Pay attention: in any room floor is the most often operated part of interior. For this reason there is always a wish to make floor not only beautiful, equal, warm, strong, but also resistant to different damages. Modern materials allow to prepare easily and quickly flooring for further operation and to level even the most curve basis.
Advantages of the self-leveled mixes
The self-leveled mix or bulk floor is the plastic structure on the basis of plaster or cement received by mixing of various modifying polymers and mineral fillers. The main pledge of qualitative bulk floor – the dry, correctly prepared surface.
It should be noted that the self-leveled mixes have several advantages. First, bulk floor quickly dries, giving opportunity in several days to begin mounting of final covering in the form of tile or heat-insulated floor. Secondly, even very thin layer of the self-leveled mix allows to correct small defects effectively. It is good to apply bulk floor if differences and roughnesses of surface do not exceed three centimeters. In the third, melkofraktsionny fillers which do alignment of floor ideal are part of all mixes. In the fourth, mixes do not give drawdown. Besides, alignment of floor can make even the layman. If necessary any bulk floor can be repaired or updated easily.
The main physical properties of all mixes are the maximum plasticity, elasticity and good ability to self-alignment. And still, bulk floor has high wear resistance, does not crack and maintains heavy loads. The affordable price and excellent quality have made bulk floors popular and demanded in modern construction.
Pay attention, mixes on the basis of plaster should be used only in rooms with low humidity, and here if mix is made on the basis of cement, then it can be used in any room.
As for minuses of bulk floor, it is necessary to allocate two: the main shortcoming consists in considerable consumption of dry mix for alignment of floor in rooms, big on the area, even if roughnesses insignificant. The second shortcoming is that the liquid self-leveling mix cannot be used for alignment of floor with biases for drain holes which often are in bathrooms, shower cabins and garages. That floor has turned out really equal and without cracks, it is necessary to know several features of mounting and to strictly follow the instruction which is attached to any mix. After the self-leveling mix is filled in, experts recommend to walk on surface the needle roller which will help to remove excess air bubbles. The first days after filling floor should be protected from drafts and influence of direct sunshine.
Types of bulk floors
Depending on range of application, all bulk self-leveled mixes can be separated into two main categories: polymeric bulk floors and mineral. As for mineral bulk floors, generally they can be used when the surface requires to be prepared and leveled the subsequent laying of linoleum, tile or laminate. If floor has to be to the most abrasion-proof and mechanical damages, then in this case it is better to use polymeric mixes. Mineral bulk floors can be classified on several types: basic, average and finishing mixes. All above-mentioned mixes are intended to level concrete and cement sand bases with various height of roughnesses. If the old cement screed of floor has big differences and roughnesses, then it is necessary to use several types of mineral mixes at once, leveling floor gradually. Making the estimate, it is necessary to consider that because of increase in quantity of layers of bulk floor, also the total cost will grow. Therefore the most important point – it is correct to define consumption of mixes.
Bulk floors are trend of modern interior design. "Liquid linoleum" allows to create various color combinations and to use effect 3D.
Polymeric coverings can be separated into several types too. There are epoxy, urethane, polyurethane and methylmethacrylate polymeric types. At the same time everything polymeric coverings can be characterized large-scale of durability and resistance to aggressive influences of various chemical compositions. But the most interesting to modern construction is nevertheless the polyurethane type of bulk floor. First of all, interest is proved by the main physical properties of covering among which it should be noted: high wear resistance, fire safety, bezyskrovost, seamlessness, bespylnost and also esthetics and decorative effect. It is necessary to consider that for obtaining qualitative result polymeric mix needs to be prepared correctly. For this purpose before works the polymeric structure of bulk floor should be mixed with other component for receiving already ready solution which and needs to be applied on floor surface. Experts recommend to make mixing of components in separate capacity for convenience. Besides it is necessary to prepare also surface of the basis. If the basis wooden, then it it is necessary to degrease, grind and process primer. Cement and sand surfaces need to be progruntovat, and to glue cracks with fiber glass fabric. If polymeric floor needs to be filled in over old concrete, then before works concrete should be ground, purified carefully from dust and only then to fill in floor. Harmless, durable and seamless bulk floors are fine floor covering which will become ideal addition of any interior.