The floors of apartment kitchens are often faced with rectangular ceramic tiles. This solution allows you to slightly expand the kitchen visually. High -quality well -chosen tiles also gives the room a more neat and elegant look. For tile work, the master will need materials: cement sheets, ceramic tiles, roofing nails, tile glue, tape for cement sheets, grinding stitches, a hammer, level, pliers, beaten, a bucket, a vacuum cleaner, sponges, a rectangular spatula with a zazubrin, a saw canvas, and a saw leaflet, and a saw leaf Chardal nozzles for him.
If the old tile is laid on the floor, you will first have to dismantle it. However, the newcomers with such a problem are not found. A housing crossing suggests that a person will have to encounter a new place with virgin walls and floor, so you can immediately proceed to laying tiles. To prepare a normal durable base on the screed, it is recommended to put the so -called cement sheets. They should be laid on a layer of special glue. Next, you can proceed to laying tiles.
To expand visually not too wide the kitchen, it is recommended to use right tiles. It is necessary to fix it with long sides across the kitchen. At the same time, the ranks are shifted relative to each other, which allows you to imitate the effect of masonry with brick.
When laying the material, it must be installed between the tiles of 4 mm dividers. After the entire floor is laid out with tiles, you need to let the glue dry during the day. After a day, it is necessary to remove the dividers and fill the seams with grout. So that the composition does not dry out too quickly, it should be applied to small areas.