How to Lay Tile Using Secure Technology Paving on the Wooden Floor

by Sumit Jain Content Writer

Tiles on wooden floor mounted than traditional concrete solution which is rapidly degraded in wood, and using modern technologies. Many people mistakenly believe that the ceramic and wooden planks - incompatible materials. Truth in such opinions is, and until recently this arrangement was considered ineffective. Today, when there are new lining materials and specially developed adhesives task is feasible.

 

In fact, the wooden floor - a "cake" made of several layers:

 

·         Wooden logs

·         Board subfloors

·         Substrate (DSP, plywood, chipboard, etc.)

 

Before starting work, carefully inspect the current operational status of all layers of the "pie." If some of them fell into disrepair, should dismantle the old stuff. Necessary to form a solid level base. Ceramic tile has a certain weight, especially in combination with adhesives and leveling materials. It is important that the old wooden base withstood this load is not deformed, not bent, not cracked. Prepared according to the rules provide an effective basis for laying tile, durable and last for years.

 

Preparing for Wooden Flooring Tiling

 

First, you must clear all the decorative coatings. This can be done in three ways:

 

·         Mechanical action

·         Chemical treatment

·         Temperature heating

 

Old floors can have on the surface of many layers of old paint, which is very difficult to remove from the timber. Try to spread on an electric drill emery wheel with abrasive number 40 and walk on the surface. If mechanical treatment does not give good results, apply the treatment of old paint solvents. The combination of high-temperature dryer and scraper can also give a good cleaning result. And most importantly - the speed of the process. It all depends on what floors were covered with every repair.

When wood floorboards cleaned, you need to take a grinder or abrasive paper for finish grinding. Grains in this case should be fine. Floors are cleaned in 3 doses - along, across and diagonally.

Now prepare subfloor. To do this we need to install wooden logs, put a waterproofing material, lay plywood (or particle board). This is to tile on a wooden flooring is flat. Lags exhibited strictly using building level. Subfloor must retreat around the perimeter walls at 10 mm.

 

Prepare a wood floor under the tile is held in the following order:

·         Processing joints. The joints between the wall and the sub-floor filled with foam for waterproofing.

·         Antiseptic protection. Timber is applied with a brush or a special protective impregnation linseed oil.

·         Application of latex. With a broad brush applied to the surface layer of thick latex.

·         Installing a paint grid. Immediately after applying the latex paint is laid on the surface of the grid, and left there to dry.

·         Fixation. After drying mesh fastened with screws to the plywood or particleboard with a frequency sufficient to fit the desired density.

·         Processing insulating mixture. The surface is covered with plywood or chipboard with a mixture consisting of 2 volume waterglass, 2 parts sand to 1 part water.

 

Prepared wooden base must be leveled leveling instrument. After that, if there are no differences, you can begin to cover the floor and cooked selected tiles. Conditionally divide the process into 4 stages. We need to turn:

·         Mark the floor

·         Prepare adhesive means

·         Lay Floor

·         Wipe the joints between the tiles

From the middle of the short wall of the room draw a line through the middle of the cord to chalking the wall opposite. Do the same basting from the center of the long wall to the opposite. In the center formed a crossroads, the intersection point. You can start the installation of tiles from her. Especially convenient to do it, if you chose a diagonal arrangement. In this case, you will have a lot of cutting elements. Beginning work on the center of the room, you can put the entire visible seamless tile floor space, and only the walls put cutting fragments.

 

Now prepare the substance which we will stick tile or porcelain tile on the floor. The stores sold a lot of dry mixes for the preparation of cement glue. Buy the right amount; mix with water according to the instructions. To enhance the adhesion of the solution and add tile plasticizer mixture (approximately equal to 15% by weight of the adhesive).

 

From mixer woo uniform consistency substance. For once cook a small amount as 3-4 hours cooked dry volume. Apply mass need a notched trowel on a wooden base, treated soil. The surface must be dry. Tile large spatula, take the large size of the teeth. Glue is applied at an angle extending from the central point, straight strips. Approximate lot size for a single application of - 1 m. m

 

Before putting tiles on wooden floor, prepare it. You can gently brush to moisten the underside. Cutting position on the prepared fragments must be well sanded. Check if there are defects on the face. Stacking alternately prepared piece goods, gently tapped each tile a small rubber mallet. Take the time to check the location on the horizontal surface of each of the tiles. If noticed a drop in the level, add a little glue under the tile. Work carefully, but do not hesitate. Adhesive compound dries quickly, and to remedy defects, correction of errors you have very little time.

 

To cover looked aesthetically pleasing, during installation, use the plastic crosses. Remove them immediately after installation of two or three adjacent tiles. Received stitches after installation of the coating should overwrite (fill in the fugues). First with a brush all the gaps requires moisten, then apply diagonal movements special grout trowel. Remove excess. Wait half an hour to dry joints and wipe with a damp cloth its new floor covering. The distance between the tiles can be from 2 to 6 mm. For seamless coverage, you can buy a special tile, stacked end to end.

 

 

About Author: The article is written by Sumit Sain via www.eurotexflooring.com, he is a well experienced person in wooden flooring for homes, offices and apartments in India. From last many years he is in the same field with Eurotex Flooring which covers all solutions like wood flooring like Solid, Laminated and Engineered and wall decking & cladding. 

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