Professional laying of floor ceramic tiles is a coordinated, labor-intensive process that will require accurate preliminary calculations. Your independent successful work will depend on everything: a properly selected tool, a luxurious facing tile and an adhesive compound.
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What is the beauty of ceramic tiles?
The first appearance of ceramic tiles for facing the floor had many to taste. Reliable and durable ceramic tiles made it possible to produce a floor covering for a considerable period of time. The strict geometry of the squares and diamonds of the floor ceramic tiles delighted the eye and caused positive emotions.
Therefore, before buying and laying ceramic tiles, all its merits were carefully weighed. Each kind of ceramic tile is, above all:
• attractive design
• Strength
• structural density
• impermeability and scratch resistance
• simple maintenance and maintenance.
What kind of ceramic tile to choose
The properties and appearance of the tiles depend on the material of manufacture. There are the following types of ceramic tiles:
• glazed (tile)
• unglazed
• gres
• earthenware
• Mosaic
• granite tiles
• stone
• PVC.
Choosing the type of ceramic floor tiles in a bathroom or kitchen, you need to consider the cladding of walls and ceiling, as well as other decorative elements. In most cases, ceramic tiles fit into the overall interior, especially since wall and floor tiles are chosen for consistency of style and color. True, in its structure, floor tiles are always thicker and larger in size than the wall tiles. In the kitchen and bathroom rooms with daily wet cleaning, the only correct solution is the tile. Floor ceramic tiles for the kitchen can be selected in the color of wall slabs and aprons.
Stages of the process of laying ceramic tiles
Before laying ceramic tiles in the bathroom or kitchen, you need to calculate the total number of tiles. For convenience, draw on the sheet in the cell plan floor bathroom or kitchen. Next, apply a styling drawing and mark all available curbs or locations of plumbing pipes. According to such a schematic plan it is enough to calculate the number of tiles by taking a single tile for one cell. Buy and choose a tile is recommended with a small margin, this is an average of 1-2 tiles more.
The process of laying floor ceramic tiles will consist of the following stages:
• the preparatory
• positioning and placement of tiles
• application of the adhesive solution
• laying tiles
• grouting of inter-part joints.
It is necessary to take care of the glue for ceramic tiles in advance.
Preparatory work
When carrying out preparatory work, the floor is cleaned of dust, dirt and foreign stains. The old floor base is removed completely. It is necessary to have a tiny cutter at hand, with any options for tile selection, you will have to use this device. Spatula zubchaty, spatula for grouting joints, level, rubber kiyanka, a set of "crosses".
Play in the squares
Now spread the ceramic tiles and make an estimate of their placement, taking into account the technological gaps between them. After positioning and marking the placement of the tiles, prepare the working solution from the dry glue mixture for gluing ceramic tiles.
Preparation of the working solution of the adhesive mixture
Ready dry adhesive mixtures have all the necessary qualities for gluing tiles - they have a plastic and elastic consistency, quickly and firmly set. Dry adhesive mixture poured into a volumetric container, filled with water in strict proportions, which are indicated on the container by the manufacturer.
The most common proportion when pouring a dry mixture is 1.25 liters of water per 5 kg. dry mixture. The solution is mixed until uniform with a mixer for 15 minutes. Then leave it for 5 minutes to ripen, mix again and only after that the solution can be applied to the floor. The working solution of the glutinous mixture is applied to the floor with a notched trowel.
Do you want to know how fast and qualitative leveling of slabs on the floor is made? With a quick alignment system, the styling is easy to carry out.
Laying of floor tiles
Ceramic tiles on the floor are stacked one after another. The beginning of the first row depends on the choice of the styling option. In order to make the seams smooth, use plastic "crosses" between the plates. Such "crosses" serve as a kind of guide for the inter-joint seams and do not allow the slabs to move off. The most popular options for laying floor tiles are:
• the option "seam in the seam"
• option "in the runaway".
Regardless of the chosen variant of laying, it is not desirable to lay the tile on a thick layer of the adhesive mixture. In this case, the tile will dry for a long time, and it will be difficult to lay it. An ideal variant of laying is considered, when the difference does not exceed several millimeters per area of 10 meters. It is also undesirable to prepare a working adhesive solution in a large volume. Adhesive solution freezes and seizes quickly enough, but in real time for 15-20 minutes you can lay no more than 5 tiles.
Grout
After safely laying the ceramic tiles on the floor completely, grouting the seams of ceramic tiles. The seams between the tiles are divided into types:
• structural
• perimeter
• Installation.
Structural seams compensate for the shifts of load-bearing structures, so they are carried out necessarily. Then they fill with a special grout and decorate.
Perimetral sutures are performed at the joints along the entire perimeter. The perimetral suture has a thickness of 8 mm. and do not fill with a trowelling mixture.
Installation seams are an interlacing space. Their width is 3 mm. In this case, it is considered that the tile is laid end to end.
Want to know all the subtleties of laying floor ceramic tiles from the pros? Then focus on the video. Well, tomorrow morning you can start laying the tile yourself
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