Modern floating floor with own hands

A modern floating floor is a structure consisting of several layers of different building materials, combined into a single unit and performing specific functions.

It is not only simple and convenient, but also completely safe, as during installation neither nails, screws or glue are used.

Install yourself in a wooden house, in an apartment or directly on the ground floating floor yourself - not difficult.

The main thing is to understand a wide variety of such systems and to understand whether it is expedient to install them for your case. All these questions will be considered in the article.

For what purpose and where are floating floors installed?

At its core floating floor does not belong to the elements of interior design, it can not be seen and considered.

Its main purpose is the ability to create excellent heat and sound insulation, which is most important in a multi-apartment building.

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Another equally important role played by a floating floor in a wooden house is to protect the base from the loads that arise when the floor screed expands and can lead to its deformation.

This principle is the main one in operation.

Despite the popularity, this technology is not always appropriate.

Experts advise using a floating floor device in only a few cases:

• when it is necessary to create excellent sound insulation. Under the screed is usually laid polystyrene, perfectly suppressing noise of different types;
• when laying a warm water floor. Warming of such a floor in the house comes from within, which obviously leads to deformation, since the temperature is unstable;
• when the rough floors are mounted in a newly built private house or multi-storey new building.

The new building will shrink and create a heavy load.

To strengthen the screed, the floating floor can be mounted even on the ground.

Varieties of floating floors

With the purpose and location of the installation. Now we need to talk about the existing varieties of floating floor systems.

In fact, they have one main feature - there is no hard fixing of layers.

Install a floating floor on almost any surface: on beams made of wood, on plywood, dry or concrete screed, or they do it directly on the ground.

Floating wood construction

To install such floors in a wooden house began in the last century. But it is actual today, especially when the old floor is in good condition, but you want something new.

The main advantage is that you do not need to tear off the existing cover. The floor can be mounted on wooden beams without difficulty.

If the condition of the old coating is poor, it will need to be updated. For this, the plinths are removed and the floor is leveled. Base defects are eliminated.

On the restored wooden floor on the beams install the supports, lay the heater.

Next, on the old cover mount a floating floor system for any finish trim, for example, under the tile.

Dry screed with special mix

This is one of the most economical ways of installation, moreover, not only in terms of money, but also in terms of the laboriousness of the process.

As a heater, choose any, and with the choice of filler for a dry mix of problems will not arise.

To carry out this way of laying it is desirable on a perfectly flat base of concrete. Neither on beams, nor on plywood, nor on a ground it to make.

It is very simple and affordable even for those who do not have any building skills in the preparation of screed.

Construction on a dry screed with a heater and a cushion of expanded clay

In this case, suitable reinforced concrete base, the unevenness of which is easy to fix with expanded clay. It is not only light, but also an excellent heat insulator.

This indicator regulates the thickness of the layer of poured claydite.

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When creating a claydite work base, it is advisable to carry out the following procedure:

• is put foil insulation, it sets the levels that adjust the thickness of the pillow, and after these actions, the layer is filled with a layer of crumb;
• in 2 layers( it is possible and more) the slab from gipsovolokna is stacked - it should be processed by special waterproof and fireproof solution;
• to strengthen the insulation can be an additional layer of expanded polystyrene or mineral wool;
• at the end of the process all this is subject to priming.

Construction with insulation on a conventional screed of concrete

This type of screed is called the most reliable, durable and durable. It can be used even directly on the ground, which greatly expanded its application.

On the base of reinforced concrete is placed a heater, in the role of which can be any backfill mixture, put edge insulation.

At the prescribed levels, pour a mixture of concrete( do not forget to make reinforcement).After drying, a finishing floor covering is installed, which can be made of wood materials.

Floor construction of a floating view on plywood and dry screed

It is advisable to use such technology in a room where heavy interior objects are supposed to be installed on a wooden surface, for which a sufficiently strong floor is required, respectively.

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It differs from the usual floating floor on a dry screed only using the material: instead of a gypsum fiber board, a tile or a sheet of plywood is used.

The thickness of the sheet should be acceptable for these purposes. All other actions are similar.

Construction on the ground

Floating floor by hand on the ground in the house does not require special expenses and skills. Its installation is almost indistinguishable from the installation with a claydite base.

Install it directly on the ground with the removal of its top layer.

In the resulting deepening without laying any additional materials directly on the ground, a layer of sand and a layer of gravel are poured.

All other operations exactly repeat the installation of the dry screed.

The floor of the cork panels

A little unusual, but quite common technology is floating cork floors.

These are panels of several layers, where the top layer is made of cork.

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The originality and uniqueness of the drawing of each panel make such floors unique.

They are mounted without mounting with a base, only connecting with glue to each other.

Sequence of work when installing a floating floor with your own hands

Self-stacking technology is simple: several layers superimposed on each other. The lowest layer is waterproofing, the uppermost is the screed reinforced with metal.

In the middle of laying insulation: either polystyrene, or polystyrene.

The first option is more popular, since the material is the most dense, therefore, it copes better with its functions.

Mounting the floating floor with your own hands is not at all difficult. The main thing is to keep everything strictly.

Hydro and sound insulation

In ordinary rooms as a waterproofing material is used conventional polyethylene. It easily prevents small fluid leaks to the lower floors.

In a bathroom or a toilet, under the tile, the situation will add up differently.

A complete waterproofing layer is required, which is created using bitumen mastic and rubberized waterproofing.

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It's not necessary to create a soundproofing of labor, since this is the simplest part of the work that does not require any subtleties. On the rough floor, a layer of polystyrene or polystyrene is applied.

Small complications can arise when creating a deformation seam, but this is all quickly solved.

To fix the material scraps use a special tape that glues them to the wall.

reinforcement process This is not much more difficult than creating a lower layer of a floating structure. On the laid material of soundproofing, it is necessary to put either a fittings reinforced by a grid, or a finished mesh made of metal.

In both cases the section size is approximately 100 per 100 mm.

For properly executed reinforcement, the metal should be just above the insulation, that is, it should be in the middle.

For this purpose, small stones are placed under the armature or mesh.

Lighthouses for smoothness

If you want to get a perfectly flat screed on the floor in a wooden house without installing lighthouses, it will not work.

With a conventional design, this is not difficult, but the technology of floating design will require some effort. Beacons should be exposed at a certain height, clearly in the horizontal plane.

It is difficult to do this, as it will not work hard to fix them on the foam plastic - they will move.

The problem can be solved in the following way.

In those places of polystyrene, where the beacons are installed, small square holes are cut out.

They pour cement, and then everything is done by the usual method: the beacons are pushed into the solution and leveled with the help of a level.

Very important, when cutting squares do not break the layer of waterproofing.

Filling process

The most important stage in the installation of a floating floor is the pouring of the screed. But it is important not from the point of view of the work itself, but with the preparation of the right solution.

In such cases, the following proportions are used: 1 part of cement and 4 parts of sand. To achieve additional strength, fiber-cellulose additives or plasticizers will help.

The solution prepared in this way is poured onto the prepared base between the beacons and is leveled by a long rule set simultaneously on the two guides.

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Now it remains only to wait for the drying of the screed. And at this stage, many lack patience, and they rush to speed up the process. This can not be done in any case.

On the contrary, dreaming to get a firm and complete rough coat, the drying process should be slowed down.

To this end, it is necessary to prevent the evaporation of moisture.

Thus, a detailed analysis of any floating floor system makes it possible to install them easily and quickly.

It is enough to adhere to the main rule - to do everything thoroughly accurately and accurately, then the construction of the floating floor will last you for many years.