Laminate laying options: Direct, diagonal, chess

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• Laminate laying methods
  • Direct Laying - Popular Method
  • Laminate Masonry Chess Scheme
  • When the solution is diagonal laying
• Technology of diagonal styling

Laminate laying options are defined by several requirements. In addition to personal aesthetic preferences, the size of the room, the location of natural lighting, doors and future furniture is taken into account. The most attractive effect is achieved by laying in the direction of the main light source or through the input door used.

Laminate board structure.

Several secrets of masters and designers will help make choices correctly:

1. When laying the coating perpendicular to the window, the formed joints will be practically not noticeable.
2. Stacking should be started from that corner that will be free from furniture. In this case, all parts that require cutting will be closed with furniture, and different pattern width will be invisible.
3. In long and narrow rooms, the laminate laminate across to expand the space. The direction of light does not matter.
4. The construction market offers special thresholds that allow any drawing of an outdoor coating.
5. If the curvature of the starting wall is expressed so much that the width of the plinth will not be enough to hide the slit, it is worth choosing a different direction of laying.

Laminate laying methods

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Direct Laying - Popular Method

Scheme of direct laying of laminate.

The most common is straight laying, which involves placing panels parallel to the walls of the room. When this method is selected, it is started to perform from the door of the room. This option can be implemented across or along the light line.

In order to lay the coating along the light line, the starting wall choose the long side of the room. The advantage of this method is that it is capable of practically completely hidden the formed seams, since they do not discard the shadows. If at the end of the work the coating should look holistic and smooth, this is exactly the way to stop your choice. Please note that direct styling is used in rooms where windows are located along the short side. If the room has several sources of natural light (angular apartments), it will not be possible to achieve such an effect.

The method of location of the plates across the laying perpendicular to the long wall of the room.

Masters This method is rarely used, but it is precisely for him to significantly expand the narrow premises, so it can often be found in corridors and narrow long rooms.

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Laminate Masonry Chess Scheme

Laying laminate with your own hands with different options.

You can give the floor uniquely by creating the effect of brick or chess masonry. These methods suggest that each subsequent row will be located with a displacement strictly half the panel with respect to the previous one. The performance of this type is associated with a large overrun of a material that can reach 15%. The essential advantage of such a masonry is that among all the diversity it is recognized as the most durable, and therefore durable.

The chess scheme is most effective when using single-axis monophonic material. If the material with a two-four-band pattern and pronounced lines, its combination in the ends can distort the drawing.

A variety of chess laying is a symmetric scheme that implies the displacement of elements on half the length. The only disadvantage that can cause to abandon the idea of ​​symmetric laying is a great overrun of the material. In addition, it is worth considering that such pictures on the floor can only be used if it is necessary to highlight clear and straight lines of the room. If the room has an incorrect configuration, the symmetric laying is necessary to refuse.

Scheme of proper docking laminate.

Pepper Deck is the laying method of laminate, for the implementation of which elements of contrasting colors or different shades, laid in chaotic order. You can use different color solutions in symmetric laying.

Laying "Christmas tree" can be implemented only in the case of the acquisition of a special laminate, the panels of which have a smaller size and a special design of locks that allows the laying at an angle of 90 °.

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When the solution is diagonal laying

Laying of laminate diagonally is nothing more than a classic scheme, realized at an angle of 45 °. Laying of laminate under 45 degrees found wide popularity among designers due to the ability to transform space and give it some lightness. A particularly effectively diagonal diagram looks in rooms with an angular entrance door. The overrun of the material in this case may vary from 10 to 15% depending on the length of the room, so, in square areas it will be minimal, and in long and narrow rooms - maximum.

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Technology of diagonal styling

Laying of laminate under 45 ° is performed after the preparatory work, which includes cleansing and leveling the surface. Works can be performed from the corner towards the door, in this case long end joints should be located in the direction of natural lighting from the window. If the laminate laying from the window will be carried out without taking into account this rule, the joints of individual panels will be noticeable, and you will not be able to obtain a single floor covering.

Laminate panel layout schemes.

If the work is performed not from the angle, but from the center, stretch the cord from opposite angles of the room, acting as a reference point for laying. Laying the first row is performed in parallel with the cord and goes to the left side. If you decide to fulfill work yourself, it is better to prefer laying the laminate from the window.

Instruments:

• roulette;
• pencil;
• Corolnic;
• Electrollery with a capacity of 500 W;
• a hammer;
• clamp;
• wedges;
• Skipping bar.

Separate elements are collected in a number of and only after that combined with the previous one. If you have an assistant, you can easily cope with central long rows, otherwise it is possible to facilitate the process of snapping the lock connections, due to a small cargo, which is placed on the collected row and allows not afraid of its integrity when fixing the following elements.

Laminate laying scheme with Lock mounting system.

Please note that the lamellas are laid out in a checker order at a distance of 30-40 cm. This technology allows you to get a truly durable floor covering, which is not subject to deformation during operation.

A space of at least 1.5-2 cm should remain between the coating and walls with the lock mount, due to which the swelling and shrinkage of the laminated coating is compensated when the temperature and humidity changes in the room. To comply with the same space around the perimeter, pegs are stacked, which are removed after laying the laminate. Hide the gaps from prying eye will help the plinth attached on the wall.

Often, problems in diagonal laying arise with cropping lamellas located along the edge of the row. Pruning, as well as styling, it is necessary to perform at an angle, clearly repeating the outlines of the wall. Measure the distance from the spacer calf to the upper and lower point of the row. Move the figures to the whole board as two points and connect the line. This panel will serve as a pattern with cutting. The procedure itself is performed by an electrolovka or ordinary hacksaw.

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