Making repairs in the apartment, you probably faced the difficulties of choosing sexual coating in the kitchen. And trying to find a golden middle between the beauty of the coating and its practicality in 90% of cases, the choice was condensed on ceramic tiles.

Despite the large amount of floor coverings:, parquet, plug, array. Tile firmly ranks first on the market. Among the main advantages can be allocated that the tile is very durable material.

It depends on the thickness of the tile. If you manage to drop something very heavy and the tile will crack, you can always replace it by sticking the new element. Plus she is unpretentious in care and quite easily cleaned.

What you need to know before going to buy a tile

The first thing to pay attention to the purchase of ceramic tiles is not her beauty, but durability. What kind of programs from a beautiful combination of tiles with a kitchen head, if in a year or maybe it will be covered with cracks and chips.

Choose kitchen tile Based on these characteristics:

• low slip level;
• increased wear resistance;
• protection against the effects of chemicals;
• porosity;
• burnout in the sun.

A tile with smaller modules and even mosaic can also come. But keep in mind that the smaller the size of the tile, the harder and more expensive will be its laying.

If you still decided to buy a tile with a large-size modules on a small kitchen, then be prepared that it will have to cut it often, which will lead to a large amount of waste, which will turn into large spending even taking into account the cheap installation of large tiles.

If you have a medium-sized kitchen 9-12 sq. M. It is quite suitable with a tile of 33 to 33 and 40 to 40 centimeters.

In addition to square form, a rectangular tile is often used. Often the tile of such a shape is put when it has the color of parquet or imitates the brick and stone.

Rectangular tile will help visually expand narrow kitchen. To achieve such an effect, you should lay a long side of the tile perpendicular to the long wall of the room.

The unusual effect of the kitchen can be achieved by laying the tile of unusual shape. For this, a hexagonal or rounded form is suitable. Also used rhombus form and wave module.

Color ceramic tile

It is customary to choose the color of the tile depending on the selected color of the walls and the kitchen headset. It is advisable to adhere to the middle between the color of walls and kitchen furniture.

Here are the main tips when choosing a tile color if the headset has such a color:

• If your headset is white, then you can put the scarf of almost any color, but still take into account the fact that white color is referred to as cold. If a white kitchen It has a blue tint, then the floor should be selected in a similar range. To the white kitchen of the dairy shade is better to put terracotta or brown tiles.
• With blue kitchen furniture Ideally, the white tile with insertions of blue or blue color. Also suit one-picture blue color and sand with light orange.
• Yellow, coffee, as well as light brown tile will look good on the background of a green kitchen headset.
• For furniture of burgundy tones, choose a tile of gray, beige and vanilla colors.
• It is more difficult with the kitchen of woody as it should take into account its appearance, namely the color and texture. If the furniture is clearly visible to the annual rings, it is desirable to acquire a monochrome tile without a picture. It is also not worth putting the tile imitating tree, because it will create a "conflict" of colors.
• Gray kitchen It is advisable to revive with bright colors as: red, orange, yellow. Or is suitable ornament diluting gray shade monotonicity.
• The kitchen set of yellow color, on the contrary, it is necessary to lend a little quiet colors. For this, black, gray and turquoise colors. But also pay attention to the tile in brown, olive and terracotta tones.

Laying

At first glance, there is nothing complicated in the installation of tiles to the floor, however, if you figure it out more detailed, that is, a large number of nuances that should be considered before the start of laying.

It is very important to take into account the coating on which the tile and the degree of its preparation will be laid. Align the floor is required by a cement screed. The surface should be carefully cleaned, all cracks are tightly embossed with a special solution.

After which with grinding machine Align the cement influx and give the screed dry. Next, the floor should be subjected to primer, also should not forget about the waterproofing of the surface.

In order not to have arisen with its installation, it is better to immediately invite professionals that, ultimately, will save your money.

There are some more "secrets" that should be taken into account when laying tiles. So that the tile contamination was less noticeable, it is worth choosing a dark grainy or matte surface with an ornament. On the glossy monophonic tile, the chip will be easier to notice that he will not add presentability to it.

To visually divide the kitchen along the zones, lay the tile by creating a single drawing. A simple drawing will make the kitchen more, complicated, on the contrary, creates the impression of a small kitchen size.

Do not underestimate the effect of choosing the color of the grouts of the seams. The more contrast is the grout, the greater the attention will be riveted to the floor and the pattern on it. If you want to avoid extra eyes on the floor and are going to use it only as a background, then the grout should be tone to the color of the tile.

And last secret: On a dark grout, pollution is not so visible as in bright, which will create the effect of a cleaner floor.

Following the above-described advice, choose ceramic tiles on the floor in the kitchen and enjoy your choice every day.

Tile for kitchen on the floor (real photos)

No matter how much the range of available finishing materials, ceramic tile, although it belongs to the veterans of the building market, is not hurry to give the leading position of popularity. It occupies a completely specific "niche" - this material, due to its unique performance, is used for external and external work, for residential and technical premises, for decoration of gender and walls, facades and hydraulic structures, receiving buildings and even elements of garden design.

The tile practically does not have competitors in the field of premises with expressed high levels of humidity - bathrooms, bathrooms, kitchens, etc. The strength of ceramics allows it to withstand high loads, so when the floors are lining in such rooms, preference is most often given to it, since with all its positive qualities it is still very affordable. And one more important dignity is the relative ease of installation: if it is pretty to understand the subtleties, like to the lass of the tile on the floor, to fill the hand a little, to show the effort, then with such work it is possible to cope and independently.

But before we take for laying questions, it would be logical to consider the problems of its proper selection.

How to choose a floor tile

Going to the store to choose and acquire the necessary material, the owner of the apartment should "argue" by basic knowledge about which tile is usually available on sale.

Select the tile for the floor with a loan solely on his decorative qualities is an extremely frivolous approach. In a good shopping-shop, prepared sellers consultants can be provided, which will prompt which tile model for which purposes is intended. But it is better to be able to navigate in icons and pictograms that can tell about many things. Self common Symbols that can meet are shown in Table:

1 is a tile with severe frost-resistant qualities. It is suitable for the floor of the porch, veranda, balcony or loggia. To spend money on the purchase of such a tile for further flooring in a heated room - no sense.

2 - leg on a clone plane - the symbol of anti-slip qualities of the PL. For premises C. high humidity (Bathroom, kitchen) or for hallways, where there is a very important criterion, a very important criterion on footwear. Often such an icon is accompanied by a digital indicator - this is a coefficient tense. For the premises mentioned, the optimal choice will be slightly rough Tile with the specified coefficient not lower than 0.75.

3 - a sign in the form of a diamond (sometimes it is found with the image of the drill) - at the tile, the increased characteristics of surface strength, resistance to accented impacts. Good quality for sex in the kitchen - accidentally fallen dishes will not cover serious damage.

4 - A similar icon is always accompanied by a numerical value - this is the thickness of the ceramic tile. For laying on the floor, material is usually acquired by a thickness of about 7 - 8 mm.

5 - the strength of the selected tile on bending. This parameter is determined by the standards of stand tests, and the higher it is quality material (For example, in porcelain stoneware, this figure is much higher than the usual tile). However, the tile on the floor should be laid so that the bending load is minimal - tight and evenly to the surface, without air bubbles, shells, etc.

6 - The icon in the form of palm says that this ceramic tile is designed exclusively for the walls. No matter how beautiful and durable it seemed to acquire it for laying on the floor it is impossible.

7 - But the image of the trail from the boot speaks for itself - this tile is intended for the floor.

8 or 16 is indicators of stability of ceramic tiles to abrasive, abrasive load. In accordance with the International Standard Re1 (EN ISO 105645.7), there are 5 classes of wear resistance:

Variety resistance class on re1 (en ISO 105645.7)	Application area
I.	Such a tile is suitable for rooms with minimal load, where there is never intensive movement of people (for example, bathroom, bathroom). In such premises do not wear outdoor shoes, and they do not have a close neighborhood with access to the street.
II.	This tile is for rooms, which also go to home shoes, but the intensity of the movement is already somewhat higher.
III	The wear resistance of this class allows the use of ceramic tiles in the hallways or in the kitchens.
IV	High strength tiles for premises and hallways with intensive load - entrances, shops, public places, offices, etc. In the conditions of apartments or private houses, it makes no sense
V.	The highest class of abrasive strength applicable to coatings with an extremely high intensity of moving people and even some types of transport. Scope of application - train stations, large supermarkets, warehouses, industrial premises, etc.

9 - Such a pictogram suggests that the ceramic tile has passed the double firing procedure. Such material usually has a glossy glazed surface, and is more suitable for laying on the walls. In addition, double firming technology suggests increased porosity of ceramics - and this is a decrease in its mechanical strength and increased water absorption.

10 - The icon in the form of a chemical flask indicates the increased resistance of the tile surface to the effects of acids, alkalis, other aggressive substances, including any types of household chemicals. The letter indicator of this property is "aa".

11 - If such an icon met, then you need to be careful in choosing a tile - in one box there may be tiles of various shades.

12 – Notwhich Dear ceramic tiles can be carried out with the inclusion of noble metals in their composition: silver (AG), gold (AU) or even platinum (PT).

Pictograms 13 ÷ 15 inform about the parameters of the factory packaging of ceramic tiles. So, in the above example, the character 13 indicates that the weight of the gross box is 19.00 kilograms, the icon 14 is that one package is enough for 1.42 m² of floor area, and the symbol 16 is that 24 tiles are packaged in the box.

On some specific properties of the material, the pictograms specified in the table under the numbers from 17 to 21 are prompting. Such a ceramic tile is designed for special operating conditions. It can be stations and And terribles, medical facilities, industrial enterprises, hotels, sports facilities. Acquire such a tile for the flooring in the conditions of a private house or apartment - no sense.

What other moments can not be overlooked:

• If the tile is planned for laying on the floor of the bathroom, shower, kitchen or other room with high humidity, then material is needed with minimal (no higher than 3%) coefficient of water absorption.
• Linear dimensions (length and width) tiles I also have a value. Of course, the tile is larger, the faster it can be laid. However, for premises with a small area and complex floor shapes, too overall tiles will not fit - very much will be waste. Yes, and look a large tile in such rooms will be somewhat ridiculous. In addition, you do not need to forget that carefully lay a large tile - much more difficult.
• If it is purchased as far as packages of ceramic tiles, you need to select the goods of one batch.

This is necessary for two reasons:

- First, even a completely identical model of tiles, but different parties can have minor deviations on the shade. In a store, it is quite possible, it will not even be noticeable. However, after laying such a coating on the floor and during normal lighting, such a difference can be great to spoil the intended interior look of the room.

Different parties may vary and calibrate - linear tile sizes

- Secondly, oscillations on linear sizes of tiles are not excluded. It is clear that the cutting of the material in production is carried out under the control of the exact electronics. But still remains ceramics, and small errors may be, so it is necessary to calibrate the finished products. In one batch there should always be a single calibration tile, and the difference between different batches can even make up a few millimeters. When laying such a tile on the floor, especially in the premises of a large area, which can be noticed by the naked eye of inconsistencies.

• Be sure to check the packages on the absence of broken, cracked tiles or having chips on the surface. Sellers can convince that marriage is an inevitable phenomenon, and you need to accept it. No, you do not need, you pay your money for quality product.
• It is believed that a certain reserve should be purchased, 10% more square premises. It will go to "sealing" and in cases of compensation for any annoying misunderstanding. It must be remembered that to buy a tile later to fill the missing amount, it will not always be possible - this was already mentioned when it was about the parties.

By the way, if laying is planned tile tile , then the reserve can even increase somewhat - up to 15%. With such technology, it is more difficult to carry out the fitting of the material along the walls, there are more waste and, moreover, a significantly higher probability is allowed, but inexperienced, some errors.

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How to fit the tile on the concrete floor

The process of facing the floor with ceramic tiles can be divided into four main stages:

• Preparation of the surface to laying.
• Conducting the necessary markup, drawing up a scheme of work.
• Laying ceramic tiles on glue solution.
• And final work.

Preparation of the floor surface to laying a tile

Requirements for the base for laying tiles, in principle, are simple - it should be durable, stable, provide good adhesion with adhesive composition. How to achieve this?

Since we are talking about concrete base, it is first necessary to make a thorough audit old screedon which the laying of the tile is planned. Do not be lazy - you should catch up every centimeter of the floor to make sure that there are no unstable areas.

• First of all, its horizontal is checked - if this condition is not performed, the fill of the new screed simply cannot be avoided. If the evenness is satisfactory (no more than 2-3 mm), then the old coating may still serve, provided, of course, it is stable.
• If the control inspection detects the discontinuity of the screed, concrete crumbling, deep salting, it is necessary to remove them up to the "healthy" surface, and in the width and depth. Wide cracks and gaps need to be separated on a width to 10 - 15 mm.
• On the surface there should be no traces of paint, petroleum products, fats, the remains of the old coating - everything is believed to pure concrete.
• All the protrusions are mandatory cut down - if you can still look at a slight deepening, because it is in the process of masonry, it will still be filled with glue, then even the smallest tubercle will make a flat laying simply impossible.
• After that, careful cleaning with the dedication of the surface is carried out. In order for the repair sucking well, it is necessary to predict all the places to be repaired, and give the primer to dry completely.
• The repair makeup is prepared - it can be a "classic" cement-sand mix in proportion of 1: 3, but it will be long enough.

Ready and fully frozen screed also dirty twice, after which you can proceed to further work.

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Floor marking under the laying of ceramic tiles

The ceramic tile should be the decoration of the room, and this will be possible only if its location on the floor is planned correctly. Neaxo, space-plated tile can fully fulfill the interior

There are many techniques and methods for placing ceramic tiles on the floor - all their scale of this article consider it impossible - this is a topic for a separate publication. But even the easiest, "classic" method requires accuracy and accuracy.

Starting to plan stacking from the wall - very risky, since the slightest flaw will increase with each regular next, and it will be very difficult to eliminate it. Therefore, the support lines and the first rows of tiles usually have approximately the center of the room.

The first reference line is usually spent along the room. To do this, in two places, at the beginning and at the end, carefully measure the distance between the opposite walls and the median points are applied. They are connected direct (usually done with a coated cord), and gets a longitudinal baseline.

Now it is necessary to read the second, perpendicular to the first, also approximately in the middle of the room. It is very important that the strictest perpendicularity is observed. To prevent errors, and this is quite possible when using a carbon and a ruler, it will be necessary to check the straight angle with the help of the formula of the famous "Egyptian triangle": 3² + 4² \u003d 5².According to Pythagore's theorem, this is a triangle with customs, multiple 3 and 4, and hypotenuse, multiple 5.

For example, meter from the point of intersection of the cathets 900 and 1200 mm. We connect the marked point of the segment, and its length should be exactly 1500 mm - no more no less.

When the lines are carried out and their perpendicularity is checked, you might think how to place rows of tiles and where to start the calculation. Remember that the supporting lines conducted are not at all "dogma" to start laying - they will not make a parallel transfer to any side.

For example, if the entrance door in the spacious room is located exactly in the center, then you can upload the first rows of tiles - along the paved reference lines. The principle is such - to look at the look at the entrance to the room, a smooth section, without inclination and fitting. (See pos. "A" in the figure).

But in the room a small area, with offset of the exit to the edge (pos. "B"), and also, possibly, having a complex form or stationary obstacles, the beginning of the masonry can ladyshat On a free "patch" - from here it will be much more convenient to work in all directions, but it is the entrance to "the parade".

In any case, you never need to be lazy - you should conduct a control masonry of the central longitudinal and transverse series of ceramic tiles "dry", without the use of the solution, but with leaving the planned gap between adjacent tiles.

Do not neglect the initial "dry" layout of the tile - this will allow us to evaluate the options for its location.

Such a simple procedure will allow you to visually assess the future picture, measure distances, finally decide on the laying scheme, that is, to dwell on one of the principles:

1 - B. little room, for example, in a bathroom or in the kitchen, you can take two walls from the entrance (green arrows), provided that they are accurately perpendicular. In this case, the entire visible part of the room will be laid out with whole tiles, and cutting edges will be hidden under furniture or plumbing equipment.

2 - The laying is carried out from the center with such a calculation to place the maximum possible amount of the whole tile on the floor, leaving narrow plots For example, fragments (brown arrows). Favorable from the point of view of material savings. However, for considerations of the quality of masonry at the walls, it is desirable to leave areas not already ⅓ tile widths.

3 - a little impressive looks arrangement with a minimum number of whole tiles in a row, but with extended fragments along the walls (blue arrows). Such a coating looks more complete, and from an operating point of view, it is more reliable than No. 2.

4 - Laying diagonally - will help hide the curvature of the room. Of the disadvantages - more complex execution, especially in terms of preliminary marking and fitting tile fragments, more material goes into waste.

If it was determined, then you should immediately schedule what scheme will work is carried out - From a long corner to the entrance, or with a splitting of space into several areas with straight laid rows, followed by their filling.

"Fill" space can also be different in different ways. So, some masters lead the stacking order. Others prefer the Lestenka scheme with consistent increase in the number of simultaneously stacked rows.

"Filling" space can be executed linearly, or as shown in the figure - stepped

By the way, there are supporters and styling ceramic tiles on the floor "in the disintegration" or even chaotically - sometimes it enters the designer's design of the decoration. But in the conditions of an ordinary house, it is still preferred to be limited to a straight scheme of laying, "seam in seam".

Laying tile on the floor

• So, we cook for laying required tool and materials.

- For work, there will be spatulas, ordinary, widths from 100 to 250 mm, and gear, with a height of the generated groove 8 - 10 mm. To grout, the seams are not bad to acquire a elastic rubber spatula.

- A building mixer or drill will be required with a nozzle to mix the tile corresponding capacity for the same purposes.

- Always at hand there must be a construction level.

- In some cases, you need to attach power to put the tile in place. Convenient to use a rubber hammer for this purpose.

- It should be immediately thought out than the tile cutting will be made (about it is slightly lower).

- It is necessary to create a margin of calibration crosses of the desired thickness, plastic clins for alignment in height.

- In order not to deliver the dirt, you need to have a reserve of clean rags, a sponge for rubbing the solution with the facial surface of the tile.

• Probably, in our time, no one is thinking over independent manufacture Tile glue - it can always be purchased in the store. When choosing, you need to check the purpose of the composition - besides ordinary, designed for most interior facilities, there are specialized mixtures, intended for rooms with high humidity conditions, for the street, especially persistent or for so-called "complex surfaces", for the "warm floors" system, etc.

The glue is divorced by the gradual addition of the dry mix in the amount of water specified by the instructions, with constant stirring with a mixer or drill. The composition should be absolutely homogeneous, without lumps, sufficiently dense consistency - so that the ridges created by the toothed spatula are not spread.

After receiving the composition consistency required for the work, it is left for 5 minutes to "rummer", then stir 2 ÷ 3 minutes again - and you can start styling.

You should not prepare too much solution immediately, especially if there is no experience in laying ceramic tiles. The term of his "life" is limited - this is necessarily indicated in its instructions. If glue in the process of work becomes noticeably thick, then you will have to throw it - it is impossible to breed it with water - it will lose its qualities.

• Beginner masters, apparently, having heard old, irrelevant councils, or somewhere after reading about it, soak tiles in water before laying on her floor. These most they make a coarse mistake.

Such an approach is possible if the tile is placed on a conventional cement-sandy solution, and that is not in all cases. And all modern building mixes are adhesives for ceramic tiles, calculated for applying precisely on a dry surface. Excess water will significantly reduce the performance of glue, and the tile will begin with the "dance" and fall off.

Therefore, before putting the first tile, read the instructions on the use of purchased tile glue once again - everything is specified there.

• Where to apply glue - on the floor, or on the tile? There is no unity of opinions on this issue. Someone likes to apply to the tile - remain in the inviolability of the markup line on the floor.

On the other hand, it is more convenient to quickly miss a significant section of the floor, and then concentrate on a flat layout of the tile (of course, if there is a certain experience, otherwise you can not have time).

Another option - pre-promisculation of floor surface glue

There is a third advice - to miss and there, and there, but to lay the tile in such a way that the direction of the ridges done by the toothed spatula, on the floor and on the tile was perpendicular - all the cavities are fill in, maximum adhesion is ensured.

• The tile after the blasting of the glue is placed on the surface in the desired place, tightly pressed to the floor, its location is controlled relative to the reference lines, as well as the horizontality of its upper plane in the longitudinal and transverse direction.
• The work continues in the same order, with a mandatory installation of calibration crosses - they will allow you to clearly withstand the desired gap between the tiles.

When fitting each tile, it is necessarily checked by its horizontal help of the construction level. Immediately the necessary adjustments are carried out - adding or removing the solution, insert a small wedge, and the like.

• It is necessary to ensure that there are no excess glue in the interlocking gap - this space will be needed to fill the seams. So it is better to remove the glue immediately, as it will be quite difficult to do it. Together with topics, With the facial surface of the tile, you should immediately with a rag or a sponge to remove the stains of the solution, not letting them dry.
• Remote crossbars are left between tiles to the initial decay of the solution. Then, when the tile has already gained immobility, the cross must be removed - it is impossible to leave them in the seams until the glue is impossible, since then there will be difficulties with the extraction.

Video: Visual lesson on laying tiles on the floor

• Modern fixtures for quick laid out of the tile are very convenient to work - the so-called alignment systems. The sets of clamps (disposable elements) and wedges are created in the kit (disposable elements) and wedges (secondary).

- After the first tile is laid on the glue, pressed well and inserted in the level, each of its sides are installed in two clamps, so that they come under the tile to their heel. The thickness of the clamp leg predetermines the seam value. Clips are installed at a distance of about 50 mm from the corner.

Installed clips racks ...

Then the next tile is stacked. The wide heel of the clamp turns out to be under it.

... The next tile is then stacked ...

The wedge is inserted and the limit is in the clip, where it is fixed by the ribbed surface of the hook. Very important - wedges are always inserted from the side of the previously laid and aligned tiles.

... wedges are inserted to the stop and complete fixation.

"Thus, the lower, smooth face of the wedge" pulls out "the surface of the next tile is ideal in the plane already laid. True, no one cancels control using the level.

- Wedges must remain in such a position until the glue drying. Then they are removed with light side shocks using a rubber hammer. The design of polymer clamps is such that they are withstanding the stretching load, but they are immediately closed when exposed to a break. Downstairs under the tile remain Only broken heels.

- Wedges, as already mentioned, can be used further, and broken hooks are utilized.

Video: Tile laying using tile alignment system

Cutting tile

Previously, it was only about laying the whole tile, however, in practice there is never any cases that everything is limited. So, now it's time to consider the problem of cutting tiles.

• Installation of fragments is recommended not immediately, but a day after the main part of the floor. During this time, the glue is already well grabbed, and it will be possible to accurately measure the necessary sizes.
• When the tile markup is marked, the cutting cannot be forgotten about the semisal interval - it is necessary to make a correction for it.
• Cutting ceramic tiles can be in several ways:

1. It is convenient - with a stovetur, a desktop tool that gives a smooth and accurate cut. It is enough to put the tile of the layout line on the central protrusion, to spend from ourselves with an effort of a roller along the top of the tile, and then, pawing the paws into the surface of the tile on both sides of the feature, press the lever down.

The most convenient tool - plastic

With even a small experience of the master, marriage in such a cut is practically no happening.

2. Manual tiles - a fairly convenient tool, but already requiring greater agility from the employee.

Initially, the roller is carried out according to the planned risk line. The tile is then clamped so that the tiles turn out to be exactly on top of the line axis cut. Movement with hands - and the tile should be divided into two parts.

Similarly, cutting and with the help of conventional glass cutters, with the only difference, which is carried out on the edge of the workbench, or with the help of an end to the workbench cut Metal rod (nail or wire).

With all the advantages of manual and desktop tiles, they allow cutting of the tile solely in a straight line.

3. Shlifmashinka With a diamond disk - this approach is especially good when the tile cutting is required to the angle or the creation of complex forms. There is a major difficulty - to ensure reliable fixation of the tile when working "the grinder" so that it does not fly out or cracked.

Tile can be accurately cut into size with grinders with diamond circle

Tile can be cut through immediately through - when parts of a complex configuration are required. If straight long plots are cut off, you can only disrupt the integrity of the upper enamel layer - then the tile will be easy to break through the planned line.

Special attention to precautions - must be covered with eye and face mask, so how not excluded Through small hot chipped fragments of ceramics.

4. Small sites Cafles can be removed using ticks.

In this case, on the site to be deleted, it is advisable to apply a frequency mesh with a glass-cutter roller. Then the ticks gently climb very small fragments, gradually bringing the tile to the desired size.

If necessary, all minor irregularities remaining after cutting can be removed using a bar wrapped with coarse-grained (80) sandpaper. With large teeth, they can be "corrected" by tongs. If a pronounced sharp face remained, it is better to start to treat it with a round file.

The process of laying cutting fragments, in fact, the rest does not differ from what was described above.

When performing work on the cutting of the tile and when laying its fragments, it should be special care. Ceramics can reserve and not on the planned line, and therefore, it is likely to get a cut injury when pressed. In addition, broken edges may have extremely sharp edges that can cause very deep cuts. All work should be performed only in protective gloves.

Sealing seams

After the entire floor area is covered with ceramic tiles, you can move on to the sputs of the seams.

• First of all, it is necessary to check the state of the seams again - they must be cleaned all depth and width.
• Prepare solution for Fougaling - Grout. It can be on a cement basis or be an epoxy two-component composition.

1. IN living conditions Cement grouts are more often used (so -S. Class FROMG.2 according to EN 13888).

Cement grout for seams

They are implemented in stores in the form of hermetically packaged dry mixes, can have a different tinting - there is always the opportunity to choose the color as possible to the overall design. They are laid to the desired consistency they are most often water. But for premises with high humidity or for floors with a high load, it is still recommended to use a special latex additive for dilution - from this floor surface only benefits.

2. Recently, epoxy-based grouts are rapidly gaining rapidly (class RG according to EN 13888). These are two-component compounds that are prepared immediately before starting work on the filling of the seams.

The term of "life" of this composition is small, so it is prepared by small portions to be guaranteed to work out before solidification.

Epoxy grouts are more durable, resistant to chemistry, they are much plastic and do not crack over time. These compositions have a much broader assortment of shades (including bright, saturated colors), and in addition, a lot of similar rates are sold with special effects - sparkles, fluorescence luminescence, and the like.

The only significant disadvantage of epoxy rates (except for a certain difficulty with proper preparation Working Makeup) - It is still a very high price, quite limiting the scope of their use.

• The finished composition is recruited onto a rubber spatula or rubber grater and applied with an effort to the seams area, usually in the direction of 45 degrees from the seam line. Such a trajectory will provide the most complete and dense filling of the surmise space.

• After the seams are filled, it is necessary to immediately remove the excess mixture from the tile surface - it will be much more complicated later. Usually, it is proceeded when on the grouting remaining on the surface of the tile, a white flare appeared - she began to filhes (as a rule, after 20 - 30 minutes).

To do this, take a foam sponge, well washed and pressed, and remove the remains of the Fugue. Movements, as a rule, the same and during the grout - 45 degrees to the seam line. At the same time, we must try not to touch the seams, so as not to wash the fugue from there. The sponge should be rinsed as often as possible, with a constant change of water. By the way, the water here plays a double role - it is sheats the contamination, and participates in the hydration of the cement composition of the core material.

3. — 4 hours you can wash the surface with the help of a foam sponge. Then, when after washing the floor, the floor will dry, the remaining light cement flare is easy to remove, wiping the tiles with a clean soft rifle.

After that, the ceramic tile will already take its "main" appearance, and it will be possible to say that its stacking process is complete.

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Grout for seams

Video: Option of grouting seams on the lined floor

However, if the facing was carried out in a room with high humidity or with intensive loads on the surface, it is recommended to carry out another simple operation - to mark the seams hydropobizer.

This is done, very simple - the composition is abundantly applied on the seams with a thin tassel. Such a processing will give the composition of the fugues of water-repellent properties, which will significantly increase the service life of the ceramic coating, will not give anktail to apply damp in these places, makes it easier to carry out cleaning.

When the hydrophobizer is absorbed and refreshed, the final order can be caused. It is necessary to rinse the floor with clean water well - and we can assume that the entire multistage process of laying a tile to the floor is behind!

The tiled floor in the kitchen earned its widest popularity for a long time, due to the specific qualities of this finishing material. The assortment in the SP ECOALIZED store allows you to choose a tile for every taste of design, but it would be nice to pay attention to other qualities and properties of such a decorative coating.

The main advantage of ceramic or tile is the environmental purity of the material, which is very important for residential premises. Basic principles The technologies for the production of a tile with the centuries of special changes did not undergo, maybe only improved. It is still produced from natural clay, and then apply color, drawing on its surface, drawing, if necessary, icing.

Outdoor tile is quite durable and durable, it is not very subject to mechanical damage, easy to care, perfectly protects the surface of the floor base from moisture, as very moisture consists, does not absorb odors, racks to the chemical effects of detergents and disinfectants.

To visually represent, from where the tile has acquired its positive qualities, you can turn to some features of its production.

Ceramic tiles are produced in three ways, and each of which gives its certain advantages to the material.

1. The extruded tile is performed on special lines, where the homogeneous mixture is passed through the molding heads, receiving the tape, which is further cut into the tiles. The mixture consists of clay, fag covers, quartz sand and carbonates. It should be in the initial state to have a certain humidity - at least 15-20%.

After molding, the raw tile is sent for drying in certain temperature modes into the drying chambers.

Next, with dry tiles come in one of two ways - their covered with icing I. send to fir, or first burn, then covered with icing I. burn again. With double burning, the tile acquires special strength and, as it is not better suitable for the flooring.

2. Pressed tile is performed using special high-pressure equipment. PersS etclike The clay mass is increased density, and after the firing tile receives the highest strength.

This type of tile can also be single or double firing,similarly extruded. Pressing method is extremecommon And it is considered high-tech.

3. The cast tile is manufactured over the centuries and, as can be seen by the title, its production is to pour the prepared preheated clay mixture into certain forms.

It should be noted that the resulting product can have several different sizes and thickness, as well as not very even edges. This option is most often used to make paving slabs.

Tile may be matte or glossy - this parameter depends on the layer of glaze, which covers its surface. To cover the floors, the glossy tile is used infrequently due to the low friction coefficient.

Outdoor tiled coating in the kitchen interior.

The manifold of the tile for the floor is so rich that the required material can be chosen under any designer kitchen design. The tile can have different sizes and shapes, color finishes and ornaments, or be a monochrome type.

Ceramic tile will help to fulfill the most interesting ideas without any restrictions. In addition, the floor tile is capable of visually expanding or extending the room, depending on which method it will be laid.

With the help of different methods of laying and varying with color or pattern on the surface of the material, it is quite possible to visually divide the large kitchen into two or more zones.

To determine the choice of design and the way to decorate the cuisine floors, you can consider several very successful design options.

In this embodiment, a warm-colored tile was used using a border laid in two ways - smooth and diagonal.

The tile has a drawing with an explicit "raid" of antiquity and remotely resembles the floor of the feudal castle. Only warm color Ohri gives the love of the owners of the kitchen to the comfort - such a hint is highlighted from the bottom of the bottom. The material of the material surface gives the room not only visual softness, but also convenience in motion along the Lou. On such a tile, it is impossible to slip - it is intended for such premises, where it is completely unwanted to lay a glossy version. The kitchen is a place where the oil or fat may accidentally get on. On such a tile, these stains will be invisible, even if they did not have time to be removed on time, and during cleaning they are easily removed.

Masonry made in various Technique, visually divides two zones - the premises of the kitchen and a small corridor, which is a passage. Due to the fact that the drawing varies by the location of the tile, the floor does not look monotonously and boring. In the middle of the kitchen area there are material more light colorwhich is framed by a bang-tiled having an ornamental image. As a result of this thoughtful comprehensive design, the floor of the kitchen acquired a kind of carpet. A pleasant warming color, neat laying and the location of the elements attach respectability.

This designer project is good for big kitchenwhich in the standard apartment almost never meet. The private house allows you to have a premises of such an area, and of course, I want to make it not only convenient for the arrangement of furniture, but also aesthetically arrange the walls and the floor.

In this interior perfectly fit classic combination colors - red, white and black with inserts in the form individual elements and items made of white metal. It is these inserts that are reminded of modern interior, as they are characteristic of the style of techno.

The floor tile is chosen in black, which, as it, emphasizes the foundation of the interior, as the floor covering takes it down. The remaining objects of furniture and kitchen accessories look much easier thanks to their color. It is this color distribution that supports the required balance.

For visual expansion space, designer chose tile with a glossy surface in which Could partially reflect the color glare from bright furniture items. The thoughtful and well-built interior will make a pleasant stay in it, and cooking is comfortable.

"Cool" color tone of the floor well harmonizes with shades of natural wood

Unlike the previous, a few cold interior, designer decoration This is filled with home heat. This impression is created due to the combination of correctly selected colors - the shades of furniture look especially cozy.

A large tile of a pleasant cold gray-blue color with a black splash, imitating natural granite, serves as an excellent background for warm shades of tables and cabinets.

The selected tile size visually expands the space, and therefore the kitchen seems more in the area. The color of the floor covering well will hide the dust or oil randomly on it, and it is not possible to bring it into order, since the material does not absorb smells and various substances. Light wet cleaning with the addition of a small amount of detergent will lead the floor to the proper look, and it will constantly look like a completely new one.

This kitchen design option can be called sunny, as all combinations are reduced to yellow shades of different saturation. Even on the present white color of furniture play gentle warm glare. In this case, several colors are selected for the floor covering, which are collected in one palette and perfectly harmonize with each other. Ocher, soft yellow color Narcissa, nice tree color, beige and juicy orange - all these shades merged on the surface of the floor of this kitchen. Thanks to such a reliable disguise, they will not be noticeable on the tile, accidentally planted stains. Cleaning the tile is very easy and will not take much time - most often it will be enough to use a regular broom or brush for her, and with overhaul in the order of such a floor can cope with warm water, a bit of detergent and soft tissue.

The interior of the kitchen, made in these soft and warm colors, will always raise the mood, which means that cooking will take place with special pleasure.

Such a tile on the floor somewhat "expand" even a close kitchen of the city apartment

The tile coating presented in the next photo will perfectly fit into the small kitchen of the urban apartment. The matte surface of the tile in light soft colors, in combination with kitchen furniture, almost the same color, create harmony of the room, and it seems more in the area.

The color scheme creates a relaxed atmosphere - bright colors do not distract from cooking. A non-slip surface is pleasant even for a barefoot leg, especially if the tile is laid on a warm electric or water floor.

Registration with tiles in the form of a carpet on the floor makes a room especially cozy, and combinations of various techniques of laying, inserting tiles with an ornamental pattern, as well as framing narrow strips, give the semi-grade decorativeness.

In the interior of such a "Venetian courtyard", everything is thought out to the smallest detail

This kitchen reminds her view the Italian courtyard seemed to be descended from the paintings of the bullov. Color solution, all present in the room accessories, and especially - outdoor The coating suggests that the purpose of the designer was to create this particular image. Handsome half of juicy oath color is the main element throughout the interior, dictates the mood to the rest of the accessories, that is, it was the design of the window that it was done, the furniture and all other design elements were selected.

Outdoor tile has an artificially aged look - it was possible to achieve, using different shades and the texture of the coating. Thus, it seems that the coating "worn by time" in some places. Everything is thought out to the smallest detail - for example, near the slab laid a darker tile, which speaks of her "scuff", since the hostess is spending more time than in other areas of the kitchen. This moment is advantageous also in the fact that on the On the dark tile will not be so noticeable as on a light surface.

The whole decor thanks to everyone so carefully collected elements is filled with homemade comfort. This also contributes to the selected warm shades of ocher, which are ideal in combination with the green color of curly plants near the window.

Bold solution in the style of "chessboard" - and tile on the floor, and furniture in the contrast of black and white

The floors decorated with black and white tiles, laid on the diagonal, visually lengthened the room - this effect is necessary in an overlooked room. In the case under consideration, the kitchen does not have a large width, and therefore the tile only aggravates its stretch.

Be that as it may, the colors of the floor covering play in the overall composition the main role, since it is exactly the first place to attract the look of the room. Only then you can see that the furniture has the same colors as the tile on the floor. The yellow wall of the walls only a little animated black and white space and makes it more homely. But still the rigor of the white and black floor of the floor coating prevails in this interior, so it "sits" and some official accuracy.

Choosing the color and texture of tiles for the kitchen, you need to consider for what style of the interior it is intended and how it should "work" with its color and location. If you need to visually expand the room, then you need to apply when the floor is cleaned different types Masonry and use several colors. You need to know that warm shades and matte surface contribute to creating comfort, and cold and neutral colors make the room more stringent and official. The correct combination of warm and cold tones brings the necessary harmony to the interior.

Several positive and negative qualities of this cladding.

pros	Minuses
It has durability, practicality, durability and wear resistance.	It is cold enough and has bad thermal conductivity.
Easy to wash with the use of any chemical means.	This finish is very firm, due to which more is attendable.
It may have a huge multitude of color shades, textures and types of surfaces, which allows you to choose an design for any design.	Requires additional sound insulation.
	Threads and scratches appear on ceramics with a brilliant surface.
It has a fairly easy installation that is obtained independently.	For stacking tiles you need a lot of time and financial costs.

What tile to choose to the kitchen on the floor?

Depending on the composition, the tile products are divided into the following types:

• Ceramic. It is a classic version on a clay basis, manufactured by firing. Ceramics for a long time retains its presentable appearance, does not electrify, dust does not accumulate and no temperature drops are not afraid. It can have several varieties, for example, glazed, unplanned or small-format Metlah.
• Porcelain stoneware. It is very durable, wear-resistant, easy to deteriorate and resistant to different types of pollution. Porcelain stoneware is perfect for any style solutions and has exquisite, luxurious appearance, can imitate the pattern of stone, have a matte, polished or rough surface.
• Quartzinyl. The modern type of tile consisting of several layers with the addition of quartz sand and fiberglass. Quartzinyl products are not slippery, perfectly protect against moisture, differ in high-quality noise insulation and refractory.

Aesthetically attractive and functional tile facing, thanks to a huge range, color decision and a variety of forms, capable of satisfying any financial capabilities and stylistic preferences.

In the photo interior of the kitchen with a multicolored ceramic tile in the shape of a hexagon on the floor.

Colors of outdoor tile

Sanding solution is very important in interior design. Floor finish can be equally well made, both in bright and more muted colors.

Black

Perfectly combines practical and artistic components, it allows you to show an infinite imagination and gives an inexhaustible inspiration in the decoration of the interior.

On the photo square black tile on the floor in the kitchen interior in the loft style.

White

It has a strong reflective effect, which will multiply solar and artificial light in the room, endowing the space ease, radiance, air and freshness. This bright facing will be particularly relevant for small cuisine in Khrushchev.

Beige

Such combined materials perfectly complement each other and create a harmonious transition. The tile with a glossy surface is perfectly combined, both with wood coating and with linoleum and forms a special eclectic design.

In the photo work area with a wall and a floor with laid out, diamond-shaped mosaic tiles.

Under the tree

Ceramics under the tree, calmly tolerate moisture, fire, aggressive chemicals and does not need complex care. It is also perfectly combined with other facing materials and always attaches a more solid and respectable look.

Under marble

Finish, which can imitate marble, has properties and characteristics, which are not inferior to natural stone. This finishing material undoubtedly gives the interior aesthetics, luxury and special gloss.

Matte

Due to the matte surface, the situation acquires a calmer, strict and stylish image and in the kitchen is created by the relaxing and warm atmosphere.

Patchwork

Each patterned patchwork tile has its own uniqueness, which allows you to create an original floor covering, externally similar to the motley oriental carpet.

With inserts

A huge selection of tiles with decor in the form of inserts is distinguished by a variety of laying options and provides an opportunity to experiment and implement any designer ideas.

Panel

Large or small panels, create a unique outdoor composition and become the main stylish decorative element of the kitchen.

With drawing or ornament

The tile, decorated with painted floral, geometric or abstract patterns and ornaments, will open the interior with exclusivity and originality, and the products with the drawings with a 3D effect will undoubtedly become a real art object of the room.

What does the floor tile look like in different styles?

Floor tile can become excellent decision For a kitchen made in any style, for example, such as Loft, Provence, High-tech, Scandinavian, oriental, classic or modern style.

In the photo kitchen-living room in a classic style with a floor, decorated tiles with vintage patterns.

• For the classics, it is very often preferred to finish under marble or monochromatic products with discreet careless pattern, for example, vensels or stripes, organically complementing the overall interior.
• The tile of the aged brick or a stone in dark colors, perfectly complement the loft-room, and tile modules with a wood imitation with a patina or one-photon tiles in pastel colors will decorate the kitchen in the style of Provence.
• In the modern direction or style of high-tech, the glossy or matte tiled floors in a monophonic gray, black, white or beige design will be especially appropriate.

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Thanks to this finishing material, like an outdoor tile, it is possible to place the necessary elegant accents in kitchen space and emphasize general design, making it much brighter or the opposite is calmer.

Better tile finishes for the floor in the kitchen have not yet come up with. The laminate is short-lived, the floors from the tree are very expensive, and the service life of the linoleum is 10 years. But the high-quality tile, ceramic or vinyl tile on the floor in the kitchen is durable, convenient and practical!

Coming to the construction store, especially hypermarket, is very difficult to make right choice With such an abundance of proposals. How to choose high-quality, beautiful and reliable material on a normal, affordable price?

There are several important criteria for choosing any tiled sex cover, which is important to know, going for the purchase.

Criteria and rules for selecting tiles for floor in the kitchen

Probably, I, like many, when choosing a building material, focusing primarily at a price and color. Such a choice often leads to very unpleasant consequences. The tile cracks, quickly loses brightness and slides.

Therefore, it is important to navigate first of all on the technical characteristics of the material, whether it is a tile, porcelain stoneware or polymer.

Important technical characteristics of tiles on the floor in the kitchen

What do we want from the tile on the floor in the kitchen? Beautiful design is understandable, but this factor must comply with certain criteria. We also want the floor to be easy to wash, it was durable and, most importantly, durable.

Therefore, we read carefully all the positions of the characteristics of the material that lists the instructions and accompanying documents on one tile:

• PEI - Designation of the degree of wear (class from 1 to 5).
• Resistance to moisture impact in percent.

• Resistance to the effects of aggressive chemistry. Maximum value - AA, n overpays for such stability It makes no sense, it is enough to limit the mean class of stability in or C.

• Marking A - extruded materials, b - pressed.
• The strength of the material is determined on the MOOS scale, 5-6 points are quite enough for the kitchen.
• Tile grade denotes color marking. The highest grade is red, medium - blue, low - green.

• Resistance to wear (the main indicator to which you want to pay attention to). This figure should be from 3 to 4. Large indicators are not needed in the kitchen, and the tile with a smaller class of resistance will quickly lose strength.
• The friction coefficient - it depends on this value whether the tile will slide. For the kitchen, the optimal coefficient is 0.75, both for glossy and matte tiles.

Tile on the floor in the kitchen is obliged to be beautiful, but not at the expense of convenience and durability. For some parameters it is worth paying a bit more expensive!

Types and features of floor coverings in the kitchen

Now on sale you can find the three main options of the tile. What preferred? Depends on the selected decor of the kitchen, the number of households and individual characteristics and preferences.

I, for example, a private house and porcelain tiles are too cold for the floor in the kitchen, and the vinyl tile is much warmer, and looks great.

Classical ceramic tile - species and characteristics

Depending on which technology, the tile was manufactured, it acquires certain properties.

The choice is big, but it is important to know what different types of ceramics are different:

• Monocotture - Ceramics covered with enamel. It can be used for both walls and for floors. In production, a single raw firing is applied, and the enamel is firmly connected to the carrier ceramics surface. Such materials are more racks for mechanical damage and aggressive detergents.

• Bikotture - such a tile on the floor is not recommended in the kitchen, since the material becomes fragile in the process of double firing, and the enamel coating of the material is unstable to abrasion.

• Monoporosis is distinguished by a porous structure and less durability, as carbonates are present in ceramics, and not an iron oxide (more expensive import components). The advantage of such a coating is large squares stylized under natural materials (marble, granite). It is necessary when laying applying seams of seams only white.
  The tile looks beautiful, but does not differ in strength, so it is most often used for finishing around the perimeter of the room, where less load on the material.

• Cotto is a red clay material produced by extrusion. Warm matte surface, full imitation of natural clay looks great. But it is necessary to consider that after laying this material you need to protect the wax waterproof layer, which must be updated at least once every two years.

• Clinker - for the floor in the kitchen This option is not worth choosing, a high price with the characteristics that are needed for outdoor decoration. It looks like this decor is beautiful, but is suitable for finishing individual floor elements in combination with catto or conventional matte ceramic tiles.
  Now, on this technology, a clinker is produced by all who is not lazy, even just in the garage, therefore the risk of buying fake is very large.

• Maitolika - burns up to applying glazes, at lower temperatures, and after applying the pattern, with a higher temperature mode. Beautiful elegant pattern or exclusive painting look stylish and expensive at decorating kitchen in country style, and any orientation. The price of this material is from 400 to 800 rubles. For meter square. As for me, a sufficiently neat, unplanned pattern for the floor.

• Kottofort - the principle is the same as in the production of Cotto, only with the subsequent coating of the icing. In this case, the material becomes waterproof and an additional coating of wax impregnations is not required. Price - from 1000 rubles per meter square.

• Insoluated coatings - with high strength, this finish is not afraid of moisture. Plus - quite a budget price, minus - no pattern, the material of sad monotonous colors. But it is interesting to combine such products with more expensive fragments. I believe that this is the perfect solution as a background for the original pattern.

• The glazed tile - the ceramic is applied with a layer of glass glaze, decorated with a decorative pattern - the most inexpensive option for finishing the floor, but slippery and short-lived.

The floor in the kitchen can be bought tiled, and quite inexpensive if you combine several different materials. For example, the main area is separated by a conventional matte tile, and the pattern around the perimeter and in the center we create from an expensive material corresponding to the style of design of the kitchen.

Tile is a durable finish, so focusing on fashionable bright decors, which will be difficult to subsequently combine with another style - undesirable. It is better to stay on the strict, weathered classic of neutral tones (beige, muted sand range of colors, all shades of gray with a contrasting black decor.).

Porcelain stoneware - new technologies in the floor finish

This durable material is made from a mixture of clay, quartz sand of the smallest fraction and mineral pigments and metal oxides add color. As a result, finishing without pores and emptiness.

Plates pass a special type of treatment - pressing in the firing process. At the exit, a finishing of high strength is obtained, resistant to moisture and aggressive chemicals.

This cladding has a substantial minus - the floors are cold. Be sure to install the "Warm floor" system, especially in private houses. This material is good to perform the floor finish around the perimeter of the kitchen - firmly and reliably, but for the central part it is better to stay on the ceramics, it is warmer.

Collection "Vintage" - glazed porcelain

Another minus porcelain stoves is a small selection of colors, mostly, this is imitation of marble, sandstone stone granite, quartz.

The cost of porcelain tile fluctuates significantly - from 300 to 2000 rubles per square meter. It all depends on the design and brand of the manufacturer. Sometimes similar materials of different brands may have a difference in price three times or more.

Polychlorvinyl tile - well forgotten old coating

I confess, this is my favorite type of floor finish. Once almost all Khrushchev were decorated with this material, which served as faithfully decades. Of course, the design was unpretentious, dark green and sweemer, but this is the perfect tile outdoor for the kitchen, especially its modern variations.

This material is made of several layers:

1. The base of polychlorvinyl.
2. Decorative finish (the choice of drawings is huge).
3. Polyurethane coating.
4. Additional protective water repellent layer.

For the kitchen it is better to choose a plate with a thickness of 2.5 to 3.5 mm, they are more durable.

Now about the advantages of this wonderful material:

1. It is not cold, even somewhat insulates a concrete tie. I lies with this material in a private house on the floor without a insulating substrate, and not at all cold, we walk in winter barefoot.
2. Looks like a seamless coating, especially if you choose a finish under parquet, seams between the plates are minimal.

1. The laying is easy to perform with your own hands, the material is easy to glue on a special mastic on any clean surface (concrete, wood, even linoleum).
2. Cost per square from 600 to 1200 rubles.
3. Turn the finish is one pleasure, since its weight is minimal.
4. Does not slide.

1. You can combine different colors and textures.
2. Coating is resistant to abrasion and shocks. Even very heavy items have dropped - neither scratching.
3. If you managed to scratch or deform the floor, you can easily cut a fragment and replace the new one. Therefore, get the material immediately with the reserve (about one - two squares).

The disadvantages include only the fact that under the influence of alkali PVC melts, but we do not conduct chemical experiments in the kitchen. And this coating is washed with elementary powders and liquid detergents. There are no divorces, since the facing matte.

What else to know by buying tiles on the floor

The wizard when buying a tile or any other sexy tile advise adhere to some rules:

1. Calculating the necessary merar, add 10-15 percent to it. This is the quantity that will go on trimming and unforeseen trouble (cracked tile when cutting).
2. If you choose unusual design With the styling of the tiles with a Christmas tree or in a checker order, then the flow rate is sometimes increased to 20 percent of the area.

1. Do not save on adhesive compositions. Even inexpensive tile is better installed on a good adhesive base.
2. Stay the tile laying from the threshold, moving towards the walls that will be closed with furniture. Hide the shortcomings of a row easier under the wall than the threshold and in the window of the windows.
3. For the kitchen, choose a tile with a surface that does not slide.

1. Too "motley" floor can cause dizziness and faint. Therefore, preferably calm weathered colors.
2. The concept is expensive does not mean well, especially if the certificates of material conformity are not provided with an indication of the batch and manufacturer's plant.
3. Light coatings visually make the room more, and dark - below.

A predetermined pattern of laying pattern will help correctly calculate the required amount of tiles.

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