Now laminate is the most popular floor covering. This material very strong and beautifully looks on floor. The technology of laying of laminate is surprisingly simple and does not occupy large number of time.
It is required to you
- Spreader wedges, electro-fret saw, drill, ruler, hammer, tape measure, level, pencil, laminate.
Instruction
1. Before starting laminate mounting, it is necessary to prepare floor surface. By means of level, it is necessary to check floor for availability of flatness. If surface curve, then it is possible to level it finishing dandy-rolls. It is necessary to consider this moment, it will be not really pleasant if when walking floor creaks and cave in. It is also possible and to apply rolled stopper to alignment. Such floor covering as laminate can be stacked also on linoleum, parquet, plywood. It is not recommended to establish under laminate - floor heating.
2. Laying is carried out from corner where furniture will not be located. It is necessary in order that the remains which will be cut for change of width have been laid under furniture. Laminate panels, it is better to have perpendicular to window that seams in the sun were less visible.
3. Laying needs to be made from the first row, from two boards. It is recommended to establish spreader wedges, for providing gap between wall and floor. The clearance height has to make about 1 cm. It is necessary to carry out laying the lock on itself, it will facilitate snapping of panels. When the first row is finished, it is necessary to cut off the panel. If it rather big (it is more than 40 cm), then new row can begin to be stacked from it.
4. If when laying laminate on the way the pipe, then by means of necessary nozzle on drill meets, the semicircle with calculation of gap between pipe and laminate is cut.
5. Having laid the first row of laminate, it is necessary to begin to lay the second, at the same time it is important to monitor their joining. Panels of the second row, have to be installed to panels of the first at an angle in 45 degrees.
6. Having laid laminate, it is necessary to establish suitable on color plinth laminate. It is the best of all to use plastic plinth under which it is possible to hide all wiring easily.