Sooner or later, every owner of such housing will have to repair the floor in the "Khrushchevka". Because of the structural features of the floor covering in the houses belonging to the Khrushchev times, making it a relatively expensive and labor-consuming occupation is to be reconstructed. Significantly save will help self-conduct all necessary work.
The cheapest option of how to change floors in "Khrushchev"
The least expensive will be to sew the floor with sheets of particleboard or plywood, the thickness of which should not be less than 8 mm. This will perfectly fix lags and floorboards, which will help to eliminate the creaking and punching of the sexes. For this repair, you need to lay sheets of material on the surface, tightly fix them with screws to the base and cover with linoleum , carpet or parquet. Negative side of this option is the low resistance of the floor to moisture and its fragility. However, everyone forgets about it because of its economy and speed.
But how can I quickly repair the floor in Khrushchevka:
- fill small cracks with putty;
- wide areas of drying boards are eliminated by rallying;
- eliminate the creak can be by fastening the logs to the base of the floor, which is done with self-tapping screws;
- If the boards spring or bend, then the overhaul can not be avoided.
Screed floor in Khrushchev
For this procedure, it is necessary to dismantle the floor in the Khrushchev, remove all logs and boards, clean out the old concrete surface and find the most protruding section on it. According to it, markup is done. Then all the large defects are sealed with the cement mortar, after which the floor is opened with a primer. A common screed can be poured only after the primer dries and the pits are closed.
How to level the floor in a Khrushchev if it is completely wooden?
To do this, you need to be patient with patience, sawdust, special glue, thin plywood, nails, slats and level. Of the racks on the floor is stuffed a kind of net, which is filled with a mixture of sawdust, moistened with water, and glue. It must be remembered that when drying this substance shrinks, therefore, it is necessary to do repairs in several steps, in layers 1 cm thick. After complete drying, the plywood is applied, which thickness should not be more than 1 cm.
Of course, if the apartment will be in your use for a long time, then it is worth to think about the capital reconstruction of the floor covering with the help of builders.