DIY room repair is always a feasible task, the main thing is to choose materials with which you can work yourself without the help of specialists. Some advice of experts will help to properly and efficiently lay linoleum on any base.
How to lay linoleum on a concrete floor
To put with your own hands linoleum on a concrete floor, a feasible task for many. The main condition for the performance of work is a flat and dry surface without flaws. If there are significant changes in the level of the floor, hollows or cracks, then you need to use the leveling mixture and wait for its complete drying. With a very poor condition of the concrete surface, especially the crushing of concrete, the old screed must be completely removed and the new. When the preparatory work is completed, the next main stage occurs.
How to lay linoleum correctly
First of all, in order to lay linoleum yourself, it is necessary to have the necessary devices. The tool necessary for work includes:
Knife;
Spatula;
Ruler;
Roller;
Welding for seams (if necessary).
Linoleum is better to lay out in the room where it will be laid. At room temperature, the linoleum canvas will straighten well, and the next stage of the cutting will perform much easier. It is convenient to lay linoleum with your own hands, if the room is small, in this case it is better to buy the material so as to lay one whole canvas without joints and seams. Cutting can be performed independently already in the room or in the store if you have the necessary and most important accurate measurements. In the process of pruning extra centimeters, do not rush. Between the wall linoleum, it is necessary to leave a gap of 1 cm, since a slight increase in linoleum in size is possible, and the edges will still be closed by the skirting board. If you leave the canvas more than necessary, then the surface can go in waves.
When the preparation of the material is completed, it comes time to lay linoleum with your own hands. The following options for attaching linoleum to the base are possible:
Using special glue;
Using double -sided tape;
Without gluing.
It is worth noting that the last option is suitable only for small rooms with a solid linoleum canvas, and the fasteners in this case are carried out only due to the skirting board. When attaching linoleum to glue, it is necessary to gradually apply the adhesive and fix the linoleum to the base so that the glue does not have time to dry on the surface, and it was comfortable to work. If it is decided to use double -sided tape, then first it is attached to the base of the floor, without removing the upper layer of the protective tape. Then gradually removing the protective film from the adhesive tape, they unwind and fix the linoleum itself.
[Lock] [/Lock]How to lay linoleum on a wooden floor
In order to lay linoleum on a wooden floor and, as a result, get a high -quality and even coating, you will have to carefully engage in the preparation of the surface. First you should remove the paint from the boards. This procedure is easy to perform if you use a special construction hairdryer and a hard spatula: the hair dryer heats the paint until the state when it can be very easily removed with a spatula from the surface of the board. If on a wooden floor there are levels of level or protruding elements in the form of nails, then the surface will have to be leveled. Nails must be knocked deeper, and the surface is polished with a shirt or a grinding machine. The joints between the boards should be well faded, and only then lay the linoleum, as already described above.
If the linoleum is laid in parts, then the joints should be in the middle of the board, and not at the junction of the boards themselves. To improve the alignment of the surface, the wooden floor can be additionally leveled. In this case, linoleum can be put on chipboard or fiberboard. They are attached to a concrete or wooden base with glue with the addition of gypsum for a higher viscosity of the mixture. It is also fashionable to additionally nail the sheets of chipboard nails. Then soak with hot olifa, which will give the surface strength.
In addition, before the independent performance of the linoleum laying work, you can watch the video of the work of specialists who are enough on the Internet networks. If all the work is performed efficiently and in accordance with the recommendations, then the linoleum coating will look very good, and will serve its owners for many years.