The work involved in laying this material is quite extensive.simple and clear. Parts of the material are laid on the subfloor so that they form a single whole, even someone who has never done such work before can handle this. But in the process, some difficulties arise in laying it, it is complicated by joints, corners, openings, it is necessary to know some rules on how to lay the material in such places. in the doorway has its own nuances.
Laminate installation diagram. Tools:
- ruler (metal, wooden), pencil;
- metal, wooden or rubber hammers;
- a type of blade for mounting, a drill, a hand or electric saw, a metal saw (it is convenient to cut a laminate);
- bar, they will be sealed joints of panels;
- plugs for fixing gaps;
- paper made of felt, polyethylene film, adhesive composition (PVA).
In any case, the work is carried out in the following stages:
- preparation of tools, material;
- the product of measurements taking into account possible changes in the material;
- preparation of the doorway;
- cutting material;
- styling.
Characteristics of the process itself
Laminate structure diagram.Most often, difficulties arise when laying laminate near a door, in a doorway, and similar places. The first thing to do in this case is to measure the gap in the floor plane near the door. To do this, you need to know some nuances. Its size should be less than 10 mm. This is important because after installing the door structure material, the door leaf should move freely. If necessary, you can change the height of the door. Before working with laminate, check whether the base on which it is fixed is suitable for its installation. The base must be level, humidity conditions suitable (for fiberboard). The floor can consist of the above-mentioned boards, they are suitable for installation, and they are also laid on an old covering, a seamless cement base, ceramic tiles, and a wooden base.
Laminate flooring installation options.Carpet pile materials are a movable, soft base, so they are not suitable for laying laminate. If there is one, it is completely removed before laying the material. Xylolite flooring is also not suitable, since it has high residual moisture. Before work, the base is carefully prepared. The material must be laid on a clean surface, it must be flat, stable, dry. Small deformations are eliminated, for this there is a lining. The plane of the subfloor is subject to grinding and puttying if its slope is more than 3 mm per 1 m. To lay laminate on boards, they must be leveled, if this cannot be done, then the deformed ones are replaced. If the base consists of parquet boards, the material is laid in the same direction as they. The laminate is laid on a specially prepared underlay. Polyethylene film is used, it will protect it from moisture and is spread on the surface of the base. If the material is laid on a heated base, the film is required.
Scheme of laying laminate near doorways.Additional thermal insulation is provided by foam plastic slabs, which will provide good sound insulation. A noise absorption system is also installed, using cardboard with a special relief. It is laid in several layers and fastened with double-sided tape. It should be taken into account that the material has the properties of shrinking and expanding after installation. Walls protruding above the base of the elements should have a gap of at least 1-1.5 cm per 1 m. During work with the material, plugs are made there, they are removed after installation is complete. If the material is used in the form of panels for a room whose dimensions are larger than 8x12 m, a delta distance is provided, its size is not less than 1 cm per 1 m. It is free, ensures a change in areas of the material, the effect of moisture and temperature changes are taken into account. Skirting boards are mounted only to the wall surface, such a covering cannot be attached to the base. Return to contents</a>
Laying laminate in the doorway
Laying laminate flooring near a radiator.Manipulations with the material in this and similar places have difficulties. To do the work yourself, it would be useful to make sure several times that the base is prepared. The material itself must also meet such requirements. Laminate panels are kept in a dry place. Laying the laminate under the door can be done using several methods, there are three main ones: perpendicularly, parallel to the rays of light, diagonally. Preliminarily measure the width of the room and the last strip of material. If the result is no more than 5 cm, cut or saw the panels of the material of the back row, it is necessary that the first strips coincide with the last ones in width. Skirting boards are not pressed strongly to the floor and are fixed only to the wall, otherwise this will disrupt the ability of the material to change due to external conditions and it will deform, crack. The opening is decorated with decorative thresholds, strips, which also have practical functions. Work in the doorway has nuances and difficulties. First of all, it is necessary to saw the frame, platband. The location of the thresholds for the transition is significant when the length of the room is more than 12 m, the width is 8 m, to hide the joint seam, expansion profiles are used, designed for this. They are made and sold in various colors and shades, so choosing them will not be difficult. Such decorative and functional elements are attached not to the material, but to the base. Return to the table of contents</a>
Compensation seam: features
It is made in the area of the doorway and then hidden by a lining. The installation of laminate strips in the opening is carried out using a floating method.
Diagram of the difference between "Click" and "Lock" type locks.Only joints are treated with adhesive composition, ultimately, a monolithic single plane is obtained, not bonded to the base. This area experiences high loads, the adhesion strength must be maximum. There are 3 ways to lay the material in openings:
At the bottom of the box, cuts are made in thempanels are inserted. This is an easy and simple method, it must be done carefully, as you can spoil the door structure, if it is expensive, then this is very annoying. For cutting, you can use a hacksaw with small teeth for wood or metal. Two cuts are made on both sides, the laminate panel goes into them and is fixed. The cuts are made in the doorway, carefully measuring them, since there will be no second option. It is necessary to saw carefully and slowly so that there are no chips and cracks, delamination of the frame material.
The panels are cut so that when installed theyfit tightly and there are no gaps. It is necessary to trim them as accurately as possible, in this case they do not go under the doors, but fit close to the door leaf. Here you can ignore the rule that the laminated coating should be 5-10 mm away from the wall, since it expands or contracts under the influence of the environment, but given the small size of the opening, in this case it will be insignificant.</ ul>
