So, we do repairs in the bathroom - changing the wall and floor tiles, sanitary ware. The first shopping give us only a general idea - tiles have any. From all manufacturers, plain and patterned, with different technical characteristics and of course for different prices. Summing up: more questions than answers. Tile from which country and what the producer to choose the more expensive Spanish, Italian, French or cheaper Iranian, Turkish, Chinese? What properties must the tiles for the bathroom? What is the thickness of the tiles will suit us? What makes the tiles are made by different technologies? Pleasantly surprised a variety of color and pattern: white tiles, multi-colored, with a different pattern, with the figure of "marbled". Although we previously imagined about our future bathroom, "eyes are dazzled, and with color and pattern, we also have not decided. For answers we turned to experts. The firm, which we have arrived we were told about the main trends in modern ceramic materials, said that with modern materials, nothing is impossible, and promised that our bathroom will look like "the picture". There we were advised to buy a Spanish tile, describing Spain as the highest quality manufacturer and largest exporter in the world. He added that the quality of Spanish ceramics to a large extent determined by the quality excellent Spanish clay. We were pleasantly surprised at what you can buy all the tiles from the same collection, which includes wall, floor tiles, frieze and decor. It is self-selected collection of color and style. Frieze is a band with an ornament, which either limits the wall tiles above or used to decorate the wall tile joints. The decor is a single tile with a pattern. You can do one or inlay in the center of the wall, or with some frequency. In choosing the colors and textures of tile better to consult a designer. For example, light-colored tile visually enhances the space. How will the premise depends, including the lighting. Pollution will be less noticeable on dark surfaces with an inhomogeneous pattern. A small scratches will be less noticeable on the matte surface. Of course, all this is better taken into account in advance. And finally, we went to buy the tiles together with the master. We elected, and he answered all questions. The wizard then checked the quality of the chosen tiles, has revised its entire piece that did not fall heavily scratched or Chipped tiles. The surfaces must be perfectly flat and smooth. In principle, a tile can learn a lot if we consider the icons on the packaging. For example, if you have an image of your feet on a black background - tiled floor, and if your hand - it's tile walls. Foot on the shaded background denotes a high wear resistance. Snowflake - tile frost. Petal flame with the numeral 1 a 2 indicates the number of firing the tiles. If the same symbol is repeated twice, this indicates a high level of this indicator. We also bought a tile adhesive, cement based - dry polymer blend. The choice of adhesive, we, of course, trust the master. And of course modern tiling is unthinkable without the use of grout to the joints. Joint width can be from 2 to 20 mm, depending on the design project. Grout can choose almost any color and shade, and wall tiles will be exactly this kind that we want. But on the grout as you can not save, such as cost of cement-based grout can be used in wet areas. Thus, repair in the bathroom is finished to be honest, we were very pleasantly surprised by what happened as a result. Our bathroom was looking just fine. And most importantly this it can be decades, if we certainly do not want to upgrade. Ceramic tile environmentally friendly, durable, easy to clean, does not require any special care the material. She is not afraid of humidity, or temperature changes, or abrasion on it do not breed bacteria. On quality modern tile or fallen from the hands of a metallic object or liquid is spilled chemical will not leave any traces. So what's next in the plans we have put granite on the floor in the kitchen and the hallway, pre-equipped "warm" floor. Because tiles can now simulate almost any natural material, including wood, for example, light wood flooring.
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