The floors in your house are constantly creaking.What to do in this case? First, take a closer look at them. The fact is that crevices and small cracks appear between the boards in the course of time. As a result, the floors begin to creak.
To get rid of these unpleasant soundsit is necessary either to fill up the formed cracks, or to replace separately worn out boards. In some cases, full lining of the floor may be required. But let's not go to extremes and first consider the option of sealing the cracks.
So, creaking floors, what to do?Prepare a special putty. To do this, you need fifty grams of cement, as many ordinary sawdust, twenty grams of tile joinery glue and one hundred and fifty grams of ordinary water. Glue dilute in water. The resulting mixture is put on a fire and cook until a homogeneous mass is obtained. After that, remove the mixture from the fire and add cement and sawdust into it. Sprinkle these ingredients in small portions. Add a small amount of dry building paint to the color of the floor. Apply the putty on the slots in hot condition.
In the event that the gaps between the boards are large,putty does not help. In such a situation, you should rally the floor. How to do it? Take out the nails with which the floorboards are nailed to the logs. Then on two - three boards having departed from a wall, take out one board. In the logs, shackle the braces. Dense the floorboards with wedges and nails nail them. After this, remove the staples, put the board back in place, and roll the rest of the floor boards along the rolled path.
If after this, after a while, againcreak floors, what to do then? The only answer is to completely remake the entire floor. The process is quite laborious and will require certain skills from you. If you want to get rid of the unpleasant squeak once and for all, you can act quite differently, namely, to make liquid floors in your house. If someone has not yet heard of such a variety of sex, it's time to get acquainted with her. Now we will talk about how to make self-leveling floors and consider some of their features.
It is very important to start all workprepare the surface. It must be primed, dry and clean. Otherwise, the floor will not last long. And in the very near future will swell and peel off.
By itself, the floor is dryself-leveling mixture, which is previously diluted with water. On the surface of the floor the mixture should flow smoothly. You need to work with the solution for forty minutes. During this time it is necessary to have time with a special roller for the floor with large spines to roll out the solution.
In the event that you want to warm yourfloor, then under the filling solution, you can additionally lay a system of warm floor. How to make warm floors, perhaps, today almost every man knows. Despite this, let's recall the main stages of installing a warm floor. In the first place - this is the preparation of the premises, that is, all those works that are associated with the dismantling of old floors or screeds, flooring and so on. The next stage is the preparation of risers for connecting the warm floor. Then it is necessary to lay the waterproofing and pour the black screed. Before you begin laying pipes, you should lay a foil insulation. As soon as the system of warm floors is fully assembled, a trial run is made. If everything is done correctly and there are no leaks, then you can safely proceed to a clean tie.
As you remember, our conversation began with a question"Creaks the floor, what to do?". Now let's sum up our conversation. If you want to get rid of only the squeak, then, in fact, do anything especially you do not have to. In the case when the desire to have beautiful, high-quality and warm floors prevails, the costs of both financial and physical will be much greater. The final decision is always yours.
