Facing the facade with tiles according to all the rules

Gusevsky Andrey Anatolyevich

Facing the facade of the house with tiles

Facing the facade of the house with tiles is found in every city. This is not a luxury.
After all, the price of the material is quite democratic. Plates for facade cladding are commercially available and you can choose from many materials and choose the right color.
There is also a facade cladding tile made of natural stone on sale, as well as its artificial substitute, which in all respects is not inferior to natural elements. Today we will tell you how to tile facades.
First you need to look at the photos and videos and decide what will happen in the end. After all, the tile is laid using any pattern and it is necessary that everything is in the subject.

Facade tile

Ceramic tile endowed with the best properties and characteristics, due to which this material is used in many apartments and houses. This product has established itself as a reliable and high-quality facing material. The main advantage of ceramic tiles is water resistance.

Attention: Facing the facade of the house with insulation in this case is not done. You just don’t attach tiles to it. Therefore, if you need to insulate the room, then for decoration it is better to use another material.

House cladding facade tile perfectly tolerates high humidity and temperature extremes.
This ensures the durability of the entire lining:

• Facade cladding made with ceramic tiles is the maximum protection of the building from any atmospheric precipitation or other influences. And the service life of this material is exactly as much as the building itself on which this tile is applied, if everything is done according to the instructions and advice of specialists.
• Facing with facade tiles will be a pretty good material in terms of labor after installation. You do not have to do laborious care.
• The tiles used for the facade are distinguished by such parameters: interior, shape, thickness and design. Tile of small formats is attached to the adhesive from the side of the brick. Large format tiles, mounted on the frame of the building, due to which the walls are insulated and all sorts of irregularities or roughness are hidden.
• This cladding material is most often similar in design to stone or brick. Finishing in this style looks very harmonious, but if you wish, you can decorate the wall with colored panels. In this case, it is important to harmoniously fit the color panel into the design of the entire building.
• The advantages of ceramic tiles over full-format bricks for wall cladding are obvious: it is much lighter, so you do not need additional support on the foundation.
• Ceramic tiles for facade cladding are made in accordance with GOS996-93T 13, which regulates its properties, which are necessary for exposure against external factors.
• Facade cladding tiles can very well be made with your own hands, and moreover, it’s not so difficult. The most important thing is to follow the styling technology.

Choose a tile

Facing facade tiles made of natural stone or artificial, is selected according to one of the principles:

• When designing structures and buildings, their facing materials are calculated as well as supporting structures. Thanks to these calculations, the material for the lining is selected, which will withstand temperature extremes. Therefore, the purchase should be studied instructions. This indicator is there.
• Facing the facade with OSB slab is done according to preliminary calculations.Elements eat different sizes. Therefore, calculate correctly. After all, if this is not done correctly, then there can be quite a lot of waste and the price of finishing will increase.
• The tile may have a different front part. It can be either glossy or with bulges. If you take it, then you need to know that dirt will accumulate on the surface. So think over this question.
• Today, tile manufacturers offer facade systems such as "Ronson", thanks to which it became possible to mount on the frame even the smallest tile. It is such a tile that is more attractive to home owners, because it is very similar to brickwork.

Attention: Installation of tiles with mortar is only good for brick or concrete houses with few floors. For a large plane of another material, facing facade tiles on self-tapping screws are provided. So it's worth paying attention to.

If you have a large structure, then facing the facade of the house with fiber cement slabs is done. Only here the fastening will be carried out using other materials.
This process is quite time-consuming, but you get a ventilated facade and it will come in handy for a large house.

Installation of facade tiles

In order for the front wall to be beautiful, it must have a flat surface. And often when choosing a method of fixing tiles, the condition of the wall plays a decisive role.
In general, there are no trifles in this work. After all, at every stage everything can be ruined. Therefore, the work should be treated responsibly.

Doing workplace preparation

Attention: Before starting work, you need to prepare a workplace. After all, during the execution of the work you will have to move around and this should be convenient. For this, scaffolding is best suited.

Making surface preparation

Tiling of the facade of the house is performed on the prepared surface:

• To prepare the wall for mounting tiles on the mortar, it is necessary to remove the old coating, or to clean the wall from standing plaster; brickwork must be cleaned from uneven layers of the solution; if there are any notches - they need to be plastered; remove all dust from the wall and apply a primer coat.

Attention: After cleaning the surface, it must be primed. This will ensure reliable adhesion of surfaces.

• After that, we need to determine the evenness of the plane. After all, after fixing the tiles, all errors will be visible. To do this, just diagonally pull the line and attach the level.
  Then we will immediately see all the deviations. If the size of the mortar is needed over two cm. Then it will be necessary to pre-plaster the plane.
• People often use cement - sand mortar with a ratio of 1: 5 to fix the tiles. But this is not the right approach: this screed does not have high strength, and over time, inter-tile grout tends to be washed out by rains, which destroys the screed. Because of what the tiles fall off.
• To prevent this trouble, you need to apply a solution designed for ceramic tiles. It is sold on any construction market, in dry form. The composition of the mixture includes polymeric substances, due to which the setting and adhesion of the mixture are enhanced, and the screed becomes insensitive to external factors, such as rains, frosts or sudden changes in temperature.
• Manufacturers offer grout complete with glue. A bag of glue weighing 25 kg costs from 400 rubles. If the adhesive consumption depends on the thickness of the tile, approximately 3.5 kg / m2 is required. With this calculation, it becomes clear that one bag is enough for seven square meters of wall, and facing the facade of a small house will cost quite expensive.
• To save money, which does not interfere with the quality of the finish, you can prepare the solution yourself. The ratio of cement in the solution is approximately 1: 3 and a plasticizer will be added to this mixture.

Caution: This additive is sold either in plastic bottles or in cans. Its price is not high, but enough of it can be up to one hundred kg of cement. One liter of plasticizer may be enough to finish a small building. If everything is calculated, it becomes clear that the savings are substantial. You just need to make a little effort.

Facade cladding procedure

Facing tile for facades should be in a specific configuration. It must be determined before mounting. Facing facade slabs before laying must be laid out on a flat plane and draw up the desired pattern.
After all, you need to see what you will do:

• First we need to draw a line along which the first row will be attached. It should be perfectly parallel to the surface of the earth.
• To do this, apply the hydraulic level with which this parameter can be perfectly maintained. We mark the entire perimeter of the cladding.
• After that, we need to combine the risks. For this we use the simplest nylon thread. Just beat off the line.
• The start profile is set on the drawn line. The first row of tiles will be fixed on it. Glue the tiles from the corners of the building. All facing materials have corner and additional elements in a set.
• Using a plasticized mixture, the tiles do not need to be moistened. It is important to study all manufacturers recommendations before starting work. For identical and beautiful joints, plastic crosses are used.
• The mixture is applied over the surface of the tile with a spatula. After that, the tile is applied. Now it is slightly pressed and rotated.

Tile fastening

Attention: It is important for us to plant the tile so that there is no air left in the middle. Therefore, it is imperative that when you press it, lie slightly in different directions. Then the space is completely filled.

• After the glue has hardened, the crosses are removed, after which you can begin to grout the seams.
• When facing corners, we pay special attention to the correct geometry. We check everything with the help of a square and level.
• When cutting elements, a tile cutter is used. And if you need to cut out a part of the tile with uneven edges, then this is done with a simple grinder and a stone disc.

We maintain the size of the seam with the help of crosses

• After we pull out the crosses, you need to walk along the seam with the angle of a spatula. It is necessary to remove the entire solution. This is especially important if you will fill the seam with a different color.
• When everything hardens completely, you can fill in the seams.

Facing the facade of the house with tiles is a rather painstaking process, but after doing the work you will not think about it for many years. Therefore, it is worth doing everything qualitatively.