Even a small repair of a bathtub is costly, so not all of us would risk contacting a company that performs repair work. Therefore, if you decide to equip your house with your own hands, then you just need to know: how to properly lay tiles in the bathroom.
Tiling begins with leveling the floors, which is done by removing unnecessary parts or using screeds. In rooms with high humidity, before cladding, the floor must be treated with waterproofing, which is allowed to dry well.
After preparing the facing surface, markings are made on it. If the size of the bathroom does not allow laying out the floor with whole tiles, they are cut to the required size, and then laid out in the frieze rows — rows adjacent to the walls.
It is better to lay tiles in the bathroom in a straight row «seam to seam» method, in which the flooring begins from the arrangement of two adjacent frieze rows in the far corner of the bathroom. And already from them, the rows are laid in the direction of the subsequent exit from the room. Make sure that all tiles are on the same level and have the same thickness of joints. To control the quality and horizontality of the cladding, a building level is used, and the width of the seams is controlled using distance crosses. Tile settling is produced by light blow of a hammer. Remember: you cannot walk on the paved surface until the glue is completely dry. If this cannot be avoided, then a heavy board should be placed on the floor and walked on..
It is imperative that, after the glue has dried, the connection between the floor and the wall should be waterproofed in the bathroom. This is done using silicone sealant, which is squeezed out of the tube in excess and applied to the seam. Then it, along with the adjacent surface of the tiles, is moistened with warm soapy water. The remains of silicone are removed using plastic braiding.
The final stage of tiling the bathroom with tiles is grouting with a special solution. The prepared solution, using a rubber spatula, is filled with diagonal movements in the seams. Then they pass over the surface with a damp, well-wrung out sponge with light movements so as not to wash the fresh grout from the joints. When the solution dries, the facing surface is washed in order to remove the remaining solution and clean it.
