Finishing a bathroom with tiles: material selection and installation
The most optimal choice of finishing material for the bathroom is to finish the bathtub with tiles. This is directly related to the fact that this room has high humidity and is exposed to constant temperature changes every day.
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How to choose a ceramic tile
Bathroom tiles are considered environmentally friendly, this coating meets all hygiene requirements. It has high waterproofing and thermal performance.
Today, in construction stores a wide range of tiles and ceramic tiles of different colors and sizes is presented, and therefore almost everyone can find what suits him.
Tile bathrooms, this is perhaps the best solution to many problems:
- Before buying this finishing material, you need not be too lazy and check its integrity. Any finishing material, including tiles, must be purchased with a small margin.
Situations are different, improperly calculated stacking area or simply a marriage of individual elements. In any case, you have to buy the missing tile.
Tip: It is also important to check the geometry of the tile itself. The corners should be exactly 90 degrees, otherwise you will get an uneven seam at the junction of the tiles.
Wall preparation for tiling
For laying ceramic tiles, it is very important to pre-prepare the wall surface.
It can be of different types, it mainly depends on the material from which the residential building is built:
- Concrete;
- Brick;
- Wood.
The preparation technology itself depends on the type of wall surface. It is she who needs to pay special attention, since the durability of all your repairs will depend on this, see the photo.
If the house is built of reinforced concrete material, then the surface in the bathroom will need to be leveled using soil putty.
For these purposes you will need:
- The tool necessary for work.
- Special mortar for concrete surfaces
Tip: It is not necessary to align the walls too much, as this function can be done with tiles.
- Brick walls must be plastered without fail. This is a very capacious and complex process, the implementation of which takes a lot of time and effort.
To facilitate this process, you can make a small overlay of plaster and then leveling the surface with moisture-resistant drywall. Then carry out work on wall cladding with ceramic tiles.
The process of leveling the walls of a house made of wood is exactly the same as with a brick. The only thing that needs to be done is to apply a special waterproofing material before finishing and treat its surface with an antiseptic.
Tile laying process
This work requires increased attention and concentration. After all, the slightest roughness will be very clearly visible, especially against the dark background of the tile.
For this finish you will need the following materials:
- tile;
- special solution, on a glue basis;
- grout for joints;
- rubber and gear spatula;
- building level;
- rubber mallet for leveling ceramic tiles.
Finishing the bathroom with ceramic tiles is carried out in several stages.
Finishing the prepared surface of the bathroom with ceramic tiles, you need to start from the second row. Laying the first row should be done last (just set the row, but do not fix it with adhesive), otherwise moisture falling on the floor will flow into the formed cracks at the joints, which will adversely affect the floor covering.
Adhesive preparation and tile installation
Next, you need to prepare a specialized adhesive-based solution that is diluted with water and mixed with a drill and nozzle, which has blades and looks like a mixer.
Stir it up until you get a uniform consistency:
- In order to correctly calculate the mass, on the back of the packaging, the manufacturer of the material you selected gives a specialized instruction in which all the necessary proportions are indicated.
Attention! It should be noted that a solution that is too thick will simply fall off the wall, and too liquid will spread out over the surface of the tile.
- It is necessary to choose a middle ground, then your tile on this mixture will hold firmly. It is necessary to apply glue in an even strip, using a notched trowel on the wall surface.
On top of it we lay the tiles and carefully align them in the vertical direction. - For the correct gap between the two tiles, you can use special mounting crosses. Further in this order, we lay out one horizontal row along the wall surface.
After, we begin to lay out the tiles in the same order, only in height.
The main thing is not to rush and do everything very carefully. Laying tiles can be compared with the work of a jeweler.
Each laid ceramic element must be carefully adjusted and checked for irregularities by a special building level.
Laying tiles on the floor
After finishing the bathroom walls with tiles, you need to proceed to the flooring. For these purposes, a special type of ceramic tile is suitable.
It is advisable to waterproof the floor before starting work. Then, on a special adhesive solution, pre-prepared tiles are laid.
It is important to remember to use the level to level the surface. After finishing the floor, you can lay the tiles of the first row of the wall.
Grouting
Finishing the bathrooms with tiles includes grouting the formed seams. For these purposes, a special solution called grout is suitable.
It is sold in hardware stores and has a diverse color palette.
Therefore, choosing a grout to the color of the tile will not be difficult:
- But if your tile has a complex color structure, then you can use a white grout. This solution is applied using a special rubber spatula over the joints.
It will take about three hours to dry, after which you can remove excess with a damp cloth. At this, the process of tiling the bathroom can be considered completed. - If you do not quite understand the process of carrying out this type of work, then you can watch the video with a good example and detailed instructions from a professional wizard. See examples of tiling the bathroom.
Tip. Having decided to use large plates for decorating the walls of the bathroom, try to be extremely careful, since these types of materials are fragile, and therefore they often break.
It is also important that large plates for finishing the bath are not advisable to use in small rooms, as this is simply not economical in terms of material calculation.
Combined bathroom tiles
The combined decoration of ceramic tiles in the bathroom has recently been very often used by various designers in order to decorate and diversify the room.
Ways to combine tiles:
- the use of ceramic tiles as the main finish and inserts for decorating wall coverings;
- mosaic tiles in the bathroom. This type of coating is made of glass, stone and ceramic.
Advantages of the combined decoration style:
- The decoration options in this style are diverse.
- The ability to create an exclusive design.
- You can do it yourself.
- Creating visualization indoors.
Combination Options
There are many types of these tile combinations, but you need to try to choose the right combination. In this case, finishing in one color, with a large textured combination, will visually increase the area of the room.
Below are a few of these options:
- Wall decoration in the form of a screen. Visually give a larger bathroom.
- Ceramic or mosaic apron over the washbasin. A common design option for this room will visually highlight the part where it is located.
In this embodiment, you can trim the bathroom mirror. This will add some zest to this room. - Inserts on the floor. For these purposes, tiles of any design and texture are suitable.
You can perform a chess rotation, make a separate fragment or pattern in the middle. A floor covering with such inserts looks very beautiful and original. - Christmas tree shapetiled on the bathroom wall will give you an eternal New Year mood.
Tile decoration in the bathroom, the video you can watch will help you make the right choice. Having decided to decorate this room with such materials, you should be prepared for the fact that the price of all the work is quite high, but at the same time the quality will please you for many years.
