Bathroom lining with tiles, perhaps, is the most serious stage of the entire repair. To obtain a good result, you need a careful and accurate attitude to the case.
Tile requirements
Put the tiles on the floor – video
A peculiar microclimate is installed in the bathroom, in which the humidity occasionally increases in the room. Based on this, facing materials must meet the following requirements:
Resistance to moisture;
wear resistance;
resistance to chemicals that are part of detergents and bleaching;
resistance to temperature drops.
The finish of the tile of the bath does not cause special difficulties. The work is carried out in several stages, which are in the following processes:
Preparation of the base;
tile cladding;
Filling the seams.
Preparation of the bearing surface
The video presents laying tiles on complex bases
Before you start finishing the bathroom tile, it is necessary to prepare the surface. If the walls are even, then they should simply be treated in two passages with a primer penetration.
If the walls are uneven, they must be aligned. Fluffing the cavities and cracks and putting down, and the slopes and curves of the corners are straightened. There are various materials for leveling walls:
Acapanel cement slabs;
cement solution prepared independently;
plasterboard sheets;
Ready dry plaster mixtures.
The most economical option is to align with cement mortar. The most expensive, but not so laborious – installation of cement plates. When plastering a large surface area, guide rails – beacons are installed. The aligned surface to improve adhesion is doubled by a primer of deep penetration.
Bath lining with tiles – stages of work
The most preferred option for the start of laying tiles is a final horizontal floor when the first row starts from the floor
When marking horizontal rows, it is necessary to calculate so that whole tiles are adjacent to the ceiling, and not trimming. It is better to make a trim on the floor, where it is the least noticeable.
You should start laying the tile from the second row, for this you need to determine from its lower line, using the water level, this mark is transferred along the entire perimeter of the bathroom. The profile (or rule) is strengthened along this line, from which you need to start laying the tile. The horizontal arrangement of the row is provided by the support bar, and the verticality is controlled by the construction level. After laying several tiles, applying the level to the row check the evenness of the row. For the same width of the seam, crosses are used. Having laid out a series of one wall, using a long level, you should check its location in the vertical and horizontal plane. Then you need to cut the extreme tile and install it in a corner. This is done around the entire perimeter of the room. In the same way, the next row is installed.
Glue on the tile and wall should be applied in different directions, which provides better adhesion. When applying tiles in place, combine her end with a vertical support line. All operations are repeated until you reach the ceiling, while one should not forget about the layout of the tiles and the borders.
At the very end, the lower horizontal row is laid out. The tile marked in size is cut with a tile cutter. In order not to make a mistake when laying, it is better to numb all places and cut tiles. If necessary, the tile is adjusted and cut to the conclusions of cold and hot water, to the sewer pipes.
Filling the seams
The grout of the seams performs the following functions:
Waterproofing of the bearing base;
protection of the ends of the tile;
Strengthening an exquisite and integral type of composition.
Prepared in accordance with the recommendations of the manufacturer with the help of a rubber spatula, fill in the seams. You can’t use metal – it can damage the decorative icing. We drive a spatula at an angle of 45º to the surface of the tile along the joints, pressing the grout deep into the seam. After closing all the seams with a damp cloth, clean the glossy surfaces.
Tiles are finished with tiles the first time and usually there is no right to error.
