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Repairing Cracked Tiles

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Fill hairline cracks with epoxy or tile filler. You can repair hairline cracks without having to replace the only tile, as long as the wall tile is still firmly set. You can use specialized ceramic tile repair kits, but a two-part ceramic epoxy will work fine. Mix the two components together using a piece of scrap wood, then spread over the crack using a clean rag. Wipe up the excess using a second rag. Take care not to get the epoxy in the grout lines between tiles.

Add color to hide the repair. There are two ways to make the repair invisible: Before filling, mix the epoxy with epoxy tint the same color as the tile. Or, after filling, paint over the repair using an oil-based enamel paint marker. Select a replacement tile for more severe damage. Purchase a replacement casstle tile for any damage wider than a hairline crack. Bring the tile to a home repair store to find a match for size, shape, and pattern. Note the thickness of the tile as well. A thinner replacement will need a layer of mastic to raise it.

Remove surrounding grout. Carefully cut away the grout around the broken tile. A grout saw will make this task go faster, but you can use a hammer and chisel instead. Work slowly all the way around the tile, to allow for safe removal without damaging the surroundings. Break away the rest of the tile. Use a hammer and large chisel to break the tile apart. Angle it away from you and start from the center to reduce damage to backing. Wear gloves and safety glasses. Lay down cloth to protect surrounding surfaces from ceramic shards.

 

Replace tile adhesive. Scrape off the existing adhesive using a putty knife. Spread a new layer of thin-set mortar onto the wall or floor. Follow label instructions for mixing the mortar. You may need to wear a dust mask. Press in the new tile. Make sure the tile is flush by tapping it in place with a rubber mallet, or a piece of wood wrapped in cloth. Scrape out any excess mortar from the grout lines with a screwdriver.

Replace the grout. Let the tile dry overnight, or as specified in your mortar instructions. Mix the grout, then add a thin line around the tile using a plastic putty knife. After a week, apply grout sealer over the grout to protect from moisture.

Introduction: Master Living Room Tiles Raiders Home Life More Enjoyable

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Living room skirting board

Simplicity and fluency are forever themes. The concept of metaphysics and parquet are outdated superfluous. The skirting line is to be done, because the general wall paint, and paint and ground connecting parts often with the living room furniture feet and foot contact, easy to get dirty and damaged, and the use of a baseboard with tiles made to avoid this problem, and make the room more beautiful. The upper end of the foot line shall be ground to 1/4 or 45 degrees, and the machined surface shall be polished.

Tile color selection

Indoor requirements are spacious and bright, so that people feel relaxed and comfortable. So the light is appropriate, such as white, beige, color or pattern can be slightly, to high health requirements for the master, select solid color can better reflect the owner’s elegant, but to spend more time and energy, because the pure dirty, need frequent cleaning, for those busy, willing to spare time on the Internet, sleep and other aspects of the owners, the best choice with patterns or particles of ceramic tile.

Selection of tile material

Choose vitrified stone is better, because it is wear-resisting, bright, easy to clean. Some people like to use antique brick, antique brick color rich, reflecting the personality, but the color is often heavier, cleaning is also a certain degree of difficulty. Stone is best not used, because not only the high cost of stone, the color of a single, but most of the stone radioactive, surface finish and abrasion resistance is also very low. They are often used in large public places.

Selection of polished tiles

If the living room area of more than 30 square meters, 80*80 should be less than the brick, area under 60*60 standards, but not less than 40*40. Large size can make the room spacious and spacious, with a wide view. But the large size tiles if the shop is stuck in a small area on the ground, will make the size of the room collocation uncoordinated, like a man wearing an oversized clothes, on the other hand, if a large area of paving the small ceramic tiles, will appear crowded indoor complex.

Wood Brick Than Wood Flooring Highlights, Will Be The New Trend Of Consumption

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Environmental protection performance concerns, wood brick obvious

Consumers in the choice of ground decoration materials, the importance of environmental protection. Research has learned that wood grain bricks imitate wood fine lines, easy to clean, and flame retardant, non corrosive features. Compared with the floor, the wood grain brick has long service life and wear resistance. Therefore, wood grain tile is to meet the needs of the vast number of consumers.

The design of wood brick products exceeds wooden floor and integrates with nature

In recent years, is imported wood brick tile brand, had to jump out of this category, not only to the nature of the wood as the object of imitation, product forms have become more integrated, the outside elements or wood texture elements into the design of the original wood blocks. The wood brick of the future will no longer be a simple grain, texture, ceramic tile, it will be more diverse and integrated in the texture effect, and the product will be more diversified and diversified.

Wood tile has longer service life and easier maintenance

Wooden floor in the maintenance of the premise of properly, the service life is generally in 8-10 years, without maintenance, 2-3 years will be the effect of degradation, and wood brick service life is very long, paving post use 20, 30 years is not a problem.

Wood brick prices are more stable

From the market demand and sales point of view, in recent years, wood brick sales in steady growth. On the one hand, the application and promotion of wood flooring have been deeply applied to consumers, which makes wood brick more acceptable and recognized. On the other hand, wood brick with its outstanding decorative effect and product characteristics, the wooden floor plays an alternative, as well as the role of adding short board. Wood brick has become a new trend in the consumption of building materials.