Vinyl floor tiles - reviews , photos, recommendations

tile floors vinyl (PVC) - the relevance, practicality and durability

now offers the consumer vinyl (PVC) tiles is a product consisting of several layers, the top of which simulates the desired coating (wood, stone, etc.).The basis of such a material is polyvinyl chloride (PVC), mixed with various fillers, determine the properties of the final product.

These include resin, quartz grit, plasticizers, stabilizers.All layers are firmly spresovyvayutsya each other under the influence of certain pressure and high temperatures.Finished floor Vinyl tile PVC has good antistatic properties, is quite resistant to fire, moisture and chemical resistance.

With the ability to mimic different materials, until the metal.Ideal for any interior, regardless of the style decision.

This coating keeps the nice heat in the room and has good sound insulation properties.According to him, in contrast to the ceramic tile, nice walk even in extreme cold.Of course, in words to explain all the advantages of the cladding material is difficult, because the self-adhesive vinyl floor tiles, a video of which is presented on our website, each user opens differently.Someone more important than its aesthetic qualities, but someone pays attention to durability.

Particular attention should be paid to kvartsvinilovomu coating.This distinguishes the tile composition and thus performance.The fact that the quartz-vinyl floor tile consists for 60-80% of silica fume, and only the remaining 20-40% - vinyl and various modifiers.

Due to this, the finished product is characterized by a high degree of hardness, strength and wear resistance. However, it is worth considering that the installation of such a coating would have to take great care and accuracy than the installation of flexible PVC tiles.

Vinyl Floor Tiles - preparing the ground for laying

The process of laying this type of cladding coating is hardly time-consuming, however, due attention should be paid to the preparation of the base.The fact that the vinyl floor tile is laid only on a dry and level surface.As a rule, carried out on laying concrete screed quality, plywood or wooden joists.Thus, you have a choice - you can lay a floor lined with plywood, and it laid the material or have a smooth concrete floor.

If you are more impressed with the first option, you should choose water-resistant plywood, sheet thickness which ranges from 12-15 mm.For convenience, the sheets are cut into squares of 50x50 cm and attached to the floor with an adhesive or mastic.Fixing serve as additional fasteners.After laying the plywood made its polishing and cleaning.Humidity plywood used shall not exceed 10%!

Note that laying on plywood - this is not your option, if the room is high humidity or under-floor heating.Under such conditions and the deformation of the plywood sheets, respectively, PVC tiles will occur.

If you decide to carry out laying of the finishing coating on the existing concrete base, rate it for defects.Thus, small cracks and chips can be eliminated by the polymer cement composition.Elevation, large cracks and holes - with the help of quick-self-leveling compounds.After their drying is necessary to carry out grinding base, removal of debris, dirt and dust, its priming.Only after that it will be ready for installation.

laying vinyl tile - the pros and cons

If you have never had not performed such works and do not know how to lay tile properly, carefully read the instructions supplied with it and consider a number of nuances.

Firstly, the material must lie down in the room where it will be stowed.

Secondly, glued tiles should be fully in order to avoid the formation of air bubbles between it and the floor base.

In addition, you need to stock up on the following materials and tools:

• rope;
• chalk;
• measuring tape;
• knife;
• protractor;
• glue;
• tamping shaft.

worth noting that the tiles can be normal (for the installation you will need glue) and self-adhesive.Its feature is the presence of the protected film adhesive layer.For the paving will be enough to remove a layer of the protective film and press the tile to the floor surface.Of course, self-adhesive tiles significantly reduces the timeframe and effort at work.

If you no longer liked the semi-solid quartz-vinyl tiles, then the installation will have to be guided by the recommendations of the manufacturer.On the material packs always specify which adhesive composition is preferable.Usually, the best option for placing a dispersion adhesive.So, to start the work, you need to identify the center of the room.Make it pretty simple.

Take a measuring tape and use it to mark the middle of two opposite walls.Intended to be tied into a rope and chalk slide across the floor to her proper line.Once again, use a tape measure and mark the middle of the line obtained, then take a protractor and set angle of 90˚.Carry out the second line, which is perpendicular to the first.As a result, the floor in your room to be divided into four equal squares maximum.

You can then proceed to adhesion of the coating.To do this, the adhesive composition must be applied to a ¼ of the room space and give it a little dry (tile will "ride" on the floor).Then, in strict accordance with the lines carried out, the floor tile is laid and pressed tightly.To remove out of her air bubbles should cover every element to tap a rubber mallet or ironed tamping shaft.

When laying the material around the walls are surpluses, they can be cut easily with a knife.Laying is performed in the direction from the room center to the walls.Do not forget to leave a gap between the tiles and the wall!

Sure, tell all the nuances of laying this type of flooring is quite difficult.In addition, to receive the information in a text form and then correctly implement this knowledge in practice, too difficult.That is why the laying of vinyl tiles, video with details of which can be found on our website, it should be examined visually.The video will allow you to examine in more detail the main stages of work.