Want to refresh the floor covering noticeably, but are not ready for long and costly repairs? We have made for you a short list of alternative solutions.
1 Krasim
One of the most popular and economical ways to update the floor is painting. And you can paint not only natural wood, but also laminate, and even ceramic tiles. To improve the clutch of paint with the surface it is better to pre-use adhesive soil. And the paint choose the most stable (focusing on the type of floor coating).
Each layer of paint should be good, and then the painted floor should be covered with several layers of abrasion resistant varnish.
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Important moment: Varnish must be suitable for use in residential premises. You do not want to get the strength of coverage to the detriment of your own health, right?
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2 Put linoleum
A good exit for those whose gender is more or less smooth, but its appearance is not good anywhere, - Linoleum. Manufacturers offer a lot of options for coating, pleasing and texture, and additional properties (say, noise insulation).
Lifehak: In many construction hypermarkets you will be able to trim the linoleum on the desired size, so you will definitely cope with self-laying. Yes, and the "hit" on the budget will be gentle.
3 Choose PVC tile
Another version of the new floor finish is PVC tile. It has the advantages of laminate and linoleum, and with stacking (especially adhesive-based tiles), even far from construction and repair people will cope. Such a coating is relatively not budget. But it is perfectly suitable even for "wet" zones.
4 Apply vinyl stickers
Surely you have already heard of special vinyl stickers capable of instantly transforming a kitchen apron or a wall of the wall? Good news: such a finish exists in the outdoor version. To refresh this way, the floor in a large room will be unprofitable in terms of price and quality ratio, but for small rooms (for example, a hallway or bathroom) and independent rapid repair is a standing find.
5 Stelm carpets and tracks
If you are not ready at all to what repairs, the old floor can be mostly hidden under carpets and tracks. By the way, on the backdrop of a new modern textile, the coating can look very well, to become a vintage highlight.
6 Repair partially
Sometimes partial repair is a more reasonable solution than the complete replacement of the floor covering. First of all, it concerns the floors from the natural tree and natural stone: they are subject to grinding and restoration.
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It is possible to replace only the damaged section of the wooden floor, toning it and re-covered with varnish, - in a word, to transform the available coating so that it will not be recognized.
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Particular repairs are also subject to the floor laid out by ceramic tiles. What can be done:
- Update grout;
- Gently replace only individual (cracked, damaged) tiles;
- Decoratively arrange individual tiles in any suitable way (painting, applying pattern, decoupage, stickers).
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Also possible partial repair of the floor using the method of combining materials. If in your kitchen-living room floor in the cooking zone completely lost sight, it is possible to replace it only in part: the headset has tiled, and leave a parquet board or laminate in the rest.
Lifehak: Sometimes to transform the appearance of the floor helps a simple plinning replacement. Refuse budget plastic options in favor of more stylish and aesthetically looking - and you will see how the flooring will play.
7 We select the flooring
To update the floor on the balcony or, for example, at the entrance door in the hallway, special prefabs can be useful. Their parts are connected to each other as a designer, so refresh the coating will not be difficult.
