Laying tiles on drywall is one of the most widespread methods for laying tiles on a wall or floor. Its popularity is explained by the fact that this tile easily falls on such surfaces, and holds well on it.
Before gluing tiles, you need to know some styling rules. Before starting tiles, it is advised to dump all the joints of the GKL sheets. This will help increase the stability and integrity of the future design. Remember that it is necessary to use a solution that is designed to close the gangs in the GCL. It is also necessary to primer the entire surface before laying the tile, whether it is laying the tiles in the toilet or laying tiles in a wooden house, which you go to relax to relax. It is recommended to buy a primer of the same manufacturer as the glue on which the tile will be laid. With mixtures for laying tiles, we will meet in the next paragraph.
Which solution is better for laying tiles?
Experts put forward some means for gluing, which can be used in order to lay tiles on gypsum. The most widespread means have acquired a tool based on cement. Due to the fact that the solution is placed on a paper base, it tightly connects the tile to the surface of the drywall.
Often, in order to put tiles on gypsum cardboard, elastic tile glue is used. It spreads both in a dry form, and as already ready in special containers. Experts believe that this is the most suitable type of glue for such surfaces. Such glue is more reliable than others, but the truth is the cost, in turn, will be higher as its quality.
Some renovation masters glue ceramic tiles on gypsum cardboard using «liquid nails». This is a special gluing agent, which is created on the basis of water dispersion.
Laying tiles on an electric warm floor. For those who walk without slippers in winter and in summer, it is allowed to lay tiles on the warm floor. Question: “What tile is needed?», It fades into the background, because almost any floor tile is suitable for us, the main thing in it is the heat resistance and plasticity. In this choice, the main thing is to choose the right solution, that is, adhesive. For places with high humidity or temperature such as: pool, bath, warm floors in the room, you will need a solution based on cement M500, as we talked above. It is advisable to lay the tiles on the warm floor together with its installation, when your mini-building has just begun.
There is more exotic (although there is no exotic in this), in my opinion, laying tiles. Laying tiles on foam and laying tiles on foam.
Undoubtedly, such styling will maintain heat, but at first a little information about this material.
The foam and the foam is low thermal conductivity (which allows you to maintain heat), high resistance to decay, insignificant weight, poorly burns (also very important), durability.
Prices depend on the type of foam and foam and its thickness.
Types of foam plates: PSB-S-50 foam (density from 40 to 42 kg/m. cube.); PSB-S-35 foam (density from 20 to 27 kg/m. cube.); PSB-S-25 foam (density from 15 to 16 kg/m. cube.); PSB-S-15 foam (density from 10 to 13 kg/m. Cube.).
Types of foam tilts: “foamyplex” 35 (density of 35 kg/m3, g1), “foam play” standard (density of 32 kg/m3, G4), and “foamoples” 45 (density 45 kg/m2, G4)
For laying tiles on the floor with a foam, a screed is required, you can also add a fiber for durability.
Now we are streamlined and describe the moments that have not yet had time to discuss in this article.
1) Before starting, it is necessary to level the surface, namely, make a screed of the floor or alignment of the walls.
2) purchase materials.
3) Put the tiles.
Today we’ll talk a little more about the third point. After aligning the surface and purchase of materials, we will begin to work. From the beginning we will prepare a glue solution. We do this according to the recipe: add a glue solution in water in small portions (the proportion of adding can be viewed on the package), stirring it with a “mixer” from a drill. The resulting mixture should be of medium consistency, like a jelly. Not very water, but not very viscous, in the wrong proportions it will be problematic to glue. How everything will work out well with us, we will start directly to laying.
We start by applying tiles on the wall. We carry out the work in the direction from below, that is, first we distribute the first row on the floor, then higher and so on for each wall. So that we have strictly flat styling we put on the floor of the rail and align the level of the instrument. When laying on the wall with a spatula, apply glue to the lower part of the surface of the tile and apply it to the base. Slightly pressing the tile to the wall, so that the adhesive solution is evenly distributed over its entire surface. Such simple manipulations are performed with other plates.
On this principle, we lay the floor, sequentially laying the tile.
How the entire tile will be laid and the entire adhesive solution will dry, let’s go to facing operations. Clean the tiles of accidental glue and fill the seams with a fugue using a rubber spatula.
If you want to bring everything to shine, you can process with special means, from which the stacked tile will not only shine, but also acquire some protective properties.