As laminate is wooden material, it can be blown up for various reasons that will spoil appearance of a floor. There are several reasons why laminate was blown up: because of water ingress, bad quality of material or because of the wrong installation of a floor. Many consider that in case of such defect the only exit – to dismantle and replace a covering. Actually it is extreme measures and there are several ways which swelling without serious expenditure allows to remove.
Laminate from water was blown up – how to correct?
The similar problem often meets, for example, the child can spill water on a floor. If there was a similar situation, then you should not hesitate and it is necessary to remove accurately blown-up board and to examine it. Cheap laminate quickly absorbs moisture that leads to its swelling. The water which accumulated under boards should be wiped properly and to surely replace the substrate located under laminate. In most cases it will be quite enough. In case since the moment when water spilled, there passed a lot of time, then, unfortunately, it is necessary to replace the blown-up panels. If it was not succeeded to choose laminate to match, then take boards from under a sofa or a case, and there pick up the most similar. Council – to avoid a similar problem, is recommended to process a floor special wax or to polishes which pushes away water.
Laminate because of bad laying was blown up – how to correct?
In that case if in installation time of a floor the gap between a floor and walls was not left, then through some time the covering can be deformed. For elimination of defect, it is necessary to cut off a part of boards.
What to do if laminate was blown up:
- remove a plinth;
- make marks where laminate adjoins to a wall;
- cut off superfluous that the gap about 15-20 mm as a result turned out.
Consider that the gap has to be also between laminate and the battery. It is impossible to attach any objects to panels, and it is necessary to do it directly to a floor coupler.
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