Good afternoon dear friends. Repair is moving slowly, but right. Just we finished laying a laminate, and I want to tell you what difficulties arose in the process.
Laying the laminate is not a complex, but long and tedious. The main task that stood was to put it with a single contour throughout the apartment. Do breakdowns and some deformation seams in the area of 55 squares did not want. It is not only practical, vacuuming the apartment and make wet cleaning more convenient when you do not cling to different thresholds, but also beautifully.
For 55 square meters, I purchased 47 boxes, 2 of which were taken to the reserve. Trimming, which were almost on every strip, went out in the end exactly 2 boxes that we took to the stock. Already by the end, when it remained to put one room, I thought that I would have to buy 2 boxes, however, the calculated stock that we did in the store turned out to be perfect.
The substrate was abound, it was sold in rolls of 12 meters, so about 5 square meters remained. She looks like a fitness rug, I will do.
To begin with, I got acquainted with the instructions here everything is clear even to the child.
Let's start on points:
1. Laminate Laminate in the room 48 hours at a temperature of 18-24 degrees and humidity 40-70%
2. Do not use defective laminate
3. Remove the old coating
4. Floor defects (pits) 2 meters allowed no more than 2 mm
5. Weightful humidity: concrete less than 4%, wood is less than 12%.
6.Plight floor in from 15 to 28 degrees
7. Do not use in wet rooms
8. Clear the base on which laminate will be laid
9. Disseminate the substrate or brass 20 cm, or the joint in the joint, the density of 30 kg / m3.
10. Laying of laminate along the light source (windows)
11. Wedges with a thickness of 8-10 mm, along the edge of the wall.
12. The segment of the laminate for one side is transferred to another line, taking into account the fact that it should be more than 20 cm.
Insert the assembled strip of laminate in the castle at an angle of 45 degrees.
13. Do not use glue
14. Do not peer the castle, insert only laminatine laid on the base.
15. Do not be hammer
16. Do not use screws and sealants
17. Drawing How to get around the pipe: We look at the laminate place, drill it, the jigsaw cut the place, after installing from the reverse side, we put the trim.
18. The deformation seams of 8-10 mm must be made on the squares from 100 sq. Meters
19. Take out the wedges at the wall.
20. At a temperature of 18-24 degrees and humidity of 40-70 percent, carry out 14 days.
21. Use tips on the feet of furniture.
22. Do not grow colors and watering on the laminate.
23. Use a wet cloth, instead of wet.
24. Use the usual vacuum cleaner, without the digestion function.
25. Do not carry furniture on the floor alone.
So, if you have difficulty, even after that, and you do not understand how and what to do. Especially for you there is a QR code for more details.
So deciphering these writers, it's time to calculate the laying format. The choice was between the laying of the "brick masonry", "offset by 1/3" and "aims", I stopped on a displacement for 1/3.
Putting 3 strips I figured how much I will have trimming. They were about 60 cm on these stripes.
By the way, the wedges that need to be inserted between the wall and laminate 8-10 mm I did from the trimming of the old laminate.
Trimming These are such pieces that have no lock from two opposite sides.
When laying, in one place, the floor was uneven and laminate slightly staggers to eliminate this trouble, I poured a sealant under it, although it is not recommended. If there are problems in the future, I will cut a laminate in this place and put the threshold instead.
Also, there were unpleasant moments with short trims along (less than half).
Well, several laminatin were with a marriage, a corner of broken, the castle is damaged, nothing serious, they were used for their intended purpose.
In general, all work on laying 55 square meters in the apartment took about 20 hours.
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