Linoleum is a popular alternative to other flooring. It is relatively inexpensive and easy to care for, it is easy to replace if desired. However, when laying, linoleum requires careful preparation, especially if it has to close the old wooden floors.
Fasten and align
Before rolling a roll of linoleum around the room, it is important to tidy up the wooden floor. Otherwise, the soft material will show all the defects of the boards. The first step is to remove the paint. To do this, use a building hair dryer. A stream of hot air softens the paint, after which it is easy to remove with a spatula. Then you need to carefully examine each floorboard. If areas damaged by fungus, mold or insects are found, they are removed. For prevention, it is useful to treat all boards with protective preparations that will prevent wood damage under linoleum.
Before laying linoleum, you need to get rid of the creak of floorboards. There can be several reasons for an unpleasant sound. If the supporting logs bend too much when pressed, wooden blocks are installed under them. If the builders saved and laid the lags at too long intervals, it's time to fix the additional guides. In general, to eliminate and prevent squeaking, the wooden floor must be knocked down so that the gaps between the dry floorboards do not allow the boards to "walk". Sometimes creaking can be saved from falling asleep with talcum powder or graphite crushed into dust.
After these operations, the surface of the floor is carefully leveled with a grinder or a plane, and the fasteners' hats are buried in boards, putty these places and polished with fine-grained emery paper. The linoleum canvas is spread along the floorboards so that the joints are in the middle of the board.
