How to align the wood floors

How to align the wood floors – Settling in a house or apartment with hardwood floors, many choose not to put on top of any other coverage : the wooden planks of the floor itself looks quite attractive . But over time, the board will inevitably begin to crack and warp. In this case still have to think about changing the coating. Most coatings can be put directly on the board , but you need to know how to align the wood floor.

Not everyone can afford to replace warped wooden floor to a new – it’s costly and time-consuming solution. Therefore, a more common option is to lay new flooring ( linoleum, laminate , carpet, flooring, tiles , etc. ) on top of old wooden planks . However, any coating is placed on a level surface , so you should familiarize yourself with how an alignment of the wooden floor .

There are several ways to align the selection will depend on the condition of the floor , as well as resources that you have , and your skills. Basic alignments can name three – planing , use of self-leveling mixture and alignment plywood.

Alignment of a floor sanding

Planing is usually applied in the case where the condition of the wooden floor is still quite acceptable , just that he had “lost the presentation .” In such cases, simple after leveling floor paint or varnish , instead of laying a new board at the cover. Hand planing floor takes you a little time and effort, therefore it is advisable for mechanical scraping Scraping using the machine.

Before embarking on a wooden floor leveling , you need to move all the furniture out of the room . That which can not endure , you should carefully conceal plastic wrap to protect it from wood dust . Remove all nails from the floor and buttons – they can damage Scraping car. Scraping to work with the machine , you will need protective equipment – respirators, earmuffs and thick gloves .

Scrape the floor and begin to move from the corner of the snake , removing the first layer. After that, all the cracks and holes in the floor sealed putty color which is as close to the color of the floor. Perhaps , some boards have to be replaced if they are very badly damaged. Need to manually process the hard floor seats to which a mechanical scraping you got .

After drying putty floor again to achieve a perfectly flat surface . Before you cover the leveled floor paint or varnish , it should be thoroughly vacuumed and wiped with a lint-free cloth  .

Leveling floor self-leveling mixture

If you plan to put on top of the new cover boards , sanding is not enough. In this case, can be used to align a special self-leveling compound for wooden floors. It will help to achieve almost perfectly flat floor surface , but it is worth considering that its level will rise by about 0.5-2 cm

Before proceeding directly to the alignment , you need to tighten up on the spot all the boards with screws or nails , and all exposed nail heads to score below the floor level . Then, the floor surface is cleaned of residues of varnish or paint , and large gaps between the boards sealed using self-leveling mixture, which was diluted thicker than required by the instructions.

After that the floor surface is primed waterproof primer and cover the walls with insulating material , because the floor level will rise . If the doorway is no threshold, we put the piece of wood on the proposed height of the floor.

Primed carpeted floor reinforced mesh with overlap of 5 cm , used to secure the mesh construction stapler. The mixture was diluted according to the instructions thoroughly stirred. After the first mixture is left stirring for fifteen minutes , then thoroughly stirred again. Finished mixture should be thick and smooth, with no lumps .

The prepared mixture was poured onto reinforced floor. Forming air bubbles are removed by the profiled rubber roller . Then smooth rubber roller surface are aligned , then you need to give a mixture of dry , focusing on the manufacturer’s instructions .

Stair Landing With Hardwood Flooring

 

Alignment with plywood floor

Another popular and common way of leveling wooden floor – this alignment using plywood. When aligning the wood floor with plywood first thing you need to install the entire floor surface beacons as screws, forming squares with a side of approximately 30 cm

Thereafter beacons stacked logs – bars of plywood width of 3 cm to the floor can be attached with screws or glue. Plywood sheets are cut into squares with a side of 60 cm and are placed on the joists so that docking sheets occurred on joists . The extra edge is trimmed. When laying the plywood sheet spacing should be about 2 mm and the distance between the plywood and the wall – about 10 mm. It remains only to fix the plywood on the joists with screws .

Further processing of plywood will depend on whether you choose the type of finish flooring. Tile does not require further processing before laying carpet lacquered plywood before laying linoleum – grind machine and laminate placed on the substrate.