Parquet flooring installer - some of the most common ways

In this article I will tell you in detail about how to perform the most common flooring installation to date methods. This allows beginners to qualitatively perform the installation of the floor without the help of professionals.

Parquet floor

Mounting

Ways of laying parquet, there are quite a few, but, in any case, the order of installation is as follows:

Stages of parquet installation

Next, get acquainted with the nuances of the work at each stage.

Substrate preparation

The main requirement to the ground - it's smooth its surface.

If the floor is uneven, then before laid parquet, it is necessary to align with one of the following ways:

• laying the screed - this method should be used if the concrete floor and has serious irregularities;

Floor self-leveling alignment solution

• pouring self-leveling mix - this method is suitable for leveling concrete base with a few differences, as well as for old concrete screeds;

In the photo - the alignment of the floor with plywood

• using sheets of plywood or OSB - this option is the most versatile because it is suitable for aligning both concrete and wooden substrates. Typically, sheets of plywood placed on the joists or special adjustable stand. If the substrate is relatively smooth, the sheets can be adhered thereto, as shown in the above photo.

To learn more about leveling the floor in all these ways you can from other articles on our website.

Priming the floor

If the parquet is glued to the floor, in addition to leveling base as necessary primed. The composition should be applied to a thin layer using a paint roller. To achieve the greatest effect, follow priming twice.

Since flooring is very sensitive to moisture, to start its installation only after all the wet work in the room will be made. In this floor humidity should not exceed 5 percent, 6 percent moisture walls. Humidity in the room should be 35-60 percent.

parquet boards

Parquet laid without glue board

Laying floorboard without glue (or otherwise floating manner) resembles the assembly of the laminate.

This work is simple and fast, the only thing you need to follow a certain sequence:

1. floorboard should be folded into the room in which it is planned to cover the floor, and leave for a few days. This will allow the material to "adapt" to the indoor climate;

Laying the substrate under the floorboard

1. then the floor is necessary to lay the substrate. For these purposes may be used polyethylene foam, cork or other suitable web material.
   If the humidity is high floor, for example, the apartment is located on the ground floor, the substrate is required to lay the waterproofing;

EXAMPLE docking floorboard

1. start laying the angle, taking into account the fact that the board should be placed along the direction of the light incident from the window. When this turn from the walls of 1-1.5 cm.
   To keep this gap must be installed between the board and the wall pegs. Subsequently, the gap will be hidden by skirting;
2. next board connect to the castle with the previous one. To this end, a spike of one panel should start in the other slot at a slight angle, as seen in the photo above. To ensure a tight connection, the board should finish with a hammer through a wooden block;
3. in this way keeps the entire first row. Last in a series of board cut to length so that it Mezhuyev wall and formed the necessary clearance;

Laying wood flooring without glue

1. folding the second row, start with the remaining cutting floorboard. Connect it to the castle with the board of the first row. For a snug finish off with a hammer through the bar;
2. on this principle floorboard covered the entire floor. Only for laying the last row of the board should be cut in width;
3. in the completion of the work necessary to pull the pegs and install the plinths.

Before laying the boards for floating desirable Gaugeable many as will fit on the width of the room. This will adjust their position increasing or decreasing the clearance within reasonable limits. In some cases, it makes sense to cut the width of the first and the last row of the coating looked symmetrically.

At this assembly has been completed. Since the parquet boards are flush with each other and covered with lacquer, the further finishing of the floor covering is required.

Apply the adhesive for laying parquet boards

Parquet laid without glue board

boards laying on the glue technology like a "floating installation", however, there are a few of its nuances:

• boards are stacked directly on the substrate without floor. If necessary waterproofed concrete floor, over the waterproofing should fill screed to lay sheets of plywood or;
• before laying the floor board and then applied to glue aligned toothed spatula;

Laying boards on glue

• after laying a board need to press down evenly on the floor. In addition, the board can be fixed with screws that are installed countersunk.

Many beginners interested in - what better than "plant" parquet? In fact, coming up with do not need anything, because there is a special parquet glue. He copes with the task, no matter to which the base glued boards - concrete or plywood.

Parquet acrylic adhesive

The rest of the work is performed in the same manner as when mounting the cover floating manner.

Laid herringbone parquet

The peculiarity of laying parquet is that the dice have a much smaller size. On the one hand it allows the spread on the floor of different patterns, but on the other - complicates the work.

Planed piece parquet

If you decide to lay out the dice a complex pattern, it is desirable to pre-draw it on paper. It is necessary to take into account the exact dimensions of the dice and the room. This will facilitate further work and allow to adjust its position.

For example, consider how an installation of parquet most simple and at the same time the common way - the Christmas tree:

1. first of all need to find the center of the room. For this repel the floor on the diagonal. The point of intersection will just be the center of the room;
2. then you need to pull a thread length of the room, so she crossed the center. The thread should be positioned exactly parallel walls;

herringbone parquet laying along the taut thread

1. Next you need to connect the two strips at an angle of 90 degrees;
2. on land in the center of the room and apply the adhesive with a notched trowel razravnyayte it;
3. now we need to put the right piece - turn the relative thread 45 degrees. As a result, the vertex angle and the internal angle should be located directly below the thread.
   In this position the item flat on the floor, made to glue;
4. then connect the second two parts of Christmas trees, but on the contrary ram position, i.e. if in the first part left end plates was connected to the right edge of the die, it is now the right end of the die to be connected with the left edge of the die. In the photo below you can see how well plates are joined;

Docking of a dice Mezhuyev

1. on this principle lay the "Christmas tree" from one wall to the other. While installing pay attention to the situation of a number that did not happen his confusion aside. Control it will help the stretched thread;
2. near the walls of the die should be cut at 45 degrees;
3. Next, you parquet laying on the left and right of the resulting "Christmas trees." Simply apply glue to the floor, and tightly connect the plates to each other.

After laying parquet should stop all work at least for a week, until the adhesive hardens completely.

decoration

Upon completion of the work on laying parquet it is possible to start sanding and finishing later. This will make the surface is perfectly flat and smooth, and protect the wood from the adverse environmental influences.

I must say that grinding is particularly necessary in cases where the parquet has no tongue, ie plates are not connected to the castle.

parquet grinding

Instructions for parquet finish is as follows:

1. work begins with a so-called rough sanding with coarse sandpaper grit. You can use a special grinder or sander. At this stage, we removed the most serious irregularities;
2. then desirable zashpatlevat dice putty joints in wood. To do this, apply the plaster on the floor surface, and then "drag" her spatula. As a result, only the seams are filled Mezhuyev rams;

parquet puttying

1. after drying putty need to perform finish sanding wooden floor using sandpaper with fine abrasive;
2. then the surface must be cleaned of dust. You can use a damp cloth or a vacuum cleaner;
3. Now the floor should be covered with primer on wood. For use with a paint roller with soil.
   Recall that the ground is applied in two layers. Moreover, to cover the upper surface of the primer layer is possible only after the lower layer has dried;

lacquered surfaces

1. the final step is to apply a varnish. For these purposes, it is best to use a special parquet lacquer.
   Its price starts from 150-200 rubles per liter, but if you want to cover served for as long as possible, use a more expensive paint. For example, a varnish bucket capacity 10l Feidal costs about 9,000 rubles.

parquet lacquer

The varnish applied to the surface using a paint roller, trying to distribute it evenly with a thin layer. After complete drying of the surface, the second layer is applied.

All to the floor can be applied three to seven layers. The more varnish, the more it seems to drawing. The only thing, after application of each coating layer wait until its full drying.

Instead of varnish can also use wax or special treatment to the oil-based.

During drying varnish is necessary to eliminate drafts in the room. Therefore, close all windows and doors. If there is air conditioning, it must be switched off.

Here, perhaps, and all the information on how to perform the installation of the parquet with his own hands.

Output

Laying a parquet any of the described methods is quite simple, and even exciting work. The only thing that did not spoil the material, and do not spend in vain the time necessary to properly carry out preparatory work, of which I spoke above.

To get acquainted with the installation of flooring you can from the video in this article. If you have questions on this topic, please contact me in the comments, and I will gladly answer.