When decorating floors in an apartment, several types of flooring are often, if not always, used at once. Especially popular are “combinations” of laminate and tiles, carpet and laminate, engineered boards and tiles, etc.
If you think that you can't do without using a bar in such cases, let the expert of the online publication "BelNovosti", designer Yulia Tychino, dissuade you.
The main secret is that instead of laying the laminate on the underlay, assembling it, etc., it is worth gluing it to the floor.
In this case, two conditions should be observed. Firstly, the screed should be perfectly flat. Self-leveling floors are suitable for the finishing layer.
Secondly, to ensure better sound insulation, glue the laminate to technical cork and plywood.
The professionalism of the master you have entrusted to do the work is of great importance. His task is to fine-tune the level of the screed in both places – where the tiles will be and where the board will be.
It goes without saying that due to the difference in the height of the tiles and laminate, this level will not match, which means that there will also be a difference in the level of the screed.
Therefore, together with the tiles, which, as you know, are chosen first, decide on the second material in order to give a clear task to the tiler and parquet layer.
The joint itself can be filled with a cork compensator, silicone, acrylic or silacrylic – basically, whatever your heart desires.
Expert: Julia Tychino
