Installation of laminate on old parquet floor

With the help of a modern laminate, you can finish the floor in most rooms of the apartment and house. At the same time, many owners love the product primarily for the elementary installation technology. Indeed, you do not need to be a serious specialist in order to lay a laminate with high quality. In addition, it can be mounted on old parquet floors. How to carry out this event correctly? It involves the following actions.

1. Parquet preparation for laminate installation

In general, there are quite a few reasons for laying laminate on old parquet flooring. Among the most serious advantages: the ability of parquet to increase heat and sound insulation, increase shock absorption, and provide additional protection against wet fumes from the lower floor.

But, of course, first the parquet floors need to be prepared so that the laminate can be laid without any problems. The owner should take a good look at the old floor covering and sand it thoroughly on the most uneven areas. You should also more reliably grab those parquet planks that have managed to move away from the surface. You can even use metal fasteners for this.

2. Laying the substrate before installing the laminate

In rare cases, when the parquet is too uneven, the owner can additionally lay the underlay. For example, on such a floor covering it will be possible to lay simple plywood, MDF panels, technical cork. But, again, this makes sense only if there are especially large defects on the parquet initially.

3. Installation of laminate on prepared parquet floors

Lay the laminate in this case in the same way as on any other rough base. In particular, you first need to assemble the first row along a long wall, combining the elements only with the ends. The next row is already mounted to this row. In addition, the rows are also offset relative to each other. It turns out that the laminate panels are placed in a staggered manner when forming the flooring. This avoids the appearance of criss-crossing seams. Accordingly, the overall strength and rigidity of the finish will be as high as possible.

After the entire floor is covered with laminate, the owner will only have to install the skirting boards. Unlike the same parquet, the laminate does not need additional decorative finishing. The owner relieves himself of many problems in the future. This technology is really capable of giving excellent results. You just need to approach the procedure more carefully.