Everyone at least once in his life thought about how to make repairs in the apartment. Of course, you can turn to professionals and just pay for their work and materials, but it is much more pleasant to proudly tell guests that everything they saw is done by themselves. In order to fulfill your dream, you need to know some of the nuances that will come in handy in the future.
Oddly enough, but the flooring plays its important role in creating home comfort, its appearance and quality of installation. Practicality and cheapness often become the main selection criteria, so the question of how to put linoleum correctly comes to the fore. Indeed, it is simply impossible to find a better option for the same money. Moreover, you can save and put linoleum yourself. The price for work costs, as a rule, much higher in comparison with labor costs (in different regions the cost may vary, but on average, installation of linoleum by specialists will cost you 200 rubles per m 2 or more).
In total there are several ways of laying: without gluing, gluing with glue and double-sided tape. Each of them has a number of advantages and disadvantages. For example, the first method is the fastest, but there is the likelihood of rapid wear of the material and the appearance of waves. Glue helps to get rid of these shortcomings, but there is a problem with the complexity of removing the coating. Therefore, if there is no complete certainty about how to put linoleum correctly, or vice versa, there is a desire to update the interior in a year, then it is better to use the option with adhesive tape.
Work order
The work is worth starting with measuring the length and width of the room. You should always add about 10 centimeters on each side. This is necessary in order to be able to correct their own miscalculations, since far from everyone gets the right linoleum from the first try. All protrusions and indentations should also be considered.
If the floor surface is uneven, then all defects found should be repaired first. This is done using a special building mixture. Before laying, make sure that the floor is dry and clean. Next, the roll is rolled and cut. When time permits, linoleum is allowed to mature for 24 hours.
The convenience of using double-sided tape also lies in the fact that it can be glued along the perimeter of the entire floor surface, leaving the upper protective layer, and after it is removed immediately lay linoleum on it. Applying glue, this will not work, it will need to be applied gradually. This method will also require more time and accuracy.
Laying linoleum on plywood
It is worth telling about how to put linoleum on plywood. This method is practically no different from what was described above, but has several advantages. Since linoleum can be correctly laid only on a flat surface, and no one wants to get dirty with building mixtures, plywood is ideal for leveling. In addition, it is a wonderful heat and sound insulating material.
There are only two subtleties of the process of laying the plywood itself. Firstly, first you need to lay a cellophane film on the floor or prepare logs from the bars. And secondly, you can not use a single piece of plywood for the entire room, it is better to divide it into 2-4 strips. This will avoid creaking and deformation of the floor.