At first glance, it may seem that laying of the carpet is a simple task that can be solved in just a few hours. Is it so? Experts meet that at the same time installation of carpet is a light and difficult lesson, to cope with which you can, if you have certain knowledge. So before proceeding with the work, we will deal with the main nuances.
Content
First you need to assimilate that carpet can only be laid on the prepared surface. This means that if you started repair, you first need to finish the ceiling and walls, and then engage in laying coating on the floor. The base can be any: concrete floor, old linoleum (only smooth, no bends) and even parquet. Especially prepared the floor before you turn the carpet, it is not necessary, but I will have to follow certain rules.
Rules for the preparation of the foundation for laying carpet:
- the floor should be clean, without dust, dirt and garbage;
- the base must be smooth. If there are small differences, it will not affect the laying of the floor covering. The main thing is that there are no big differences and recesses;
- solid floor. If the base will be fed, for example, old, rotten or poorly fixed boards, then laying carpet can not;
- before starting work on laying flooring, it is necessary to enable carpet to acclimatize. To do this, bring it 1-2 days before laying in the room;
- it is important that in the room where work on laying the coating will be done is not cold and not too hot. Minimum permissible temperature +15 oS. Indoor moisture - no higher than 75%.
To fulfill these conditions, you will return a little later, and now we will define the number of material to buy carpet and not spend a large amount.
Choice of coating
Going to the store, measure your room in advance. If you are in this case a beginner, then it is necessary to put the seller knowing what sex you will lay the carpet - on a concrete or tree. Depending on this, additional tools may be needed. Buying carpet, do not forget about a small margin, add a plus 10% to a lot. Similarly, you need to calculate the desired amount of tape or substrate (depending on the selected laying method). In addition, you may need plinth (plastic or wood) and fastening.
If you can not decide on the choice of coating, it is difficult for you to understand which tint is better to purchase, make a sample wallpaper or paint with you. Consultants will be able to find the desired shade of the carpet, so that the room looks harmonious and did not seem overloaded.
If you lay a coating on a concrete floor, then you can not buy a jute coating, as it strongly absorbs moisture and is not suitable for laying on a concrete floor.
An excellent option is carpet with additives resistant to the chemical effects of fiber - olefin. If the coating is used constantly, in such rooms as a kitchen, a bathroom, a children's or entrance hall, it will be a good choice, since such a coating can be washed even with chlorine-containing solutions. True, the carpet does not always like to buyers, the coverage is not as bright and the pile is more hard.
A little secret: if you choose the coating of light shades, you can visually increase the size of a small room and vice versa, the dark shades of the carpet take part of the space, but they are easier to care for them and they look beautifully.
Assortment of carpet is great. Many do not even imagine how many species and materials can be seen only in one store. For example, floor coating of pure wool. The material disguises all the minor flaws of the floor, differs by high wear resistance, retains heat, but only its cost is so high that not every buyer can allow putting woolen carpet in the room from the wall to the wall.
Synthetic materials - in care are not demanding, look good, do not absorb moisture. Minus such carpet - coloring. Often, the flooring is painted with chemical paints that can have a negative impact on human health.
Look at the carpet photo to decide on the choice:
After you have decided on coloring, material and a metro station, you can proceed directly to the process itself.
How to lay carpet
There are 3 ways to lay:
- Free.
- On glue.
- Stretching.
Consider every way of more.
Free laying of carpet
This method of laying outdoor coating is 2 types:
- With fixation around the perimeter. Carrying the carpet is very simple, as nothing else does not need to purchase. This method is suitable for small rooms, where you can immediately put one piece of the coating and cut nothing. How to put a carpet: Make a coating for the middle of the floor so that you have a small supply around the perimeter, approximately 5 or 10 cm. Free, the so-called extra part of the carpet must "go to bed" on the walls. This is right. Now you need to smooth off the coating, remove all the waves from the middle to the edge. It is best to take advantage of a special roller. You can cut the unnecessary, but first to determine how many carpet will be laid under the plinth, and how much you need to leave for the doorway to be put under the metal bridges. That's all. As you can see - nothing complicated. Pre-floor is not necessary to prepare, glue and other materials, as well as the fasteners, you will not need either. With such work you can cope without helpers. Cons of such a method of laying are also a lot of them. For example, it is not always possible to firmly put the coating and when walking the carpet can "play" under your feet. Exactly, like on the floor there may be chances and bubbles. If you put furniture, it can spoil the coating.
- Laying carpet on scotch. This method also refers to simple laying, even though it is necessary to carefully prepare the surface. In 70 cases out of 100 people give their choice in favor of this method of laying. Depending on what type of flooring you purchased, a double-sided adhesive tape is selected. Its width can be different, from 63 to 150 mm. Laying does not take much time, but requires zeal and accuracy. First you need to prepare the floor: it should be smooth, without the slightest signs of dust release. For example, easy carpet on linoleum, tile or concrete tie. Previously, the floor is well washed away from dust and dirt, and then dried. On the perimeter of the room pasted sticky tape with squares, 50 per 50 cm. Protective paper from the outside is not removed so that the sticky layer does not sweat and damaged. Next lasted carpet with a margin, as in the first case. You need to immediately distribute the coating on the surface of the floor, to carefully smooth, it is necessary to remove too much and only then you can start the final mounting of the carpet. Here everything is simple: you need to turn the cloth, remove the paper from the sticky layer and glue to the surface. If the room is large, then one cut can not be enough, so you need to cut the carpet-needed piece of carpet and glue it by the "joint into the joint" method. From above you need to put the plinth.
How to raise carpet, you can learn from this video:
Laying on glue
When it was decided to make repairs once and permanently and not change anything for 10 years or more, then you can glue the carpet directly on glue. This technique is widely used for concrete or wooden floor.
You can glue carpet 2-methods:
- Direct gluing.
- On fixation.
- Double gluing.
Straight gluing
How to raise carpet on a wooden or concrete floor:
- The floor is placed on the floor. It is distributed, smoking and carries out the size.
- Next, the carpet on one side of the room turns away to apply special glue. For this, a dispenser with jar is used, their depth can be adjusted, it depends on the type of coating.
- Next, the strip is flawed for carpet and left for 10 minutes. During this time, the glue impresses the wrong side of the coating.
- After time, you can glue the carpet to the floor. For reliability and better allocation of glue, the surface must be rolled with roller.
- Gradually glued coverage over the entire area of \u200b\u200bthe room.
How to put carpet parts? This question is asked by many who came across such a problem. You need to know a little secret. So, you first need to spill both rolls of carpet so that they meet each other. At the same time, leave a small supply of the coating - just 5 cm. Getting started to lay the material, but when the main part will be glued, the connection site of two cloths do not touch. When all the work is completed, you can return and cut a sharp knife to the place where both parts met. As a result, you should get the perfect joint. To make a cut smooth, one sharp knife will not be enough, use a long ruler or metal level rail. It must be put on carpet and cut through with one movement both layer of material. When you remove extra trimming, you will see a smooth junction. Now it remains to stick the floor and glue these halves. After drying, you will not find the jack.
If you didn't get an even incision, you do not need to upset ahead of time, we offer another secret: cut the pile from trimming with sharp scissors, apply a little PVA glue into the gap and put a pile there. The joke will be a bit tough, but practically imperceptible.
Laying carpet for fixation
If you choose a direct gluing coating, then not only during operation, but then difficulties may occur. Change the coating will not be easy. And if you select the "on the fixation" method, the floor will remain as much, even if you remove the top coating.
For this method, you need to use special glue that does not stick forever, if necessary, flooring is easily removed without damage to the floor and the carpet itself. But it is worth learn about the negative side of this method: it is impossible to apply it in rooms where the air temperature and humidity constantly fluctuates. For example, on the warm floor, in the country and in the country single-storey, poorly heated rooms.
Double gluing
This method is also widely used. It differs from the above described in that first, on a pre-prepared surface, it is placed and fixed on a two-way tape substrate (5-10 mm thick), and then carpet itself (on a sticky tape or glue) is glued. As a substrate, you can choose any material. For example, good properties in synthetic or semi-synthetic felt or polyurethane foam. This method of laying carpet is suitable for residential premises, bedrooms, children's, living room. In addition to depreciation properties, laying additional material to the floor will absorb the noise and retain heat. It is prohibited to this type of laying on the system a warm floor.
Stretching or inflexible technique
For the first time this technique was developed in England. Such a type of carpet laying on the floor can be attributed to an improved method. As a result, the coating lies perfectly smoothly. Cons - work is expensive. Put the carpet independently you will not succeed, because you need to have special tools for stretching carpet.
How to lay carpet:
- First the floor is carefully prepared: you need to remove the pits, cracks, clean the surface from dust, dirt and perfectly dry.
- The floor is covered with a substrate that creates softness and takes the role of sound insulation. This material is desirable to always use when laying a soft floor covering, since it reduces friction and increases the service life of the carpet.
- On the entire perimeter of the room, the planks (flu) are installed with 2 rows of nails, which are drunk at a certain angle (45 o) And "watch" on the walls.
- Next, with the help of special tools, carpet is tensioned on the planks, and its edges bend under them.
- All, work on laying carpet is made. It will only stay plinth.
- This method of laying is more suitable for residential and small office space. Cleaning is allowed only dry.
