Linoleum is one of the most sought-after building materials for flooring. Its popularity is not surprising, as it is durable, resistant to abrasion, hygienic, and also has an inexpensive price.

Due to the fact that there are a lot of colors and various linoleum patterns, it will always be harmonized with any interior style. In addition, linoleum can be put on any basis. The main rule is the preparation of the floor.

Linoleum is a coating of polyvinyl chloride and has good elasticity. It can be put on such surfaces:

• wooden;
• concrete.

Consider both options for laying linoleum. To put the linoleum on the wooden floor, it is necessary to prepare it before: it should not be dirty, it should be smooth and dry. Therefore, before putting linoleum, you need to take into account all these aspects and know what is the best kind of linoleum to sash.

About species

Depending on which raw material is made of flooring, it is subdivided into such types:

• polyvinyl chloride. It is made of polymer material. It can have different bases: foamed tissue and heat-insulating;
• on the foamed basis, the linoleum consists of four layers. The coating will provide good thermal insulation and sound insulation. In addition, it is durable and has high strength. Low flexibility is marked from the disadvantages. Suitable for household premises;
• the coating consisting of two layers: the upper - protective and lower fabric. It is distinguished by strength and practicality;
• coating two in one: the protection against sound and the insulation of the room has an invalible side - felt or any other synthetic foamed material and the loose layer of PVC film;
• linoleum without a foundation. It is resistant to erasing and moisture;
• alkyd. Games from resin with the addition of mineral fillers. The wrong side can be made of natural or synthetic material. Of the disadvantages, a high tendency to cracks and races, not plastic;
• rubber. The wrong side is made of crushed rubber with the addition of bitumen, the top layer is colored rubber. Very plastic, has good water resistance. It is placed in industrial premises, in production;
• colloxyl. It has the basis of nitrocellulose, very flexible linoleum. It has excellent fireproof properties, has a beautiful shine.

How to prepare the floor to laying the coverage

Before proceeding with the main work on the laying, you need to prepare a wooden floor. As a rule, the coating is placed when the wooden floor or parquet failed. First you need to explore the old coating, pay attention to whether there are damage to mold, mark all flaws.

If there is no mold, and there are small cracks, chips and other flaws, it is necessary:

1. Boards or planks carefully fasten.
2. Collect all irregularities and hills with a planer or grinding.
3. All "Hats" of nails to catch up with a hammer so that they do not protrude out, and the deepening to smear with putty.
4. A special putty mixture for wood to clean all the irregularities, cracks and chips so to compose all flaws. If the gaps are wide enough, it is desirable to score by the rails, and then cover with putty.
5. Shrink.

If the floor is very worn, then it is more expedient to go to another way and to be used on top of the special sheets of plywood, which are resistant to moisture.

Such sheets are attached to a wooden surface with the help of self-tapping screws, then all the caps also need to hide well and put it off and polish. Simple linoleum on such a surface is very simple.

How to put linoleum on the wooden floor

When preparatory work and putty are completely dried, you can start laying. It is necessary to know that the room temperature should not be very low or vice versa, high. The optimal temperature is 18 degrees, but not lower than 15. permissible humidity - no more than 60 percent.

Before you start laying a linoleum, it must be deployed and leave for a while that it is "acclimatized." Usually it is assigned to about 24 hours. The fall of the linoleum should be avoided, as well as the chances, so it is deployed and left to "breathe."

To lay linoleum, you will need some tools:

• acute building knife;
• metal ruler;
• brush or rubber roller;
• pencil;
• brush or roller for glue;
• glue;
• tray.

Important recommendations:

• if a large coating rolls are planned in a large area of \u200b\u200bthe room, then you need to be sure that they are from one batch. Otherwise it may be inconsidered color, which will lead to the fact that the seam can be uncomplicated;
• polyvinyl chloride coating is laid by a special drive "reversible" - that is, two canvases must be laid in the joint, according to the figure and in one direction;
• along the long edge of the roll color is always different, it must be considered when laying.

There are several coating techniques:

1. Without sticking.
2. Landing on scotch having two sticky sides.
3. On glue.

Consider individually every one. The easiest way to lay a linoleum, which will love even a beginner, is a laying of linoleum without gluing. The method is suitable for large rooms, more than 12-14 square meters. It is enough to decompose the linoleum, to cut down too much and press it from all sides of the placing by plinths. This method is not reliable because bloated.

Fixation on tape provides long-term coating operation. The tape passes around the perimeter of the room, and then at a distance of the grate element. Before laying linoleum, a protective coating with a scotch is removed, but not all, but in stages. Start work on laying a coating from one edge of the room and the meter is moving forward, removing the protective film and gluing linoleum. It needs to be well smoothed so that bubbles are not formed.

Lynoleum landing on glue is considered the most reasonable option, as it provides long-term operation of the coating. This is especially important if the room has a large area.

Consider a Read more Option How to put Linoleum on the wooden floor:

1. Linoleum must be cut by leaving the stock of no more than five centimeters on each side. After he "loose" in the room, all unnecessary surplus when laying is easily cut by a construction knife.
2. The canvas must be wrapped and released only half the surface area.
3. With the help of a pencil, you need to make a mark - the border where glue will be applied.
4. A spatula with a tooth should be applied to the inner part of the linoleum glue.
5. After a certain amount of time (read the instructions for applying glue), it is necessary to put the linoleum and fix it on the surface. Carefully roll over with your hands, and then roller. It is necessary to work with the roller: first to roll it across, and then along.
6. In the same way glued and the second half of the roll.

If your room is a large area and you need to work with one roll, then one half of the canvas first should be stacked first and pressed it, then the second.

It is necessary to know that the canvas laid a bit of therapy (about 2 cm) on the previous web to then connect both edges (superfluous) and get the perfect seam. Cutting seams (docking) is performed two to three days from the moment of laying linoleum. It is done with the help of a metal line and a building knife with a sharp blade. Then the seams are cleaned and pressed something heavy so that they finally dried.

If two linoleum canvases were neatly glued, then the seams will be invisible. But it is desirable to perform their complete isolation using the method of cold or hot welding. These works will help to fulfill specialists, as it is necessary to have special equipment.

Laying linoleum on concrete base

To put the linoleum on the concrete floor, it is necessary to immediately decide for what time the coating is stacked. If the laying implies not long-term operation and in a small place, then you can not fix the "tight" coating. It is also important in cosmetic repair, because when the interior change is to change or overhaul, then remove thoroughly glued linoleum will not be easy.

Consider the preparation of concrete gender to laying, because the final result will depend on it. If the height differences do not exceed two millimeters per square meter, then it will be more expedient to compriment protrusions and fill in a concrete solution or putty.

If the differences are significant, then, guided by the instructions for laying linoleum «how to put linoleum correctly »It is necessary to re-make a cement tie of the floor. To do this, you can use concrete, cement solutions or special bulk mixtures. By the way, the bulk mix will provide a smoother surface and save time, as it dries faster.

After the concrete floor is prepared, linoleum laying is carried out in a room where the temperature is not lower than 18 degrees, and permissible humidity - 70 percent. Just as before laying on a wooden floor, linoleum needs to be spread and leave it to "pick up".

Then the coating is dismissed taking into account the combination of the pattern and a small margin (maximum up to 10 centimeters). If the room has a complex outline of the floor, then you should approach the disclosure and first cut the linoleum approximately, and then directly fit it directly.

The seams should be sent to the side of the light emanating from the windows, so they will be less noticeable.

Attention! Before you choose a linoleum that does not have a pile, it is necessary to put a special substrate, and its seams should be ribbon.

Methods of laying linoleum on the concrete floor are the same as on the wooden floor. With the help of nails or screws, the holes are drilled in the floor and the plugs are scored in them, and then the coating is naked at a distance of the half meter. But with this method there will be a high consumption of the fastening element, as well as an inaccurate appearance of the floor.

Attach the linoleum can be on the adhesive tape. It is paved around the perimeter of the room, near the doors and in places of joints, as well as stripes around the room.

The most practical and durable method of fasteners of linoleum on a concrete coating is fixation of the coating with glue. The technology of applying glue to the surface is the same as when laying a linoleum on a wooden coating. If the linoleum replacement is planned in the future, the surface can be labeled not completely, but only on the seams, perimeter and near the door.

After working on glueing the linoleum is completed, after 24 hours, the junction is desirable to be treated with a special transparent adhesive mixture.

If the area of \u200b\u200bthe room is small, the linoleum is placed without any fasteners and adhesive elements. It is spread, leave indents about 10 centimeters near all the elements (protrusions, thresholds, etc.) and cut off the edges. To trim the edge near the wall in the corner, the coating is cut diagonally and then the plinth is attached around the perimeter of the room.