How to lay linoleum on a wooden floor?

The easiest in laying and easy to use material is linoleum . But first you need to analyze the foundation to decide whether you can lay linoleum on the existing wooden floor.

How to prepare a floor for linoleum coating?

For laying linoleum, you need a flat surface.

If the old wooden floors are not rotten and have only small defects, they can be restored - replace the damaged boards, repair cracks or remove old paint from the trowel, sand the crevices between the wood. This option is harder and more time-consuming.

It is best to lay sheets of plywood or chipboard on a wooden floor under linoleum, because the sheet will cover all flaws on the old coating and make the surface even, because the floor can be unevenly worn.

What better linoleum to lay on a wooden floor? It is more practical to choose a cloth based on synthetic fiber, which will not rot because of moisture. Most suitable for PVC-linoleum wood on foamed substrates, also do not take a canvas thinner than 3 millimeters. Linoleum from a natural material - not that a covering which needs to be laid on wooden floors, it is necessary to choose a covering with high isolation properties.

How to properly lay linoleum on a wooden floor?

Prepare for repairing the floor you need a knife-cutter, saw, screws and sheets of plywood, spatula, glue.

1. We remove the spoiled old cover and put the plywood sheets on top. We fix them with a drill using self-tapping screws.
2. Now the floor is leveled and you can lay linoleum.
3. Cut linoleum with a knife-cutter around the perimeter of the room. First cut with a margin of 2-3cm. Then we lay the linen and proceed to the finish trimming. Between the canvas and the wall you need to leave a small gap. Carefully cut all the projections in the room and the pipes.
4. The floor is smeared with special glue, for distribution of which a wide spatula is used. The glue is most conveniently applied by plots. Spread part of the floor and glue the linoleum. On top of the surface of the canvas you need to walk a heavy roller, rolling pin or flat strip. So the remains of air are removed and the linoleum is glued together with plywood.
5. Work on the laying of the coating is over. From an old wooden floor it turned out even and beautiful.

The high-quality laying of linoleum provides a good appearance of the repaired floor and its long service life.