Have you purchased a new home and there is an old gravel floor in it that you absolutely do not want to keep? Or do you have a floor of adorn from the past in your existing home and is it in need of renewal? Then laying a PVC floor may be a nice solution. In this blog we dive a little deeper into how you can approach this and which elements you need to take into account in a PVC floor on an old gravel floor .
Looked out on the old gravel floor?
Gravel floors have been extremely popular for a period in the past. With a gravel floor, decorative gravel is secured in the floor. This creates one flat whole with gravel, so that none of these floors are the same. Today, however, there is little enthusiasm for these types of floors and we see Solza.nl Especially that people want to get rid of it as soon as possible. Fortunately, we have the solution for this.
Paste PVC on old gravel floor?
Do you want Slice PVC Lay on an old gravel floor? That certainly can! There are, however, some things to take into account. Of course it is also possible to use our Laying service To address for this. We can lay PVC floors over gravel floors throughout the Netherlands. Feel free to send us a Quote Application. Would you rather do it yourself? Then initially it is important to establish what kind of gravel floor you have.
Open or closed gravel floor?
Is it an open or closed gravel floor? A closed gravel floor is a gravel floor in which the gravel in its entirety is covered with a coating, so the floor is completely closed. Are you dealing with a gravel floor that is completely closed with a coating? Then you generally feel free to work over this with regular primer and egaline and so you will also need less egaline. Consider, for example, the Thomsit R766 Multi Primer And Thomsit OS egaline .
An open gravel floor is one where the gravel is, as it were, loose on top of the floor and have not been coated. With the latter kind of floor, it is necessary to first close the gravel floor with a special epoxy resin. An example of such an epoxy resin is, for example, the Thomsit R755 . You're not doing this? Then the Egaline Sag between the gravel and you spend a lot of money at the bottom of the line for the egaline. A cheaper alternative than the mentioned epoxy resin is to include the gravel in the layer of egaline. For example, you could add the thickness of the gravel layer to the egaline so that you still have a floor with only egaline. For this, the requirement is that there is a cement/concrete surface under the gravel floor.
What types of slab of PVC on old gravel floor?
The advantage when laying a slab PVC floor over an old gravel floor is that in principle you do not have to take into account which type of PVC floor or which laying pattern you will work with. You can choose Straight strips PVC , But you can also choose a Herringbone PVC floor , Whalebone PVC floor or a Hungarian point PVC floor. In recent times we see that especially the Floer Orka Untreated Is extremely popular with people. This slab of PVC floor with a spacious whalebone pattern is popular because of the large dimensions of the planks that can make a space appear optically larger and because of the color gradient in the floor parts, so that this specific floor fits almost any living style.
Click PVC and laminate on gravel floor?
Do you want to lay a click PVC floor or laminate in the relevant room where there is a gravel floor? Then this is a lot less labor-intensive and relatively easier to manage. The mentioned floor types can be laid floating. This means that the floor can be laid loosely on top of the existing gravel floor, of course with the correct Subfloor . Before doing this, check that there are no unevenness in the gravel floor that would cause long-term problems with your floating floor.
