A parquet board is an outdoor material that is one of the best alternatives for a massive board or laminate. Builders in the best deal belong to this material due to its high resistance to high humidity, as well as general durability.

Many owners choose the parquet board as the main outdoor material because it looks more than worthy. Natural wood looks attractive practically in any conditions, even if from the moment of installation floor has passed many years.

In this article we will look at the main options for laying a parquet board without assistance. With the help of tips from professionals, you can easily achieve a qualitative result of work.

Selecting the Parquet Board Fashion

In total, there are several options for laying a parquet board with your own hands, but you need to remember that it is easy to choose the way you can not choose. The essence of this question is in conditions that are optimally suitable for one or another version of the material laying.

The following options for laying parquet boards are actively used:

• based on nails;
• floating floors;
• based on glue.

Laying parquet board. Mounting nails

• First of all, it must be remembered that the foundation for the parquet board should be a wood ground. Often it is a floorboard, the thickness of which should be up to 35 mm. It must be laid on the lags, as well as regularly check the surface level so that there are no deviations.
• Old wooden floors can also be the basis for the main surface, but their state must be satisfactory. They are also mandatoryly aligned, otherwise, ultimately, the surface from the parquet board will be not the most attractive and reliable.
• Directly for fastening the floorboard, nails with a special protective coating are used (often anti-corrosion). The size of the nail is selected only depending on the thickness of the board. For example, if the material has a thickness of about 20 mm, then the nail must be a length of 60 mm and up to 2.5 mm in diameter.
• Nails should be driven into the base of the spike at an angle of 45 degrees. The step between the mounts should be more than 10 cm. Often this value is 15 cm, which ensures sufficient reliability for fastening the floor material.

Laying parquet board. Installation of floating floor

The essence of this method of laying the material is the connection of the boards with the help of lock elements. The process consists of the following steps:

• Laying begins with the left corner of the room. It is necessary to arm a reference and cut the groove with it. This will create a high-quality fit of the material to the wall. The board is stacked with a small gap - about 10 mm.
• The second board is stacked right in the castle to the previous unit of material. To do this, one board needs to be carefully pressed to another, making moving forward and down. If everything is done correctly, the fixation of the parquet board will be felt.
• Thus, the installation of the first row parquet boards is carried out. After that, in the clearances of the material you need to insert wedges so that nothing has shifted in the process.
• The second row of the board is placed on the part, where the previous row has already been laid. This coves all the space. Again, it is impossible to forget about the gaps that should remain around the perimeter of the room.
• Laying a parquet board near the thresholds is a sharp theme, since the floor material may interfere with the discovery of the doors. In case of some difficulties, it is required to carry out a cutting board in length.

As practice shows, the floating floor is a good solution only when the area of \u200b\u200bthe room is small. In fact, the integrity of the floor may be under a big question, since the grooves may lose their initial properties and begin the surface deformation process.

Glue mounting parquet board

To date, there is a huge amount of glue species that are used in construction and repair work. Therefore, we are talking about a special form of glue, which allows to ensure reliable fixation of the material. You can find adhesive products for various types of parquet.

• The base on which the flooring laying will be made should be treated with synthetic primer.
• After the above actions were committed, it is necessary to arm the boards and lay the first row to the surface. With the help of a pencil or other means, you need to make a small markup.
• Next, you need to take the first board and apply glue on it, then press to the surface.
• Now you need to take the second board and after applying glue to the material to make fastening with spikes and grooves. It will also take a little bit down the board using a small wooden timber. Thus, the location of the entire first row of the parquet board occurs. Interestingly, the last board in the row need to trim.
• Between the wall and the parquet board, as we have said earlier, spacer wedges are inserted, which must create a fixed gap.
• After the end of the work, all seams need to be treated with acrylic sealant. If everything is done correctly, and the glue is distinguished by high quality, then such a surface will definitely serve for a long time.

Ultimately there is a natural drying of the parquet board. Often enough for this two days, but at that time it is impossible to allow no moisture drops.

Laying parquet board. Installation of plinths and floor cleaning

Directly installation of plinths around the perimeter of the room is the final stage of work. Also, we will talk about cleaning the floor.

• Castle mount. Of course, there are special attachments on the plinths. These locks are quite a primitive design, but at the same time it must be remembered that all this can be broken at one moment. In practice, this is often happening, so large gaps between the wall and the plinth can be observed in housing.
• Fastening based on dowels and self-tapping screws. Immediately you need to understand that this type of installation of plinths often takes away a lot of time and effort. However, a huge plus of such a decision lies in the reliability of the design. There is a banal screwing in the fastening element, which should be tightly entering the surface. The quality of such events can be defined more than simply: if the plinth to the wall and the floor fit tightly, and there are no hoptes - everything is in order.

The cleaning process itself is quite simple. The importance of conducting such work is that in the process of repairing on the surface, various materials and remnants of certain resources can be detected, which not only pollute the surface, but also create some threat. For example, metal elements can leave scratches on the parquet board.

Often a parquet board is sold without protective coatings, which, of course, are more than necessary. Therefore, it is necessary to purchase an appropriate oil-wax coating, thanks to which the floor will become not only brilliant, but also protected from abrasion, moisture and other problem points.

RESULTS

• From all of the above, it is possible to understand that almost anyone can cope with the installation of a parquet board. Practice shows that the experience in this business is, of course, is not superfluous, but the advice of professionals allow you to forget about various problem points.
• The most difficult thing in this business is the preparation of the foundation, since not the most deliberate actions can jeopardize all other stages of work.
• The unequivocal plus in his own work is that in this case you can save a round sum. Usually, specialists are requested for such work too large, which for many families are inexperienced. Of course, the substantial savings did not prevent anyone, so it remains only for the observance of technology.