Standard facing technology with tiles of the room involves the use of a concrete solution, which covers the surface. But there are also non-standard options for using tiles. About one such way we will talk now. It will be about how and how to glue a tile to the tree.

Reality laying tiles on wooden floor

Ceramic tile is a natural material that has been in excellent demand for several decades. This is not surprising. Magnificent strength and wear resistance, fire safety and resistance to the negative impact of moisture, environmental friendliness and ease of care - all these properties of the tile attract many designers, making it indispensable when creating stylish interiors.

Many people believe that wooden coating and ceramic tiles are absolutely incompatible materials. Yes, a few years ago, such multidirectional materials did not provide high coating efficiency. The main reason is the use of concrete mix to fasten them. Nowadays, the need to use cement mortar has disappeared. There are various newest self-leveling mixtures and adhesive compositions. Thanks to them, they will not make much difficulty glue a tile to the tree. Before laying the tile, it is necessary to carefully examine the operational parameters of the old floor covering. The tile is characterized by a significant weight, which in combination with glue will increase the load on the base. It must withstand the wooden floor. In the course of operation, it should not be subjected to cracking or deformation. Only even and solid base will be a key to:

• high-quality styling of ceramic tiles on wooden coating;
• ensuring the strength of the generated sex over long years.

Options for preparing the foundation

At the initial stage, the old flooring is cleaned from any paint coating. This procedure is carried out in one of three ways:

• mechanical processing;
• influence of chemicals;
• floor with high temperature influence.

The first option provides for the use of an electric drill with the emery circle, the second - solvents of the paints, the third - heat dryer with a scraper. After cleaning the flooring in the transverse, longitudinal and diagonal direction, the finish grinding of the surface of the grinding surface is carried out.

But this option is acceptable with good quality wooden floor from boards. In this case, you will have to do other measures to arrange tile floor. Glue the tile on a tree depending on the state of the surface can be in several ways.

Paul begins

This option provides for the following sequence of actions:

• removal of old coating;
• verification of logs on suitability;
• installation of old or new lags treated with impregnation;
• floating with a clamzite of space between lags;
• testing surface with thick plywood or boards;
• for efficient ventilation, there may be small slots between the boards;
• laying on top of the parchment paper boards;
• flooring substrates from gypsum fiber sheets with a thickness of 1 cm;
• the fastening step, which is produced "in the disintegration" around the perimeter of the Lag, is 15-20 cm;
• climbing the mounting foam of slots existing between the floor and the wall;
• similar to the surface.

The base of the tree is normal and made of chipboard

Before laying tiles on a tree, perform the following works:

• using the mounting foam, the slots between the floor coating and the wall are sealed;
• chipboard sheets are processed by impregnation;
• after drying it on the surface of the chipboard is applied layer of latex;
• the painting mesh is stacked;
• after drying the latex, the mesh is attached to the floor using selflessness;
• sheets are processed by a special solution (1 hour waters, 2 hours of large sand and 2 hours. Liquid glass);
• after drying the solution, the surface is aligned with a special self-leveling mixture.

The required amount of the tile is determined by measuring the entire surface. Its area is divided into one tile area and increases by 10-15% (it is necessary to take into account the cutting material and a possible fight).

Ceramic Tile Styling Technology

Before starting the installation of tiles, the facing material is placed on 10-15 minutes in water tank. This is done to remove air, which is in the tile. After the high-quality alignment of the wooden surface, you can proceed to assembly work. They consist of four main stages:

• floor marking;
• preparation of adhesive mortar;
• laying facing material;
• grouting intercourse seams.

The markup of the base is carried out using a coated lace. With it, two intersecting lines coming from the center of opposite walls are created. According to these lines, there is a preliminary decay of ceramic tiles on the floor. Moreover, the facing material is located in such a way as to obtain the minimum number of tiles to be cut. To accurately determine the size of the seams between the tiles you need to insert plastic crosses. For mounting tiles on the wooden floor, special cement glue is used. For the preparation of the working solution, glue is enough to mix with water. You can use plasticizers that are designed to improve clutch strength. Their proportion in the solution is 10-12% of the total amount of dry glue. Due to the fact that the solution dries pretty quickly (2-4 hours), its preparation should be made in small quantities. To quickly create a homogeneous solution, its stirring is carried out using a construction mixer.

To apply the adhesive solution, we will need a toothed spatula. Thanks to him, it turns out even strips on the dry floor. The glue is applied on a small area. It usually is within 1 m².

Tile laying can be started both from the center of the room and from the corner. Most professionals recommend starting to work with an angle of premises, which is the opposite entrance. The tile is pressed and fell into a rubber hammer. This ensures the maximum dense fitting of the material to the wooden coating. When installing immediately, the location of the facing material is checked.

Correct any defect can be possible only for 8-10 minutes. If there is a need for additional alignment of the tile coating, then you need to use a solution that is put under the tile. First you should post a solid tile. And only then there are cutting tiles on pieces designed to fill the remaining space. To cut the tile onto the pieces of certain sizes, you can use the glass cutter or a special device, which is called stovetur.

After the installation of installation works, the floor is carefully cleaned from the remnants of the adhesive solution. Reliable fixation of ceramic tiles and complete drying of the glue will happen 2 days later. After that, it is possible to raise the interconnect seams.

For grouting seams is a fugus. First, the seams are moisturizing. For this, a brush is used. With the help of a rubber spatula, grouting the slots between the tiles. Fuga fill all the seams. Excess solution is deleted immediately. The drying of the seams occurs in 25-30 minutes. After grouting slots, the entire surface is washed with a damp cloth.

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