Often when repairing a bathroom or kitchen, you have to change the tiles. Many people prefer to do everything themselves, since laying a tile on the floor costs the same as the tile itself . Tiles for floors and walls are better to buy different, as it differs from each other in thickness. It is necessary to choose a coating not only by color, but by its technical characteristics, and especially pay attention to wear resistance. Laying tiles on the floor begins with the fact that its amount is calculated. To do this, you need to measure the floor area, and then add another ten percent to the battle.
Plain ceramic tiles are most often glazed. But for bathrooms where the floor is periodically wet, for safety reasons, it is better to use tiles with a rough surface, since it is not so slippery. Now on sale in a large assortment there is a more durable porcelain tile. Its surface is both smooth and rough.
After choosing the most suitable tile, purchase ordinary tile glue or special dry building mixes. They are usually more expensive. Before choosing these or other mixtures, you need to know for what work they will be used - for indoor or outdoor, as well as for which room they are taken - for dry or wet. You must carefully read the instructions on the packaging or consult the seller. You can put tiles on a cement mortar.
To mix the mortar, you can purchase a special construction mixer, which greatly facilitates the work and allows you to achieve a uniform consistency. Of the tools you will need a gear trowel or comb, with which the finished solution will be applied to the surface, as well as a simple trowel - it will be convenient for them to apply the solution to the comb.
Before starting a repair, you need to remove all the furniture from the room, as well as remove the plumbing. Sometimes laying tiles on the floor is done on top of the existing one, but in this case there is no firm guarantee that the old glue will support the extra weight, and then the tile will begin to crumble, and the floor level will rise by several centimeters.
Therefore, it is best to arm with a chisel and a hammer and with their help knock down the old tile together with the adhesive base. After that, carefully examine the surface on which they plan to lay the tile - it should be extremely smooth and solid. This work needs to be done using the meter level. If there are any irregularities on the surface, they must be leveled with a primer. In this case, you must remember that the primer must not be applied in a thick layer, otherwise it will not dry out. The layer thickness should not be more than two centimeters. If the irregularities are large, then they should be equalized in several stages.
Laying tiles on the floor is done using crosses to align the corners, so they also need to be purchased in sufficient quantities. The joints between the tiles are filled with grout, which now has a variety of colors. You can buy it in the color of the tile, or vice versa, in a contrasting color so that the tiles do not merge with each other. For the floor, a gray grout is well suited.
The methods for laying tiles on the floor are different and depend on the material of which the original floor is made. If the floor is concrete, then lay ceramic tiles in the following way. The surface of the floor is well moistened, and then a layer of dry cement is simply sown on it through a sieve. The layer thickness should be three millimeters. After the cement absorbs water and reaches a pasty state, it will be possible to lay tiles on it. With this method, the solution itself does not need to be applied to the tile itself.
The technology for laying tiles on the floor can be different, but it is recommended to start work from the corner of the room that is clearly visible so that non-integral pieces of the tile are not striking.