We tell how to choose a tile in size, finishing coating, resistance to household chemicals, and also show the step-by-step process of its laying on the wall.
The right choice made those who decided to arrange the walls and floor of the bathroom, shower, toilet with ceramic tiles - the most durable, hygienic and beautiful material. However, several more ceramics qualities are important for cladding wet premises.
1 Traveling of the coating
Neither dry nor wet floor tile should not be slippery. In this case, it is better to choose products with a matte or embossed surface, on which there is less likelihood of slipping, fall and get injured. And the loyal connoisseurs of gloss can please themselves only with the walls of the walls. On vertical surfaces, glossy cladding is quite safe. In addition, it will seem a little brighter matte, better reflect the light, and even a small room will be visually spacious.
Structured Rectified Porcelain Strain Iron Collection (Estima Ceramica), Elements Size: 60 × 60/120 cm (1 395 rubles / m²)
2 Resistance to household chemicals
It is desirable that ceramic tiles are steady, without changes in the appearance transferred the frequent impact of cosmetics and household chemicals, which include fats, salts, lumps and acids. In accordance with the International DIN EN 14411-2016 standard for chemical resistance, the tile is divided into five classes: AA, A, B, C and D (from the most resistant to less). At home, it is permissible to use four-class ceramics: from a to d, and in wet rooms and in the kitchens are preferably not lower than class A or V. But the wear resistance of tiles in the rooms where they go in a soft home shoe or barefoot, not so significant. And yet we note that in accordance with the PEI test for the bathrooms of apartments and houses, ceramics of groups of PEI-I and PEI-II are suitable. The products of the PEI-III group are preferable to the fields of balconies, hallways and corridors, which are often moved to street shoes.
The tiles of a small format give a large decorative freedom, easily turning into original compositions, and minimize waste when designing complex surfaces
3 Compatible Warm Paul
Apartment owners are more concerned about some coldness of floors decorated with ceramic tiles. Indeed, their temperature is usually lower than air temperature by 3-4 ° C. Make the surface temperature is more comfortable easy with the use of additional thermal insulation of the base and the system for a warm floor.
Floor tiles are stacked throughout the area of the room, including under the bathroom. Otherwise, the waterproofing properties of the floor will deteriorate and maintain purity will be noticeably more difficult.
4 Tile size
There is a question that in small rooms it is worth using only fine-format tiles, and in spacious - more impressive in size, not so definitely. After all, the smaller the tile, the longer and more expensive the process of laying and the higher the qualification should be at the wizard. In addition, rectangular medium-sized rectangles are capable of changing the perception of the room depending on the vertical or horizontal location of the long side. The first option will help visually lift the ceiling, the second is to expand the narrow space of the bathroom and toilet.
To get a harmonious and comfortable environment in the premises of the bathroom and toilet, except the area and operating conditions of the facing, it is important to take into account the specifics of fasteners of plumbing equipment and furniture, their size and location, color gamut and the illumination of rooms
Perhaps it is correct to choose the size of the elements for a specific room. Do not refuse to create a design project (a similar service is offered by many specialized stores). It will help determine the optimal size of the tile, take into account the technique and drawing of the styling, calculate the required amount of material and a small supply for trimming or marriage (technical conditions of delivery admit 5% of the defective material on the tile batch).
Bonus: how to lay a tile and care for her
Step-by-step process of laying tiles
Old tile are knocked down using chisels and hammer
The basis is leveled if necessary. Measure the size of the wall and make up the layout scheme from the middle to the edges / corners, so that the tile on the opposite sides of the wall was the same size
Mount the tile. To get smooth seams, use extective cross
Tile, which is placed on the edges of the walls, in the corners and around the technological holes, clipped with a compact saw with a diamond cutting circle for tiles
After the final drying of the glue, interlocking stitches
Reduce the amount and thickness of the seams using a large-format or edged tile. If conventional ceramic tiles have side faces with a bomb (rounded), then in the process of rectification, their edges are cut off at right angles, removing the challenge. Finished products, although they are a bit more expensive, but they have smaller deviations of the sizes, and you can put them with the seams of the minimum thickness of 1-2 mm.
How to clean dirty seams
Interputer seams - a problem facing in wet premises. As a rule, they are filled with waterproof cement grouts. And due to insufficient ventilation and the constant presence of moisture on them, the colonies of fungi and mold can appear.
Interputer seam cleaners are designed to remove lime raids, fat, oils and other contaminants (including those who visited) from the surface of the seams of wall and floor facing. They are in demand when cleaning the bathrooms, kitchens and vessels, decorated with tiles, seams between which are filled with sufficiently porous cement grouts. The procedure is simple. First, dry contaminated seams are wetted using a sprayer (from a distance of 15-20 cm) or sponges and leave for exposure for 1-2 minutes. After that, they clean them with a soft brush or sponge, regularly washing the tool. Before processing seams with non-standard filling, it is desirable to check the action of the cleaner on a small area.
"Cleaner of intercutric seams" ("basics") (UE. 0.8 l - 541 rubles)
"Cleaning remedy for interputric seams" (MELLUD) (UE 0.5 l - 519 rubles.)
"Cleaner-concentrate for interputric seams" (HG) (UE 0.5 L - 387 RUB.)
Yulia Budanova, Marketing Director Estima Ceramic
Due to the fact that the porcelain stoneware does not absorb moisture, it is used in shower, bathrooms and other places of high humidity. At home, the lining of the walls and the floor is cleaned with soft gels. But even with such a gentle processing on the ceramic, mold and fungus do not appear. The material is hygienic and unsuitable for the life of fungal colonies and bacteria. For their reproduction, there are simply no conditions. In addition, the porcelain stoneware is environmentally friendly, only natural raw materials are used in its production, without any harmful substances.