Glazed or ceramic granite tile is one of the most common types of walls and floor cladding in living accommodations, offices, administration premises and retail spaces. Perfect performance characteristics of tile make it popular among the broad categories of consumers who are interested in cost reduction of decoration without sacrificing quality and reliability. Tile has an excellent mechanical resistance to damage, high moisture resistance and resistance to contamination. It is easy to care for,it is not afraid of alkaline detergents and long retains the original appearance.
Rely on the expert
If you have no experience in ceramic granite tile lying, it’s better not to undertake this task, because you will lose your time, energy and money. For the professional tile lying you need to contact a professional plumber in London, who has an extensive experience in facing of horizontal and vertical surfaces. If you need to lay the tiles in bathroom or to make backsplash around work surface in kitchen, and also floor tiles in swimming-pool or in washing house, you can contact our company. Competent professional of Slavonic nationality with an extensive experience, Moscow residence permit, with no bad habits will make high quality renovations with glazed or ceramic granite tile lying.
Tile lying is a process which requires special knowledge and experience. If you decide to do this work by yourself, you should know several simple rules to avoid unpleasant and annoying mistakes, which lead to budget overruns and failures.
The fundamental rules of tile lying
The first thing which should be done before tile lying on the floor is to prepare subflooring. It must be even; otherwise air-tightness of floor covering will be broken. On the uneven floor ceramic granite tile because of its hardness is vulnerable to strokesas well as increased consumption of adhesive to compensate for irregularities.
That is why it’s better to remove old underlayment and to pour a new one, to make it even and leave it to dry. Uneven surface of the wall should be done in the same way but with plaster of high quality. Also good basis for tile laying is gypsum plasterboard which can be an alternative to plaster.
After levelcrete or stopping runs dry, it should be covered with primer coat and then you can lay the tile. Keep in mind that for laying tiles on the floor or the wall is necessary to have a supply of the material at a rate of 10-15% of the calculated amount of tiles for the prospecting cladding.
Handy tips
It is not recommended to start laying the tiles in the bathroomor the kitchen immediately to the adhesive cement – even professionals with an extensive experience do not lay the tile in this way. You should first lay the tiles on the floor surface, to see the location of each detail. Before that, the room should be divided into four parts by means of conventional lines extending from the center of each wall. Tiles pre-laying should be started at the intersection of the two lines, in other words, from the center of the room, moving uniformly in all directions. When you reach the wall, you'll see just how much centimeters must be cut from the tiles on each side. You need to have a special tool to cut the tile.
Readme! Before laying tiles to each wall, you should leave 0.5 cm of free space. You need to do it because the tiles under the influence of moisture and temperature could freely swell out and contract. Otherwise you run the risk to see the blowup floor or wall covering, when two pieces are raised above the surface at the hairline joint.
After you have estimated the location of the tiles on the floor and cut the outer pieces of the tiles to the desired width, you can start laying the tiles on the adhesive cement.
Nevertheless, we want to add: plumbing services in London are not so expensive to undertake this difficult task on your own, risking to ruinsome tile boxes.
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