The best repair of my life with his own hands! (bathroom)

The best repair of my life with his own hands!

For years I have watched as the "experts" do repairs in the apartments. Many recognize, rasprashivat, interested, and finally realized that my knowledge is enough to carry out the repairs yourself. Decided to start with a bathroom and it was from the ceiling!

Ceiling eggshell!

In my opinion, it is not inferior to the tension ceilings, and, moreover, much cheaper. And so, the first thing I washed the old whitewash from the ceiling to the concrete. Then plastered ceiling, for this took two spatula (big and small), small - typed on a large spatula putty, more business tie (putty).

After the ceiling dried, packed in a small board sandpaper (grater) deduced unevenness after putties.

You can do it and sander. The procedure was repeated three times. After the ceiling surface becomes perfectly flat, fur roller (pile length of 10mm) struck the ceiling №4-facade latex paint. This ceiling can be cleaned further, when it is dusty.

 The first time the paint is applied in one direction, through the time when the paint has dried, the second layer is struck in the direction 90%. At this, with a ceiling over.

I then proceeded to dismantle the bathroom, as he decided to put the shower.

dismantling bathroom

For dismantling, I disconnected the sewer hose, then turned and took a bath legs. Bath ready for Rigging (removal).

After dismantling the bathroom, I went to work with the walls and the floor. I decided to put the tile, and it held the preparatory work.

 Preparing walls and floor to tiling. Laying tile.

Washed away with whitewashing the walls and baseboards with paint and putty knocked to the concrete. If not enough to do this work well, the tiles will fall off, the walls should be clean and smooth. Irregularities on the walls, lined with a special solution putties. When a planarization layer putty has dried, the wall divided in half, and use the level of the center of the wall began to lay tiles with bottom row, departing from the floor 2cm.

Tile laid on "Cerezit" solution, which is applied to the tile by using two spatulas one was smooth, the other - toothed. Solution "Cerezit" made thick so as not slid tiles.

To put it on the tile (and possible wall), applying direct spatula, after which excess solution toothed shot. The walls and flooring in front of it, well dried and rubbed with dust. Tile and masonry walls to not soak!

Periodically, during operation, check the level of horizontal and vertical rows of tiles. Where were uneven joints between tiles (tiles slid), I corrected using special mounting crosses. Make correction can be up to ten minutes, as after ten minutes, the solution solidifies, and the correction of tile would fall off!

During operation, periodically check the level of vertical and horizontal rows of tiles. The next day, a solution called "seam" and rubber staple embedded seams. And until the solution is frozen, all seams rubbed a wet foam, not much pressing the foam.

The joints must be an average of 3 mm!

At the junction of tiles in corners, put in decorative plastic little corners.

Tiles laid on the floor is similar to the wall, just picked up a tile floor.

cutting tiles

I cut large tiles Tile, thin strips cut grinder.

Drive on set diamond grinders. When working with grinder, always a lot of dust, for this I came up with the next device. I took a basin of water and put it on the two boards, left a small gap between them. This gap is laid tiles and cut his grinder. The entire dust settled through the gap into the water. Wear protective glasses and petals. Place the cut on the tile, marked marker.

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