Although parquet belongs to the elite class of flooringcoatings, the question of how to eliminate the creaking of parquet arises quite often. Over the years of operation, the quality of the floor inevitably decreases. The creaking appears because the parquet is made of completely natural material that does not contain substances and components that prevent shrinkage.
Parquet repair scheme.The creaking sound is unpleasant in itself, but even those who are not irritated by these sounds should take care of replacing and repairing the floor, as this is always the first sign of its critical wear. Before eliminating the creaking of the parquet, you need to find out why exactly it creaks. There may be several reasons:
- loss of contact with the substrate;
- splitting of parquet boards;
- drying;
- breakage of the groove;
- crest failure;
- exit from nests of nails or screws;
- no gaps on the walls;
- movement of boards relative to each other;
- damage to one or more boards or laths.
A successful option would be to eliminate itcreaking by replacing one or more boards, without completely replacing the floor. If most or all of the planks have come off the base, it is necessary to completely dismantle and re-prepare the base. After re-laying, the parquet will need to be sanded, polished and varnished.
How to eliminate the scratch of the parquet yourself
Parquet repair scheme.Most often, the creaking occurs because the boards have begun to move more actively in relation to each other. A lot depends on the type of base, and it can be different: bitumen and hardboard, cement screed, plywood sheets or bitumen-based mastic. To eliminate the creaking of the parquet yourself, you will need the following tools:
- drill;
- the drill is thin;
- Scotch tape;
- wax;
- a lot of rags or special polishing cloths;
- glue polyurethane;
- dowels.
In some places on the parquet floor, cracks may be formedcavities caused by uneven evaporation of moisture from parquet boards. Over time, dust and debris get into these cavities, thus aggravating the problem. Later, with the slightest movement, such planks produce a squeak, which must be eliminated. A creaking floor cannot be fixed with nails, since this method lasts for a maximum of a month. After this, the squeak reappears in a much worse form than before, since the nails inevitably swing and rise, sometimes splitting the boards. It is better to use screws and self-tapping screws for such purposes. Return to contents</a>
Elimination of the squeak: the order of work
Technological table of parquet characteristics.Most often, the work is done using dowels and screws. To do this, you should first mark the creaking parquet with chalk to avoid drilling errors. First, you should try to find the local place where the parquet is creaking. In this case, you need to drill a hole in a specific creaking parquet board together with the base so that the dowel fits in it. The hole is made in the center; if the base is concrete, it is recommended to pour cement milk there immediately after drilling. This is a mixture of water in equal parts with cement, which strengthens it in the drilling areas. After the dowel is inserted into this hole, it is pushed to the very depth of the base and then tightened with a screw tightly to each other. Successfully completed work is covered with putty in the color of the wood. For more effective masking of additional fastening places, you can bite off the head of the screws before puttying. To , you can use another method that is slightly different from the first. The hole is drilled with a smaller diameter, and instead of a dowel and screw, use the liquid nails technology. This method securely connects the parquet board planks to the base, and the holes are then putty in the same way in the main color of the wood. If the parquet board was laid on bitumen mastic, then you can eliminate the creaking with a building hair dryer. It heats the base, and then all the boards must be pressed firmly to the melted mass. In this case, the main task is not to overheat the floor so that the boards do not catch fire. Creaking most often occurs with an old coating that has been in use for a long time, without repairs and restoration procedures. To simplify the installation, the panel method was often used, when the parquet is made of panels on which the parquet planks are fixed. Parquet reinforced on plywood sheets can be fixed in case of creaking with a pneumatic gun with parquet studs. But most often it has to be replaced completely. Return to the table of contents</a>
Elimination of squeaking with wax and other compounds
In this case, a special lubricant is used.a composition of wax, specially mixed with a solvent. Several micro holes are made in the parquet, into which this composition is introduced. Lubricant of this type can also be water-based, but all these methods cannot be called as radical and effective as the parquet screed with a base on self-tapping screws. Universal WD-40 is often used as a water-based lubricant, which is well poured into small holes and penetrates everywhere. If the creaking alternates with cracking, this most often means cracking of the wood due to the fact that it was laid in an insufficiently dried state. Cracks need to be putty, and potholes covered with a mixture of casein glue and sawdust, and then putty. But if the cracks are very wide, puttying them does not make much sense, since repeated cracking will occur. In this case, replacing the entire parquet board or strip is inevitable. Quite often, creaking is eliminated by pouring graphite powder mixed with talc into the cracks in the floor. Sometimes the problem can be eliminated by driving wooden wedges into the cracks between the boards. Any procedures to eliminate parquet creaking should be combined with external restoration work, such as varnishing or waxing. This always ensures a longer service life for the base and parquet boards.</ ul>
