Tiling the bathtub: how to do it right

Gusevsky Andrey Anatolyevich

Tiling the bathroom

Tiling in the bathrooms is a traditional decoration of this room. This is explained by the wide choice of colors, the ability to use imitation for a variety of materials, and the variety of styling and design styles allow you to create an original composition that pleases a person for a long time with an appearance.
Therefore, facing the bathrooms with tiles is an integral part of the overall interior of the home to give it comfort and coziness.

Criteria for choosing a material for a bathroom lining

When choosing tiles for the bathroom, preference should be given to glazed tiles.
In addition, you need to consider:

• Water resistant. It should be one hundred percent.
• The use of glaze prevents the growth of fungus on the surface of the walls and flooring.
• The flooring should be non-slip and more durable than on the walls. Tiles on the floor can withstand a large load, and are reliably protected from scratches and more serious damage, otherwise it will quickly become unattractive.

Tip: You need to choose a tile paying attention to its quality characteristics, which are contained in the marking.

How to choose a color

The choice of color is an individual solution to the problem. It all depends on the taste preferences of the owner of the room.
But there are general rules that you need to consider when choosing a color for the tile:

• Bathroom It differs from other rooms in that it does not have windows for natural daylight, and if there is, it is too small and not more than one.
• The tile facing for a bathroom is chosen light and not so bright. Otherwise, in a closed room, bright and colorful colors will exert bad psychological pressure on its inhabitants.
• It does not have to be white only. You can combine several colors. The composition can be assembled from dark and light colors. For example, the floor is dark and the walls are light.

Tip: A small bathroom will help visually increase the light colors of the material. With very high ceilings, darker tones are needed. Visually “raise” the ceiling will allow a vertical pattern on the tile.

• A room trimmed with tiles of bright colors, on which there is no picture, will look faded and boring.
• Facing tiles for the bathroom with an ornament and beautiful landscapes will add zest to the design and create the right atmosphere. An example of such a bathroom is shown in the photo.

Examples of tiling the bathroom

• You need to purchase the tile with some margin, otherwise if it is lacking or spoiling, it will be difficult to find a material of a suitable color and tone.

The choice of style for room decoration

So that soon the owners wouldn’t feel like updating the bathroom, they need to take different colors of tiles and how to lay them:

• Mosaic can be combined with each other (seeMosaic decoration of the bathroom - how to do it yourself) and large tiles that differ in color from each other.
• To design a bathroom, you can use one of the styles: oriental, bionic, exotic. Recent decades have often used the classic style.

What is shakhty tile

The city of Mines produces a popular tile for wall and floor cladding of any room.
The most significant advantages that the facing mine tile for the bathroom has are:

• Quality is time-tested. In the manufacture of tiles uses only environmentally friendly raw materials, which are assigned a quality certificate.
  Production is carried out on modern, new equipment in compliance with all technologies. Therefore, the tile has durability, high strength and external attractiveness.
• No defects. At all stages of production, strict quality control of products is carried out in accordance with existing enterprise standards.
• A variety of design designs. The company produces tiles that will satisfy every customer.
• Acceptable prices.

The range of tiles that is produced in the city of Mines includes:

• Shakhtinskaya facing tile for a bathroom and other rooms has a high level of humidity.
• Floor tiles are available.
• For finishing the kitchen.
• For public spaces.
• Porcelain tile. This is a material with high strength, designed for exterior decoration and flooring.

Tiled bathtub

Requirements for the installation of tiles for cladding in the bathroom

The instruction indicates that before starting the masonry, it is necessary to prepare the surface of the walls.
There are several ways to do this:

• With very uneven walls, they need to be well plastered or beaten with moisture-resistant drywall.
• If the differences in unevenness on one wall do not exceed 15 mm, then it is enough to align the most problematic areas, and for small irregularities you can use cement tile adhesive.
• Previously painted walls are veneered after the paint is burnt out or well scratched to concrete. This improves the adhesion of the adhesive and base.
• Paint is removed using special washes sold in hardware stores.

Tip: Before sticking the tiles in the bathroom, it is advisable to prime the walls with penetrating solutions, which will strengthen and improve the adhesion of the base.

How to dismantle old masonry

This need arises if you want to change the finish, or if one of the tiles is damaged.
For this:

• If you need to remove only a certain area, then first grout the seams with a special scraper.
• With poor separation of the solution, it can be moistened with vinegar, in a ratio of 1: 1 with water.
• Tiles off with a spatula or chisel.
• For large dismantling, you can use a puncher and a chisel. At the same time, hands and eyes must be protected.

Do-it-yourself tiling of a bathroom bathroom involves the acquisition of such a set of tools and other materials:

• Spatulas rubber and gear.
• Tile cutter.
• With a rubber butt hammer.
• Construction level.
• Tile adhesive.
• Capacity for glue.
• Tile grout.
• Tiled crosses that regulate the thickness of tile joints.

Laying tiles in the bathroom

Technology for laying tiles on the floor

When laying tiles on the floor with your own hands, you need to follow a few rules:

• Facing surfaces are thoroughly prepared. The final result depends on it.
• Before starting work, it is necessary to solve the tile laying from the walls or from the floor.

Tip: Most often, it is better to start finishing the bathroom with laying the floor, which will be an even base for wall cladding, which will facilitate the process. Finishing should be started from the far corner from the entrance to the bathtub so that the cut tile elements are less noticeable.

• Glue can be applied on a tile or on a surface of a wall or a floor. The only condition is to keep the material from the moment of glue application for about 10 minutes.
• Then glue is applied, the tile is applied to the surface, carefully leveled and carefully deposited with light blows with a rubber butt with a hammer.
• Laying down the next tiled row. Between the tiles, plastic crosses are inserted into the joints, then the seams will be of the same thickness.
• Checking the evenness of the stacked row is performed using the level. If necessary, the masonry is trimmed.
• The tile of the extreme row is cut to the required size and then laid.
• After setting the tiles, plastic crosses are removed from the seams, the joints of the tiles are rubbed with a rubber spatula.

Grouting joints with a plastic spatula

• After the paste dries, it is thoroughly washed with a sponge or rag, the surface is finished from the grout.

How to make a bathroom tiling with your own hands is clearly visible in the video.