Porcelain stoneware in the modern market — the material is quite new. Therefore, not everyone knows about the features of its styling technology. Meanwhile, non -compliance with installation rules can lead to a deterioration in the working characteristics of the finished coating.
Preparatory stage
The owners of apartments who want to finish the floors with porcelain tiles should be known that you cannot use the usual cement-sand mixture when installing. It’s all in a low degree of porosity of the material of this tile. Therefore, it will be necessary to take care of the acquisition of a special two -component glue. A special spatula with teeth 8 * 8 or 10 * 10 and combs will also be needed.
Before laying porcelain tiles, the draft floor should be leveled. To do this, you can use both ordinary concrete composition and special alignes. The screed must be dried as thoroughly as possible, primed and darkened. Neglect the preliminary leveling of the surface in no case. If voids are under the tile, it can simply break from the load.
Porcelain tile laying
Glue is applied to the screed with a spatula in an even layer. No need to capture too large areas. After a certain time after application on the adhesive layer, a crust begins to form and its adhesive qualities are reduced. The distribution of the composition on the surface is made in two stages. First, glue is smeared on the floor with the flat side of the spatula. Further, along the resulting layer, they go to teeth so that its surface becomes «corrugated». In this case, the porcelain tile will stay stronger. Next, tiles are applied to the missed surface. In order to get neat seams, you should use special plastic crosses that can be purchased at the building materials store.
Laying on heterogeneous bases
In the event that the decoration is mounted on the base made of different materials, an elastic gluing mass should be used at the junction. Otherwise, tiles in the future due to the difference in the temperature expansion of black coatings can crack.
Swed processing
At the final stage, seam processing is performed. For this, a special solution is used. Usually, a gray grout is used when laying porcelain tiles. It will not look as spectacular as the coating as when using white, but attractive due to its practicality will remain longer. The grouting mass is distributed along the grooves with the movement of the hand diagonally. After processing the entire surface of the excess solution, the solution is removed with a cloth.
Laying of keromo -border tiles is a simple process, but requiring a certain share of accuracy. With accurate observance of all technologies, you can get a beautiful, strong and durable finish.
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