Installing flooring

     Preparing for parquet floor
     The biggest impact has the foundation upon which the wooden floor. It should be solid, well leveled and smooth.
     The second element is moisture, whose fair values ​​will ensure a stable floor. It is particularly important in new buildings, where the cement foundations still dry, put new wall coverings that give moisture in excessive quantities. If such conditions place your flooring, then surely it will swell and the ends of the wood will warp. After the consequent reduction of the moisture will form cracks.
    The rule states that to obtain stable and quality under it during its application and humidity of the timber should be approximately the value of the average annual (55%).
    The floor height is determined by the type of the selected flooring - 6 mm (laminated) to 33 mm (massive).
    Planning heights - the different types of flooring materials require different heights for placement. Take into account when planning placement as flooring and transition to terracotta.
    Pre comply with the subsequent installation of doors and passages.
   
    Acclimation of the orchestra.
    Acclimatization is the process by which leave the timber to equalize its humidity with that of the room in which will be placed. One may ask .... Why bother? The answer is that the tree is like a sponge - receives and pays constant moisture under the influence of climatic conditions. This unfortunately affects its dimensions, appearance and stability.
    There are several options where this can not be avoided:
     - If the values ​​of the humidity in the home are brought closer to those at which it is dried in the timber manufacturer and values ​​in which is stored at the trader. This excludes, however, some of the more exotic species, due to the manner and time of transport, ie one month of vessel may change quite original characteristics guaranteed by the manufacturer.
     - Use layer parquet, which is designed to "deal with poor conditions"
     - Use the method of bonding and adhesive quality
    If these options are not feasible for you, it is necessary acclimatization. But how do we make it?
    In some stores can tell you that you must leave the timber to stand up to 14 days in the room where it will be placed. But that will not solve the problem. The air can not circulate among packets of material to reach every detail. Then the logical extension is to scatter material throughout the room to expose the surfaces of the air circulation. But how long to stay? The response is a complex function between the humidity of the wood humidity of the room and its specific ventilation. We can only be sure of the effectiveness of the final result after using a hygrometer.
    The implication is that if you wish to purchase a hygrometer and spend some time and effort to perform the above actions, it will acclimatize your wooden floor. Just be careful, because the wood tends to distort irreversible at different humidity and its lack of seriousness on the surface.

    Methods for placing parquet
    Floating method
    It is performed by holding the individual details for each other through "click" system or gluing, and putting them on the mat. Thus can be placed and layered laminated flooring.
    It has the following advantages:
- Easy to implement
- Fast
- Low price
    But there are drawbacks:
- The floor is neakustichen - no noise neotralizira
- Failure of a detail in the middle of the floor can lead to a complete rearrangement, due to the fact that the parts are fastened to one another

    Method by gluing
    It is performed by gluing individual details directly on the floor (stucco, ceramic tiles, etc.) using a special glue. Thus can be placed layer parquet.
    Benefits:
- The floor is an acoustic - absorbs noise
- There are fewer changes due to humidity and temperature

    Method by forging
    Carried out solely on a wooden base. The nails are hidden. Thus can be placed layer parquet.
    Benefits:
- It can save the preparation of the floor, as the parquet may be placed on the OSB boards placed directly on cement
    Disadvantages
-Trudoemak And expensive method

    Transitional strips
    The main purpose of the transitional strips to make a smooth compound of parquet flooring and other flooring in the home. Another key feature that should not be overlooked is that they provide the required tolerance of the orchestra for its "expansion" and "contraction". If you are installing flooring in the great room, you must have a few places to put transitional strips to avoid a complete rearrangement due to deformation of the material.

    Skirting
    Their main function is to cover the gap between the flooring and the wall that is left preventive. The market offers many varieties according to shape and material (MDF, wood, metal). You can comply with both the color of the flooring and the color of the walls.

    How to clean our hardwood floors?
    If you have just spent a bunch of money for a beautiful floor, it must now protect their investment.
    Start by cleaning with a vacuum cleaner to remove all traces of dust and small particles act like sandpaper after the fall in the damp cloth. Put a bit of detergent on a cloth on the floor (best terry) but do not humidify too much.
    NEVER:
- Do not use detergent to furniture polish to clean your floor. Buy a neutral cleanser.
- Do not leave large amounts of water to stay on parquet
- Do not use a dirty cloth, each more solid particle will scratch varnish
- Do not drag furniture across the floor without first put something underneath to prevent scratches.
- Do not walk in high heels that leave a mark on the top layer of varnish
    ALWAYS:
- Use the mat at the kitchen sink
- Place the rubber protectors under the legs of furniture
- Keep moisture and, if necessary, use a humidifier or adequate ventilation for elimination.


Laminate flooring
The advantages of laminate flooring are that are laid quickly and easily, including on its own, without the need to pay dearly to master.
After laying parquet it is ready for operation, without the need for finishing operations as sanding with ordinary parquet floors small;
Laminate flooring does not require polishing, because its surface is pre-perfused with highly durable and resistant to the different types of dirt lacquer;
Laminate parquet floors are maintained and cleaned much more easily than traditional solid wood flooring.
The only downside of laminate flooring is that if the surface is damaged beyond repair, unlike the parquet floors of massive, it can be scraped, but must be replaced.
While reputable manufacturers give assurances fifteen years and Equipment for buildings and five years for the public, which means that more caring service laminate flooring can last considerably longer time.
What can damage it is going with hard soles with a stocky sand on them. Something you would not allowed in the bedroom or living room of the house.
Quality laminate flooring have special protection on the surface of the edges, so that the boards do not seeps leaked through the joints water. Similar protection has from the bottom of the boards against moisture from beaded floor moisture.
The market offers a fairly wide variety of laminate flooring with a surface layer of wood veneer or plastic -melamin.
A typical size of the boards: 1290x199mm and 8 mm thick or more.
The edges of each board are processed at tongue and groove at this size are completely identical, so join with ease without leaving visible gaps.
The direction of the laying of the boards depend on the shape of the room and the location of the windows and doors therein. Preferably, the boards to make the direction from which the light falls. However, in long, narrow rooms flooring is piecing easier when boards are placed across the longest side. The decision must comply with the remainder to be cut at the ends of the boards.
Parquet flooring is made of glued firmly along the edges floorboards but generally loosely laid on the carpet. To be able to absorb any thermal expansions, it should not rest against the walls, and leaving between them at least 8 mm wide gap.
The adhesive is applied in a continuous strip along the grooves (better on feathers - more head does not hurt). The adhesive is sufficient, when the tip uniformly over the entire length of the joint. Reposition the board and pushed to the front by tapping in undergoing block. To obtain a quality surface without any joints, bonded boards should be strongly pressed together until the glue sets. For this purpose there are different samopravski or factory devices and the latter, of course, are preferred.
After fastening the boards to each other through the gaps will inevitably kill glue that must be promptly cleaned with a damp and then a dry cloth.
The ends of the parquet covering from open doors or transition to another type of flooring should be protected with special decorative metal strips, they are marketed in a wide range contentedly.
Narrow gaps between the parquet and tiles around the fireplace, for example, can be filled with suitably colored to the color of the orchestra silikonkauchukova paste.
Wooden boards are sold in sets. For the installation of parquet flooring are still needed: quality wood glue, knife pierced saw, hammer, clamping devices for the blind, wood pad to protect the edges of the boards by tapping on them, wooden wedges and pencil.
Wooden boards with melamine excellent mimic various types of noble wood.
The first line of boards is placed parallel to the wall, using the mass so Dr. boards or string it must be arranged so that the edges lie on a straight line. From the wall using spacers allow joint, 9-10 mm wide. Instead of spacers between the wall and the first row boards can undergo a full parquet board, which is then removed. The adhesive is applied in a continuous, evenly thick seam on the upper surface of the tongue of the boards in the first row. Butt joints in each subsequent row should be shifted to the butt joints in the front row at a distance of at least 20 cm. For this first plank in the order respectively cut. In all the boards of the succeeding adhesive is placed not only on the feathers and in the grooves, to obtain a tenacious moisture-tight and common block. Each subsequent board is prichukva carefully to fit to a neighbor and board from the front row. Banging on a wooden block with a groove carved in it, so as not to damage the pen on the board. Instead block can be used and scrap piece of parquet board. To obtain displacement of butt joints, the first board in the row must be shortened. During the cutting face lying underneath, in order to avoid aliasing in the line of the cut.
In places where the heating pipes pass installation, the boards is made a slit, having on each side of the tube was allowed lift about 5 mm. To this end, the cutting line emerges on the back of the board. Excellent tool for this purpose again jigsaws. Once so cut board be put in place and cut a piece of the shortened length of the diameter of the pipe and carefully glued into place. Once the surface is ready, waiting around day for final curing. Klinchetata side walls are removed and it remains to be impaled on the sill slats. In the corners slats are cut at an angle of 45 °, it is done very easily and accurately displayed with photo gadget. The transition between the parquet flooring and ceramic tile flooring in the hallway, for example, is formed using a decorative metal strip. Here shown is composed of two parts, the bottom is fastened to the floor by means of screws and plastic dowels. The lower part of the bar is already mounted to the floor with screws. The upper profile is cut according to the frame (make a cutout in the frame rebate) and pressure is attached to the lower profile. The advantage of this, composed of two parts account is that the screw heads are not visible. On the market are sold and metal profiles with a simple structure in which, however, the screw heads remain visible. Where necessary, the joint along the parquet flooring can be filled with silikonkauchukova paste. Side of the joint is pre-glued protective tape, so as not to contaminate the adjacent surfaces. For laying flooring laminate flooring offers various professional clamps.
When assembly is very busy, especially strength, most appropriate fit is gratovata known as "dovetail." Appropriate instrument for its elaboration is manual and electric milling cutter gratov.
When cutting with a jigsaw or circular edges of the output section in the direction of
Movement of the cutting teeth becomes more or less serrated following rupture of the wood fibers. Therefore the rule is cutting with a circular saw or jigsaw face of the workpiece lying underneath. Rupture of the surface layer can be greatly reduced if the advance in the line of cutting make a shallow cut with a sharp knife or stick it on a transparent adhesive tape.

Laminanten laying the flooring can be done directly on the old carpet.
Long reigning construction practices in panel building was a concrete slab on the floor to some sticky carpet and so. Quick, easy, cheap and far from any health standards solution.
Thus floor construction no insulation and no soundproofing. So she lives in a communal and intimate community provided by mezhduzhilishtna good audibility. If you delve into the topic and direction of static electricity, which each step on the artificial surface charge as an electrical capacitor, but now is not our topic for harm electrosmog that surrounds us everywhere.
The ingenious and disadvantages, however, can turn into an advantage. This particular case is the possibility on the old carpet to put modern laminate flooring. On the one hand, it saves a lot of labor and dirt associated with the detachment of the carpet, with scraping of the remnants of glue and a sheet break out here and there stucco.
On the other hand, the rug will serve as relatively good soundproof barrier against transmission of impact noise caused by walking and hit on hard flooring. To some extent this will improve the thermal insulation of the floor construction.
On top of all your home will acquire an elegant and functional flooring. The condition for this is the rug, though worn, be firmly glued to the base and not with long hair. This last condition ours mass production fully answered. Another important condition is the surface on which is glued carpet to be equal. Let's hope that here at least the masters have not left hands.
This is checked with a two-meter lute, as the size of the gap under it should not exceed 2 mm.
Otherwise, you may need alignment, in which case it is most convenient to work with a dry mixture alignment, which is spread on the carpet.
The article above described application of flooring laminate flooring, which can be done directly on the old carpet. This type of surface is optimal for the case, because the relatively large area of ​​each of the boards allows a more even distribution of load and even places rug gently to succumb, it will not affect the pavement.