Tile paving can be said to be one of the most important links in the decoration project. If the tiles are not paved properly, in addition to affecting the paving effect, the house may also have tiles hollowing out and falling off in the future. Rework will not only A waste of time and a waste of money.
There are many things to pay attention to when laying ceramic tiles, but there are some things that do not have industry standards and require the owners to decide by themselves. If we do not communicate with the master masons who lay the tiles in advance, it will all be decided by the workers, and we will end up spending money. If you rework, you can only admit that you are unlucky if you suffer a loss.
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Do the floor cover the wall or the wall cover the floor?
Floor on wall means floor tiles on wall tiles. The order of laying is to lay wall tiles from bottom to top, and then lay floor tiles. The biggest advantage of this laying method is The construction is simple and the wall tiles are not easy to fall off, so master masons usually default to laying them this way.
However, the biggest disadvantage of the ground-pressed wall is that it will leave a "gap to the sky". In humid areas such as bathrooms and kitchens, water on the wall will flow along the wall into the gap, forming water accumulation.
The wall is pressed against the floor, that is, the wall tiles are pressed against the floor tiles. When laying the wall tiles, leave a row of tiles at the bottom, and then lay them upward from the second row, and then wait until the floor tiles are laid. After the installation is completed, the first row of wall tiles is finally laid.
Therefore, the wall-to-floor paving method is relatively difficult. The suspended tiles are not load-bearing. The first row of tiles must be polished, cut and leveled. If the mason's skills are not up to par, the wall tiles will easily fall off.
However, although the wall-to-floor paving method is unfriendly to masons, owners prefer this method because the water on the wall will not flow into the gaps to form water accumulation, and the joints are small , more beautiful, which is also the biggest advantage of wall to floor.
When laying wall and floor tiles in kitchens and bathrooms, should the floor be on the wall or the wall on the floor? The mason master defaults to laying the floor on the wall. The owner likes the wall to lay on the floor. If the two parties do not communicate in advance, the consequences can be imagined. The owner can only spend money to remove the original tiles and choose to reinstall them.
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Should the male corner be chamfered or protected?
We know that ceramic tiles are thin rectangular parallelepipeds. When paving them at an angle, a large gap will form at the junction of the two tiles. Not only is the gap unsightly, it can also easily harbor dirt and evil. Entering the mortar layer will also cause the wall bricks to hollow and fall off.
Therefore, when laying wall tiles, master masons will process the sun corners. There are two common processing methods, the first is to make chamfers, and the second is to make corner protectors.
The so-called chamfering actually means grinding the sides of two tiles to 30°~45°, and then using tile adhesive to bond the tiles when laying, so that the two tiles The sides of the tile fit perfectly. It can be seen that the advantage of chamfering is that it is beautiful and beautiful, and the seams of ceramic tiles are not easy to harbor dirt and evil.
Of course, the process of chamfering will definitely be more complicated and requires a higher level of skills from the masons. After all, the ceramic tiles need to be polished and cut. If not handled properly, the ceramic tiles will easily crack and chip, and the ceramic tiles will also suffer loss. It will increase a lot.
As for corner protection, you need to use special corner protection wire. In fact, you use the corner protection wire to wrap the raised male corner. The biggest advantage of making corner guards is that they are cheap and cost-effective, and the construction is simple. After all, the wall tiles do not need to be polished. The traditional paving method is used for paving, and then the corner guards are added.
It is also because of this that, in order to save time and convenience, master masons usually default to corner guards when laying ceramic tiles, or they may lay two adjacent ceramic tiles vertically to each other. If we don't explain it clearly in advance, we will have to spend money to repair it after the wall tiles are laid.
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Is it a point seam or a beauty seam?
When laying ceramic tiles, professional masons will leave seams to prevent the tiles from squeezing each other due to thermal expansion and contraction, causing cracking and arching. However, how large a gap should be left in the tiles? This problem stumps the master mason.
Generally speaking, different ceramic tiles, different areas, and different joint filling methods are also particular about the size of the gap between the ceramic tiles. In addition to the 5mm reserved for matte tiles such as antique tiles, if no beautiful joints are used, Generally, the default seam distance of ceramic tiles is 1-1.5mm. However, if you want to make beautiful seams, the seam distance of ceramic tiles should be at least 2-3mm.
This is because the ceramic tiles need to reserve more gaps to fill the caulking agent, and the decorative effect will be more obvious. If the reserved gaps are too small, the caulking agent will easily fall off, and we can only choose to do ordinary jointing. .
Should the tiles be seamed or seamed? How big is the seam? Different owners have different choices. If we don’t communicate with the mason master in advance, if we want to do beautiful seams, the seams in the tiles in the home will be too small. If we don’t want to do beautiful seams, the seams in the tiles in the home will be too large. The whole house may need to be re-tiled. Paved.
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Dry lay, wet lay or adhesive lay?
There are many techniques for laying ceramic tiles, such as dry laying, wet laying, and adhesive laying. Different laying techniques use different bonding materials and construction methods, and the effects after the ceramic tiles are laid are also different. .
The material used in traditional ceramic tile paving is cement mortar, which is divided into dry paving and wet paving. Although they are both thick paving, the construction methods and effects are completely different.
Dry paving requires first spreading cement sand on the ground, storing water and sweeping grout, then applying cement slurry to the back of the tiles, and finally placing the tiles on the ground and hammering them with a rubber hammer. Real vibration level. The biggest advantage of dry paving is that it can reduce the hollowing rate of ceramic tiles. It does not require high ground flatness, but it will test the skills of the masonry master.
When laying wet, the method is relatively simple. You only need to apply cement mortar on the back of the tile, then lay it on the ground, and use a rubber hammer to hammer it down and level it. The advantage of wet paving is that the construction difficulty is low, but the disadvantage is that the tiles are prone to hollowing, and the requirements for floor smoothness are relatively high.
As for the ceramic tile adhesive paving, it is a thin ceramic tile paste. After the ceramic tiles are paved, the thickness is much thinner than that of cement mortar, but a special ceramic tile bonding material - ceramic tile adhesive is required.
Using tile adhesive to lay ceramic tiles is not only simple and convenient to construct, but can also increase the bonding capacity of the tiles and reduce the hollowing rate of the tiles. Therefore, many families now choose to use tile adhesive for laying tiles, but its price is much more expensive than traditional cement mortar.
For ceramic tile laying, should you choose dry laying, wet laying or glue laying? Which paving method is used in which place? We need to discuss this with the mason master in advance. The master mason chose wet paving to save trouble. Later, when the tiles became hollow, the owner could only admit that he was unlucky and blamed himself for not explaining it in advance.
Generally speaking, the master masons will follow the tile layout renderings before laying the tiles. However, some master masons will make their own decisions based on experience and labor price. Therefore, it is best for us to be cautious and explain clearly to the masons when decorating to avoid having to spend money on repairs in the future, right?
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