How to put a tile on the floor

Make the floor from the tile forces to the home master, whose hands grow out of the shoulders. At the same time, it is necessary to take a case responsibly and seriously. If you choose the right materials, tools and take into account the nuances of such work, it will seem interesting more than complex.
This article will teach you how to properly lay the tiled floors without attracting domestic and overseas specialists.

Let's start with the preparation of the floor surface. With the help of a chisel with a hammer or perforator, it needs to be cleaned from the old tile, screed and waterproofing. Special attention should be paid to places in the corners of the room. Discovered after cleaning the gaps and holes should be sealed with tiled glue, otherwise there are inevitable problems with future waterproofing. After performing these events, it is necessary to remove all the garbage on the floor and deny its surface.

Now we will deal with the floorproofing of the floor. It is recommended for all rooms having a water supply. It will protect the neighbors below from emergency water leaks and, as a result, will save your nerves. Before applying the protective layer, the floor should be treated with a primer composition for better adhesion of materials. Waterproofing is performed as follows:

The dry mixture is divorced with water and is thoroughly mixed. Its applying is made by roller, and in hard-to-reach places - the spatula.
Construction joints are covered with waterproofing ribbon.
Protective insulation, except the floor, start on the wall. This height is 10-20 cm.
The mixing of the mixture goes in 2-3 layers at the intervals of its intermediate drying in 5-7 hours.
After completing this work, the floor should 24 hours from you "Relax".

Very important component of smooth laying of tiles is a qualitatively performed screed.
It is best to use self-leveling building mixtures. Instructions for their use are available on the packaging of materials. The pouring of the screed should be done from the far corner of the room, gradually moving towards the door. The solution is distributed evenly with a wide spatula. Finished flooded areas are additionally rolled with a needle roller to remove air from the mixture. Full drying of the mixture will come in 2-3 days. After that, the floor again needs to be primed.

The final stage of the work is the laying of tiles:

Initially, you need to mark the markup of the floor. For this, with chalk, two lines intersecting at right angles in the center of the room and perpendicular to its opposite walls. They will serve as a guide for "dry" fitting tiles. After its layout, it will be possible to define the material to be trimmed in places of floor adjoins to the walls.
Stop the tile follows from the most remote room angle. The glue for the tile is divorced in accordance with the instructions on its packaging.
The mixture is evenly applied to the floor with a toothed spatula.
The tile is pressed against the surface and is confrontated by rubber xy to ensure the clutch with the floor. For the formation of tile seams between products, special crosses are installed.
Lacking tile laying must be constantly monitored by the construction level.
After laying the main tiles, it is possible to cut the material for the adjoints. To do this, use a special machine - slabcores.
Before drying the glue, its residues on the front of the tiles should be immediately removed with a wet sponge.
After the end of the work, the tile floor should stand three days before the polymerization of the solution.

At the last stage, tiled seams are closed. This is done with the help of their sealing composition. Work is made by a spatula. After drying the grouts of the seams, the new floor must be washed to remove excess sealants.