How to replace a single laminate board

Laminate is one of the most sustainable flooring. But still this material is subject to deformation and damage. This may happen due to the acquisition of poor-quality coating or after a long service life. Replacing one laminate board is possible under certain circumstances. Let's talk more about this.

Laminate construction

How to replace one laminate board? To do this without problems, you need to know the structure of this material, especially the types of locks and forms of compounds. Let's remember what laminate boards are made of.

1. The top layer is a protective film made of alumina, corundum or melamine resin.
2. The decorative layer is made of furniture foil or paper carrier.
3. The basis of the material is fiberboard, plastic or HDF plates.
4. The stabilizing layer (substrate) is made of foamed polymer or cork.

Note! All material components play an important role in ensuring the decorative quality and practicality of this flooring. Therefore, the damaged laminate must be replaced in such a way that during the work it will not damage any of the layers.

Types of compounds

Before work on the replacement of the damaged area, it is necessary to consider another nuance - types of connections. There are several options on the market.

Adhesive bonding

This method of connecting a kind of relic, inherited laminate flooring. But today, this option is becoming increasingly rare and various lock connections are most in demand.

Direct lock "lock"

This connection does not require gluing boards. Reliability is achieved by fixing the spike of one board in the groove of the next. Without damage, replacing the board is very difficult here, and only a professional can handle it.

Angle, click lock

The coating with such a compound is more progressive, and gives the craftsmen a certain leeway for repairs. The design of the compound is designed so that with certain skills it can be separated. It is very convenient and allows owners to disassemble the coating without problems and damage, to replace damaged panels.

Combined lock "t-lock"

Such compounds also allow for disassembly and replacement of the laminate, followed by assembly.

Thus, two types of compounds can be distinguished.

1. Collapsible. These are swivel and combined joints of laminate locks.
2. Disposable. These include adhesive joints and “lock” straight locks.

Now it is not difficult to guess that there are two options for replacing a damaged board.

• The first humane option, based on the analysis of the coating and the replacement of the board.
• The second is only possible with the use of cutting tools.

Note! If you have purchased a secondary housing and the laminate has already been laid in the apartment, then before replacing you need to find out how to connect the coating. Ask the former owners of the apartment or try to find the trimming material.

Option one - disassemble the coating

With a swivel or a combination of connections, you just have to remove the damaged board and replace it. It would seem that everything is quite simple: they dismantled the baseboard, faked the plank, clicked off the lock, pulled it out, and replaced it with a new one. But what if you need to replace the board located far from the plinth?

In this case, before you change the laminate in the center of the room, you will have to disassemble the entire coating until you reach the damaged place. It would be better to use the second replacement option, which will be discussed below.

Consider such a case, the board requiring replacement is located on the edge in the upper corner. What you need to repair.

1. Mounting.
2. Stameska.
3. Wooden block.

Phased work plan

• First you need to release access to the coating. To do this, remove the baseboard adjacent to the repair site walls.
• Then the corner board is unlocked with a chisel. This should be done first from the long side, and then from the short side. Gently lift and pull the board out of the lock.
• After that, the remaining boards are dismantled until you completely release the damaged one.
• The last stage is the replacement of the damaged part, and the assembly of the coating in the reverse order.

Note! If you have not purchased the material with a margin, then you have to go shopping and find the right color. Before replacing the laminate, the material should rest in the room for a while in order to “get used” to the atmosphere and warm up to room temperature.

Option Two - cutting out

The first option to replace the laminate board, can be performed by anyone, but if you need to replace the board with a glue joint, then there is no need for a special tool.

What you need:

1. Circular parquet saw.
2. Mounting.
3. Pliers.
4. File.
5. Stameska.
6. Marker or pencil.
7. Glue.

Replacement Instructions

Mark up the place of the cut. To cut the damaged part, it is necessary to mark it. They do this from the four corners of the board, departing from their edges by 5 cm. Then in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the board from these marks are drawn lines at an angle of 45 °, they form triangles whose vertices are connected by a longitudinal line.

Perform a cut. Next, you need to cut the board with a circular saw. The cut should go along the inside perimeter of the rectangle. Saw it is necessary on all sides and then carefully remove the cut part.

Note! In order to carefully cut the board, you need to have skills in working with the parquet saw, it can be adjusted to the required depth of cut, this will allow you to make a cut more accurately. When working, exercise maximum care so that the cut line is smooth.

Remove the remnants of the laminate. When the main part of the board is cut, you need to remove the butt parts. A chisel and a hammer will help. Gently pry the first segment of the chisel from the bottom, and gently tap at the junction. As a result, the adhesive bond should crack and you can easily remove it.

In the version with the castle connection, this will be much easier.

Cooking board for replacement. Before installing a new board, you must prepare it. For this, the connecting spike is filed with a file. He needs to give a wedge shape. Now it can be inserted without problems.

Clean the surface. Before installation, the cutting place is thoroughly cleaned from debris with a vacuum cleaner. If glue or fragments of an old compound remained in the joints, they are carefully cleaned with a chisel.

Installation of a new board. After inserting a new board and making sure that it fits exactly, we treat all sides with glue and immediately insert it into place. Then fix the repair site. This can be done with a board of an appropriate size, on which you can put something heavy.

Remnants of glue should be removed immediately, and the coating can be used after 12 hours.

If necessary, carrying out the replacement of one area of ​​coverage will not be difficult. But before carrying out such work, you need to inspect the place of repair. Maybe the problem is not too radical and it will be enough to restore the laminate., without resorting to its repair.

Video

This video shows how to replace a laminate board.