Installing Tile with careful planning
Installing tiles in any place is a matter of right quantity of materials, tools and right methods, it is not that easy as tiles are very beautiful and comes in different sizes. They need to cut or shape in the size as per the places. Tiles arouses the feeling of grandeur, stability and glaze as it can suits with other objects and made them more upgraded and glazy.
Tiling a place either it is a wall, shower or floor the entire process needs full attention in four different parts of tiling such as: planning, preparing exteriors, installation and finishing touches. These parts are described here:
? Planning: Before placing the tiles right planning is needed to make it right. First of measuring the right space is needed, next the tile that will suit with the appearance need to choose and at last right quantity of materials should be taken. While installing the tiles all the other things needed are some specific type of glue, mastic or mortar for holding the base at the right place.
Besides this, placers are needed for bricking the tiles to maintain the actual same gaps between the tiles; with all this cutters are must be taken ad they could cut the tiles into smaller pieces if needed. There is another type of cutter called a nibbler which is used to clip the tile pieces for make them fit around the things. There are many more tools that are used in tilling so they must be kept in the planning process.
? Preparing exteriors: Complete preparation for the exteriors before installing has no alternate as a complete overview and right observation is recommended for the tiling. In this step a level has to be made within a sixteenth of an inch over the dimension of the tile that need to install and the exteriors should be persistent and strong so that it can support tile, clean and of a full of pores material.
? Installing tiles: Installation process is the process of right method and deep observation; here are some basics of installing tiles. At first tiles need to cut in the right size and keep in the places, use a chalk or a pencil to mark a center line for beginning the work.
These lines will help to keep track of the tiles placing in the right line; take the glue and work it on the level with one side with the toothed trowel and apply on the either side. Now tiles are set and pressed down and the process will be continued till the area is covered with the tiles. Make sure that there is enough space between top of the tiles level and the set tiles in the following lines are straight and fixed properly.
In case of bathroom and kitchen, the things should be kept apart so that the tiles can be fitted into whole floor. There are also different process for fitting 1) porcelain and ceramic tiles and 2) Asphalt and vinyl tiles and the process is described here:
Vinyl and Asphalt Tiles: At first choose the field where tiling will be done and then toll the tiles with a tile roller on the floor and this roller can be taken in rent. After rolling the tiles have to be sealed up with right number of coating of sealer which will be recommended by the constructor.
These are mostly used on floors so a baseboard has to be installed along the perimeter to end the tiling.
Porcelain and Ceramic Tiles: At first take the glue and cement the spaces between the tiles. After cementing the tiles let it for drying and then seal the cement lines with the use of a sealer. The glue and baseboard is also recommended here for make the edges finished.