Laminate floor can transform completely outdoor view of the room. It is beautiful, easy to care, the price of it is low, compared with parquet floors, and it looks almost the same. In general, the benefits are obvious. One question remains: how to put it on your own so that the floor is even, there were no cracks between the laminate boards and he served for a very long time.
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The temperature and humidity of the room may affect the state of laminate boards. They should be given to settle for at least 48 hours after purchase. Free the laminate from polyethylene packaging. Leave it in a ventilated room so that the air can freely circulate between the boxes. Before buying you, probably offered to take a laminate with a margin of about 10%. Since it may take it more when cutting several laminate boards.
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Remove the old coating, including the plinth. Clean the draft floor, make sure that there are no dust and garbage on it. The floor should be as even as possible to lay laminate without errors. Therefore, if you left it before laying, you need to give it to finally hardening.
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Start with laying insulating film (substrate), which protects against water and steam. Stop start from the longest wall in the room. Make it a little cleaner, building one sheet to another. You can fix connections using a sticky tape.
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With the help of an electric bike or hacksaw, cut the door shots so that the new floor can fit freely under them, but not too high. Try to do this in parallel in the floor so that they have a good appearance.
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Installing the first row of laminate Start the same from the longest wall. Use small wooden planks to insert them between the laminate board and the wall. So that there was a gap between them about 0.5 cm. This will help the floor to be hardened. Install such the same struts after 30-40 cm along the walls. Install the first groove board to the wall.
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Each next bar, install in the groove of the previous one before clicking. Insert start at an angle of about 20 degrees. Make sure the perfect connection turned out. If somewhere there are gaps, then catch up with a hammer, but do not knock them right on the board. Take a small panel or a special tool for laying the floor and knock on it. Be careful if damaged the connection, the entire board will be corrupted.
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As you need, you will have to trim the planks and drink them under batteries and angles. It is best to do it by an electric bike. Mark the outlined place of trimming pencil on the back side of the board and proceed to the case. Do not hurry to throw off trimming, maybe somewhere you need a cropped piece.
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After the last board is laid, you can proceed to laying the plinths. They may also have to cut for laying. Plinths are installed in two receptions: remove the cable latch from the plinth, and attach the first part of the plinth to the wall with self-draws or shuruses with dowels, it depends on the material of the wall. The seams between the strips of the plinth are close by special connectors. Install the corners, pave the cable in the slots and secure the latch.
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Install the thresholds. They are multi-level for alignment of different heights of the floor in rooms, slides, plastic metal and others. Select the most suitable in your case and secure to the floor using self-tapping screws or screws.
Show a little patient and diligence. The result will not wait for you for a long time. Perfect sexual coating will remind you of your perfectly done work every day.
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