When choosing a flooring for a children's room, it is necessary to primarily provide safety and comfort for the child. Thanks to the development of new technologies, such an opportunity is available - a modern soft floor is an environmentally friendly, warm to the touch and wear -resistant material. Floor mats are easily mounted from separate modules in the form of puzzles, and are very convenient to operate. Currently, children's soft floor has gained wide popularity in various countries.
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What is a children's soft floor
Many had to observe that modern playgrounds are equipped with a special coating in the form of dense squares of soft spring rubber. Children are running along it with pleasure, this rug softens sounds and blows when falling, protecting from injuries. Coating with similar characteristics would be suitable for a children's room. Nevertheless, the street coating for premises should not be used - at least for reasons of aesthetics, in addition, rubber crumbs from which they are made, makes a specific smell. Over time, manufacturers began to produce more environmentally friendly products, including those suitable for decorating rooms, and characterized by a quite aesthetic look. Such rubberized coatings have found their application in gym and office rooms, as well as as tourist rugs.
Over time, EVA manufacturing technology was developed, thanks to which a polymer modular coating appeared - a soft floor for children's rooms is a universal. Ethylene vinyl acetate is a foamed microporous polymer that resembles rubberized materials in terms of properties. EVA coating also does not conduct current and is significant. It is made in the form of typical modules, which are connected in a single soft coating. On sale, coatings with a thickness in a range of 10-13 mm are mainly presented.
Depending on personal preferences, you can choose the elements of the coating, including the modules of the soft sex for children's rooms 60 × 60 cm and larger ones, can be selected. Using small puzzles with dimensions 30x30 cm, you can realize various complex options for laying the floor. If desired, you can order the manufacture of puzzles with a certain color, which optimally fits into the color scheme of the interior of the room.
Puzzles of the soft sex for children's rooms are easily mounted without glue, while the seams of the resulting coating are tight. To obtain a constant flooring, which is not planned to be disassembled for a long time, it will be necessary to lay with adhesive fixation to the skirting board.
Advantages of using the soft sex for children
As the advantages of using the soft sex for the children, it is worth noting the following:
- health safety - this material does not distinguish harmful substances and is hypoallergenic;
- convenience and comfort of use - this coating is pleasant to the touch, in the process of expanding it provides high -quality thermal insulation, muffles sounds, does not slip and softens the fall, which is important for babies. If desired, such a rug can be used on the street;
- significant flexibility and elasticity, wear resistance and long service life. EVA carrots are resistant to moisture, as well as temperature changes, are not susceptible to burnout in the sun, traces of plasticine and paints are easily removed from them. In case of damage to the rug, the corresponding section (module) is easy to replace;
- the soft floor for a children's room in the form of a rug-puzzle is easily mounted, its elements weigh a little. If necessary, it is also easy to disassemble, add and transport (for example, to the country), or take it on a trip;
- due to the variety of design and colors, puzzles for children's soft sex provide ample opportunities for decorating the premises of the children's room;
- on the soft children's floor, there are no traces of shoes and legs of furniture. The formed dents, which appeared from the effects of heavy objects, are gradually straightening;
- this material does not accumulate static voltage, so it does not attract dust. In addition, he does not absorb moisture and does not accumulate smells;
- behind children's rugs “soft floor” are easy to care for - they can be vacuumed or washed with soap with water.
Children's soft floor is the most suitable floor covering for babies who learn to crawl and walk. Thanks to the depreciation properties of the material, when falling on the rug, the child will be able to avoid any injuries.
In modern conditions, this flooring is widely used in children's preschool institutions, as well as in game rooms located in shopping centers.
Types of a children's soft sex
On a soft rug in a children's room, it will be convenient for parents to play with the child. In addition, the baby will find something to do there and himself. As a soft sex for a children's room, there is a rug of puzzles - individual segments of various types. You can purchase products with inserts (for example, in the form of numbers and alphabet letters, machines), as well as illustrations from cartoons. Thus, for the baby, studying the rug turns into an exciting game, during which he gets acquainted with new symbols and pictures for himself. Considering the elements of the soft sex with the alphabet for children's rooms, the child will gradually learn letters.
On sale, quite popular developmental puzzles for soft children's gender are presented, with the help of which the child can familiarize themselves with:
- with letters and numbers, as well as with geometric shapes;
- with animals;
- with landscapes, cities, countries of the world;
- with the rules of the road.
When choosing the type of rug, you should take into account the age of the child. Small details may include puzzles, and the kids, as you know, tend to pull everything in their mouths and try “on the tooth”. Thanks to a fairly rigid connection system, it is convenient to use the modular elements of the soft floor to assemble houses, cubes, arena for kids and boxes in which you can put toys. For older children, puzzles-heads are suitable. In addition, they can study road rules, as well as a map of the world. Drawings of rugs can be changed as often as you need. As a result, the child will receive a fascinating lesson that will develop his thinking and contribute to easy and at the same time effective training in a playful way. The use of puzzles for a children's soft sex as a floor will contribute to the development of fine motor skills and logical thinking, as well as an increase in the motor activity of the child.
For older (school age) children, you can choose products of various colors, including plain, under wood, etc. Children's soft floor can be used to decorate the interior of various rooms. When choosing a plain option for coating, the junction of the puzzles can be seen only if you look very carefully. In general, the shades of this flooring are easy to choose in such a way that they look harmoniously quite harmoniously in any house or apartment. The soft floor will successfully fit into the design of the room, the color of the cells of which echoes the color scheme of the room.
Laying soft children's sex
The soft floor can be laid on various types of surfaces. Optimally suitable for this oriented brigade slabs, as well as laminated plywood. It is not difficult to mount this typewriter - for this it will be necessary to assemble the mat together on the principle of the puzzle. You can simplify the laying process as much as possible using a soft floor for children's rooms with large puzzles. During the assembly process, pay attention to the angles of modular elements - it is necessary to focus on the one that has the shape of an arrow. In the process of laying modules, you will need to place them in one direction. You can make a soft children's floor as warm as possible by laying it in two layers. There are two methods for installing modules of soft children's sex - a dry way and with planting on an adhesive base.
Laying for children's soft sex in a dry way
This method of installation of the modular coating allows you to collect the rug of the desired configuration in a short time and without any difficulty. If any of the elements of the carpet becomes unusable, it can be replaced without problems. It is worth noting the following - so that such a coating lasts for a long time, it is necessary to lay it on a flat basic surface. You may need to fill the cement screed and lay the insulation layer on top.
To lay a set -in coating, you need to lay its elements on the floor, and then connect them in the waterflow like puzzles. After that, lightly stretch the coating and edging it along the edges, putting on them special borders along the perimeter. By laying such a rug, it is necessary to leave the gaps about 2 cm between its elements and walls. To achieve the most reliable fixation of the modules, on the back of the place of their connection can be fixed using double -sided tape.
Adhesive installation of the soft floor for the children's room
Laying of the flooring of this type with fixation with an adhesive mixture will allow the most firmly to fix it. In the best way, glue for linoleum is suitable for this. The adhesive mixture will need to be prepared according to the manufacturer's instructions and apply with a masking roller. Stages of work:
- first you need to find the center of the room. To do this, you need to determine the points in the center of the walls and connect the opposite sides with the lines;
- apply marking the subsequent laying of the modules;
- next, you need to lay modular elements, starting from the central part of one of the four sectors received. To obtain a neat picture, it will be necessary to start connecting elements behind the marking line for ½ of their length. By missing the module from the back of the adhesive mixture, lay it on the black floor. As a result, the grooves and spikes form a strong connection;
- laid modules should be adjusted by launching a rubber hammer;
- after laying all the coating elements, you need to walk along it with a rubber roller to achieve the strongest clutch as possible;
- after the adhesive mixture completely dried, you can proceed to the installation of skirting boards.
Operation and care tips
Children's soft floor does not require special care. It is not recommended to walk on it in street shoes, in addition, it is necessary to protect it from scratching with sharp objects. It will be necessary to periodically clean this floor covering of dust and pollution, processing it with a sponge with a feeble soapy solution. Abrasive products for cleaning the soft floor should not be used.
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