult.Best of all, clearly observed.

Hydro and sound

In ordinary room in an ordinary polyethylene is used as a waterproofing material.It is easy to prevent minor leakage of fluid on the lower floors.

in the bathroom or the toilet, under the tile, the situation will develop in a different way.

need a full layer of waterproofing, which is created with the use of mastic asphalt and rubberized Akvaizol.

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not be New Labour sound insulation, as this is the easiest part of the job, does not require any subtleties.a layer of polystyrene or foam is applied on the draft floor.

Small difficulties may arise when you create a movement joint, but it is quickly solved.

To fix scrap material is a special tape that is glued to the wall.

reinforcement process

It's not much more complicated than the lower layer, and the creation of a floating structure.On laid insulation material necessary to put a linked grid reinforcement or ready mesh of metal.

In both cases, the sections size of about 100 to 100 mm.

for the correct execution of reinforcement metal should be just above the heater, that is, he should get in the middle.

For this purpose the grid or armature placed stones of a small size.

Lighthouses for evenness

If you wish to get on the floor in a wooden house perfectly flat screed without installing beacons will not work.

In conventional construction is not difficult, but the technology of the floating structure will require some effort.Beacons must be set at a certain height, clearly in a horizontal plane.

Make it difficult, as firmly install them on the foam will not work - they will move.

Fix this problem can be in the following manner.

In areas of foam, where the beacons will be installed, cut a small square holes.

They poured cement, and then everything is done the usual method: Beacons are pressed into the solution and aligned using a spirit level.

very important when cutting squares not to disturb a layer of waterproofing.

casting process

most important stage in the installation of a floating floor - is screed.But it is not important from the standpoint of the works themselves and with the correct preparation of the solution.

In such cases, use the following proportions: 1 part cement and 4 parts sand.To achieve extra strength to help fiber cellulose additives or plasticizers.

thus prepared solution is poured onto the prepared substrate and spread with between beacons installed simultaneously on two guides long rule.

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now remains only to wait for drying screed.And at this stage, many do not have the patience, and they make haste to expedite the process.This can not be done in any case.

contrary, hoping to get a strong and coherent rough coating, the drying process should be slowed down.

this purpose, is necessary to prevent moisture evaporation.

Thus, a detailed analysis of any system of floating floors makes it possible to install them yourself quickly and easily.

Enough to stick the main rule - to do everything thoroughly precise and accurate, while a floating floor construction will serve you for many years.