Bloating of a parquet - how and why?
You have just put a beautiful parquet from precious woods in your house, it glitters playfully, but after a short while suddenly in some places it rises. The reasons for this behavior can be several, but how to restore the parquet in this situation, you need to determine, based on the nature of the culprit. For example, if there was a gulf, then you can not guess, this was the reason, but if nothing foreshadowed the disaster, but the unpleasant situation occurred, you need to conduct a small investigation.
There are at least two other phenomena that can lead to damage to the floor, besides an obvious flood: a bad base for parquet and a poor-quality flooring of the uppermost floor. A badly made screed will not hold the planks, and at a moment of high humidity it just can not stand the swollen parquet. Also, during installation, there may be an error in the accidental indentations from each wall, which is left just for cases when the tree slightly accumulates moisture and expands. When these indents are simply forgotten to do, the boards have nowhere to expand, and they begin to rise and click out.
As you can see, the moisture is still to blame. For the above reasons, swelling of the parquet is usually done pointwise, which slightly simplifies the repair. But if you are flooded, or you let large amounts of water get onto the floor, it can even lead to a complete replacement of the floor. Recovery in this case will be very time consuming and time consuming.
The parquet is swollen - we proceed to fix the
problem The first step is to remove the voltage at the blister site. To do this, disassemble the floor at the problem point, this hole will become a kind of ventilation for the lower layers to dry the entire system. The room should be adjusted for good air exchange. If the moisture did not appear by condensation, but the bay was filled, it will take a long time to wait until it evaporates, as the affected area is much larger than it seems to you, and the water must have penetrated deep enough, and you need to dry it very qualitatively, otherwise the next incidentwill happen soon.
Also it should be a little to raise the room temperature ( 2-3 degrees Celsius), if it is possible to adjust it on special equipment. In no case should you make a sharp increase, for example, install a heater. You remember the whims of a natural tree. Full drying is difficult to control, but under these conditions it may take several days, and if the water stood for a long time, then much more. Repair of parquet after the bay should be discussed with the master, as it may not only require a superficial restoration, and this can not always be done on your own.
When the parquet was swollen, what to do first of all we decided - to disassemble and dry. Then you can clean a good place from dust and possible debris and install old slats if they are not completely damaged by water. If they are not suitable, you should always have a few spare boards from your kit, use them in this case.
Having installed everything, as required by the rules for laying a parquet, do not load this place at once. Everything should be well adhered and, so to speak, get used to, feel the load.
How to strengthen a parquet or preventive maintenance - the best treatment
In order not to observe how the parquet is swollen at every fluctuation of humidity, it can be slightly strengthened. For this, there are a number of activities that can be done for preventive purposes, especially for old parquet, and in the process of repairing the floor after the gulf they are absolutely necessary.
Planks that have become suspiciously protruding or creaking, or may even move slightly from side to side, are certainly behind the ground, they need to re-attach the .For this, the glue can be run under the bar through the hole made. And if you do not want to be smart, nail it with a nail or screw it with a screwdriver.
If any gaps in the floor are found, they should be to cover with a special mixture of sawdust with glue on which the parquet was sitting. When the parquet is not new, in order to prevent it, check its surface for small irregularities, for example, the protruding tips of the strips. It is inconvenient to beat them, you can chop off them, call them bloated, it's a natural process of aging the tree, then these tails simply grind the with the polishing.
After completing all the recommendations on how to strengthen the parquet, cover it with varnish and rub it to a shine. Paul gratefully serve you a good time.
