During the operation of the apartment, room or other room, especially in the panel house, gaps are almost always formed between the floor and the wall.
They not only spoil the appearance, but also disturb the temperature regime, and in addition, contribute to the penetration and breeding of dampness and all kinds of insects. In any case, these slots need to be carefully processing and close.
Procedure for work
The material for embedding the hole is selected relative to the size of the slit
Performing work on the sealing of the gap between the wall and the floor does not require any special knowledge and experience.
The simplest operations that need to be performed at the same time will not require great effort.
For the right and high-quality production of these repair work, it is only necessary to comply with the correctness and sequence of the following operations:
- First, it is necessary to determine the size of the indoor opening, its length and depth;
- Depending on the size, the seal material is selected;
- Preparatory work is performed.
What can close the gap between the floor and the wall under the plinth, it is easy to determine after dismantling the plinth and determining the size of the slot and its depth. The material used to seal the gap between the floor and the wall can be selected depending on its size on the table:
| № | The width of the gap between the floor and the wall | Recommended material for sealing |
|---|---|---|
| one | Up to 1 cm | Cement mortar, gypsum, putty |
| 2. | Up to 3 cm | Macroflex |
| 3. | More than 3 cm | Crushed stone, gravel, foam, brick, etc. |
After determining the sizes of cracks and gaps between the floor and the wall, the methods of their sealing, the materials used, proceed to the implementation of preparatory work, ensuring the quality of subsequent operations.
Preparatory work
Get all the cracks and defects
Preparation of premises for work on the sealing of slots between the floor and the walls depends on the type of finishing, where the repair is made. If there is a plinth, it needs to be dismantled and examine the space under the floorboards for the presence of gaps under them and their size.
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Blooming should be blocked, old paint layers remove. If necessary, designs should be given time to dry. You can speed up this process by applying additional room heating equipment.
All places where dust and dirt can get during operation are covered with polyethylene film.
Sealing large, medium and small slots
To fill large slots, it is necessary to pre-fill them with suitable brick, aerated concrete slices, polystyrene foam. Then you need to fill the fracture or gap mounting foam.
Foam has a property to expand, so it should be sprayed evenly, without filling the slot completely.
Mounting foam is very convenient for embelling slots
If the foam still came out, then the surplus should be cut off with a knife.
Middle and small cracks are close to pacles or felt, pre-treated with means that do not allow to start in them a different kind of insect.
Then also filled with mounting foam.
Subsequent finish
It is possible to close the slits between the floor and the wall easily and quickly, but at the same time it is necessary to take into account the need for the following work on the device of a new finishing coating or to restore the old one. On how to make clearances, see this video:
After removing the excess foam, the sealing places are processed with putty, and then depending on the finishing type taken, they are whitewashed, covered with wallpaper or closed by a plinth.