floor in your home - this is the element of the interior, with which we interact on a daily basis.If the walls and ceiling allow some subtle error in the performance of finishing, then the basis on which people walk every day, this will not do.Not knowing how to lay linoleum, you can face the fact that after a time the coating will become worthless, will not perform any of its functions or require replacement for any other reason.
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Linoleum deservedly popular for many decades.Of course, now found in the sale of such material from natural ingredients is practically impossible, and in this sense there is a special, because its value is higher than synthetic analogues, and service life is less.Therefore, this article focuses on the synthetic version is both more common.If you as soon as possible to perform stowage and immediately use the room, the choice is straightforward - linoleum!Advantages and disadvantages of it all well known, but still dwell on them in detail.
Currently, a direct competitor of the flooring is laminate.They are roughly equal price categories.And, perhaps, they are only of interest to cash-strapped people.Thus, the benefits of linoleum following:
- Easy installation.In how to put linoleum, no big deal.But laminate, in turn, requires not only a certain knowledge, but also the ability to deal with a hacksaw, area, hammer and tape measure.
- Requirements for minimum surface preparation.If the laminate permissible height difference of just a few millimeters (trough or hill), from the linoleum at this point you can never ignore.
- also advantages include the speed of installation, ease of delivery (you can bring in your hands), quiet walking.One disadvantage: even the cheapest laminate accidentally damage the sharp object is impossible, but the linoleum in this respect is lost.
How to put linoleum
Every builder of his methods, which he adheres.Among them, there is no good or bad: it is important that it was convenient to the person who will work with the flooring.Stacking is performed based on the location of the future joint between strips.Since cover the entire floor can be only one roll in a small room for connection of two bands using a special plastic or aluminum nut band.Thus, you first need to decide how it should be held in the room: perhaps somewhere he can be hidden carpet, which is more preferable.
How to lay linoleum: start with the most prominent places of the room, or from distant corners?Of course, from where the most noticeable, because if you later need to add the insert, then they should be at the far end, and out of sight.Laying recommended to perform on a level surface.These may be sheets of particleboard or fiberboard.Lining if you plan to use it to insulate the floor, it should be placed under the sheets, as even the densest linoleum postelennuyu on a soft base can be pushed through.
Roulette measured the length of the room, the obtained value is subtracted from 5-10 mm, this distance is marked on the strip, then cut cleanly with the help of the construction of a knife and strip-line.After all rolled around the room and adjusted.The above difference is needed in order to prevent the possible emergence of bubbles because even a small displacement of the web.Empty space will still be concealed plinth.Next, the operation is repeated.On the strip joints are pressed flat metal nut, and on the perimeter - skirting.
