What are the advantages and disadvantages of tile on the wall?

In the process of talking about measuring houses, Brother Shui met a problem, that is, the choice of tiles in the renovation of old houses. Some owners mentioned that it seems that it is very effective to deal with tiles now, that is, tiles are on the wall. what do you think? Brother Shui will talk to you about these things today!

1. What are wall and floor tiles? What's the effect? Generally speaking, the upper wall of the floor tile will be broken in half, that is, the 800*800 or 600*600 floor tile will be horizontally divided into two pieces from the middle and then pasted on the wall.

▲ This bathroom uses a real map, and this is 600 * 300;

02, each has its own characteristics, and each has its own shortcomings. Understand the meaning and characteristics of floor tiles and wall tiles first, and then understand what is the difference between floor tiles and walls or floors? What's the difference between wall tiles and floors?

Floor tiles: tiles with water absorption of 0.5%~ 1%. Suitable for kitchen and bathroom floor paving, with low water absorption and good moisture resistance, so that the floor will not be affected by water vapor. Polished tiles, marble tiles, glazed tiles, polished tiles, porcelain antique tiles and microcrystalline stone all belong to this category.

Wall tile: it is a kind of ceramic tile with water absorption of 3%~ 10%, which is mainly used for sticking to the wall. High moisture content and rough back are more conducive to cement mortar sticking wall bricks on the wall. The water absorption of wall tiles is usually around 10%. Ordinary wall tiles can be firmly fixed on the wall after being fully soaked before paving and fully combined with cement.

Floor tiles on the wall:

1, because the original design intention of floor tiles and wall tiles is different, because floor tiles are trampled by people, and floor tiles with the same volume are much heavier than wall tiles. Heavy floor tiles should be attached to the ground and firmly connected to the ground by their own weight. Once on the wall, its own weight becomes a big trouble; In addition, because of its high density and poor water absorption, it is impossible to obtain enough water by soaking to reach the degree of sticking to the wall. If you want to use traditional cement mortar to lay floor tiles, it is difficult to lay the wall firmly. Compared with ordinary wall tiles, the probability of hollowing is higher.

2. Many times the floor tiles should be processed separately, and the processing fee should be paid more. Coupled with the different construction techniques, labor costs and material costs are much higher. It can be seen that the cost of floor tiles on the wall is still very high. If the workers are not skilled and there are problems in construction, it will be more troublesome to repair and rework in the later period.

3, the kitchen and bathroom walls want to make holes, not only very laborious, but also easy to crack if they are not well played, and some bathroom hardware simply dare not play more. If you need to replace the floor tiles later, because the glue is too sticky, it is difficult to completely push down the tiles, and it is easy to destroy the grassroots.

Wall brick floor: If wall brick is used on the floor, it will become difficult to clean because of excessive water absorption.

03. Advantages of wall tiles Although the disadvantages of wall tiles are mentioned above, many owners still like them. Why?

Let me start with a premise:

Today, we mainly talk about the use of floor tiles in bathrooms and kitchens, excluding the use of floor tiles in TV background walls.

The reasons for sticking the floor tiles on the wall are as follows:

1, beautiful atmosphere and good effect!

That's all that matters. Now the specifications of floor tiles are larger than ordinary wall tiles, and the texture is also very rich. What are the textures such as stone grain, wood grain, leather grain, cloth grain, cement and metal? There are matte, bright, soft, concave and convex, semi-polished, dry lines and so on. Bricks stick to the wall, which really looks good.

▲ From the above picture, we can see the visual effect similar to marble. We don't have much money for natural marble, so marble tiles is a good choice!

2, the floor on the wall, consistent from top to bottom, so unified, easy to buy!

Although it doesn't matter whether the floor tiles are hard or not, the owners always feel that it is always right to use hard points on the walls. In addition, the floor tiles can be mounted on the wall, and it is not necessary to choose waist lines, flower pieces, supporting floor tiles and wall tiles one by one, so that it is much simpler for the floor tiles to be mounted on the wall. Just choose one brick or two bricks, one for the floor and the other for the wall. When choosing, many customers usually choose floor tiles with similar color and texture style to spread on the floor and wall. For example, using marble-textured tiles to stick on the wall, the overall effect is integrated with the change of marble texture and nature, which is great.

3, the late seam, smooth, three-dimensional sense.

When processing bricks on the wall, it is necessary to sew beautifully in the later stage, because the general bricklayer's routine joint filling effect is not good, and it is difficult to achieve the beauty of professional joint filling. Therefore, the wall effect will increase the layering and three-dimensional sense after the beautiful seam, which is beyond the reach of ordinary wall tiles.

There are many examples of empty drums falling off on the internet. The customers who first tried to put floor tiles on the wall paid a heavy price. In less than two years, many bricks began to peel off, which not only irreversibly damaged the appearance, but most seriously, because the floor tiles were heavy and stood high, it brought great security risks to the home. Safe, safe, safe! We have repeatedly stressed that safety and cost performance are the first factors for us to judge whether the process is standardized.

Fourth, how can the floor tiles become firm on the wall?

1, improved version of traditional pavement:

Coat a layer of 1-2mm special glue on the back of the brick, and then mix it with tile glue in cement mortar. Through the connection of the two kinds of glue, the bonding degree between the cement layer and the brick is enhanced. It is not enough to only mix glue into cement mortar.

2, thin paste method

Is to combine bricks with walls with adhesive. This method of operation, when paving, only uses tile adhesive and adhesive, not cement mortar, so the thickness is very small, so it is called thin paste. Now this has not been popularized, because the flatness of the original wall is required to be higher and the cost is higher. This can be applied to local pavement, such as background wall.

Operating steps:

Step 1: first level the wall, find the vertical base and handle it well, then mix the adhesive with water (pour the water first and then add the adhesive), and finally mechanically stir for at least 3 minutes.

Step 2: Spread the mixed adhesive evenly on the wall, then scrape stripes on the wall with a professional toothed scraper, and finally stick the floor tile coated with adhesive on the wall.

Seemingly simple steps, in fact, have higher requirements for workers. In the industry, the masters who can stick natural marble on the wall are called senior technicians, so the salary is relatively high.

5. Do you want to choose floor tiles for your home? The elder brother of the water suggested:

1, according to your own style and tile size, if the kitchen and bathroom area is not large, it is recommended to choose tile paving, because the basic processing size of processed tiles is medium and large.

2, to stick to their own ideas, we found that many people are guided by the shopping guide in the store. Under normal circumstances, the shopping guide will say that you have bought our floor tiles, and suggest that the wall tiles have a color, which looks very harmonious. It is very beautiful and durable to cut the floor tiles directly with the tiles bought now. However, the shopping guide generally does not mention the adhesive, so the cost that the owner needs to buy extra is ignored, but the owner still has to pay it later, so ask clearly when ordering tiles.

3. Cost: In addition to the cost of ceramic tile itself, additional processing cost, bonding cost and later sewing cost are required. Therefore, when deciding on tiles, you should ask the decoration company more and know the extra cost in advance.

4. The floor tile itself is more expensive than the wall tile, and the paving cost and labor cost of the floor tile on the wall are also higher. If you are unlucky enough to meet a bricklayer whose technology is not up to standard, once there is a problem in construction, it will be very troublesome to deal with it later, and it may take more time and money to rework it all.