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- Tools and materials for laying
- Types of laminate substrates
- What direction to choose?
- Straight laying
- Diagonal laying
- General order laying
Laminate is often used for flooring. Panel data are made on the basis of woodworking materials, include a coating layer that gives the lamella to its unique properties. The advantages of the laminate must be attributed to the fact that the laying is extremely simple, and the surface quality itself is at the height. Choosing the direction, how to lay the laminate, you can adjust the visual perception of the room. Depends on the direction of the lamellae, whether the room will seem narrow or wide, light or dark.
The main advantage of laminate is fast assembly and ease of operation.
Tools and materials for laying
Available materials and tools are applied to laying a laminate coating:- Laminate itself in the calculated quantity (depends on the laying method);
- Electric logs for cutting panels;
- roulette, construction level, metal line and simple pencil;
- Wooden wedges for the installation of the temperature gap around the perimeter of the floor;
- Corolnic;
- hammer, rubber cizyanka, simple wooden board;
- adhesive tape;
- Special substrate, which is placed on the basic base.
Depending on the selected stacking method, a special glue for a laminate board may also be needed.
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Types of laminate substrates
Comparative characteristics of substrates for laminate.
To extend the timing of the laminate service, it is necessary to use special substrates. This is a thin, soft and elastic material that compensates for the load on the laminate, it allows you to ensure not only insulation, but also noise insulation when using flooring.
The choice of such substrates depends on which the base base laminate is placed, what operating conditions are planned. Among the most common materials it should be noted:
- cork;
- polyethylene;
- Special.
All substrates are produced in the form of rolls or plates, laying them on the floor as simple as possible. But there is a special type of coverage. The laminate can be produced with a substrate, which is already attached to the wrong part of each board, i.e. it is necessary to put only a layer of waterproofing from the plastic film, after which it is safe to start laying by choosing the desired direction. Such material is more expensive than the rest, but its quality is higher, the service life is significant. In addition, it provides the best noise insulation that in the case of laminate it is so important.
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What direction to choose?
Options for laying laminate panels.
It is necessary to lay the laminate in such a way that the light from the window does not highlight significantly seams between the individual panels. For this, various methods are applied, but the main is perpendicular to the laying, when the lamellas are placed in parallel the longest wall. However, the choice of panels will be placed in which direction, the size of the room is influenced. You can even be too narrow room visually expanding or narrowing wide. For an urban apartment, where rooms often have not very attractive forms, the possibility of laminate to mask such flaws is very important.
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Straight laying
Stepped laminate laying. Step 1-4.
So in what direction to lay the laminate is best? The most popular is the direct method of laying, when the ranks are laid parallel to each other. You can do this from a long corner or from the door - it all depends on the type of laying itself. The installation process itself is very simple, the material is laid by even rows, while the long side looks at the wall in parallel, and the ends are perpendicular. The flow rate of the laminate is not very large, 10% is enough on the clutch. The amount of coating is calculated simply: it is necessary to calculate the floor area, after which add 10% on the clip.
Choosing, in which direction to lay the laminate, pay attention to the shape and size of the room. From the point of view of aesthetics, the coating should go parallel to the long wall of the room in such a way that the falling rays of the sun have not exposed all the joints between separate panels. The coating will seem monolithic, very attractive. For an angular small room, this option is not acceptable, as it will strongly narrow the already dimensional space. It uses only diagonal laying.
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Diagonal laying
Stepped laminate laying. Step 5-8.
It applies if it is necessary to visually increase the area of the room. It is especially commonly found in urban apartments whose rooms cannot boast of large areas. This option allows you to highlight the floor covering, often used boards not one, and two colors to make a fairly spectacular design. But this option is expensive, since the consumption of material is high.
Stage is required from the corner, the panels must go at an angle of 45 degrees in relation to the walls. It is important to correctly install the first panel, which will be the only one for your row. It is from how correctly it is laid and depends on the evenness of the rest of the stacking. Before starting work, you need to correctly calculate the amount of material, in this case you need to add a minimum of 15% to the clip. So that the calculations were more accurate, it is required to take into account the view of the board itself, the width, length. If there is no confidence in an independent count, then it is better to clarify from professionals.
When asked, in which direction to lay the laminate, it is necessary to pay attention to the type of product. For example, the deck board does not laid out, but the usual standard laminate will look very attractive. It is best to choose a material that is specifically designed for such styling, that is, its locks will be connected at an angle of 90 degrees. Its cost is higher, but the waste will be much smaller. Savings are achieved through the use of a special board. The diagonal styling itself can be carried out by different methods: it is a Christmas tree that applies most often, and an English gleaming that gives the floor surface originality and attractiveness.
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General order laying
Laying the laminate coating is carried out in this way:
Types of laminated panel locks.
- To ensure the temperature gap between the floor covering and the wall, it is necessary to immediately put special spacer wedges. Such a gap will be up to 1.5 cm, which is quite enough to protect the laminate. Installation of wedges is necessary throughout the perimeter of the room;
- The first panel is placed in the far corner of the room, after which the second one, the third, the third, until the row end. If you need to cut the last part in the row, you first need to measure the necessary piece, on the back of the panel to mark the markup. After that you can already cut the part that is needed. Start the next row then need from the remaining piece. This will allow you to perform very beautiful styling;
- The second row is laid out in the same way as the first. When fixing, it is necessary to ensure the evenness and horizontality of all panels. During the laying, the hammer must be customized to customize the second row for its durable compound with the first;
- When laying the last row, it may turn out that the width is less than the sizes of the panel. Taking into account the temperature gap, it is necessary on the reverse side of each panel to perform marking, after cutting off the required parts;
- After the installation of the entire coverage is completed, it is necessary to remove wedges, install the plinth.
Laminate is an attractive floor covering that imitates the surface of a natural tree. But the floor looks attractive, it is necessary not only to follow the installation rules, but also choose the direction of the lamellae. This applies to surface pattern, orientation of individual boards.
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