Having decided to insulate the floor in your apartment with carpet, carefully study the technology of work in advance, consult with professionals and only then decide whether you can master the whole process on your own or, nevertheless, it is better to invite specialists.
Start laying the carpet only after all other work has already been completed. Otherwise, the floor covering will be damaged.
What is good is that under the carpet there is no need to prepare a special base. This material will lie well on the floor you already have, whatever it may be (wooden, linoleum, concrete, etc.).P.).
But the cleanliness of the base under the carpet should be ensured: remove debris, dust, wash the floors and wait until they are completely dry. And only then proceed to laying the carpet according to one of the methods you like. At the same time, the air temperature in the room should be constant (about 15-18 degrees).
The most convenient way for beginners to lay carpet is called loose laying. The roll rolls out onto its floor area plus a margin of 10 cm with a call to the walls. When the carpet has matured a little, it is rolled out on the floor with a special roller from the center to the edges. Turnkey apartment repair in Moscow will cost a lot, but it will save you time and save you from disappointment, which after repairing with your own hands is not uncommon.
After all the material is smoothed out on the floor, it is necessary to cut off the excess carpet, and press the edges to the base with skirting boards.
The method of laying carpet according to the fixing method is more complicated, therefore it requires little skill. Before laying a floor covering, it is necessary to lay a mesh double-sided adhesive tape on it.
After the adhesive tape is securely fixed to the floor, the carpet is laid on the grid to make a fitting with a margin of 5 cm. Then the carpet is rolled up, and the protective film is removed from the top layer of adhesive tape. And after that, the coating is laid in its place, and the excess carpet is carefully trimmed around the entire perimeter.
But the most qualitative and more reliable is the method of stretching the carpet (stretching). To do this, along the perimeter of the room along the walls, thin wooden slats are laid on the floor, which are fastened together at the corners. The carpet of the required size (without stock) is laid on the floor, and the edges of the material are fixed with nails on these rails. At the same time, the smaller the pitch between the nails, the more reliable the fastening will be.
When fixing the carpet in this way, it must be well stretched to create an even coating. Do not be afraid to tear the material – elasticity refers to the positive characteristics of the carpet.