Your house is constantly creaking floors. What to do in this case? To get started, take a closer look at them. The fact is that between the boards, cracks and small cracks appear over time. As a result, floors begin to creak.
To get rid of these unpleasant sounds, it is necessary either to close up the formed cracks or to replace separately worn boards. In some cases, a complete overhaul of the floors may be required. But we will not go to extremes and for a start we will consider the option of sealing cracks.
So, the floors creak, what to do? Prepare a special putty. To do this, you need fifty grams of cement, the same amount of ordinary sawdust, twenty grams of tile wood glue and one hundred and fifty grams of ordinary water itself. Dissolve glue in water. Put the resulting mixture on fire and cook until smooth. After that, remove the mixture from the heat and add cement and sawdust to it. Add these ingredients in small portions. Add a small amount of dry building paint to match the color of the floor. Put the putty on the slots must be hot.
In the event that the gaps between the boards are large, the putty will no longer help. In this situation, the floor should be rallied. How to do it? Take out the nails with which the floorboards are nailed to the logs. Then, two or three boards, stepping back from the wall, take out one board. Drive the staples into the lags. Unite the floor boards with wedges and nail them. After that, remove the staples, put the board in place, and rally the remaining floor boards according to the knurled pattern.
If after that after some time the floors creak again, what should I do then? The only answer is to completely redo the entire floor. The process is still rather laborious and will require certain skills from you. If you want to once and for all get rid of an unpleasant squeak, then you can do quite differently, namely to make bulk floors in your house. If someone has not yet heard of such a kind of gender, it's time to get to know her already. Now we will talk about how to make bulk floors and consider some of their features.
It is very important to prepare the surface before starting all work. It must be primed, dry and clean. Otherwise, the bulk floor will not last you long. And in the very near future it will swell and exfoliate.
The bulk floor itself is a dry self-leveling mixture that is pre-diluted with water. On the surface of the floor the mixture should spread smoothly. With the solution you need to work for forty minutes. During this time, it is necessary to catch the mortar with a special roller for the floor with large spikes.
In that case, if you also want to insulate your floor, then under the bulk solution you can additionally lay a warm floor system . Almost every man knows how to make underfloor heating today. Despite this, let's recall the basic stages of installing a warm floor. First of all, this is the preparation of the room, that is, all those works that are related to the dismantling of old floors or screeds, floor coverings and so on. The next stage is the preparation of risers for connecting a warm floor. Then it is necessary to lay the waterproofing and pour the rough screed. Before you start laying pipes, you should lay down foil insulation. As soon as the underfloor heating system is fully assembled, a trial run is carried out. If everything is done correctly and there are no leaks, then you can safely proceed to the final screed.
As you remember, our conversation began with the question "the floors creak, what should I do?" Now let's summarize our conversation. If you want to get rid of only a squeak, then, in fact, you will not have to do anything especially. In the case when the desire to have beautiful, high-quality and warm floors prevails, there will be much more costs, both financial and physical. The final decision is always yours.