What you need to know about laying tiles in winter

Laying floor tiles is a very important project in family decoration. So, what skills can make the floor tiles firm, flat and beautiful? Especially in winter and cold season, what are the precautions for laying floor tiles? Let's take a look at Bian Xiao.

First of all, let's look at the floor tile laying skills.

No matter whether you choose full-package decoration, half-package decoration or clear-package decoration, when the tiles are delivered, the householder must be present for acceptance and check the model, color, color and quantity of the tiles.

Before tiling, ensure the flatness of the wall and the ground. The owner can check the flatness of the wall and the ground with a level meter himself. In addition, the verticality of the corner is also the key to the inspection.

Pay-off is the key point in construction. If the owner supervises the work on site, he must see clearly whether the setting-out of the decoration master is accurate and whether there is any obvious inclination. The line between the floor and the wall must also be aligned to prevent unevenness after the tiles are laid.

After decoration, check the construction drawings to see whether the site effect is consistent with the construction drawings. If not, whether the decoration personnel have reached an agreement with the owner during the construction process.

Let's take a look at the precautions for laying floor tiles in winter.

Before laying floor tiles in winter, they should be soaked in water, so that the moisture of the floor tiles must reach saturation. Only in this way, the phenomenon of empty drum and falling off will not occur because of the weak bond with cement caused by slurry suction. In addition, both wall tiles and floor tiles need to be moved from outdoor to indoor for 24 hours, and can only be laid after the material temperature rises to adapt to the indoor temperature, so as to avoid hollowing and falling off after construction; After the bricks are built, tick off the joints in time.

When laying, the joint can be adjusted between 2 and 2-3 mm In order to prevent waste of resources, a number of selected products can be temporarily extracted and put on the ground for unbonded trial laying. If obvious color difference, dimensional deviation, uneven gap between bricks and uneven chamfering are found, and the ideal effect is not achieved after adjusting the brick position, masonry should be stopped in time and replaced by communication with material suppliers.

Many users only consider beauty, and use the paving method without leaving seams. Or it is too tight and dense, which is easy to leave trouble in the future. Because the coefficient of thermal expansion and cold contraction of base course, adhesive layer and ceramic tile itself is quite different, under the action of cold and hot tension of 1-2 years, it is easy to cause the tile to bulge and break if it is laid too tightly. According to statistics, if such a problem occurs, it will cost 4 times more than the first paving!

Finally, please pay attention to the following points when decorating floor tiles in winter.

1. Generally, the construction temperature of indoor decoration should not be lower than 5 degrees, otherwise it will affect the tiling (which will reduce the adhesion between cement mortar and brick).

2. The sand should be carefully screened and there should be no ice. When the temperature is different, some antifreeze can be added appropriately. When mixing mortar, the temperature of water should not exceed 80℃.

3. Crack resistance: It is dry and cold in winter, and the material is prone to cracks. Therefore, do not mix with other materials during transportation and storage. In the process of laying ceramic tiles, joints with other materials should be reserved to prevent cracks due to different shrinkage coefficients of materials. At the same time, the northwest wind blows more in winter, and the water in ceramic tile accessories is easy to lose. Therefore, attention should be paid to adjusting the indoor temperature when sticking ceramic tiles to prevent the problem of dry cracking caused by too fast water loss in the working face.

4. Soak the tiles with water before laying them in winter, and the water must be saturated. Only in this way, the phenomenon of empty drum and falling off will not occur because of the weak bond with cement caused by slurry suction.

5. Tiles need to be moved from outdoor to indoor for 24 hours, and can only be laid after adapting to indoor temperature.

6, brick after the shop is stuck should be timely tick off seam. There should be gaps between the tiles to avoid the physical effect of thermal expansion and contraction in summer to squeeze the tiles.

7. Anti-freezing: In winter, the tiles are covered and frozen, and there will be empty drums. The prevention method is to ensure the indoor temperature and humidity.

8. Maintain good air circulation: Healthy and environmentally friendly decoration depends on good air circulation. If the climate permits, open the window to disperse the trace harmful gas brought by tile laying. On days when it is not suitable to open windows, you can put a pot of baking soda water or green plants in the room to absorb toxic gases.