Rubber-based flooring - let's get to know
Nowadays, the number of species and the variety of prices for flooring are simply impressive. There are wooden, plastic, plastic-paper, but the largest part of the market is the so-called rubber floor covering. It is one of the cheapest, is not afraid of moisture or drought and has just a huge durability.
Most often, coatings of this kind are sold as rolls, like linoleum, they are in the form of squares or triangles, like ordinary paving slabs, and there is special crumbly, which is sold in bags. Such coverage can be of different colors, which you can choose individually from a huge color card.
Why is rubber flooring in rolls the sales leader?
The most popular coating is rubber, floor, roll. It can be purchased in most construction markets for quite reasonable money, and the opportunity to install it on your own saves a fairly large amount of your money. A huge number of pluses and minuses in combination with cheap make this cover the most popular on the market. The list of positive features is simply huge.
The first and one of the most significant pluses - shaping .Rubber coating takes any form, it is quite easy to cut, surround it with a column and so on. For example, surrounding the columns with parquet, you have to separately mark each board and cut it.
The second plus is the versatility of .Such coatings can be installed anywhere. It is perfectly kept on the street, it is often used in the creation of sports complexes, pavilions, sports grounds. Also it can be safely placed in your own house.
Third plus - strength .It is almost impossible to wipe such a coating. It is possible to stamp one day on one mette, but it will remain as a new one.
The fourth and simply huge plus - absence of harmful substances .Rubber flooring does not throw harmful substances into the atmosphere. Accordingly, you keep your health and your loved ones.
It is also moisture-proof, heat-insulating, noise-absorbing and absolutely non-slippery .Do not forget, it is easy to clean, which speeds up cleaning at times.
Of the minuses, it is worth noting the unaesthetic appearance of some models and the the possibility of forming the condensate under such a coating. These disadvantages are not significant, but it is worth mentioning about them.
Put a rubber floor covering with your own hands
If you decide to put a rubber-based flooring yourself, you should do some preparatory work. You need to clean the room of furniture and other accessories. After removing all this, you should remove the old cover and take it out. Now you either need to fill the floor with a solution, so that it's smooth, or simply sand the bulges and fill the pits. After doing this, thoroughly vacuum, wash and again vacuum the place where you will lay the rubber coating.
Now it's time to pack. This is done quite easily, and there are two most popular ways. The first method is simply laying the coating on the floor. Since rubber - the material is completely non-slippery, it can not be put on the glue, but simply to lay, that's all.
The second method is in laying on the adhesive. To do this, we buy adhesive for rubber coatings, we breed it exactly as specified in the instructions. Now we glue the glue on the floor with an even and thin layer. Do not pay attention to the gaps in which there is no glue, it is not important, the main thing is the absence of large white spots. On the plastered area of the floor we lay the cover exactly and with the help of a dense rag we smooth it, while removing possible air bubbles. This completes the installation.
