Children's soft sex: choice and features

When choosing a floor covering for a child's room, it is first necessary to ensure safety and comfort for the child. Thanks to the development of new technologies, such an opportunity is available - the modern soft floor is an environmentally friendly, warm to the touch and wear-resistant material. Floor mats are easily mounted from separate modules in the form of puzzles, and are very convenient to use. Currently, the children's soft sex has gained wide popularity in various countries.

What is a child's soft floor

Many had to observe that modern playgroundsTowa coated in the form of dense squares of soft rubber springing. On it children run with pleasure, this rug softens sounds and blows at falling, saving from traumas. Cover with similar characteristics would be suitable for a children's room. Nevertheless, the street covering for rooms is not worth using - at least for reasons of aesthetics, besides the rubber chips from which they are made, produces a specific smell. Over time, manufacturers began to produce more environmentally friendly products, including those suitable for decorating rooms, and differing quite aesthetic appearance. Similar rubberized coatings have found their use in gyms and office spaces, as well as as tourist rugs.

Over time, the technology of making EVA was developed, thanks to which a polymeric modular coating appeared - a soft floor for children's rooms is universal. Ethylene vinyl acetate is a foamed microporous polymer, resembling the properties of rubberized materials. The EVA coating also does not conduct current and is highly flexible. It is made in the form of standard modules, which are combined into a single soft coating. For sale, coatings with a thickness in the range of 10-13 mm are mainly presented.

Depending on personal preferences, it is possible to select different elements of coverage, including soft floor modules for children's rooms 60 × 60 cm and larger ones. Using small puzzles with dimensions of 30x30 cm, it is possible to realize various complex flooring options. If desired, you can order the production of puzzles with a certain color, which optimally fits into the color solution of the interior of the room.

Soft floor puzzles for children's rooms are easily installed without glue, while the seams of the obtained coating are leakproof. To obtain a permanent floor covering, which is not planned to be disassembled for a long time, it will be necessary to make the installation with adhesive fixation to the skirting board.

Advantages of using soft floor for children

The advantages of using a soft floor for a nursery include the following:

• safety for health - this material does not emit harmful substances and is hypoallergenic;
• convenience and comfort of use - this coating is nice to the touch, in the process of operation it provides high-quality thermal insulation, mutes sounds, does not slip and softens the fall, which is important for kids. If desired, such a rug can also be used on the street;
• considerable flexibility and elasticity, wear resistance and long service life. EVA-mats are resistant to moisture, as well as temperature changes, are not subject to sunburn, traces of clay and paint from them are easily removed. In case of damage to the rug, the corresponding section( module) is easy to replace;
• a soft floor for a children's room in the form of a rug-puzzle is easily mounted, its elements weigh a little. If necessary, it is also not difficult to disassemble, fold and transport( for example, to a dacha), or take it on a trip;
• due to the variety of design and colors, puzzles of a child's soft floor provide ample opportunities for decorating a child's room;
• on the soft child's floor does not remain traces of shoes and furniture legs. Formed dents, which appeared from the impact of heavy objects, gradually straightened;
• this material does not accumulate static voltage, therefore does not attract dust. In addition, it does not absorb moisture and does not accumulate odors;
• for children's mats "soft floor" is easy to take care of - they can be vacuumed or washed with water and soap.

Children's soft floor is the most suitable floor covering for babies who learn to crawl and walk. Due to the damping properties of the material, when falling on the mat, the child will be able to avoid any injuries.

In modern conditions, this floor covering is widely used in kindergartens, as well as in playrooms located in shopping centers.

Kinds of child's soft floor

On a soft mat in the children's room, parents will be comfortable playing with the child. In addition, the baby can find something to do there and himself. As a soft floor for the children's room is a rug of puzzles - individual segments of different types. You can buy products with inserts( for example, in the form of numbers and letters of the alphabet, cars), as well as illustrations from cartoons. Thus, for a baby, learning a rug turns into an exciting game, in the process of which he gets acquainted with new symbols and pictures for himself. Considering the elements of a soft floor with an alphabet for children's rooms, the child will gradually learn the letters.

In the sale are quite popular developing series of puzzles for the soft child's floor, with the help of which the child can see:

• with letters and figures, as well as with geometric figures;
• with animals;
• with landscapes, cities, countries of the world;
• with traffic rules.

When choosing the type of rug, you should consider the age of the child. The set of puzzles can include small details, and kids, as you know, tend to pull everything in your mouth and try "on the tooth."Due to the rather rigid connection system, modular elements of the soft floor are convenient to use to collect houses, cubes, playgrounds for kids and boxes into which toys can be folded. Puzzles for puzzles are suitable for older children. In addition, they can study road rules, as well as a map of the world. Drawings of rugs can be changed as often as you need. As a result, the child will receive an exciting lesson that will develop his thinking and facilitate easy and at the same time effective learning in a game form. The use as a floor covering of puzzles for children's soft sex will promote the development of fine motor skills and logical thinking, as well as strengthening the motor activity of the child.

For older children( school age), you can choose products of various colors, including monochrome, wood, etc. Children's soft floor can be used for interior decoration of various rooms. If you choose a one-color version of the cover, the junctions of the puzzles can be seen only if you carefully look closely. In general, the shades of this floor covering can be easily selected in such a way that they look quite harmoniously in any house or apartment. Successfully fit into the design of the room is a soft floor, the color of the cells of which echoes with the color solution of the decoration of the room.

Soft floor laying

The soft floor can be laid on various types of surfaces. Optically suitable for this purpose oriented chipboards, as well as laminated plywood. It's not hard to mount this type of cover - this will require assembling the mat on a puzzle basis. The easiest way to simplify the laying process is using a soft floor for children's rooms with large puzzles. During the assembly process, pay attention to the angles of the modular elements - you need to focus on the one that has the shape of an arrow. In the process of laying modules you will need to arrange them in one direction. Make a soft child's floor as warm as possible, by laying it in two layers. There are two ways of installing modules of a soft child's floor - in a dry way and with a fit on the adhesive base.

Installation of a soft dry floor for children

This method of installing a modular coating allows the mat to be assembled in a short time and without any difficulties. If any of the elements of the carpet deteriorates, it can be replaced without problems. It is worth noting the following - to ensure that such a coating has served for a long time, it is necessary to lay it on a flat base surface. It may be necessary to fill the cement screed and lay a layer of insulation on top.

To lay the pavement, you need to lay its elements on the floor, and then connect them to butt-like puzzles. After this, you should slightly stretch the cover and edge it around the edges, putting on them special curb stripes along the perimeter. When stacking such a rug, it is necessary to leave gaps of about 2 cm between its elements and walls. To achieve the most reliable fixing of modules, from the rear side of their connection can be fixed using double-sided tape.

Adhesive installation of a soft floor for a child's room

Laying a floor covering of this type with fixation of an adhesive mixture will allow the most secure fixation. The glue for laying linoleum is best for this. Glutinous mixture must be prepared according to the manufacturer's instructions and applied with a paint roller. Stages of works:

• you first need to find the center of the room. To do this, you need to determine the points along the center of the walls and connect the opposite sides with each other;
• mark the subsequent stacking of modules;
• will then need to stack the modular elements, starting from the central part of one of the four received sectors. To obtain a neat picture, it is required to connect the connecting elements beyond the marking line by ½ of their length. After having smeared the module from the back side with the glue mixture, lay it on the rough floor. As a result, grooves and spikes form a strong connection;
• stacked modules should be customized by tapping with a rubber mallet;
• after laying all the elements of the coating will need to walk along it with a rubber roller to achieve the maximum possible adhesion;
• after complete drying of the adhesive mixture, you can proceed with the installation of skirting boards.

Use and care tips

Child's soft floor does not require much care. It is not recommended to walk on it in street shoes, in addition, you must protect it from scratching with sharp objects. It will be necessary to periodically clean this floor covering from dust and dirt, treating it with a sponge with a mild soapy solution. Abrasive agents for cleaning the soft floor should not be used.

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