Laying tiles on the wall

For laying you will need special glue, bucket, notched trowel, ruler-level, Bulgarian, rubber spatula and pencil. It is also necessary prepare the wall before laying: level it and clean it from dust. There are three main types of laying: "in bandaging", "seam in the seam" and diagonally. In the first case, each parent row should be displaced half the tiles horizontally, so that the middle of each part is exactly above the seam. The method of "seam in the seam" is the simplest: the tiles are laid out one after another along the vertical and horizontally. As for laying tiles diagonally, this is the most laborious and complex method, which implies a large amount of cutting. However, the tiles will look very original.

After the wall is leveled, the so-called guides, which are flat wooden slats. They are fixed on the place where yougoing to put the first row of tiles. If you are going to lay a tile not on one wall, but along the entire perimeter of the room, you should fasten all the slats on one level on all the walls. The most important thing - align all guides to the level, otherwise the tile will be crooked.

If you decide to put a tile from the floor itself, you should also make sure of its evenness, and if necessary put a thin bar on the floor, which must be leveled.

Laying tiles on the wall, usually starts with a corner. At first it is necessary to carefully examine all obstacles, which will have to be avoided during the masonry process: sockets, switches, holes for water pipes. The laying process must be carefully planned so that the tile has to be cut as little as possible.

Further need to dissolve glue. Take a large amount is not worth it, because it quickly freezes. Now to the corner of the room we fix a special corner, which makes the joints more aesthetic, and also hides the chips of the tile itself.

The glue is applied to the tile with a special notched trowel, but you can apply it on the wall. There is no significant difference, it all depends on who is comfortable. Then take the next tile and thus gradually lay out the first horizontal row. Do not forget to insert special tiles between the tiles plastic crosses, so that the distance between them is the same. It will also be necessary to ensure that there are no differences between the tiles.

Gradually the row of tiles will reach the corner, and there will be a need to cut a tile. You can use the usual glass cutter: spend several times on the marked line,then put the tile on the edge of the table and hit the palm over the side that is in the air. This method is rather complicated, because the tile breaks very hard. The most convenient option is to use a special tile cutting machine, which can be found on sale at any storeconstruction tools. The principle of its operation is very simple: you need to put a tile in the tile and conduct it several times with a special lever, and then press the bar with the bar. Further The edges of the tile must be treated with a Bulgarian with a special circle for tiles.

After laying all the rows of tiles you need to get the crosses and To process seams by special trowelling with the help of a rubber spatula. The color of the grout is usually chosen for the color of the tile.

As you can see, laying the tiles on the wall is a laborious process, so if you are not sure that you can correctly perform all the described actions, we recommend that you seek help from specialists.