How to lay linoleum

How to lay linoleum

Floor coverings strike with the variety today, but still the most popular of them remain linoleum. It is also simple to lay linoleum, as well as to look after it. It is enough to have certain skill and the good assistant.

Instruction

1. Before starting laying of linoleum it is necessary to prepare floor. Begin preparation of floor with elimination of sharp differences, sealing of joints and cracks, break everything plinth, remove door platbands. If into your genders from tree, then blow polyurethane foam or close up cement slurry all slots along walls. If necessary for alignment of floors, fill in new tie or level floor sheets fibreboards.

2. For laying of linoleum make sure in availability of sharp knife or scissors, double-sided adhesive tape, drill, and of course, in availability of the linoleum. Raskatite linoleum roll on floor from one wall to another. Distribute cloth so that the distance from wall prior to the beginning of linoleum was about 1-1.5 cm in order that it was simpler than it to level then.

3. For alignment of cloth let's it rest in bed day or two. By means of scissors or knife cut it by the room sizes. To lay linoleum from several parts, connect them among themselves double-sided adhesive tape. Paste one party of adhesive tape to floor under the place of joint. Further, remove protective film of adhesive tape and accurately paste to it both pieces of linoleum.

4. Level linoleum by means of the roller, and leave for some time that the gluing tape has grappled with basis. Stack linoleum evenly, choosing "drawing" in butt places. Block joints in door opening special metal powders. It is possible to lay linoleum and on dry surface, without application of adhesive tape or glue. In this case strengthen linoleum by means of aluminum strips or finishing nails.

5. If beat wooden floors directly to them if concrete, then previously drill in them holes, and strengthen linoleum by means of screws. At the edges along walls fix linoleum by means of plinths. That's all. Learn by the experience that linoleum replacement – not it complex business.

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team


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