Wooden floor

Vitaly Lviv Not all respond with approval of the plank floors. However, they look great in a cottage in the village house. Properly stacked plank floors, are in for a long time, does not creak when walking, they are warm, beautiful, easy to care for them Not all respond with approval of the plank floors. Many believe that this kind of flooring outdated and that a much greater extent for registration of premises suitable modern synthetic materials. However, plank floors and look great in a cottage in the village house. Sometimes their plank and a small apartment in the city, but in this case plank floors look good only when combined with the interior. Properly stacked plank floors that meet all requirements of the flooring, are in for a long time, does not creak when walking, they are warm, beautiful, easy to care for them, and in case of any shortage can be quickly repaired. The choice of wood before you start work, you need to buy the necessary materials. With carefully selected planks for flooring. It is best to use the board from coniferous trees: pine, spruce, fir, cedar, larch. The wood of these trees are not only beautiful but also strong and durable. If you're going to cover the wooden floor varnish, not paint, then the selection of materials, choose a light and dense wood with high gloss and a beautiful structure - a natural pattern of wood fibers on the treated surface. It is believed that the most beautiful structure have walnut and mahogany, but these materials are very expensive. If the walnut and mahogany you can not afford, stop your choice on an oak: its timber also has a beautiful texture, and the price is much lower than generally accepted decorative wood species. For the flooring is used only dry wood. It is unacceptable to work with raw or over-dried wood, because after laying the floor boards will inevitably offended by any gap between them, which means that all work will go down the drain. Another important point - implementation of measures to protect the wood from rot, fire and insect infestation. If we ignore the processing of wood antiseptics, the floors can be rendered unusable after a few years after the operation. Particularly rapidly destroy wood blue stain. They destroy the cellulose of wood cells and transform wood into dust. Hazards are also those fungi that feed on sap wood cells. Stunned by these microorganisms wood is not destroyed, but changes color, becoming bluish or greenish mildew. Most active fungi exhibit at 15-20 ° C and moisture content of wood is 20-70%, and these terms and conditions typical for residential premises. Therefore, wooden joists and gaskets that are used for device plank floor, it is imperative to handle a special antiseptic solution. The same process and floorboards, but they cover only antiseptic from the inside. The front side in such a treatment is not needed, since it bears a layer of varnish, paint or mastic. On sale are a variety of antiseptics, is widely used in construction. For processing wood house is best to use water-soluble antiseptics, such as sodium fluoride, ammonium kremneftorid or ammonium fluorosilicate. They breed in water in accordance with instructions for use and cover the timber with a brush or spray. Experienced builders recommend the use of drugs that not only antiseptic timber, but at the same time protect it from fire and increase the life of fastening planks of metal nails and bolts. Significantly shorten the life plank floors and insects, which burrow tunnels in the wood. Protect themselves from their appearance can be, if before starting to process bearing joists and laying-antiseptic paste consisting of sodium fluoride, sodium sulfate and water in a ratio of 5:1:2. In some cases, in addition to boards and wooden log, you must also purchase chipboard and fibreboard. In the processing of these materials do not need because they are fully trained by the manufacturer for service. New flooring plank flooring plank flooring boards are best in late winter water temperature spruce season to the board as follows dried before stacking. Summer wood absorbs more moisture from the air, board, nastelennye summer, during the winter dry and possibly crack from dryness, even with dense rallying later between the boards can be formed cracks. If the flooring plank in the summer, then choose the time, which was preceded by a dry, hot weather (over 1-2 weeks). By packed sleepers planed planks laid out to mark, pick up the adjacent boards so that the gaps between them were less than 1 mm. If necessary, the board is cut so that their joints are located on the joists, will be able to attach them to the ends of the boards, and end-edge of boards do not touch the walls. The gap between the floorboards and exterior walls made 2 cm wide, between the floorboards and interior walls - 1 cm gaps need to boards do not rot from the damp and cold walls, had a margin of space to the case of expansion with excessive moisture. When pre-layout board further inspect, monitor, so they did not have defects: chips, cracks, stains, resins and other contaminants. Boards with defects or completely discarded, or used for laying the floor in the dark areas (such as in storerooms). Planks laid growth rings in different directions. It is particularly important to adhere to this rule when laying the floor of the wide boards. Board label, tag, only to lay them quickly, in order, without re-pristrozhki. First, a short distance from the wall (the gap should be small, that between the floorboards and the wall of circulating air, but it could then cover with skirting board) put the first board and fasten it with nails length of 100-125 mm (the length of the nails should be 3-4 times greater than the width of plank boards) - to pierce on two nails in each board. It is better to drive nails into wood with a slight slope, and nail heads flattened and drown in the thickness of the board. Next to the first board by label puts a second (or two boards at once), at a distance of 5-7 cm from the edge of the board at a lag pierce the usual staples or clips Smolyakova to between the boards and clamp formed gap. It put in the safety bar (close to the edge at the board), and then drive a wedge whose width slightly larger gap between the bracket and a protective plate. Since the wedge driven into the force, then edge closer huddling, the board rally. They nailed, and then staples removed, put the following 2.1 boards, drive brackets, impact board and nailed to the sleepers. Joints boards after laying pristragivayut that they were straight and were in the same plane with the level of nastlannogo sex. To resolve small differences boards at the junction of a lag enclose cardboard, roofing, roofing material (but not the chips). The gap between the floor and walls, skirting close or fillets - profiled rails simple or complex shape. Fit snugly against the walls and floor moldings with grooves or bevels, but in this case, ventilation plank cover is broken, the air circulation will need to arrange the floor vents. Therefore, a lot more comfortable with the baseboards battens. Most frequently used baseboards made from softwood trees (pine, spruce). Plank floors can be installed either on the wooden floor joists (if they are placed close enough to each other) or laid on them at intervals of 400-800 mm lag (the distance depends on the thickness of the lag and floor boards). As the lag used bars of width 100-120 mm and a thickness of 25 mm. Joists to beams laid on the insulating strips, for example, from wood-fiber boards. After alignment lag wedges them nailed to the joists. Correct alignment lag check-meter rack - at all lags, it must lie without gaps, and horizontal checks the level established by rail. Laying lag on floors, made of reinforced concrete slabs, produced by soundproof pads. Sound insulation pads are placed under the joists continuous band all through without breaks, strictly according to their longitudinal axis in such a way that they spoke to 10 mm for the lag on each side. When the device plank coatings perform the following operations: laying the lag on turnkey basis; flooring battens; redoubt slack floors with cleaning the surface of chips and dust baseboards and install ventilation grilles. First, about the opposite wall with a gap of 15-25 mm from the wall is placed extreme lag, and then everyone else. Have them across the direction of light, and in areas with a definite direction of movement (eg, corridors) - across the aisle to meet the board arranged along. Airspace under the flooring of boards, rails, hardwood planks and boards should not communicate with air and smoke channels, and indoor area of ??over 25 meters, it further divided by partitions of planks on the closed sections of size 4.5 x 5 - 6 meter board cover is usually placed in one layer perpendicular to the sleepers, connects the side edges of a groove and rally. Gaps between the boards covering shall be permitted only in certain places and must not exceed 1 mm. Each board covers should be nailed to each lag length of nails 70 and 10 mm for boards 27 mm thick and 35 mm respectively. Nails pierce inclined to tap the cap doboynikom either the front surface of boards, or - for the battens - a corner of the ridge. In the front surface boards of a width exceeding 90 mm is recommended to drive with two nails. When laying plank flooring to lag, rising above the sound insulation layer overlap of not less than 30 mm, and the two opposite corners of the room should be to make a hole in the floor or fillets, or left in a wall niche overlaps skirting board with a hole. Vent area should be 20-30 square meters. see openings must be closed bars of stainless steel, rising above the floor on 7-10 mm. Pa per 15-20 square meters. m floor shall be at the two holes. Board of the upper layer coating must be placed in the direction of the light incident from the window, and in areas with a particular direction of motion (eg, corridors) - the direction of motion. For the device plank coverings should be used planks of wood of coniferous species. Surviving the used board before re-laying in the floor should be thoroughly checked for any signs of fungus, cleaned and antiseptirovany. Width floorboards after redoubt should be: for buildings I and Class II - less than 114 mm, for buildings of class III - no more than 144 mm thickness at a single-layer coating - 37 mm, the upper layer of two-layer coating - 22 mm. For bespustotnyh plank floors (without underground) should be single-layer coating and lags trapezoidal thickness of 60-70 mm and a width of 100-120 mm. Board used for the device bespustotnyh plank floors, should be antiseptirovany, and the lower their surface, in addition, fluff, hot bitumen. Rallying boards should be made in the groove, in the quarter, or by inserting strips into the grooves of two adjacent boards. Sealing cracks in floors inset strips between adjacent boards is prohibited. The surface of the floor area being repaired and stored (old) floor shall be in the same horizontal plane. The surface of the repair area and the sag of the old floor must be smooth ostrogany. Surface roughness boards cover should be removed redoubt. Finishing details plank coverings (skirting boards, fillets, vents, etc.) must be installed after the redoubt coatings. Finishing plank coating (paint on plastered walls) shall be in accordance with the specifications for finishing work after all the finishing work inside. When flooring separate boards carefully huddling with wedges that drive in between the board and straps, pre-scored in the lag. In order to reduce the possibility of warping the floor when drying, the annual rings of adjacent planks when laying must have a different focus. A year later, after laying, when the board has become humidity, proper operating conditions, the floor is recommended perestelit. The lowest humidity of heated rooms is in late winter - is the most favorable period perestilki plank floors to eliminate the gaps. For better flooring recommended floorboards with grooves and ridges on opposite sides. First board is placed against the wall slot, leaving a gap of 15 m-25 mm. When the device of double floors (two coats), the top board (clean) floor shall be from the bottom of the groove height of 2 mm for ventilation. For ventilation of the space under the boards, which prevents the formation of moisture on the upper surface of the lag make triangular cuts through 500-600 mm wide 20-30 mm and a height of 10-20 mm. The connection ends of boards to each other and with the side edges should be placed on the joists and carefully customized without the formation of cracks. In places where boards cover hanging over lag of more than 100 mm, under the ends of the planks are laid additional lag length of 600 mm and nailed to her overhanging ends. After the elimination of slack boards cover the gaps between them and the walls cover the plinth. Its plinth should be fastened to wooden tubes, bound into the stone walls, but not to the floor board. New life plank floors tidy worn, damaged and faded wooden floor now is not too difficult. Modern materials and tools allow you to efficiently, quickly and inexpensively add a new kind of old boards. During repair the wall in the attic sheathed gypsum plasterboard. But half of softwood boards over the years pretty frayed. All in the ruts, the spots of paint and plaster, he completely lost his form. To complete the repair of the premises and get rid of dust, you must give it a form corresponding to the new environment. Circular grinding machine elektroshlifovalnaya not cope with an entire room. Therefore, use outdoor portable machine. But keep in mind that when working with it will have to make a serious effort. Take also some sanding belts and discs of varying grits. Attention! Despite the fact that the grinders are equipped with dust collector and filter device during operation will not be able to avoid the dust. Open the windows, put on a mask or respirator, and close the door to keep it from spreading throughout the house. Staining wood Staining gives extra warmth and prepares it for further finishing. Paul can be covered with clear varnish or paint on wood. In the second case, the color will be more crowded, but during the subsequent finishing will be harder to pick up the original color. To soften the brownish-red tint, paint a slightly diluted with water. Cover with clear lacquer finish Strong and durable nitrocellulose lacquer, however, inconvenient to use and safe for human health. For this reason, they were gradually replaced by one-component polyurethane and akrilateksnymi compositions cultured water. They are slightly less dense, but this is offset by the ease of application, the almost complete lack of odor, quick drying and features clean tools with water. Polyurethane varnish is usually applied in two layers, but depending on the state floor may require a third layer. Abrasive belt worn on a drum sander in the direction of the arrow on the reverse side. In case of improper installation of tapes would still only a small portion of sex. Move the car along the boards, so their edges are not knocked off the chips. This is especially important when using large abrasive belt. Calculate the optimal number of passes of the machine, not to remove too much fiber, which can lead to uneven floors. When sanding along the walls, then hold your car with both hands, but do not press too hard, not to make indentations in the floor. Empty the gap between the boards is most conveniently a metal screwdriver, but it's pretty hard and monotonous work. Thoroughly vacuum the floor.

Vitaly Lviv Not all respond with approval of the plank floors. However, they look great in a cottage in the village house. Properly stacked plank floors, are in for a long time, does not creak when walking, they are warm, beautiful, easy to care for them Not all respond with approval of the plank floors. Many believe that this kind of flooring outdated and that a much greater extent for registration of premises suitable modern synthetic materials. However, plank floors and look great in a cottage in the village house. Sometimes their plank and a small apartment in the city, but in this case plank floors look good only when combined with the interior. Properly stacked plank floors that meet all requirements of the flooring, are in for a long time, does not creak when walking, they are warm, beautiful, easy to care for them, and in case of any shortage can be quickly repaired. The choice of wood before you start work, you need to buy the necessary materials. With carefully selected planks for flooring. It is best to use the board from coniferous trees: pine, spruce, fir, cedar, larch. The wood of these trees are not only beautiful but also strong and durable. If you're going to cover the wooden floor varnish, not paint, then the selection of materials, choose a light and dense wood with high gloss and a beautiful structure - a natural pattern of wood fibers on the treated surface. It is believed that the most beautiful structure have walnut and mahogany, but these materials are very expensive. If the walnut and mahogany you can not afford, stop your choice on an oak: its timber also has a beautiful texture, and the price is much lower than generally accepted decorative wood species. For the flooring is used only dry wood. It is unacceptable to work with raw or over-dried wood, because after laying the floor boards will inevitably offended by any gap between them, which means that all work will go down the drain. Another important point - implementation of measures to protect the wood from rot, fire and insect infestation. If we ignore the processing of wood antiseptics, the floors can be rendered unusable after a few years after the operation. Particularly rapidly destroy wood blue stain. They destroy the cellulose of wood cells and transform wood into dust. Hazards are also those fungi that feed on sap wood cells. Stunned by these microorganisms wood is not destroyed, but changes color, becoming bluish or greenish mildew. Most active fungi exhibit at 15-20 ° C and moisture content of wood is 20-70%, and these terms and conditions typical for residential premises. Therefore, wooden joists and gaskets that are used for device plank floor, it is imperative to handle a special antiseptic solution. The same process and floorboards, but they cover only antiseptic from the inside. The front side in such a treatment is not needed, since it bears a layer of varnish, paint or mastic. On sale are a variety of antiseptics, is widely used in construction. For processing wood house is best to use water-soluble antiseptics, such as sodium fluoride, ammonium kremneftorid or ammonium fluorosilicate. They breed in water in accordance with instructions for use and cover the timber with a brush or spray. Experienced builders recommend the use of drugs that not only antiseptic timber, but at the same time protect it from fire and increase the life of fastening planks of metal nails and bolts. Significantly shorten the life plank floors and insects, which burrow tunnels in the wood. Protect themselves from their appearance can be, if before starting to process bearing joists and laying-antiseptic paste consisting of sodium fluoride, sodium sulfate and water in a ratio of 5:1:2. In some cases, in addition to boards and wooden log, you must also purchase chipboard and fibreboard. In the processing of these materials do not need because they are fully trained by the manufacturer for service. New flooring plank flooring plank flooring boards are best in late winter water temperature spruce season to the board as follows dried before stacking. Summer wood absorbs more moisture from the air, board, nastelennye summer, during the winter dry and possibly crack from dryness, even with dense rallying later between the boards can be formed cracks. If the flooring plank in the summer, then choose the time, which was preceded by a dry, hot weather (over 1-2 weeks). By packed sleepers planed planks laid out to mark, pick up the adjacent boards so that the gaps between them were less than 1 mm. If necessary, the board is cut so that their joints are located on the joists, will be able to attach them to the ends of the boards, and end-edge of boards do not touch the walls. The gap between the floorboards and exterior walls made 2 cm wide, between the floorboards and interior walls - 1 cm gaps need to boards do not rot from the damp and cold walls, had a margin of space to the case of expansion with excessive moisture. When pre-layout board further inspect, monitor, so they did not have defects: chips, cracks, stains, resins and other contaminants. Boards with defects or completely discarded, or used for laying the floor in the dark areas (such as in storerooms). Planks laid growth rings in different directions. It is particularly important to adhere to this rule when laying the floor of the wide boards. Board label, tag, only to lay them quickly, in order, without re-pristrozhki. First, a short distance from the wall (the gap should be small, that between the floorboards and the wall of circulating air, but it could then cover with skirting board) put the first board and fasten it with nails length of 100-125 mm (the length of the nails should be 3-4 times greater than the width of plank boards) - to pierce on two nails in each board. It is better to drive nails into wood with a slight slope, and nail heads flattened and drown in the thickness of the board. Next to the first board by label puts a second (or two boards at once), at a distance of 5-7 cm from the edge of the board at a lag pierce the usual staples or clips Smolyakova to between the boards and clamp formed gap. It put in the safety bar (close to the edge at the board), and then drive a wedge whose width slightly larger gap between the bracket and a protective plate. Since the wedge driven into the force, then edge closer huddling, the board rally. They nailed, and then staples removed, put the following 2.1 boards, drive brackets, impact board and nailed to the sleepers. Joints boards after laying pristragivayut that they were straight and were in the same plane with the level of nastlannogo sex. To resolve small differences boards at the junction of a lag enclose cardboard, roofing, roofing material (but not the chips). The gap between the floor and walls, skirting close or fillets - profiled rails simple or complex shape. Fit snugly against the walls and floor moldings with grooves or bevels, but in this case, ventilation plank cover is broken, the air circulation will need to arrange the floor vents. Therefore, a lot more comfortable with the baseboards battens. Most frequently used baseboards made from softwood trees (pine, spruce). Plank floors can be installed either on the wooden floor joists (if they are placed close enough to each other) or laid on them at intervals of 400-800 mm lag (the distance depends on the thickness of the lag and floor boards). As the lag used bars of width 100-120 mm and a thickness of 25 mm. Joists to the beams are placed on insulating strips, for example, from wood-fiber boards. After alignment lag wedges them nailed to the joists. Correct alignment lag check-meter rack - at all lags, it must lie without gaps, and horizontal checks the level established by rail. Laying lag on floors, made of reinforced concrete slabs, produced by soundproof pads. Sound insulation pads are placed under the joists continuous band all through without breaks, strictly according to their longitudinal axis in such a way that they spoke to 10 mm for the lag on each side. When the device plank coatings perform the following operations: laying the lag on turnkey basis; flooring battens; redoubt slack floors with cleaning the surface of chips and dust baseboards and install ventilation grilles. First, about the opposite wall with a gap of 15-25 mm from the wall is placed extreme lag, and then everyone else. Have them across the direction of light, and in areas with a definite direction of movement (eg, corridors) - across the aisle to meet the board arranged along. Airspace under the flooring of boards, rails, hardwood planks and boards should not communicate with air and smoke channels, and indoor area of ??over 25 meters, it further divided by partitions of planks on the closed sections of size 4.5 x 5 - 6 meter board cover is usually placed in one layer perpendicular to the sleepers, connects the side edges of a groove and rally. Gaps between the boards covering shall be permitted only in certain places and must not exceed 1 mm. Each board covers should be nailed to each lag length of nails 70 and 10 mm for boards 27 mm thick and 35 mm respectively. Nails pierce inclined to tap the cap doboynikom either the front surface of boards, or - for the battens - a corner of the ridge. In the front surface boards of a width exceeding 90 mm is recommended to drive with two nails. When laying plank flooring to lag, rising above the sound insulation layer overlap of not less than 30 mm, and the two opposite corners of the room should be to make a hole in the floor or fillets, or left in a wall niche overlaps skirting board with a hole. Vent area should be 20-30 square meters. see openings must be closed bars of stainless steel, rising above the floor on 7-10 mm. Pa per 15-20 square meters. m floor shall be at the two holes. Board of the upper layer coating must be placed in the direction of the light incident from the window, and in areas with a particular direction of motion (eg, corridors) - the direction of motion. For the device plank coverings should be used planks of wood of coniferous species. Surviving the used board before re-laying in the floor should be thoroughly checked for any signs of fungus, cleaned and antiseptirovany. Width floorboards after redoubt should be: for buildings I and Class II - less than 114 mm, for buildings of class III - no more than 144 mm thickness at a single-layer coating - 37 mm, the upper layer of two-layer coating - 22 mm. For bespustotnyh plank floors (without underground) should be single-layer coating and lags trapezoidal thickness of 60-70 mm and a width of 100-120 mm. Board used for the device bespustotnyh plank floors, should be antiseptirovany, and the lower their surface, in addition, fluff, hot bitumen. Rallying boards should be made in the groove, in the quarter, or by inserting strips into the grooves of two adjacent boards. Sealing cracks in floors inset strips between adjacent boards is prohibited. The surface of the floor area being repaired and stored (old) floor shall be in the same horizontal plane. The surface of the repair area and the sag of the old floor must be smooth ostrogany. Surface roughness boards cover should be removed redoubt. Finishing details plank coverings (skirting boards, fillets, vents, etc.) must be installed after the redoubt coatings. Finishing plank coating (paint on plastered walls) shall be in accordance with the specifications for finishing work after all the finishing work inside. When flooring separate boards carefully huddling with wedges that drive in between the board and straps, pre-scored in the lag. In order to reduce the possibility of warping the floor when drying, the annual rings of adjacent planks when laying must have a different focus. A year later, after laying, when the board has become humidity, proper operating conditions, the floor is recommended perestelit. The lowest humidity of heated rooms is in late winter - is the most favorable period perestilki plank floors to eliminate the gaps. For better flooring recommended floorboards with grooves and ridges on opposite sides. First board is placed against the wall slot, leaving a gap of 15 m-25 mm. When the device of double floors (two coats), the top board (clean) floor shall be from the bottom of the groove height of 2 mm for ventilation. For ventilation of the space under the boards, which prevents the formation of moisture on the upper surface of the lag make triangular cuts through 500-600 mm wide 20-30 mm and a height of 10-20 mm. The connection ends of boards to each other and with the side edges should be placed on the joists and carefully customized without the formation of cracks. In places where boards cover hanging over lag of more than 100 mm, under the ends of the planks are laid additional lag length of 600 mm and nailed to her overhanging ends. After the elimination of slack boards cover the gaps between them and the walls cover the plinth. Its plinth should be fastened to wooden tubes, bound into the stone walls, but not to the floor board. New life plank floors tidy worn, damaged and faded wooden floor now is not too difficult. Modern materials and tools allow you to efficiently, quickly and inexpensively add a new kind of old boards. During repair the wall in the attic sheathed gypsum plasterboard. But half of softwood boards over the years pretty frayed. All in the ruts, the spots of paint and plaster, he completely lost his form. To complete the repair of the premises and get rid of dust, you must give it a form corresponding to the new environment. Circular grinding machine elektroshlifovalnaya not cope with an entire room. Therefore, use outdoor portable machine. But keep in mind that when working with it will have to make a serious effort. Take also some sanding belts and discs of varying grits. Attention! Despite the fact that the grinders are equipped with dust collector and filter device during operation will not be able to avoid the dust. Open the windows, put on a mask or respirator, and close the door to keep it from spreading throughout the house. Staining wood Staining gives extra warmth and prepares it for further finishing. Paul can be covered with clear varnish or paint on wood. In the second case, the color will be more crowded, but during the subsequent finishing will be harder to pick up the original color. To soften the brownish-red tint, paint a slightly diluted with water. Cover with clear lacquer finish Strong and durable nitrocellulose lacquer, however, inconvenient to use and safe for human health. For this reason, they were gradually replaced by one-component polyurethane and akrilateksnymi compositions cultured water. They are slightly less dense, but this is offset by the ease of application, the almost complete lack of odor, quick drying and features clean tools with water. Polyurethane varnish is usually applied in two layers, but depending on the state floor may require a third layer. Abrasive belt worn on a drum sander in the direction of the arrow on the reverse side. In case of improper installation of tapes would still only a small portion of sex. Move the car along the boards, so their edges are not knocked off the chips. This is especially important when using large abrasive belt. Calculate the optimal number of passes of the machine, not to remove too much fiber, which can lead to uneven floors. When sanding along the walls, then hold your car with both hands, but do not press too hard, not to make indentations in the floor. Empty the gap between the boards is most conveniently a metal screwdriver, but it's pretty hard and monotonous work. Thoroughly vacuum the floor. Completely cleaned and sanded, ready for painting. Vodnodispersnaya paint is applied with a brush along the boards. When painting a board not to call in on the next to avoid streaks. For staining can also use the spray. As the drying floor color becomes lighter, but a beautiful rich tone he gets only after applying the clearcoat. Prepare everything you need for flooring varnish, wide paintbrush repel the corner to remove the drop-down stubble, which during operation can stick to the floor Clear polyurethane lacquer comes ready to use. Carefully enough to stir it into the pot and pour into a clean tray for paint. Luck, as well as paint, apply along the boards. Do not try to fill the gap between them - the first layer should not be too thick. First, coverage will be a milky color, and as dry clear. The second layer is usually applied after 2 hours (maximum 48 hours). If you need a third, first lightly sand the surface of the medium sandpaper (№ 100 or 120). Care for a wooden floor of either sex, painted and unpainted planks, parquet, linoleum or plastic, require daily care. That and cleaning it from dust, and washing and scrubbing, and maintain a beautiful appearance, and protection from damage. Clean, elegant floor promotes a good mood and feeling. Try every day to wipe the floor under beds, sofas, chairs - where the dust has a tendency to accumulate. Sweeping, wrap the brush wet gauze, releasing bristle outwards. Often use a vacuum cleaner. He is able to choose dust out of cracks and pores of the wooden floor, which can be done either with a brush or broom, or even a damp cloth. The vacuum cleaner can get into any hard to clean the place: the tube, which removed brush, would get the dust out of a central heating radiator, beneath cabinets, etc. The most common yet remain plank floors are usually painted. However, there are amateurs and unpainted, the "white" of the sexes. Unpainted plank floors are cleaned with warm water to which was added soda or any washing powder (2-3 tablespoons in a bucket of water). In this case, use a brush or broom root-broom. Heavily contaminated floor thoroughly wiped with a stiff brush or wet burlap, then a mixture of 1 part lime svezhegashenoy with 3 parts sand, and washed with clean water. If after such treatment on the ground will spot them at night cover with a damp white or gray clay, which in the morning wash off with water. To remove grease stains from the unpainted floor, it was washed with petrol, sprinkle with potato flour and iron moderately heated iron over blotting paper. You can cook gruel of vinegar and clay, white, gray, cover this gruel spot, again on the night and the morning wash it with water. Painted floors look more colorful and longer than that unpainted. Yes, and care for them much easier. In the warm water to wash them, you can add ammonia (1-2 tablespoons per bucket of water) - this will make the paint shine. The same effect is achieved if washed with water to rinse the floor with vinegar (a glass of vinegar in a bucket of water). The addition of soda or soap lead to tarnishing, darkening of the paint. If you have spilled on the painted floor grease, fill it with cold water - frozen fat comes off easily with a knife. To wash the plank floors and make them shine better to use a weak solution of ammonia. Wash floors with soap and water or using a soda solution is not recommended. Otherwise, the paint gets dull and will soon descend from the floorboards. Covered with a decorative painted floor usually sweep, and then wipe with a damp cloth. Sometimes using a special wax that forms after deposition on the surface of the thinnest film, which protects the layer of varnish. Repair floor under the linoleum Boardwalk should be carried out and maintained in accordance with the rules of installation and repair plank coverings. Bumps on the surface alignment layer under the linoleum, made from a cement-sand mortar should be repaired by filler, but on the surface of the plank - by redoubt. Linoleum must be bonded to the underlying layer floor mastic, prepared on water-resistant binder (bitumen, cement-casein glue, etc.). The thickness of the layer of mastic under linoleum should not exceed 1 mm. The gaps between adjacent edges of linoleum are not allowed. Before attaching the linoleum cement-casein glue surface of the base must be pre-primed by the same, but Liquefied glue. The primer should be made no earlier than half an hour before gluing linoleum. Compositions for gluing linoleum should be tested in the laboratory for strength and water resistance seam gluing. The use of turpentine and adhesives dekstrinovyh cements for attaching the linoleum is not allowed. Lamination rolls of linoleum should be made not later than one day before his installation, when the air temperature is not below + 5 ° C. Over time, plank floors are beginning to creak and lag behind. Can you fix this bug? It turns out that doing so is simple. One need only drive a nail into the creaking floorboards. Often boards dry out, which leads to the formation of sufficiently large gaps, spoiling, the appearance of the sexes. Eliminate this defect can be, tearing the board and put them again, very close to each other. In this case the damaged board is best replaced with new ones. Remove the old board must be very careful not to damage the joists. So you may want to tear off the baseboards, then using a claw hammer to pull nails, and only then remove the floorboards. Rallying floorboards usually spend the entire area. But in some cases the connection can be made only on any part of the floor, putting a band to matching the size of the board. Her nails are attached to the lag and then hew planers to align with the surface of the other boards. Often the cracks formed by drying boards, pierce thin slats. Last, you must first grease the glue. Best fit for this casein and joiner. Reiki will also need to trim planers. Do it after the glue. Shallow cracks between floorboards can be repaired putty. It is best to use pre-prepared for this stencil cut from paper. In the event that the board began spring under their feet, spend perestilku floors with the installation of new lag. The latter has somewhat closer to each other.