How to lay tile in the bathroom

This article is about how to put the tiles in the bathroom, these techniques can help you put the tile on any concrete floor. Ceramic tile It has a pleasant appearance and very good material for floor covering, as it is very resistant to water, heat and humidity, provided that the tile is laid correctly. If you're going to lay tile on your floor in the bathroom, you need to carefully read the manufacturer's instructions and our step by step guide how to perform work at the professional level. Masonry itself is not as difficult as it may seem, but the correct choice of materials is better to spend more time. There are several important aspects that should be considered before starting to lay the tiles on the floor.

Carefully prepare the surface before laying ceramic tiles. To remove the unevenness of the floor using special tools, as well as a vacuum cleaner to remove dust. However, if the floor is not level, you must first align it. If the floor in the bathroom is made of wood, then you must first put a layer of cement, it is important before pouring the wooden floor with cement, you must close the gap between the boards galvanized tape.

Use a tape measure and determine the length and width of the bathroom. Further, when buying floor tiles, consider these dimensions in order to get the highest total number of tiles, make sure you do not get much free tile strips, no more than 7.5 cm along the wall of your bathroom room. When such availability of the strip can not be less than tiles than 7.5 cm, try to make them less visible locations.

In order to lay the tiles in the bathroom, you need the following:

materials

• Ceramic tile
• tile spacers

Tools

• Protective gloves, eye protection
• Tape measure, pencil
• Rubber hammer, level
• tile cutter
• notched trowel
• shovel, scoop

Tips

• Apply glue to the smaller surfaces, to avoid drying out
• Use a level to check the quality of your work

Laying the tiles in the bathroom

Use the right tools to do the job right.

Smart Tip: If you are new and you have not installed tile before, we recommend that you draw a chalk line on the floor, and to help you. Make sure that the line perfectly straight and parallel, how to get a job in a professional manner. This step is optional, but useful to have a reference point when you have no experience in working with ceramic tiles.

Floor preparation before laying tile

Make sure the surface is clean, otherwise your tile does not lie in a level. Use the scoop to remove all the bumps and irregularities on the floor. However, if you can not resolve these issues, you have two options: either fill the 5 cm layer of solution. Use a vacuum cleaner to remove dust and other waste, ensure that the surface is level and in the adhesive will stick to the floor.

Start off tile laying need from the wall (the area most notably from the front door), and to lay the tiles in a straight line, making sure that you use a spacer between them.

glue preparation for laying tile

Next, we need to prepare the adhesive in a clean bucket. To avoid dust, fill one-third of a bucket with water and lay the tile adhesive.

Let the glue will stand in the water for 5-10 minutes before the start miksherovat connections. Thus, the water activates the additives that make the solution stable to water and humidity. Make sure you wear a respiratory mask.

Smart Tip: If you want to prepare a mixture of glue quickly and professionally, you should use a drill with a special nozzle for mixing.

Laying tiles

Before you start laying the tiles, lay it without glue to immediately understand there enough whole tiles or have to be cut. If the tiles have all the same cut, preferably shortened tiles laid in inconspicuous places.

Smart Tip: Use a notched trowel to unfold the glue on the floor. First, apply a solution onto the blade and arrange it on a small surface. Spoon solution uniformly.

There are situations in which you have to cut tiles, and placed in a specific location: all over the floor drains, pipes or any other obstacle. In this case, you will need to cut tile grinder with diamond wheel. When cutting tiles desirable to soak the cut. Ideally, it is best to use a tile cutter for cutting.

Smart Tip: Use safety goggles and a dust mask to avoid injury or inhalation of toxic dust. When cutting tiles, mark a cut line carpenter pencil.

 Tiles should be installed as follows: press the tiles into the adhesive, and then, if you press down the edges stick out using a rubber mallet. If it is impossible to align the tiles and it sticks out, maybe you put too much of the solution, try to remove it.

Use a level every time you install a new tile to make sure that you have set them properly.

Smart Tip: Do not spread glue on a large surface, otherwise it will dry before you can install the tiles on the entire area. While laying on the glue, hold the blade at 45º and hard to get the ridges.

Install spacers between the tiles to the joints were smooth. There are several types of spacers different in thickness.

Smart Tip: Pushing the tile in the solution, make sure that the tiles lay well and under it is free of air. Otherwise voids under plikoy lead to the fact that it quickly breaks down.

In this photo you can see how you have to make cuts in the floor for the drain pipe (sewer).

Smart Tip: Use a sponge and water for cleaning tile grout. After it dries, it will be much harder to remove the detergent. Also, use a notched trowel to clean the spaces between the tiles, to facilitate the process of grouting.

After that, everything is dry make grouting between the tiles.

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