Laying the floorboard with your own hands

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One of the most popular and popular floor coverings is a board. This is a quality, eco-friendly material. The floor of the tree will give the home warmth, comfort and coziness. This material has a high sound insulation, absorbs excess moisture well, maintaining a certain microclimate in the room. Another advantage is the ease of installation. If necessary, the floor from the floorboard can easily be mounted by hand.

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Choosing flooring materials from the

board Modern industry offers the buyer a wide range of floorboards. The most demanded and easy-to-use material is the sheet pile. On one side is a groove, and on the other - a special crest. This design makes it easy to assemble the floor covering into the lock. For the convenience of assembly, models are available, equipped with a lock from all sides. On the underside, the grooved floor boards are provided with a cut. Thanks to it, the flexibility of the material increases.

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When choosing a board, pay special attention to its quality. The maximum permissible humidity is 10%.Increasingly, the market appears material with a humidity of 7%.This option is ideal. Only the use of a dry board will allow to achieve success and to mount a durable coating. The presence of knots and inaccuracies in geometric dimensions is unacceptable. The raw material for the production of the floorboard is high-quality wood of the highest quality.

Boards produce different sizes. The minimum length is 3 m, the maximum length is 6 m. The thickness of the board depends mainly on the wood species. The most demanded board is the thickness of 28 mm. For example, an excellent option for installing floors on logs is the use of a pine board with a thickness of 35 mm. But the oak boards are thinner. This is due to the increased strength of this material. The width of the board varies from 8 to 15 cm. The most convenient and popular size is 10 cm. As the width increases, errors in geometric dimensions also increase. Therefore, it is better not to use wide boards.

More often on the market appear lacquered boards. This is a very convenient material. Its use will allow the consumer to save a lot of time and effort. And it is impossible at home to achieve this quality processing. The only drawback is the high price.

I want to pay special attention to another version of the material for the floor - glued floorboard. It consists of three layers fastened together. Has the following advantages:

  1. Very high quality.
  2. Good performance.
  3. No knots and other defects.
  4. The board is carefully selected according to the texture and color.
  5. In the range of such factors as humidity and temperature, very slight deformations are observed.
  6. Geometric dimensions are stable in time.

The drawback is only one - the material looks too perfect, unnatural.

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It is better to purchase a floorboard beforehand. The purchased material is delivered to the premises to be cleared no later than 14 days before the commencement of work. During this time the wood will be acclimatized.

Methods for laying the floorboard

There are two basic methods for laying the floorboard:

1. Laying the floorboard in a parquet way. It is advisable to use only if there is an even basis. Otherwise, the number of preparatory works is increasing. There will be a need for:

  • implementation of concrete screed,
  • using self-leveling mass,
  • laying waterproofing layer.

There are several types of parquet method for making concrete screeds:

  • Mounting floorboards directly on a concrete base.
  • Mounting on the base of waterproof plywood.
  • Mounting the floorboard on an old floor covering.

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Parquet method is used extremely rarely. This is due to its high labor intensity and significant material costs for conducting preparatory work. The only exception is the installation on an old floor covering.

2. Installation of the floor board on the logs. A very popular way. This technology compares favorably with the parquet method with simplicity and low material costs. Successfully cope with the work of anyone. The main thing is to show perseverance, patience and follow instructions clearly. An important advantage of installing boards on logs is the ability to lay communications under them. The computer cord will no longer be tangled under your feet.

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The most common way to use a parquet method is during repair. The owners do not want to dismantle the old flooring. It is used as a basis for a new sex. In this case, there is no need for laborious and expensive preparatory work.

Tip: before deciding to use the old floor as a foundation, make sure its ability to withstand serious loads. Damaged and insufficiently firm floor can not be a basis. It must be dismantled.

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Operation procedure for installing the floorboard on the old covering:

  1. Align the old floor. Carefully sand it. Use the tape machine. Granularity of the abrasive tape is 40 or 60.
  2. All the floor surface is lined with a moisture-proof film made of expanded foam. This stage is not mandatory. Are sure of the heat-insulating and moisture-proof properties of the old floor - skip it.
  3. Laying new floorboards is recommended perpendicular to the floorboards of the old covering. If this is unacceptable, be sure to cover the floor with plywood sheets. Sheet thickness from 12 mm. Sand the plywood. Use the tape machine. Remove all dust and dirt from the surface.
  4. Lay the floorboards. Try to densely join them together. It is recommended to use wedges. On the perimeter of the room, leave a gap between the floor covering and walls with a width of 10 mm.
  5. Mount the boards to the base with self-tapping screws, maintaining a pitch of 250 mm. Make markings and drill holes for self-tapping screws in advance. To improve the aesthetic appearance of the flooring, the screws are recessed into the depth of the board by 10 mm. The holes are masked by special plugs made of the same type of wood.
  6. In case the laying of the floor board is made on the base of plywood, rather than on a moisture-proof film, glue the boards to the base with parquet glue. Using glue will improve the adhesion of the coating to the substrate. It is still necessary to use self-tapping screws. One glue is not enough.

But if the old floor still had to be dismantled, the process becomes more complex and time-consuming. This is due to the abundance of preparatory work.

The procedure for installing the floorboards on a concrete base is as follows:

1. Determine the moisture level of the concrete screed. Use either of the following two options:

Option number one:

  • , take the plastic wrap. The size of the film is 1x1 m;
  • paste it on the concrete screed with adhesive tape;
  • leave for a day;
  • remove the film. If you find a wet spot on the concrete under the film, the base is too wet. Do not rush to install boards, wait for the drying.

Option number two:

  • take the rubber mat;
  • lay it on a concrete base;
  • with brick;
  • leave for 24 hours;
  • lift the mat. If you find under it a damp spot - do not rush with laying the boards.

Tip: carefully consider dark concrete. On it, a wet spot is hard to notice.

2. When the concrete foundation finally dries, proceed to laying the boards. The order of their installation is similar to the option of laying on the old coating. The difference - instead of old boards or plywood base, new boards are laid directly on the concrete foundation.

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Procedure for installing floorboards on a plywood base:

  1. Take plywood sheets, preferably moisture resistant. Use a plywood thickness of 18 mm.
  2. Cut the sheet into strips along the narrow side. The width of the strip is about half a meter.
  3. Lay the pieces of plywood on the concrete diagonally to the intended direction of the boards. The distance between adjacent strips of plywood is 3 mm. Distance from sheet to wall -1 cm.
  4. Fix plywood sheets with screws or dowels. On 1 m2 there should be about 15 points of fasteners. Screw the screws into the interior of the plywood no less than 4 mm.
  5. It is possible to fix the plywood with glue. Pay special attention to the compatibility of the adhesive and the heat-protective coating of the concrete substrate.
  6. Carefully sand the surface of the plywood. Use a special grinder. Granularity of abrasive tape 40-60.
  7. Clean the surface of the plywood coating from dust.
  8. Further work on laying the boards is similar to the installation on the old coating.

Installation of floor boards on logs

This method is much easier and more convenient than the parquet method.

Logs are wooden blocks. They are made of wood, the moisture content of which does not exceed 12%.The size of the section varies from 55x70 to 55x100 mm.

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The procedure for installing floor boards on logs is as follows:

  • Prepare logs. Treat them with an antiseptic and a special solution to protect against parasites.
  • Place the vapor barrier layer on the substrate. This can be ordinary polyethylene film, foil polyethylene or penofol. Lay the cover overlapping about 20 mm.
  • Lay the logs on the base. The distance between neighboring lags in the direction of the future coverage is 500 mm, along the axis - up to 300 mm.

Tip: is the best direction of lags - perpendicular to the sunlight from the windows. Then the mounted floor will look perfect.

  • Attach the logs to the base with screws. The heads of screws should be siped into the wood no less than 4 mm.
  • Another option for fasteners is to glue the lags using adhesive or bitumen mastic. The advantage of such fasteners is that there is no danger of damaging the communication inside the floors.

Advice: , pay special attention to the compatibility of the adhesive and waterproof mastic that the substrate is treated with.

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  • Align the logs. Be sure to use the level. Remove excess wood from the plane. In places where the logs are below the general level, lay the wood chips.
  • Fix the logs with each other using wooden beams and galvanized corners in the size 40x40x40 mm. This will strengthen and strengthen the structure.
  • Fill with a heater with voids, formed under the lags.
  • Lay the boards on logs. Get the most dense docking. If necessary, use the wedges.
  • The length of the first board should be no less than the width of the room. Lay her crest against the wall. The gap between the board and the ridge is not less than 10 mm. The first board must always be aligned strictly perpendicular to the room.
  • Use the screws to mount the boards. Their length should be no less than 2 times the thickness of the board.
  • Attach the first board next to the comb so that the heads of the screws are closed with skirting boards.
  • In the following boards, place self-tapping screws over each lag at an angle of 45 degrees.

Tip: holes for self-tapping are better to drill in advance, before laying the boards on the logs.

  • Use metal staples to make boards. They are slaughtered in wedges and logs. There are two options for cobwebbing:
    • cobble and fasten each board to the lag. The method is very effective, but very laborious. It is used for carefully dried boards, adapted to the room;
    • to cobble and fix every fourth board. A faster way. In three intermediate rows, you can use short boards. But the fourth board must necessarily be long.
  • The last board in the row has a non-standard size. Cut it with a circular saw. In this case, there should be a gap between the floorboard and the wall of at least 10 mm.

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Final treatment

Mounted by any of the above methods, the floor must be sanded. The main purpose of grinding is to eliminate the defects in installation. Before starting grinding, make sure that the screws are drowned in the wood. The self-tapping protruding from the board can damage not only the coating, but also the grinder.

Use special tape machines or machines for grinding parquet. After finishing grinding, thoroughly clean the floor surface from dust. Apply a few layers of varnish to the prepared floor. The first applied protective varnish, after its drying - decorative.

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