How to lay a tile quickly and efficiently

Usually inexperienced self-taught builders are most concerned with the question of how to lay the tile on the floor or walls. As a rule, many of them have minimal experience of facing works, however, carrying out a qualitative laying of tiles requires much more knowledge than it seems at first glance.

About how to lay down the tile correctly, it is easy to learn from the pages of special literature, which is more than enough in printed and electronic form. However, within the framework of this article, let's try to consider the basics of this venture, and certainly taking into account the various features of the configuration of a particular tile. Before proceeding to the direct mastering of the technology of tile business, it is necessary to determine the range of necessary tools and materials. You will need:

• tile;
• Adhesive mixture;
• water;
• Master OK;
• putty knife;
• primer;
• Paint roller and tray;
• A large bucket of 30-40 liters (better metal);
• Serrated trowel;
• Perforator (drill) with a nozzle-mixer;
• Bulgarian;
• Tile cutting machine;
• Crosses for tile joints;
• Mixture for mashing.

Before laying the tile, you must carefully prepare the surface. Perform such work on the aligned walls, and if there is significant curvature on the floor will have to make a screed. Many do not pay attention to the preparatory stage, which helps to get rid of the overspending of expensive tile glue and significantly improve the quality of the masonry. Following the alignment, the surface must be cleaned of litter and dust, after which it should be carefully primed.

How to lay the tile on? It is more logical to start the masonry from the walls, making a small indentation from the floor. If it is covered with tiles or other material, then it is necessary to take into account the thickness of the future coating. It is recommended for indentation to use an equal size rail, which will allow to observe the necessary distance along the entire perimeter and will not allow the tile to slide. Preliminary marking is also a good solution.

When preparing the tile adhesive, it is necessary to smoothly coat the toothed double-sided trowel on the technical (back) side of the finishing material. Tooth side should remove excess glue, trying to do it without bias. Having planned a place for a tile, it is necessary to put it to the surface and carefully press it. Do not forget that the tiles must be laid with the use of construction level in the work and special crosses for seams.

Similarly, the tiles are laid on the floor. After a few days, you can proceed directly to the grouting of the joints. In the construction market today, there is a lot of a variety of materials designed for this purpose, and therefore the issue of choice will not stand.

With the rest of the details it is easy to get acquainted directly on the way of work. How to lay a paving slab? Understanding the technology of its laying is also quite simple, but we'll talk about this in other articles, because such a process has its own specifics.