The floor covered with high-quality laminate with technology compliance with the interior and allows you to use all possible designer solutions. Using various ways to lay laminate, you can achieve a visual increase in space or change its proportions.
Understanding how the flooring is going on, it will help to choose the appropriate option for the interior of the apartment. Not only the appearance of the floor depends on this, but also the number of necessary materials, and therefore their cost. Depending on the difficulty of work, its payment will also be different.
Direction of laying laminate
Laminate manufacturers offer lamellas of various sizes. They may look like boards of various lengths with champions or without, squares, parquet or ceramic tiles. Depending on the selected type, the laminate can be placed in the longitudinal, transverse direction or diagonally.
The most common type of laminate, imitating a wooden board, is usually placed perpendicular to the window line so that the rays of the falling light have sedged joints. Laminate with the chamfer is chosen to emphasize the texture of the tree, so they can be placed in any direction.
It must be remembered that the longitudinal lines on the floor covering visually extend the space, especially when they form narrow bands. Wide bands make a room wider.
The location of the diagonal lines makes the room spacious, provided that most of the floor will be free from furniture and carpets. This method of laying laminate is considered more time-consuming due to the need to pruning a large number of elements. It also leads to an increase in the number of waste, which means that the consumption of materials will increase. 
To highlight functional zones, it is sometimes used to combine two types of laminate, having a different laying direction. At the same time, the boundary of the coatings can be a straight, broken or curved, located along the wall or diagonally. Crimping a laminate board with this method of laying requires high accuracy and skill.
The joints must be closed using special connecting profiles. It seems to see the alternation of dies of different shades with the chamfer, especially when it is diagonally. They can fit arbitrarily or make a repeating pattern. All laminate laying methods require careful preparation of roughing and compliance with installation technology.
Tip! The lamelles can be equipped with a chamfer from both on both sides and four. This does not affect the functionality of the coating, but significantly improves the appearance of the floor.
Method for connecting elements
Previously, the adhesive of laminate was often used, but now this method is considered obsolete. The connection of the lamellae is made by snatching the lock, while the junction is obtained dense and neat. This is especially important for laminate with a chamfer. In modern types of laminate, such types of castle compounds are used:
- Lock Castle is a connection with the help of a ridge and a groove located on the ends of the lamellas. For snapshoting, elements are closed with a hammer through a wooden bar. Disconnect such locks without damaging the lamellae, quite difficult.
- CLICK Castle has a slightly different form. To connect the comb set, the board is started at a certain angle, and then snaps down when lowering on the floor. Such a connection is considered more convenient. It can be easily disconnected if you need to disassemble the coating. At the same time, the lamellas are not damaged and remain suitable for reuse.
- Uni Click Castle can snatch when driving and dried. As a rule, the lock is equipped not only the long sides of the boards, but also ends.
- From the first row of the lamella is cut off.
- The elements of the first row are connected to each other. Cropped side is sent to the wall. Surplus must be cut off.
- The second strip begins with lamellas cut in half. The elements of the second row are connected and connected to the previous one.
- To ensure a deformation gap around the perimeter of the room between the laminate and the walls, the wedges are inserted with a thickness of at least 8 mm at a distance of 25 cm from each other.
- Continue to connect the lamella to the full floor covering. Laying of species with a chamfer is no different.
- The last row is cut to the desired width, taking into account the gap.
- In place of the adjustment to the door frame, the box stands is written to make the coating under it.
Laminate deservedly won wide popularity. It has sufficient strength, durability, easily stacked and looks great. Varieties with a chamfer are exactly imitating a natural tree, having a lower cost. The location of the laminate diagonally visually expands the room, but the material consumption will be greater.
What is laminate, I think everyone knows. This material is now very popular. Excellent appearance and quite affordable price - these are the main factors that take into account people choosing this flooring for their home or apartment. How to lay laminate - With this we now and try to figure it out.
As usual, start with surface preparation. To begin with, our draft floor must be examined at the tricks of irregularities. Mostly manufacturers allow irregularities to 2 mm per meter of the floor area. Those. You take a flat rail (level, rule) 1 meter long and apply it to the floor in different places and in different directions, unreeddinous, the presence of depression and bugrov.
Drops on concrete floors are aligned with a thin screed tie from self-leveling bulk mixtures. If you have uneven milking floors, then it is preferably to put a chipboard or a fan. Well suitable for laying laminate. It is important here to understand that the more irregularities on the basis, the greater the likelihood of the appearance of the slots between the panels of the laminate. When walking on the floor in places of irregularities of the panel, the panels are flexed relative to each other, the lock compounds are gradually abolished. And the lower the quality of the laminate itself, the faster the gaps will appear.
The next step is the flooring substrate. Its thickness is usually from 2 to 4 mm. It is not thicker to make the substrate, it will again lead to wear of locks. The selection of substrate is now very diverse. The cheapest - obtained from polyethylene foam (foam, polyfom, isolon and many others).
Cork substrates are more environmentally friendly, but also more expensive. There are substrates made of extruded polystyrene foam, made in the form of rectangular sheets. The same side is corrugated. When laying, it must be drawn down.
In general, the choice is large, and besides constantly replenished. Advise what to choose, honestly, I can not. What a noticeable difference I never felt. As usual, each manufacturer has its product best. I will only say that the service life has a lot above the listed types of substrates higher than that of the laminate itself, so any of them is quite acceptable.
When laying a laminate on a concrete base, under the substrate, it is necessary to additionally disseminate waterproofing. This may be, for example, a simple polyethylene film with a thickness of 0.2 mm or any other waterproofing film.
Before laying the laminate must lie in the room at least 2 days so that it adapts to the temperature and humidity of the room. Stacking is recommended to produce along the direction of the sun's rays. When laying across, the joints give small shadows and they become a little more noticeable, porting the integrity of the appearance.
There are two ways to install laminate:
- glue;
- castle.
The adhesive method of laying has one good advantage - the joints are reliably protected from moisture penetration. The service life of the coating in connection with this increases. But the installation process itself is more complicated and labor-intensives (compared to the castle), moreover, additional costs appear. In rooms where the warm floor system is installed, use this method is not recommended.
Laying with adhesive method is made with applying panels of special water-repellent adhesive (sold along with laminate). In no case cannot be used with water-based glue (for example, PVA). This will raise the joints. The glue is applied to the pump panels along the entire length. Then the groove is joined with a spike of the previously laid panel. The connection is condensed with light blows of the hammer through the wooden paler. Excess glue wipes with a damp cloth.
Setting 3 rows of panels is better to give a couple of hours with a drying. Then lay the floor to the end. To operate the coating, you can begin 10-12 hours after the end of the installation.
The adhesive method of laying is currently applied less and less. There is practically no such laminate for sale. His castle panels are displaced from the market. It is connected with the simplicity of the latter installation. And the coating of the lock laminate can even be disassembled without damaging the panels and, for example, to transfer to another room. Although, to be honest, I have never heard that anyone would do.
Locks in all manufacturers of laminate have their own features and differences. But in general, all of them can be divided into 2 groups: Click. and Lock.
When laying up laminate with type locks Lockone panel is clogged into another with a hammer. Thanks to special rowers, the spike is reliably fixed in the groove and without the use of glue.
Type locks Click.appeared later and are considered better and wear-resistant. Mounted their boards one panel to another at an angle (30-45º). Then it is pressed to the floor and the lock is snapped. From myself I will add that it is still necessary to force the laminate with a hammer, although manufacturers on the instructions are not written.
The sequence of laminate installation of all types described above is almost the same. Laying begins with the left corner of the room. Before laying the 1st series, it is necessary to measure the width of the room and calculate what width will turn out to be the last row. And it may turn out that you are offered the whole room and at the end of the walls along the wall 2-3 cm. The plinth is not covered with it, and such a narrow strip of laminate will be bad. The width should be at least less than 5 cm. To do this, it will be necessary to cut the first row panel along the length.
Between the laminate and the walls, it is necessary to leave a gap to the thermal expansion. Usually it is done about 1 cm. The main thing is that it then closes the plinth.
So, we recruit the first row of the laminate to the left of the right. Extreme right panel mostly always need to trim (do not forget the gaps). From the remaining piece, you can begin the next row, so we get the necessary disintegration of the seams. It is recommended that the dispersion of this is at least 30 cm.
By typing the first row between the laminate and the walls insert the wedges to provide the necessary gap, while it is necessary to monitor the rectinity of the row. True I myself do a little differently. When paving the hammer panels of subsequent rows, the clins often fly out, the straightness of the row is broken, in general, inconvenient. Therefore, I fix the first row to the screws with the washers (if you are cutting on a wooden floor) or a dowel-nail with washers (if the floor is concrete). Screw them in the corners and in the places of docking panels of the first row. After the end of the installation of the laminate, I definitely unscrew.
When laying a laminate with glue and with clogged type locks Lockeach subsequent panel is first joined along the long edge later on the end.
When laying a laminate with type lock Click.first you type a number of panels and then it is completely inserted into the previous one. With a large width of the room alone, it is uncomfortable, it is better to two.
When installing the laminate panels, it is convenient to use a special set of tools. If this is not available, boil the laminate through a piece of panel (10-15 cm), inserting it in a spike in the groove. When installing the extreme right panels of the series and the entire last row, you can squeeze it from the wall with a small nail, just neatly, through the lining, so as not to damage the walls and laminate.
After completion of the installation, you need to install the plinth, and it is possible to fix them only to the wall, and not to the floor.
As a rule, when laying outdoor coatings, the laminate and laminate is called the greatest complexity. This is due to the fact that the junction should be neat so as not to interfere with free movement and was inconspicuous. Next, we will look at how to cope with this complexity.
It must be said that the design of the junctions causes difficulties only in those who are first engaged in styling with their own hands. Such little things have long been thought out by experts, so we can only take advantage of the finished solutions. In this case, such a solution are connecting plates.
The design of the joints with the use of slats, or in a different locking compound, is obtained sufficiently dense, as a result of which the tiles cannot move freely relative to each other when the moisture change or temperature changes in the room.
When there is a need to connect
First consider, in what cases this compound may be needed. It should be understood that it is not about dusting tiles when assembling, but about those cases when the tile must be connected with a previously laid material, for which you have to use a connecting profile for laminate.
So, the need for this operation may arise in the following cases:
- The laminate connection between the rooms, which is most often performed in the passage.
- When finishing large areas. In this case, the joints serve as damped gaps.
- When laying in one room, the material of different types with swelling locks.
- If you need to separate the steps or other floors of the floor level.
Tip! Using the use of different materials, for example, differ in color, zoning in one room can be performed.
By purchasing a coating, you can ask the seller in advance whether there are planks that are necessary for the joints of the joints in your particular case. It should be borne in mind that they may differ both form and material.
Form of profile
Connecting strips, depending on their purpose, may be as follows:
- Direct profiles - Applied when placing a laminate joints with laminate or with other floor coatings, for example, with ceramic tiles.
- Transient profiles - located at different levels.
- Corner profiles - Use when the joints of perpendicular surfaces on the podiums and stairs of the data trimmed by this material are used.
- Finishing profile - Apply for the framing of open edges of the outdoor material.
The above profiles are not only decorative function. As mentioned above, instructions for laying this coating requires expansion seams. Connecting Planks make these seams hidden.
Note! Expansion seams must be performed every 7-8 meters. Otherwise, the coverage of nowhere will be expanded, as a result of which he flies in places of compounds.
In the photo - spoiled coating as a result of the absence of expansion seams
Profile materials
Connecting Planks can be made of the following materials:
- Laminated - Made of wood-made fibers and decorating film covered. The drawing is selected in accordance with the pattern of the coating. Since it is necessary to connect the coating between the rooms as soon as possible, the product is usually used in doorways.
- Metal - As a rule, made from brass, aluminum or stainless steel. Such strips are distinguished by increased strength, so they are used in the zones of increased passability.
- Plastic - These are flexible and soft profiles, therefore, usually used when making curvilinear joints. The main advantage of these products is the low price and a variety of colors. However, their service life is relatively small.
- Rubber - Usually angular profiles that are used on stairs to ensure the safety of movement.
Installation of connecting plans
All of the above connecting elements are sold complete with a fastening rail designed for hidden mounting.
The connection is made as follows:
- The fastener rail is fixed to the base with the help of glue or screws. More preferable is the second option, since it allows you to set the bar again, moreover, they also provide greater strength.
- Then the second coating is spilled from the rail.
- After that, a decorative plank is installed in the fastening bar, which is snapped with light blows of the hammer through the wooden bar.
In the same way, you can connect this material with a tiled floor tile or any other coating. Vividly look and learn how to connect the laminate between the rooms, you can from the video below.
Tip! Metal profiles can be installed in an open manner using self-samples or dowels. Holes for them are performed on production.
Output
As a rule, the overall impression of the quality of repair and the interior is largely formed such trifles as designing angles, joints and transitions. Therefore, the compounds must be drawn at no less responsibly than to the installation of the most outdoor material. The information presented above will help you cope with this work quickly and efficiently.
When arranging the house, there are work with the floors. They laid different materials. Today, the most common laminate. Since it has many advantages. The main one is attractive
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Appearance and long service life. His choice is rich enough, so you can pick up for every taste and to any interior. The room in which the laminate is packaged will be cozy, comfortable and beautiful.
Laminate with laminate can be performed in different ways.
Laying this coverage is quite difficult and must be carried out correctly. Otherwise, the laminate will look poorly and will decrease its service life. It is very important not only to consider the basic work on laying, but also additional. So, almost all floor coverings form joints that need to be hidden. Basically, they appear at the intersection of different rooms. After all, each of them is covered.
The connection of the laminate and laminate is not enough. Since it needs to be done neatly, so that it does not form a tubercle, which will create obstacles to move people. In addition, it should be quite unclear. Otherwise, the room will not only be uncomfortable, but the look will deteriorate.
Connections: When is it necessary?
As experience shows, specialists with this work can cope quickly and efficiently. Basically, problems arise when a person performs all work on its own. This is simply explained. He does not have the necessary experience and work skills. Therefore, it is more complicated. But you can always take advantage of the advice and prompts of professionals who have already taken into account and thought out.
The design of the compounds is very important when the floor is arranged. It allows you to firmly consolidate the planks of the coating, as a result they will not be able to move in mechanical exposure and other factors of impact. Such a laminate will last much longer.
When performing compounds, it is important to understand that they mean not those joints that are obtained between the tiles when they are styling, but those formed with the material that was laid for a long time. Also, there are a number of cases when it is necessary to conduct this procedure. These include:
- The compounds that came between the rooms;
- When laying a floor in a room with a large area;
- Stacking different materials in one room. It may be a laminate, which is characterized by color, view and other. These are mainly carried out for zoning;
- When finishing steps, thresholds and other drops that are on the floor.
Laminate Laminate Connections: Methods
The compound can be carried out in different ways. The most common use of planks. They form a mix of laminate locks. You can buy them in the same store, where both the main material. It should take into account their differences. They are of different shapes and materials.
So, highlight straight, transitional, corner and final. The first are used in the arrangement of laminate connections with laminate or with a different coating. For example, when making a tile connection and laminate, if the joint was formed due to the drop in the floor levels, then it is better to apply transition strips. Corners are used when working with steps or with the arrangement of podiums. After laying the main coating is made, the edge will appear. They look not aesthetically, so they need to be hidden. For this apply the final profile.
These additional materials serve not only as decorating. Also, they will make all the expansion seams hidden.
Laminate Castle Connection: Plank Materials
Planks that are used in compounds are made from different materials. They can be laminated, that is, they are obtained from wood and top covered with a special film that performs the function of scenery. The choice of such profiles is quite large. It allows you to choose the one that will most like the main coating and after installation will not be noticeable. Basically, such compounds are made in the doorway.
Another option of profiles is made of metal. Basically, these works are used brass or aluminum. They are very durable, so they recommend using them in those places where high passability.
You can also apply plastic profiles. They are distinguished by increased flexibility and softness. Therefore, it is suitable for uneven joints. In addition to these advantages, this material has low cost and a large selection of shades. But the period of its operation is significantly inferior, which is a disadvantage.
Rubber profiles are better suitable for the corners. In addition to the main functions, they will make a much safer movement.
Types of Laminate Connection
There are different types of compounds. The most common castle. It firmly fixes the panels. Even with significant mechanical impacts during operation, they do not change their position. At the same time, such a connection without additional effort, as it disassembles and is going. In this case, the so-called click locks are used. They can be reused up to five times.
Another advantage of such compounds is that it has a high tightness indicator. So at elevated humidity, its properties are not violated. This does not affect the process of his disassembly. It goes easy and simple.
Also used adhesive compound. But this method is rarely found, it is not very practical, so over time goes to the back plan, yielding new ways to fastening. To perform this type of lock, glue, which are lubricated by the planks and are applied with the help of the hammer.
This method is not very practical. Since it does not allow to replace one of the laminate boards or perform its shared repair if necessary. And the process of removal of the floor covering is quite complex and long. In addition, the low mobility and flexibility of the joints can be caused by the fact that it breaks.
Over said it follows that it is necessary to accommodively approach the main work on laying the flooring, but also additional, such as connections.
Solving how it is better to poison laminate, the masters proceed from the structure of the connected materials: the same type of strips easier to assemble into a single canvas than, for example, to fit them under the tile and linoleum. The profile market offers a number of devices that facilitate the design of the floor from different coatings.
Before docile laminate between rooms, it is important to take into account the optimal conditions for applying this method of laying outdoor finish:
- difficult laminate plots are easier to combine among themselves in the doorway than to spread the solid.
- to ensure the possibility for the natural temperature expansion of the slats, the rows every 7-8 m should contain compensation gaps of 1-1.5 cm width;
- if different panel types are used in different rooms, the lock connections may not coincide;
- the zoning of the room also implies a thorough design of the joints so that the selected shades and the textures of the lamellae are harmoniously combined;
- if the podium is scheduled, without such a framing the stage will look inactively.
The locking connection is distinguished by reliability and durability, it tightly holds all the details of the coating. At the same time, depending on the temperature and humidity conditions, the laminate is capable of changing the dimensions, it is narrowed and expanding. Deformation gaps make it possible to preserve the integrity of the wood structure when changing the microclimate. If it is competent to dock the material, the site of the slot will be masked, which falls on the doorway.
How to keep laminate?
The compound can be performed with the use of thresholds, adhesive compositions, cork compensators, mounting foam. The choice depends on the type of coating and features of the room.
Castle method
Relevant with respect to the same planks coinciding in height and structure. Castles in the lamellas taken from one party will exactly coincide, so this method of finishing is applied in small rooms that do not need additional deformation gaps in need.
Connecting Planks - Moldings
The most common elements attracting cheap, simplicity of installation, widespread on sale. Depending on the execution, the product can be glued or fasten over the gap to be hidden between different format covers. Such a slit will be enough for the natural expansion of the lamellae, the wood structure will not breed and get out.
The thresholds are made of a wide range of materials, the most universal - metal with a variable length. They help to docile a variety of coatings, including laminate with linoleum and ceramic tiles.
Cork compensators
Usually allow them to combine the lamellas, less often they are used to work with the incomprehensible types of outdoor finish. Due to the soft tube structure, you can lay the coating without gaps: when the wood expansion, the compensator will compress, and during the shrinkage of the panels, the material will find the source form.
The product is introduced after the completion of the floor assembly: a small spatula will help to put it in the remaining cavity. Cork is difficult to see if you do not know exactly where it is, as it coincides with the basic finish. If necessary, the compensator is tinted with paint or marker.
Foams and sealants
Used infrequently, as the surrounding surfaces are stacked. Their advantage - the ability to mask the cracks of any width, with their help you can dock the plots of complex shape. Important after applying to remove excess composition, otherwise traces will remain. In this case, it will not be possible to dismantle the surrounding panels without destruction, the sealant will not allow the wood to expand, so the method does not apply in extensive premises.
Often connecting components are supplied with the laminate party. They fit perfectly with the layout of different materials, although they are an order of magnitude more expensive to universal planks. Such elements produce only large brands producing laminate.
Types of connecting thresholds (planks)
Depending on the material, the product is divided into:
- laminated. The pressed wood chips are based on, a laminated coating is provided that imitating the texture of the lamella. With their help, it provides aesthetic docking, but they are vulnerable to moisture;
- rubber. Usually have an angular execution, apply for the design of the faces of podiums and stairs. Rubber is devoid of sharp edges, durable and durable;
- metal. They are made of aluminum, steel, brass, the outer decorative layer is performed in wood, gold, silver gamma. High strength allows them to be used in zones with large patency;
- wooden. They are less common due to the high cost of the material, they are used to decorate the area of \u200b\u200bthe conjugation of areas collected from natural wood. We need careful care, regular grinding and updating layer of varnish.
The following forms of profiles are distributed:
- straight. Standard variations, in demand for the design of joints between coatings with one height;
- transitional. Designed specifically for working with multi-level materials;
- corner. Are used to combine perpendicular surfaces, for example, when finishing stairs, podiums;
Using the final slats, decorated the edge of the last laminated panel.
Nuances Mounting Connecting Profiles
The quality of the final joint is affected by the smooth of the draft coating: the differences in height are extremely undesirable. The maximum allowable deviation from the horizontal in this case is only 2 mm.
It is important that before laying the laminate and all components acclimatized in the room for 48 hours, otherwise the risk of swelling of the coating, even with observance of deformation gaps.
Installation is made at the plus air temperature. The lamellas and zones of the joints in the studio apartment are desirable to focus along the lights falling into the room, in this case the compounds will be less noticeable.
Options and Technology Docking
The process of registration of connecting zones varies depending on which materials to work with. Most often the problem of pairing laminate in two adjacent rooms, and when laying the floor in the studio, wood coating can be combined with linoleum and tiles.
Between rooms
Algorithm use of the thresholds:
- The connective planks and the doorway are measured. It is important to make sure that the threshings not only fit into the input zone, but also completely covers the entire length of the compensation clearance.
- The bar is applied to a future location, a markup is applied through the holes in the product: holes under the dowels in the draft base will be drilled on it. The attachment points should not affect the laminated base, they are prepared in the center of the gap. You also need to circle the location of the thoroughbre.
- In accordance with the markup in the draft floor, the holes are formed, while the diameter of the drill is selected in accordance with the dimensions supplied with the connecting plate.
- The holes are placed in the holes, the threshings are placed on top.
- The bar is fixed with self-pressing, gently screwing them down and tightening them tightly in plastic dowels.
Cleaners with hidden fasteners are assembled as follows:
- By analogy with the previous case, measurements and marking are performed.
- The exhaust of the product is equipped with a groove, in which the hats of the screws are placed with already twisted dowels.
- In accordance with the markup form holes.
- The bridges hold over the disguised gap, while moving a dowel with self-taverns in the groove so that they fall into the hole created by the perforator.
- The bar is closed with a hammer through a folded cloth or a wooden bar so that it is close to the level of laminate.
Also there are thresholds on self-adhesive tape, they are easier to install, but the risk of their displacement during operation is great.
With tiles
If in priority metal thresholds, the algorithm of their installation is described above. Also, you can use the cork compensator as a docking profile.
Procedure:
- For the neat introduction of a flexible cork compensator, it is cut off not only along the length of the doorway, but also in the height of the floor covering so that it does not perform over the laminate and tiles.
- After laying the laminate using the construction glue, the connecting element is fixed. First, the black base is covered with adhesive composition, apply a cork bar, but at this stage it is not pressed.
- To compact the gaps, the acrylic sealant is applied, then the retainer is pressed to the laminate and the rough floor. Excess sealants are removed with a damp sponge, the surface is screwed down with a dry vet.
- On the other hand, they laid ceramic tiles.
Such a docking method is advisable not only from the point of view of aesthetics, it allows you to protect the floor from water penetration, increase the operational resource of coatings.
With linoleum
Materials have different thicknesses, so here it is necessary to visually smooth the difference in height. Multi-level joints are easier to organize with the use of metal thresholds - this classic way forces even beginners.
If you want to equip the floor without deviating from the horizontal, you can put the tight material under thin linoleum and use a convenient T-shaped molding when connected.