Among all the materials for the flooring of parquet flooring deserve special respect. They are valued for their natural and attractive appearance, reliability and durability. However, even with the most careful treatment and proper care, there comes a time when the old flooring must be completely changed or repaired. To perform these works can attract specialists, and you can save money and do the work with his own hands.
How to dismantle the old cover and if he can return the original appearance, we will consider in this article.
Depending on the nature and extent of the damage the old cover the extent of the repair. If the old flooring is badly frayed, boards have a large number of cracks, fading and chipping, it is subject to complete removal.
In case the defects appeared only on some elements of the cover, the strap can be neatly removed and replaced by a new one.
If the boards are fairly well preserved, but have ugly scratches, chips, and do the floors began to creak unpleasantly, then you can do without dismantling. In this case, it is sufficient to restore the flooring and make it a small repair.
Also there are often situations when the coating has not lost its presentable, but the owners of the premises decided to change the environment and change the tiling. In this case, it is possible to very carefully remove the expensive material and put the old flooring in another room.
How to perform work in each of these cases, we will describe below.
Before you begin to dismantle, the room should be free from furniture. Do not forget about their own safety. You need to prepare in advance dense clothing, protective gloves and headgear. If the skirting area is the wiring, the room definitely need to disconnect.
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In the course of the work you'll need the following tools:
• hammer;
• hatchet;
• chisel;
• circular saw;
• crowbar.
The Degree of difficulty of this process will depend on the type of flooring (slatted, piece, shield) and the method of its attachment at the base (with nails or glue).
If the old flooring is presented in the form of one-piece straps that are attached to the base with glue, carefully remove it fail. In such cases the boards are split and come into complete disrepair. Modular and boardwalks are removed much easier.
The Process of dismantling of parquet includes the following steps:
1. With the help of a crowbar removed all baseboards.
2. Coating prostukivaniya with a hammer, and with those places where the sound of a more remote, begin to disassemble the flooring.
3. If the dies are fastened with nails, the work is done with a claw hammer, but if the strap is fixed by glue – the work attracted an ax and a crowbar.
4. Tightly adhered items can be removed using punch with flat head. In this case, it is necessary to protect the eyes from the splinters by wearing safety goggles.
Laying parquet Board is very similar to the process of installation of laminate. The elements are fixed with special locks, so all you need to do for their removal, – it is carefully released the fastening grooves.
In this case, the applied coating is not damaged in any way, so it is possible its reuse. For example, in areas where it is possible to put the old flooring.
The dismantling of the modular flooring also does not require much effort. Here it is important to determine from which side the elements with an open comb. Since the installation of this coating always starts from the window, dismantling it is more logical to start from the opposite wall.
The Angular module to hook the crowbar and breaks away from the base. If when installing roofing nails were used – their previously removed.
Many people wonder: how to remove the old flooring, if it is fixed with resin? In this case, the reverse side of the module must be carefully cleaned from glue with the help of hatchet.
In the process of operation, such coatings straps can crack or lag behind the bottom. In such situations you can do without a complete replacement of the flooring, perform repair old parquet.
You need to do the following:
1. The old varnish should be completely removed to detect any loose elements.
2. Much shrivelled dies between which the distance is more than 5 mm, are removed and replaced with a new one. To remove unnecessary components, their chisel to split into splinters.
3. To install the new die the empty space, it cut off the protruding tenon. The base is covered with glue, and then (at an angle), put the new element so that its groove dressed to the tongue of the next plate.
4. If the cracks are minor, under the plate is filled with adhesive. This site is pressed a heavy load and left for the night.
5. Restored flooring is polished and covered with varnish.
Under the influence of external factors, the coating of natural wood is gradually losing its appeal begins to dim and darken. However, this phenomenon can easily be fixed, just a little to restore the old flooring. A coating that has high mechanical damage, easily repairable and does not require to hold large expenses.
To do this, you must do the following:
1. By sanding or scraping equipment is removed from the lacquer.
2. The surface is cleaned of dust, small cracks and cracks are puttied.
3. If the owners have a desire to change the tint of the coating, at this stage, cover the floor stain of the desired color.
4. Using sandpaper with a fine grain flooring re-polished. Necessary to eliminate chipping and fading.
5. Smooth surface is cleaned and processed 1 layer of base lacquer. After that, the floor re-polished zero emery paper and coated with varnish again. This treatment can be performed up to 9 times until the surface becomes perfectly smooth.
6. After applying the final layer of varnish floor leave to dry (for 3 days). In the room there should be no drafts, high humidity and sudden jumps in temperature.
Scratch – the most common defect parquet flooring. If they are not very deep, they can easily be fixed using the repair kit flooring or special wax crayons. But what if deep and numerous scratches covered the old flooring? To lay a new covering in this case is not necessary, but repairs to damaged you will need to spend the time and effort.
In order to remove deep defects, the hardwood floor should be completely cleaned from varnish and using scraping machines to remove the damaged layer. For once do not succeed, so you need to be prepared for multiple treatments.
The Next room is carefully dusted, and the floors a few times varnish (as described above).
The Old flooring may begin to squeak for several reasons:
• if the bars are formed of emptiness.
• if sagged spacers;
• if the strap came loose.
To determine the cause, first remove the plinth and around the wedges. They can crack, which will cease to perform its functions. In their place install new wedges, and within a week watch the sounds of sex. If the squeaks disappeared – it's something else.
If you grind certain items, it says that underneath there was a hole. Then, at the centre of the bar is drilled a hole, through which under the plate is filled with glue (until then, until it no longer absorbed). This site is pressed with something heavy and dries for 3 days. When the mixture is completely hardens, the hole is completely filled with putty.
If the creaking is observed around the flooring, the above methods do not help. This defect is eliminated by full perestilke flooring.
As you can see from the above, in the process of operation hardwood floors gradually lose their original quality. However, they very well can be repaired, so any flaw acquired can be removed and continue to enjoy the beauty of the natural covering.
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