Floors and coatings are key when planning a home renovation. Today there is a great variety: easy to clean, resistant and waterproof, and in a huge variety of designs. We bring you some tips for placing ceramics and Porcelain Tiles in your home. But if you don’t have enough time to do it all, consulting siding contractors is a wise decision.

When buying a product, pay attention to the batch number on the packaging. The manufacturing conditions of ceramics and porcelain tiles are very difficult to duplicate and this is manifested in small differences between each of the fired ones. Therefore, check that all the boxes of the same product belong to the same baking.

Even in the best quality products, the ceramics in the same box may show small differences – for example, in their tonality. So that they go unnoticed, we suggest you open the boxes and mix the plates; so you can distribute the colours in the environment in a balanced way.

1. The support: what are we going to work on?

The adhesive that we will use for our floors and coverings varies depending on the type of support on which we will place the pieces.

– Folders or conventional plasters: You can use a classic glue that is waterproof.

– On a pre-existing floor and / or coating: These cases are more complex, and require a “special” glue. The surface must be pre-treated to create porosity and allow new coatings to adhere. Depending on the case, we will choose to use muriatic acid or to make small perforations.

2. The right trowel

The trowel is a tool that allows you to measure the amount of adhesive that is placed on each of the pieces. In general, the appropriate trowel for a ceramic is chosen by looking at the distance between its teeth: these must be separated by a distance equivalent to the thickness of the piece that we are going to glue.

3. Expansion joints for floors and cladding

Ceramics and porcelain tiles are exposed to environmental alterations that produce changes in their structure. These changes are imperceptible to the naked eye, but they can ruin parts and cause further damage!

4. Expansion joints

Therefore, it is key to take into account the Expansion Joints when planning an environment from the folder. The minimum width of the joints depends on the space in which the tiles will be placed. Depending on the case, you can leave the joints empty or fill them with flexible materials (such as pastine, which comes in different colors and finishes). We recommend that you ask your seller for advice, and that you read the technical considerations detailed in the box containing each of the products.

5. Choosing the right product: think about the functionality of the space

Although it seems obvious, many times we choose a coating that meets a series of characteristics that we like a lot but we lose sight of other important aspects. For example, for the bathroom: we choose a very smooth ceramic for an environment that gets wet frequently: danger of falling!

We hope these tips were useful.

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