Finishing the toilet with tiles: installation
The toilet in typical apartments is the smallest, but, despite this frequently visited room, it is therefore necessary that all residents be comfortable enough there. Repair of this room is often delayed until later, so when hands reach the toilet, one should begin to carry out radical changes, as a rule, more often this is done with toilet tiles.
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Finishing materials
The toilet is considered a room with high humidity, so when choosing a material, special attention should be paid to this factor.
There are few modern materials suitable for these purposes:
- Plastic
- Tile
The main features of the first are that it is cheap and extremely easy to install, many prefer to independently install the frame and modern panels. The second material is distinguished by its durability, for many the tiles in the toilet have been preserved since the last century, which can already speak of quality, modern ceramics can last even longer than their predecessor.
Tip. The main selection criterion for many buyers is the appearance of the material. Despite the fact that plastic is presented in a large number of options, it still looks much worse.
Over time, the plastic begins to turn yellow, so for those who make repairs for a long time, the best choice is to finish the toilet with tiles, and fans can save money and use plastic panels.
Repair Preparation
Before starting the main work, it is necessary to find all the necessary materials and tools. Construction stores provide a huge selection of goods, thanks to which it is easy to carry out any repair work.
To dismantle the old tiles you will need:
- Bit
- Drill with a drill 6 mm
- Hammer
- Putty knife
- Chisel drill
- Protective glasses
- Mask or gauze bandage
- Grout scraper
Installation is carried out using a simple set:
- Tile cutter
- Level
- Scraper for leveling toothed surfaces
The ideal situation for installation is the moment when the old plumbing is already dismantled, but the installation of a new one has not yet begun. In such a situation, in a small room there is where to turn around, it is easy to make the necessary measurements, as well as tiling the toilet with tiles faster and more accurately.
Tip. It is necessary to approach the preparation responsibly, at the moment of work no trifle should distract. In an ideal situation, the craftsman needs to have a man on the grab who can run off to buy building materials or submit the necessary tools.
Careful preparation, which has received the necessary attention, is already half the core business. Of course, if you deal with the question of how to finish the toilet except for the tiles, then you can find simpler methods that do not require additional preparation, but less quality.
Dismantling old tiles
First of all, it is necessary to evaluate the previous repair. Tile glue, which has been actively used in recent years, is quite easy to move away, so it is the modern tile laying options that are easy to remove.
In such a situation, it is enough to pick up ceramics using tools and remove it entirely from the wall:
- Old standards for finishing involve laying tiles using cement mortar, if the master came up with just such an option, then you should not even try to save the ceramics.Such removal requires a long and painstaking work with a hammer drill.
- The tool must be positioned at an angle and begin monotonous work. The second step is to remove the residual solution with a chisel and an ordinary hammer.
How to properly carry out this work can be found on the video on the network.
Tip. Before proceeding with the dismantling of old tiles, it is necessary to carefully lay the floor so that subsequent cleaning does not take much time. It is also very important to protect the eyes and face during work, this can be done with the help of special glasses.
Worker safety should always come first.
Laying tiles
Finishing the toilet with tiles begins with appropriate measurements, which allow you to calculate which ceramic tiles you need to cut and how much. After preparing the material should begin to work.
So:
- The surface on which the tile will be laid should be cleaned, plastered and scratched the mesh, or use a metal blank to improve the adhesion of the tile to the walls or floor. In order to protect the tiles from cracking and at the same time to maintain aesthetics, for this it is necessary to leave small identical seams between the rows.
- It is quite difficult to do this with your own hands, such small distances are difficult to measure, so the craftsmen use plastic crosses of the same thickness, replacing additional measurements. They are placed between the tiles during the laying process and allow you to create perfectly identical distances.
- If ceramic tile without a pattern is selected, or if the pattern is a girdle with a certain pattern around the entire perimeter, then it is most convenient to start work from an angle. The second situation may be ceramics with a centralized pattern, in this option you should determine the exact center and start from there, this work can easily be done using two cords, this is an old but accurate way.
- The main difficulty is alignment. Old apartments have too curved walls not to use additional elements.
It is necessary to pull the cord and put down the beacons, it is with the help of them that the master is sure that there are no protruding tiles and vice versa flooded places.
Tip. Before occupying tile laying, carefully measure the rooms, if cuts are needed, you should choose those places where they will be least visible.
Perhaps some corner is occupied by the closet or closed by any other objects, then all inconsistencies should be reduced to this place. Each set of tiles has instructions, you should read it, there may be useful advice for a specific material.
Post-processing
After all the tiles are laid, small parts remain that bring the repair to perfection. First of all, the unsightly color of cement or adhesive for ceramic tiles is striking.
So:
- Among modern building materials there are grouts of various colors that help bring the picture to its logical conclusion, you should choose a putty darker or a tone lighter than the color of the tile. It is not necessary to carry out this task extremely accurately, but each seam should be smeared so that there are no additional gaps.
- Modern building stores are ready to offer special plastic corners for tiles. This is a great way to hide slices and add neatness to your room.
A similar element will look perfect if it is matched to the same tone with grout. - After all work on ceramics is finished, inevitably there will be remains of building materials, whether it be grout or the glue itself or cement.One of the positive properties of the tile is that any dirt is easily removed from it, therefore, after complete drying, it is necessary to rinse each tile, achieving a marketable appearance.
Tip. After completing the main work, you often want to relax and put off the little things for later. It should be remembered that there is nothing more permanent than temporary, which means that the toilet room will remain exactly as the master abandons it, whether it is the middle of the repair or its complete completion.
You can rest easy only after the remnants of the building material are washed off the last ceramic tile.
Despite the fact that the price of such a finish is high, there are a huge number of positive features that make us choose this option. First of all, it is a long service life, ceramics can maintain an ideal appearance even after a decade.
Tiles have always been used to decorate the kitchen, bathroom and toilet as a material that does not collapse under the influence of water. The last factor is that any dirt is easily cleaned from the tiles, which means that it is easy to look after the walls and maintain the appearance of the toilet room in excellent condition, as in the photo.
