Laying carpet

Good flooring should have many qualities. First of all, it must be durable, warm, aesthetic and, of course, affordable. With the help of good coverage you can embody any design projects. All these advantages has a soft and comfortable carpet, which provides excellent thermal insulation.

In carpet, as well as other floor coverings, there are a number of features that need to be taken into account before laying it on a selected surface.

Before buying a carpet, you need to measure the area of ​​the room and add 10% to the resulting value, as a rule, it is only slightly larger than the original data and is within 1-2 square meters.

It is best to put carpet without seams. To date, manufacturers produce a variety of options of different widths, and therefore to find the best copy will not be difficult.

The width of the carpet is determined by the side having the smallest value. If the room has a size of 3.5x5.5 m, then the width of the floor covering to be acquired should be at least 4 m. In addition, measuring the area of ​​the room, you need to draw a plan and mark the location of the doorway, various projections and columns on it. If you plan to lay the carpet stripes (that is, with a seam), then to the length of the first you need to add 5-6 cm, and the length of the second strip is carried out taking into account the figure.

Before the direct laying of the floor covering you need to follow some rules. The first thing you should pay attention to is temperature and humidity.

The optimum humidity for these works should not exceed 70-74%, and the air temperature should be above 17 degrees, but not more than 27 degrees.

If laying is planned in the cold period of time, then bought a carpet must necessarily stand in the room for at least 24 hours in a horizontal position.

The floor on which the installation is planned, must be cleaned from dust and dirt. The surface should be smooth, dry and fairly hard.

Do not forget about such an additional element as the substrate. Its presence will smooth out small defects of the floor covering, increase the life of the carpet and, of course, thanks to this detail the floor will be warmer.

The substrate may consist of different materials. It can be polyurethane foam, felt of artificial or natural origin, as well as rubber with a corrugated or flat surface.

The most important indicator of the quality of the substrate is the elasticity.

Today, manufacturers produce many types of carpet, so before buying it you need to pay attention to some details.

The carpet can be made of different materials using various methods. In addition, the products of carpet are painted in different ways. The pile itself may have a different height and even shape.

The materials used for the manufacture of carpet, can be of natural, artificial and mixed origin.

Cotton, wool, wool and jute can be used as natural fibers. Artificial options include acrylic, nylon, olefin and latex, used as a lining material.Carpet from mixed fibers contains both synthetic and natural yarns.

The type of pile is another indicator that you should pay attention to:

• The most qualitative is considered to be the Saxony species, produced using a special technology due to which the surface has a grainy appearance.
• Another inexpensive and unpretentious look, recognized by consumers and deserving of their trust, is Vkroll. In the manufacture of this type are used multi-colored threads, and the coating itself consists of several levels. Outwardly, such a carpet looks very attractive.
• No less attractive looks Boucle. In addition to the fact that this look is quite durable, it also has an original shape, made thanks to a method in which special knitting is used.

• In the production of this type of frieze is used twisted curly thread.
• Based on the data, when choosing a carpet, you need to focus on the features of the room in which it will be laid.
• For a bedroom, a high pile covering will be the best option, and for a living room the pile length should be less, so a short tufted carpet will be the best choice.
• For the hallway, a good solution would be to acquire a needle-punched coating with water-repellent properties.
• For the bathroom, a wear-resistant flocking carpet is suitable, consisting of nylon threads, which give this coating anti-slip properties.

When laying the carpet can not do without special tools. There are basic types, without which lay the cover will not work, but there are additional ones that may be needed only with a certain method of installation.

• To cut the floor covering, you can use different knives. Fortunately, today their range is great.
• The metal ruler will be used in measurements, and serve as a guide for the knife.
• If such a method of laying is chosen as tension, then it is impossible to do without a gripper. This device is a rail with hammered spikes at an angle of 45 degrees. It is installed and then driven into the perimeter of the room.

• Stretcher-kicker is also used for tensioning the carpet. With it, the edges of the coating are stretched on the rail.
• Fixing the carpet with glue, you will need a notched trowel.
• Ordinary spatulas will be required if the need arises to remove the old adhesive layer, and they can also be used to remove excess glue.
• In order to lay the carpet exactly, you need a special hard and wide roller. With it, roll out and straighten the coating.

In order for the carpet to lie flat and serve for a long time, you need to properly prepare the surface. Depending on its type there are various preparatory work.

Before laying the carpet on the concrete floor, it is necessary to prepare the surface. Deep cracks are smeared with mastic, small ones are dashed with a sealant. Then you need to lead the primer concrete.

If this is not done, the dust will constantly be knocked out from under the carpet. In addition, various unevenness and roughness can damage the substrate.

After priming and dusting, the concrete is thoroughly cleaned with bleach to prevent mold. After this treatment, the concrete is again washed with water.

Concrete - the material is cold, so for good insulation carpet better lay on the substrate.But there is another way by which you can insulate a concrete surface - this is an infrared carbon floor. It has the form of a film on which the heating elements are located. Experts say that the film type is the best option, suitable for carpet.

Thanks to the infrared radiation emanating from the carbon elements, the floor will always be warm. The use of film coating does not require pre-screed. In addition, on top of this coating can be laid almost any type of carpet.

For water floor is better to use a special type of carpet. As a rule, manufacturers indicate whether this type of coating is intended for laying over a heated floor.

Before laying it is necessary to conduct a series of preparatory work. To do this, you need to level the surface with a special mixture, and fill the irregularities. Next, the base is double primed.

If a polystyrene system is used, then under the carpet the sheets of plywood or gypsum-fiber plates are additionally stacked, the joints between which need to be puttied.

Laying carpet on a wooden floor without preparation is also impossible.

To do this, there are special processing methods:

• In the first case it is necessary to lay sheets of chipboard. The formed joints need to be treated with putty and primed.
• In the second case, it is necessary to remove the heads of the nails protruding on the surface, and then put the surface in order with a scraper. After that, the surface is primed and filled with a special mixture.

The carpet can be laid on the parquet without preliminary preparation, but only if there are no various irregularities on it. If the parquet rivets are knocked out, as a result of which all sorts of pits and bumps are formed, then these defects will have to be treated with a special putty. For reliability, it is better to use a substrate that will help smooth out some irregularities.

On smooth surfaces, such as laminate, linoleum or tile, carpet is laid using double-sided tape. Previously, these surfaces are cleaned of dust and washed. No special events are required.

Carpet - universal cover, so you can lay it not only in living rooms, but also on the balcony.The main requirements for carpets - is strength and moisture resistance. As a heater, you can use the substrate or pre-install infrared film floor.

To date, there are several ways in which you can lay carpet.

The easiest and fastest way is considered free styling. It is suitable if the room has a small area, and it is possible to lay the coating in one piece.

Carpet is attached either to double-sided tape or fixed around the perimeter of the room using a plinth. In both cases, there is an instruction that needs to be performed step by step.

The method of fixation on the perimeter:

• the carpet is laid on the floor with the edges on the walls. The magnitude of the inversion ranges from 6-10 cm.
• Then the surface of the carpet must be leveled from the central part to the walls.
• In all corners you need to make a cut in the form of a check mark (V).
• Now you can begin to trim the excess. It is better to do this from the central part, as this will help avoid uneven pruning. It is necessary to cut the canvas so that the distance between the edge of the carpet and the canvas in the range of 5-10 mm remains.Thanks to such gaps, there will be no swelling and wrinkles.
• Let the carpet lie down for some time, then pull and fasten it to the baseboard.
• Near the doorway carpet is fixed with a special rail.

The method of attachment to the tape:

• Scotch tape or special tape is glued to the prepared surface around the perimeter of the room in the form of a grid. The size of the side of an arbitrary square should not exceed 50 cm. It is not necessary to remove the upper protective tape.
• Then the carpet is laid and the excess is trimmed.
• One part of the cover is wrapped up to the middle of the floor and laid down on the nap surface.
• The protective tape is gradually removed, and the canvas is laid neatly on the floor. At the same time the surface is carefully rolled.
• The second part of the coating is laid in a similar way.
• Now install the plinth.

Installation on glue is the most reliable. It is used in rooms where there is a significant load on the floor.

Installing carpet on glue is carried out in the following order:

• you must first lay the cover and cut it in the right places.
• Then half of the carpet should be folded in half (pile down). Glue is applied on the opened surface.
• Carpet is glued to the prepared surface. During this process, the coating should be well pressed and smoothed from the center to the edges, using a roller.
• The rest of the carpet should be glued in the same way. We remove the cut off surplus and fasten the plastic baseboard.

The following method relates to glueless styling methods.

Stretching method occurs in the following steps:

• first you need to install grippers around the perimeter of the room.
• Now you can lay the carpet and stretch it with a stretcher on the slats.
• After that, surpluses are cut and special skirting boards are installed.

Sometimes the area of ​​the room can have a significant size. Then you have to lay carpet two or more canvases. To lay it straight, and the seam was invisible, you need to properly join the canvas.

To the joints of the paintings were not so noticeable, you need to put them perpendicular to the window opening. Thanks to this arrangement, the joints of the carpet with the penetration of sunlight will be almost invisible. In addition, laying the canvas, you must remember about the direction of the pile. On all parts he must look one side.

As a rule, laying several carpets in the carpet is carried out in rooms with a large load, therefore the docking of the cloths is carried out with the help of glue. Laying the material, it is necessary not only to put correctly, but also to carefully join the canvases.

To do this, you need to impose the edges on each other and as much as possible to combine them according to the pattern. Then it is necessary to cut off both edges of the paintings at once with a single motion, after which you can apply glue to the inner surface and join the edges.

For staircases, wear-resistant type of carpet is selected. You can lay it yourself a whole cloth or trim in small pieces.

Laying a wide canvas has its own name - a waterfall, and the attachment of individual pieces is called a hat.

Both methods can be used for straight stairs without bends, and only a lumpy method is suitable for screw structures.

Before laying it is necessary to make a template, according to which the necessary piece of carpet will be cut out later:

• To do this, attach a part of the paper sheet to the step, and lower part to the area directly under the step, pressing it well to the surface with a spatula.
• Then you need to gently smooth the sheet.
• According to the pattern, you can cut a detail of the desired size from the carpet. Now you can start laying, starting from the bottom of the flight of stairs.
• Fixation of the coating can be done with glue or slats. But a more reliable method of attachment is the adhesive method.

In order to cut the floor covering at home, it is necessary to use knives of various configurations.

To remove the excess from the edges, it will be more convenient to use a sickle-shaped knife, thanks to which it will not be difficult to pick up the edge of the cover.

It is very convenient to use a cutter for flooring, resembling in its shape a triangle with a handle,inside which is a disc-shaped knife. This design has a very sharp blade that can be easily replaced if necessary.

Very convenient device are electric scissors. This device is easy to use, safe in the cutting process and has a compact size. In addition, this device runs on a battery, so it is not tied to the mains.

There are more professional devices. These include various configurations of electric knives with blades in the form of a disk. However, if you do not intend to continue to professionally carpeting in the future, then you should not buy expensive tools.

According to numerous user reviews, laying your own hands will not be difficult if you approach this process responsibly, take into account all the nuances and follow the step-by-step instructions.

Special attention, according to many users, needs to be paid to preliminary training. Properly treated surface is the key to long-term service carpet.

Learn more about how to lay the carpet yourself, you will learn from the following video.