Laying tiles - often the most sensitive issue in the whole complex of works accompanying the repair of a bathroom. Even the repair of baths, the restoration of their coverage - far less time-consuming procedure and requires care, because it is necessary not simply to lay the tile, as they say domino, "ass to ass" - then there is the mass of technological nuances not obvious at first glance, but could lead to serious consequences in the future.
First of all, make sure you chose ceramic tile is really designed for installation wherever you are going - on the floor or wall, properly selected tile - the first cause of short life! Of the preparatory stages is also worth noting the preparation of the surface. Where possible, the tiling should be done in most capital base - a concrete slab or plaster, otherwise, how would quality was not done packing, unreliable base will eventually cause their black, do not forget that tile, and hence quite heavy.
If you can not get to the very solid foundation, such as laying tile is supposed to wooden floor or a wall made of plasterboard or chipboard, you need to see to it that the ground was tough enough, if possible, strengthen the skeleton, or at least how you can secure stronger sheets. Base, which "walks by itself" - not the best choice, try to not only strength but also stiffness base was the highest.
To improve the adhesion surface on which you plan to lay the tile, it is desirable to handle the ground (primer) - such a procedure would tile adhesive as a foothold on the ground and improve the quality of fixing tiles. Of course, that before this should be more or less even out the surface - plaster or zashpatlevat holes to shoot down lugs, etc., it would substantially reduce adhesive consumption, as it allows the person who will be laid tile, working with the minimum distance from the wall, and hence minimal technology layer of tile adhesive.
Repair usually involves laying bathroom tile as the floor and the walls, and it's worth noting that not always maintained the correct sequence of these operations. The fact that the right to start laying the floor, forming a flat plane, which then can be guided, beginning to lay the tile on the wall.
It is important to observe the stacking technology, especially the tile adhesive - store, stir and apply it should be strictly according to instructions of the manufacturer. Ceramic tiles for many years is not glued to the cement slurry, there are a lot of glue solutions designed specifically for this operation. Important points are slightly different for different adhesives, depending on the manufacturer and type of glue. It is important to maintain the proportions in which a dry mixture is dissolved with water, and keep track of maintaining the fixation time and shelf life of diluted glue.
Laying tile can be made "stitch in the seam" and shifting each subsequent row of half the width of the tile. Both methods might look nice, the choice is to try to collect a few rows on the floor or a table both ways, it will facilitate the selection of fashion styling.
If you plan to lay the tile yourself, you should also take into account that the method of placing "a seam in the seam" is simpler in this case using remote crosses, which allows to achieve acceptable results with minimum effort.
At first, lay out everything you can lay a whole tile, then you can deal with trimming. Itself sticking tiles - a simple matter, and lies in the fact that on the basis of special (so-called "teeth") is applied by trowel putty and spread with more or less evenly. Tile prior to laying a good bit moisten the back side, damage from this will not happen, and for some types of ceramic tiles such an operation can achieve a better bonding. Then the tile is laid on the adhesive and aligned on the level with the others, already stacked tiles, and leveled the distance to the nearest bars, while fairly easy to use remote crosses.
Pruning (incomplete tiles) are measured individually, because of uneven walls, irregular geometry of the room, etc. tile sizes can vary significantly along the length of the series. Cut the tiles to the size you want is not always easy, especially for floor tile varieties. Advisable not to try to break the tiles - you can not just make a mistake with the size or break it in several places, such an operation could create a rift within the tile, it will not be visible, but over time such tiles must crack to the troubled spot. So much more appropriate to cut the tiles with special equipment - tile, or, in extreme cases, angle grinders machines (ie the usual grinders). Try to keep minimum distances, because the better the tiles adjacent to the nearest surface, the stronger finish.
If the surface on which the tile is laid, has exits of pipes, electrical installation, or junction boxes, valves or other items that will appear from the plane, under items such as a rule, drilled holes in the corresponding tile. Most often do so through drills, but the cutting tool may vary - it could be diamond drill bit, if you want to drill a hole of small diameter, but for larger holes have experienced tilers have a set of bits with a diamond coating. If you want custom-diameter drilling hole, use either a slider (an instrument something like a compass, only one leg has a diamond cutting part), or tungsten saw (tool is quite similar to the usual jigsaw). Curved holes can also be cut tungsten saw or, alternatively, a special diamond nail file for Jig (in this case, it is important to remember the cutting conditions, if the hurry, you can ruin an expensive tool). To facilitate the process, you can pre-drill some holes along the contour of future openings, then cut down a wall between them. Of course, you can simply break them down gently, but the appearance of this "figure" hole, usually leaves much to be desired. A little help to equalize the tabs file.
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