If you once went into your bathroom and saw rusty pipes, the current tap, worn and broken tiles in some places, most likely thought about replacing plumbing, faucets, mixers. But to change the plumbing and not to update the appearance of the room is not very correct and not economical. You will not achieve the expected result, and the new shiny cranes will not look aesthetic against the backdrop of flaky walls and floor. Therefore, you need to do a complete bathroom renovation and cardinally.
As everyone knows, prices for high-quality goods, materials and plumbing work are sometimes quite high. In this case, the ideal solution is to save on what you can do yourself - the installation of ceramic tiles in the bathroom.
Today we will tell you in detail about the technology of laying ceramic tiles, and step by step we will describe the whole process.
Laying ceramic tiles on the wall with your own hands
- Before laying ceramic tiles, we list all the necessary materials: tile, primer, glue for laying ceramic tiles, crosses and grout. Tools: tile cutting, level, measuring tape, roller, pencil, set of spatulas.
- First of all, the wall needs to be leveled. Then we ground it and let it dry.
- We draw a straight line along the height of the first row of tiles. We attach a profile along this line so that the tile does not move further downwards.
- Divorced adhesive is applied to the tile with a spatula.
- Lightly press the tile to the profile, you can knock on it a little.
- To maintain smooth sutures we use crosses.
- In the same way lay out the entire series, the last tile is cut to size. For this we use a tile cutter.
- Check the absence of empty spaces under the tile, the glue should be distributed everywhere evenly.
- Similarly, glue the second row, not forgetting the crosses. Periodically check the leveling of the level. Before starting work on the last row, you must remove the profile and only then put the tile.
- Rubber spatula rubs the grout into all the seams.
- Tile wipe with a dampened sponge, wiping excess grouting.
That's the whole technology of laying ceramic tiles on the walls of the bath. If everything described is done correctly, then you see a beautiful ideal job.