Faster than everyone in the apartment loses its appearance, grows old, asks for repair, care, or some sort of modification of the floor. Because he:
- carries great loads;
- often damaged.
If on the flooring there were scratches, scrapes,it is necessary to perform procedures for preparing the floor for varnish and varnishing. If you want, you can carry out repairs in the house with your own hands, and if you properly look after it, use it carefully, it will last a long time. However, we must admit that the parquet surface is very susceptible to negative factors:
- dust;
- water;
- sand.
If the flooring has lost its former freshness, there were scratches, scrapes, do not rush to change it, try to repair the parquet yourself. First you need:
- identify defects that need to be eliminated;
- liquidate them;
- perform procedures for preparing the floor for varnish coating;
- to carry out lacquering.
The following tools and materials are required for these or other restoration works: 
Tools for restoration work of parquet floor.
- brushes or roller;
- protective glasses, a respirator and soft shoes;
- narrow and wide spatula;
- hammer and chisel;
- hacksaw and drill;
- industrial vacuum cleaner;
- a set of webs of nazhdachek different graining and grinding machine;
- standard cycle or a sewing machine;
- mastic or varnish;
- oil or stain;
- parquet glue;
- putty;
- parquet plates for replacing worn out.
Repair in the presence of scratches and strips
The most common defects areThe dark stripes left by thin heels and a shoe sole. Dashes from the soles of rubber are easiest to remove a special tool designed for cleaning the parquet. Scratches arise for various reasons. If they are small in size, they can be corrected with a retouched pencil, suitable for the color of the floor covering. Back to contents</a>
Correcting the faded parquet
Often the cause of discoloration and tarnishingparquet flooring lies in the wrong and inopportune care. It is regularly necessary to treat such a floor with a special mastic. in this case includes: 
A varnish for a parquet allows to save beauty and to provide durability of floors.
- finishing or grinding;
- applying a fresh protective or decorative coating.
In this case, proceeding to repair the oldparquet, varnish is mixed right before use. Then it is left alone for 10 minutes, to remove air bubbles. If necessary, the water is added to the lacquer, but its weight does not exceed 5%. Apply it with an ordinary roller of foam rubber or a broad brush. Such work is carried out in the direction of the structure of the wood with light movements. The varnish is applied in several layers. With each layer, strength, reliability and color improve. This coating dries in a few hours. However, it is recommended to load it after 3-5 days. Finally, they will dry after 7-14 days. The high humidity and low temperature in the room inhibit the drying process of the varnish. Back to contents</a>
Repair of shattered planks
With the passage of time, some of the old parquet boards begin:
- dry;
- decrease in size;
- to loosen up.
This occurs in the premises where thereinforced thermal drying of the parquet or low humidity of air. The most effective method of repairing the old parquet will be its complete replacement, in the case of a large number of loosened plates. If such damage occupies a small area, it is best to replace the old parquet boards with new ones. To do this, you need to pick up the bars with the same parquet: 
When replacing the planks of parquet floors, you need to match the bars of the same color and size.
- color;
- size;
- from the same tree.
In this case, the repair of the old parquet begins withThe fact that with a chisel cut the damaged plate into pieces, then start from the middle of it to take out and remove the glue. After the removal of the parquet, the formed cavity is scrupulously cleaned, the base is carefully leveled. With a new plank it is necessary to shave a comb, at this place gently walk the plane. If it is necessary to replace a number of nearby slats, you need to fasten them in advance so that an indivisible rivet comes out. The place of the old parquet is filled with bitumen mastic, heated to 150-170 ° C. A glue base can also be used. Then:
- on top is put riveting;
- eliminates excess glue or mastic;
- the cargo is placed.
After the glue dries, sanding and varnishing are carried out. Back to contents</a>
Elimination of creaks
There are several ways to save from scratching without dismantling the parquet:
- attachment of the surface by screws to the base of concrete:
- inflating the glue under the cover with a syringe.
To repair a parquet in the presence of a squeakYou can, if in the floor drill a hole and set the distance from the floor to the concrete slabs. Parquet will be held securely if the dowel goes into the screed by 50 mm. If the script is detected on a small area, it is necessary:
- mark points on the center of the problem areas;
- make holes 2 mm;
- syringe to pour glue into the space between the base and the parquet;
- put the goods.
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Elimination of chips and cracks
When removing a slot in a parquet floor,her putty, and then cover with mastic. The most annoying crevices appear next to the skirting boards. In this case, it is necessary to remove it and check the probability of relaxation of the wedge between the wall and the last board. In the absence of a wedge it is necessary to push the bar from the wall and put the necessary wedge in this place. Repair of a parquet in the presence of a cleavage begin with its clearing, then cover with putty. When this place dries, its:
- sanded with sandpaper;
- wipe with a slightly damp rag;
- smear mastic.
When the gap is large, then it must be done deeper,correct and clean the edges. Then there to drive in a wooden insert, which must be glued in advance with glue for carpentry. Then sand and varnish. Back to contents</a>
Repair of parquet when pouring it with water
Water is the most dangerous enemy of parquet, becausethat the tree absorbs water perfectly, while swelling, forming mounds and waves. A reasonable solution is to replace the boards, if there is a lag behind the base. If the surface dried, though deformed, but did not move away from the base, you can try to repair it. However, this can be done in cases where the flooded area is small in size. Repair consists of parsing this place and laying on it new slats of the same size and color. 
Scheme repair parquet. Parquet coverage must be changed completely if more than 50% of the area is flooded. With the initial signs of swelling advised to disassemble the coating, to completely dry the substrate. After the straps have been removed, the drying time should be at least 1-2 weeks. Determine whether the screed is well dried by taking the usual polyethylene film, covering the surface to be repaired and gluing it along the length with adhesive tape. If the next day under the film appears condensation, then the drying still has to continue. After full drying, you can begin to pack a new package. Then the entire surface is treated with a grinding machine, finally apply a protective varnish. Back to contents</a>
Elimination of damaged parquet parts
If the parquet floor is not used correctlyparts can crack. If the technology of arrangement is violated, this will lead to the collapse of the riveting. Repair of such a defect can be fully accomplished with our own hands. The first thing to do is to pull out the faulty button. Using a chisel, a hammer or a chisel, carefully, without causing damage to nearby sites, cut down the defective fragment of the parquet. Cut with these tools a comb that is on rivets that are fixed to the base. From the hollows, it is necessary to remove the mastic thoroughly and clean it with a vacuum cleaner. Then you need to use a grinder or a plane to remove the ridge from the rivet to be installed. The new part is fastened with special glue, intended for parquet. After the final drying of the plane, work out the projecting places, walk through the sandpaper, putty, if necessary, create cracks. In the end, cover with varnish or mastic. To ensure that the color of the replaced piece coincides with the general parquet, you need to have some experience with wood, the availability of quality tools and materials. </ ul>
