DIY guide on adapting Laminate

One of the most common tasks yourself in the world is just laminate flooring. This is mainly because of how easy it is to mount a hardy plant that looks great, however, although it is easy to put laminate flooring is also very easy to make errors if they are unprepared. In this guide step by step instructions are laying your laminate floor. First you must verify that sub-floor you want to fit your laminate flooring, because in the individual flats are not suitable for every type of sub-soil.

Sub-floor for laminate

Setting the laminated sheet

The soil should be quite flat, dry, clean and firm. It is very important to sand down and fill the irregularities of more than three millimeters over a meter. You must use PE foil as a moisture barrier.

Fitting laminate planks

Loose boards should be fixed and uneven surfaces must be smoothed to ensure a firm, flat surface to fit. Fit laminate flooring from Krono Original at right angles to the longitudinal direction of the wooden planks. You may not use PE foil in the wood sub-floors.

Layered on wooden boards

Planks must be fixed and irregularities made out. The boards should be firmly connected to the sub-floor so that there are no cracks later.

Fitting PVC laminate or linoleum floors

These types of old soil should be removed.

Fitting laminate flooring on underfloor heating hot water

Please ask a trusted specialist heating to heat your apartment until it is dry, as they have the necessary skills and records to ensure this is done correctly. A surface temperature of 25 degrees Celsius is recommended but should never exceed 28 degrees Celsius. Old soil should be removed.

Residual moisture

The rule should not exceed the following values of residual moisture:

1. Cement Flooring: With the underfloor heating 1.8 cm per cent, without underfloor heating 2 CM percent.
2. Anhydride Guide: With a 0.3 percent floor heating, underfloor heating, not 0.5 cm per cent.

Before fitting your laminate flooring please make sure you go through these checklists.

Tools list A)

You must have the following tools on hand at all times when setting your laminate flooring:

• Spacer Shims
• Circular saw, reciprocating saw or a Dentiliso
• Angle below the doorframes
• Tapemeasure, pencil
• Laminated mounting kit
• Wedge, Hammer
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B) Materials and Supplies Checklist

• Precise measurements of your room
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• Vapor barrier layer, Gold / Silver behind dunes
• Underlying foam

Note also that the additional sound insulation of transmission is necessary for laminate flooring without SAS (Sound Absorb System). Under certain circumstances you may also need Clicguard or comparable with a common seal, sealing compounds and glue / bond agent.

Before mounting: Store packages of ground for 48 hours under the same conditions weather for installation.

An important requirement for the installation and the durability of the laminate floor is a room temperature of about 20 ° C and a relative humidity of 50 to 70 percent. The subfloor must be absolutely flat, dry, clean and firm.

When cement flooring installation in a sub-soil minerals, such as concrete, stone or tile veneer anhydride humidity should be measured first. The rule should not exceed the following values of residual moisture:

1. Cement sheet: With the underfloor heating of 1.8 cm per cent without underfloor heating 2 CM percent.
2. Anhydride Guide: With the underfloor heating 0.3 percent without underfloor heating 0.5 cm percent.

Before mounting in concrete underfloors adhere to a proper vapor barrier behind (gold / silver underlying dunes) to protect against moisture. Wrap the leaves with an overlay 20 cm and fixed with aluminum tape.

Carpet is not an appropriate medium, you must remove all other carpeted before assembly of the laminate. Laminate flooring is set to one floor "floating" can not be fixed to the sub-soil. Please use behind 2 mm PE foam or other appropriate medium, a maximum of 3 millimeters thick, as sound insulation for floors without sound transmission, impact isolation SAS. Please put the leaves in the same direction as the panels. You must set opened packages of ground immediately.

In general, you have three options for laminate flooring installation:

1. Fast, free glue laying.
2. Laying Clickseal or comparable with bonded joints. This ensures that the land is permanently protected against the effect of moisture from above. The floor can nevertheless be resumed and relaid.
3. Laying with glue also provides lasting protection against moisture, however, work is slow and complicated and soil It can not be reused.

Laying laminate

If walls are not straight, please follow the line of the wall in the first row of panels and saw the panels accordingly. Before placing the panels measure the depth of the first room. If the last row of panels has a width of less than 5 inches to be evenly distributed as it becomes the first row and the last panel so that both rows are cut to size with the width of the panel itself.

Always maintain a distance of 12-15 mm walls, heating pipes, columns, door stoppers, etc. You may Use spacing wedges to set this distance. Expansion joints (at least 2 cm wide) are needed if the surface which is over 8 feet long or wide. Also note that these are also necessary when laying floor continuously for more than a quarter. Here the zones which have to be interrupted in the area of door frames. To this end, the profiles of use of our range. These movement joints can be covered by professionals using the appropriate profiles.

Tip: Position the panels along in line with the main light source!

Search on the left corner Room. The outgoing lower cheek furrow must be to the layer. Place the 1st row of panels, joining the first two, and then each panel again, with help the installation (panel cuts of tongue longitudinal profile). Tip: In general, you should set the longitudinal adjustment assistance in the area of the two joints head and finally align the elements. This prevents damage to the sealing of the panels.

Now tap the panel to be established in a flat position, with the palm of his hand until a locking effect is achieved over the entire width of the panel.

To this end, the wedge is placed on the panel along the articular head. By Please ensure wedge protrudes about 5 to 10 millimeters beyond the edge. This ensures that the surfaces of the two panels together with the other color. Repeat the above procedure to determine the entire first row of panels. Use wedges of separation to ensure a 12 -15 mm is maintained the distance from the wall!

Start the second row from left by inserting the long tongue of the screen to a 30 degree angle in the bottom groove cheek groups already been established (the 1st row) and twist it and down with light pressure. Begin each new row with the remaining piece (at least 20 inches long) of the previous row. The space between the transverse joints of one row of panels and the next must be at least 40 centimeters.

The following panels is introduced first time on the long side and just before going down the side of the head is pressed firmly against the front panel until the joint overlays.

Now, tap the flat with the palm of her hand in the transverse joint area until a blockage effect is achieved through the joint panel width. After blocking joints slightly head banging with the hammer and wedge. Use the help of installation as well. Contrary to all other panels by repeating of the sequence.

If necessary, close the transverse joints with a touch from the side with a wedge of appropriate impact. To cut the last row in panel to size, rotate through 180 degrees and place it face up decorating next to the row already in place (groove cheek to cheek groove). Allow that the wall space at the end. Mark the panel and saw off. To avoid splintered edges decorated side should be down, if you use an electric saw or a hacksaw move to cut the panels. Otherwise I saw the decor panels upwards. If necessary, use the pull rod to set the last panel in a row. After to put the panels to remove the wedges apart.

Holes, which are 3 inches larger than the diameter of the pipe must be cut for heating pipes. I saw a V-shaped "piece adapter, adhesive, snap into place and fix with a wedge until the glue has hardened. Then cover the cuts with radiator rosettes.

Please use the wooden door frames so that an element of impact sound insulation fits under it, so that laminate flooring can move without restrictions, here again, if the climate changes of the room.

For a perfect finish on a wall, fix skirting clips at 40 to 50 inches apart along the wall, then connect matching skirting boards suitably cut to size.

About the Author

Ruth Shann has been an expert in wood flooring installation and finishing since 1999.

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