Every person can be a situation when you need to repair small areas of the walls in the bathroom, the shower or in the kitchen, where the tile decoration is used.Of course, in such cases it is possible to hire a qualified technician who will perform the work in a short time for a fee.But if you want some skills in the construction industry, it is possible to carry out on their own.Besides knowing how to put the tiles on the wall in a small area, it is easy to carry it on a large scale, that is to decorate the whole bathroom.The implementation of these works can be identified milestones, which we will cover in this article.
preparatory stage
Before you put the tiles on the walls, you must do a series of preparatory works:
- Remove old finish.Thus it is necessary to vacate the premises by the pre-plumbing and other items.For removal one can use a chisel and a hammer, whereby the wall can also be purified by an adhesive (old mastic, solution and the like).
- Clear wall.In the event that the old layer of plaster has blisters and cracks and breaks when touched, it is best to remove completely.
- Align the wall surface.This may be accomplished using the tool (the load on the rope), which is fixed to the wall at the junction with the ceiling and plumb determine the angle of inclination from the vertical walls.For small values of this magnitude is necessary to eliminate defects in the wall plaster overlay solution composition.When the greater curvature is better to use additional construction.
- Check for bumps and dents wall surface with a water level (the length not less than 1 m).For small deviations (less than 5 mm per meter) trough can be eliminated with the help of plaster.
- primer surface.Before you put the tiles on the walls, it is necessary to treat them with special compounds with antibacterial properties.Thus it is possible to avoid the occurrence and propagation of fungi and other microorganisms.
laying finishing material
Also, before you put the tiles on the walls, you need to decide what method will be a compound coating material to the surface of the wall.This can be accomplished by two methods:
- With grout.Thus it is possible to simultaneously align a wall surface (at small deviations).Pre-set the best rail at the corners of the walls and tiles for controlling the position of which should be determined by means of a plumb.They are set on edge (a corner along the vertical) at intervals of about 50 cm, it spread the remaining elements of finishing material (need to install cables horizontally, that will serve as guide elements).
- With adhesive (special mastic).Thus naladyvayut soil mixture layer (mastic) about 2 mm thick.Then you have to wipe the surface with a damp cloth and glue finishing material.
Highlights laying finishing
In order to understand how to glue tiles on the wall, it is useful to the following information:
- adhesive composition (mortar or mastic) is applied to the reverse side of the finishingelement with a trowel.
- tile glue needed, gently pressed to the wall surface to adhesive mass is distributed over the entire area of the element.Residues leaked in the joints must be removed with a trowel.
- the distance in the joints between the tiles are the same, you can use special wedges (thin slats or matches), which are stuck in the moment of laying the finishing element.
- to fit the tiles can be cut by a glass cutter.To do this, on the reverse side note line and substituting line, spend some time cutting device.Unnecessary parts carefully chipping hammer.
Knowing how to lay tile on the wall, you can easily carry out repairs at home, thus saving considerable amount of money.It's enough to have some skill handling of construction site equipment, patience and accuracy.
