FACING OF WALLS BY A CERAMIC TILE

To thicket with a ceramic tile revet walls of a bathroom, a toilet, kitchen (about a sink and a plate). Tiles reliably protect walls from destruction by a moisture, they can be wiped a damp rag, the dirt and fatty stains from them are easily washed off by warm water. For facing of walls by tiles use various solutions and mastics. And though packing of a tile it not high-grade building, but nevertheless, it rather the labour-intensive process demanding certain knowledge and skills, than also is ready DELSAM, to share with you, dear readers.

Most often use cement mortals. On 1 part of cement depending on its mark would take from 4 to parts of fine-grained sand. It is possible to paste facing tiles by means of glue "Bustilat", and also the various pastes which are let out by our industry. Kazeinovo-cement mastic from 1 part dry glue, 3 cement parts, 1 part of fine-grained sand and 2,5 parts of water approaches also. Prepare such mastic as follows. At first plant glue with water, carefully mix during 30 mines before full swelling of glue. Then prepare a dry cement-sandy mix, add it in glue and again carefully mix. If lumps were formed, DELSAM recommends, a mix to wipe through a sieve. Mastic put on a revetted surface a layer to 5 mm or smear on the back party of tiles. It is possible to prepare mastic and without sand — only from glue and cement. In this case on 1 part dry glue take З—4 cement parts. Prepare glue, add in it cement and carefully mix. Mastic can be used not later than through 2 h after preparation. It is put a layer in the thickness by of 1-2 mm on a wall or a tile. It is especially good to apply this mastic to facing by a tile of the equal plastered surface.

For tile gluing to painted by an oil paint or to wooden, concrete or brick surfaces use oil a paint, it is better light as through thin tiles the dark paint will appear through. Sometimes at first paint over the back party of tiles whitewash. When whitewash will dry up, tiles can be pasted on to a paint of any colour. For strong coupling with cement mortal or kazeinovo-cement mastic of a tile clear of a dust and a dirt, moisten or immerse in water. A time of tiles is filled with water and at gluing does not absorb a moisture from cement or mastic.

If to facing of walls apply glazed tiles, on which surface remain divorces of water or auras, do not presoak them, and only wipe a damp rag or a brush. Tiles which paste on an oil paint, do not presoak, but only clear their back party of a dust. Prior to the beginning of facing examine a surface of walls, prepare them and plaster cement mortal. A ground level, but do not rub clean. On the contrary, for a solution and mastic it scratch. Sustain some time that the solution has seized. If you lay tiles on an oil paint, the ground needs to be levelled and jammed well. Equal concrete and brick surfaces revet without preliminary plastering, surfaces clear of a dust and a dirt and moisten with water. Mastic for fastening of tiles it is necessary to put a layer no more than 5 mm, and various glues and paints no more 3 mm. For facing use integral tiles.

The chopped off tiles go on extreme vertical rows, at corners of walls it gives additional effect, decorating the general interior design. When revet the bottom parts of walls, and top plaster, tiles can be at one level with plaster or act for the thickness. In the latter case the top number stack special a tile. Walls revet after tiles on a floor already. In this case facing to carry out much easier as first row tiles will lean against a floor.

If it is necessary to revet walls, and then floors, first of all define wearing floor level. At this level on perimetre of walls stack laths against which tiles bottom or a number will lean. Establish laths on level. A plintusnyj number do of tiles for walls or a floor, but, of course, special tiles look much better. Facing of walls begin from below. At symmetric facing stack tiles from the wall middle to the right and to the left. A wall divide into 2 equal parts and punch an axis. The first tile lay on the axis centre. Not always the integer of tiles keeps within between walls, therefore they should be cut. The cut off tiles paste on corners. At an asymmetrical arrangement of tiles facing begin with a wall lower corner. That facing was strictly vertical and exact, across, in each corner of a wall put on 2 beacons — 2 tiles: one at the top of facing, another below, on 1—2 numbers above floor level. Level of packing of tiles as on a vertical, and across check by means of hardly tense cord. Instead of a cord it is possible to put a lath to beacons.

First of all, lay tiles of one - two bottom numbers, using for horizontal check the bottom beacons, and for vertical — top and bottom. Having laid out these numbers, the bottom beacons clean, and instead of them use ready facing of the bottom numbers. On the back party of a tile put a solution an equal layer of such thickness that after tile pressing to a surface it has a little acted from above and sideways. Having put a tile into place, besiege it level with the tense cord or with earlier laid tiles, surpluses of a solution cut off a trowel. If the solution not entirely fills space between a tile and a surface that happens in corners of tiles more often, fill this space with cement mortal before packing of a following top number.

For eaves installation in a facing place especially carefully level tiles of the top number. After facing of one wall clear tiles of pollution as the hardened cement mortal leaves hardly. Tiles stack a seam in a seam, in and on a diagonal. Seamless facing carry out so that tiles densely adjoined to each other, and between them does not remain seams. This kind of facing usually use for gluing of smooth corrugated tiles or the tiles covered with drawing. Facing with wide seams is often applied. In this case it is possible to use tiles which have deviations of edges from a plane, the bent surfaces. Wide seams will keep more strongly a tile and to hide its defects. To receive seams of an identical thickness, between tiles insert nails of the necessary diameter or the crampons of the P-shaped form made of any wire, an identical thickness.

The first row of tiles establish in the same sequence as it has been written earlier. At first put the first tile, then the second and etc. At installation of the second and the subsequent tiles from lateral face, adjacent to earlier established, insert or to steam of the nails providing identical width of a seam. The second and subsequent numbers establish the same as also the first, only or nails put from the lateral and bottom parties of tiles. Stacked tiles check on a vertical and a horizontal on a cord or a lath. Nails take out after a while when the solution has seized so that tiles did not slip. Seams fill with a solution to level of tiles or deepen a little.