In order to lay linoleum, you need to choose it correctly. And then check the surface of the linoleum, it should be stiff and solid. After the purchase, you need to spread it on the floor for one day. Before laying it, the base is carefully prepared, it should be clean and cleaned of dust and dirt, it is better not to cover a new coating on the old. The traditional technology of laying linoleum on the floor provides for the alignment of the base using the use of the screed.
This method of work is very laborious. Among other things, this base is quite cold and does not contribute to the creation of a cozy environment. Linoleum is quite plastic and the base for it should be carefully prepared so that the irregularities are not visible on the surface of linoleum, which easily appear on its outer side after laying. The evenness of the base is achieved by laying sand-cement, concrete and other screeds.
Monolithic screeds are made from such solutions that have a stamp one hundred and fifty or higher. The thickness of the screed should be up to fifty millimeters – all this depends on the lower layer. If such linoleum is laid on the screed. Which contains mastic, then it needs to be primed with a primer primer. Screeds for evenness are checked by rails and levels. Between the sheets, the resulting gaps are filled with putty. Nails, dowels, screws drowned to a depth of five millimeters.