How to put a tile for the bathroom

To repair the bathroom often use tiles.Today this material producers so that the buyer is unlikely to feel that his choices are limited.Different textures, shapes, colors and sizes - anyone can select a tile to your taste.Consider some of the subtleties of the selection of this material, as well as step by step procedure for tiling the bathroom.

How to choosetile

Today in sale is a wide variety of tiles.Therefore, the ignorant buyer it is very difficult to choose a something suitable.Another serious problem is the determination of the required number of tiles, iebuy as much material as you need for the job.Sometimes, to perform the work lacks purchased tiles, and have to go back to the store.Sometimes overpay and buy more than you need.And overpayment turns serious.If only for this reason buy the tile is in the big stores.After all, they are often without any particular problems can take it back the remains.In any case it is better to buy more material than necessary, because it will determine how much you need to buy more - much more difficult.Moreover, it is likely that the store will not replenish it necessary goods, and your repair can permanently remain unfinished.

But buying a tile with an excess, too, need to mind.Pre necessarily make the necessary measurements of the surface, to be oblitsevat tiles.Material should be taken with a reserve, but not more than 5%.If you come to the store and choose the right tile for you, be sure to ask the seller whether a sufficient amount of it is available at the store.In general, choose the best suitable material before the measurements, especially if you plan to use an expensive commodity.When you know the dimensions of the desired tile, take a piece of paper and draw a schematic plan your bath.This plan should be deployed, where each wall is depicted separately.Thus, to avoid errors in calculations is important to observe scale.Do not calculation on square meter, and the number of tiles.When the plan is ready, it can be applied to the wall tile contours.

Unfortunately, rarely gender dimensions and the walls are multiples of the size of the tiles.Therefore, (mostly for space angles), the material will have to be cut.Note on the terms of the locations for which tile will be cut, while select them in such a way as to cut tiles was the least noticeable.If you correctly calculate the plan, you will thereby reduce the amount of the cut material.When the plan is ready, it is possible to calculate the required number of tiles.

Room preparation

When all the necessary material is purchased, proceed to the preparation room.First of all, it is necessary to make furniture.She will be greatly disturbed.Also, be sure to close the valves of hot and cold water.Also carefully remove the plumbing, especially if you do not plan to change it.

in the prepared room walls and floor are already faced with the old tiles.This tile must be removed.For this purpose the most suitable punch set in hammer mode.But before starting this tool, it is desirable to repel the lower tile by hand, for example, by bit.Do not worry about the fact that some old tiles will fall off, along with pieces of plaster and glue.This layer is in any case have to be removed.

Methods tile

Before watching and laying of tiles, it is necessary to consider ways of its styling, which there are several.

The easiest way is to direct styling that is most suitable for beginners.

In order to get enough of a spectacular final surface of the room is better to use square-shaped diagonal laying.This method helps to disguise the sloping surface, but it takes experience to him.

classic version of tile in two colors is laying in a checkerboard pattern.

Another way of stacking is offset stacking.In this case, each subsequent row of ceramic material is placed with a certain offset with respect to the previous row of tiles.This option is well suited for use in rectangular rooms.

material can be laid out in a mosaic of tiles of different sizes and colors.It's quite difficult option, which requires experience.At the stage of drawing up the plan must be noted on it the place where will be located the insert, borders and other decorative details.In drawing up the plan should strive to ensure that at doorways and corners as small as possible narrow strips of tile.

Tools and materials

to work, we need the adhesive for ceramic tiles.It is a dry mixture, dilute with water.You will need the capacity, which will cook the glue.To mix will need a drill.More work is needed in the process of building level and trowel with a clove.In order to remove the excess glue will need a sponge.For cutting tiles - Bulgarian or Tile.The edges of the cut tiles will have to grind.For this you need to be a corundum bar.Furthermore, in the process you will need to form the seams between the tiles.For this purpose crosses are required of plastic.At the end of the repair needed grout.

Waterproofing

In the process of laying tile important an element as waterproofing.Some people think, whether under the bathroom tiles needed it underestimate and ignore.But knowledgeable people recommend to do the waterproofing in any room where the water supply and water supply.After these works, you will protect from water flow not only themselves, but also their neighbors.

Before installing the tiles on the floor, apply a special waterproofing coating.As a waterproofing protective materials can be used, which are applied with glue.Before applied waterproofing layer to be processed using a surface primer.It will provide a good grip with the floor of the protective layer.Then you need to put yourself waterproofing layer.There are several ways to do this.One of them is a method of coating application.It is great if you need to protect from moisture only floor.To this dry mixture material is diluted with water until a homogeneous mass.When the mixture is ready, it should be with a special roller to put it on the floor on a flat plot.In remote places the mixture should be applied with a spatula.The joints are best to lay a waterproof tape.Waterproofing also be applied to the wall, taking into account the value of the planned floor.The protective layer must be applied in several stages.After the application of the next layer before applying the next have to wait five or six hours.After applying the last layer should be left on the finished floor per day.Understanding the importance of waterproofing the floor should not be a problem if a tile is placed under the bath.

There is also a method of applying a paint waterproofing.It is more easy and convenient way, but less durable (service life of up to five years).In this case, apply special waterproofing emulsion is applied to the work surface with a roller.

floor Alignment

To lay the material on the floor screed quality required, which will guarantee that under the bathroom tiles lie flat.In addition, further work is much easier to do when the surface is laid sufficiently evenly.Leveling the floor is desirable to carry out with the help of construction spetssmesey.In order to prevent moisture from getting into hard to reach places, and that there is no accumulation, the floor is better to make a slight slope.This can make the skip on the perimeter walls of the horizontal level, and then attach the guide rail.

When screed is ready, you should fill in a special floor leveling compounds, which can be purchased at any hardware store.There are some nuances when laying tiles on a wooden floor.The fact that such a floor without screed and waterproofing will last very long, because it will get wet.Fill should start from the far end of the room and gradually move toward the door.The solution in this case should be distributed evenly.Following the work should leave the floor for three days, so that it can dry completely.Before you put the tiles under the bath, it is recommended primed work surface, thereby improving grip.

Laying tiles under the bathroom

1. for laying floor tiles are usually used.Before you glue the tiles, it is desirable to start it easy to lay and to see how it will lie.Cut tiles have anyway.This chopped material is best to allocate as close as possible to the edge.To lay the tiles exactly make it easier, it is recommended during the fitting tiles, using a conventional marker or chalk streak on the floor layout.
2. should start laying from the far corner.For previously used special glue diluted.The adhesive should be applied not on the tiles, and the floor with a notched trowel.
3. The material is then pressed firmly against the surface and rattles on all sides by means of a hammer.It should strengthen its grip on the floor.Between the tiles need to lay special crosses that form the joints.In addition, you'll need wedges with which it will be possible to align the joints between the tiles.During operation, be sure to monitor the evenness of stacking using a spirit level.
4. During operation there will always be residual adhesive, which need to be removed from the surface as quickly as possible, until it is dry.Otherwise you can complicate a job.When the main
5. whole tiles have been laid, it is possible to cut the required amount of material using the Tile or use a hacksaw for metal.Puts cut tiles on the previously planned location.When the material is already densely laid down on the surface to be repaired by means of sealing seams composition.
6. Once the tile is fully laid, it is necessary to wait for about three days until the adhesive and grout is completely dry.When everything is dry, you need to clean the floor with a damp sponge, and then remove the excess sealant.