Renovate Your Home With New Colorful Tiles

When you are renovating your house and getting rid of the old stuffs, why don’t you get rid of the old, faded tiles? Years of use have taken away their shine and glow and they have got a yellowish tinge on the borders. This simply does not look good. How many times will you try to mop the area with a strong detergent so that the yellow stains get removed? Instead of doing all these, get new tiles installed. If the water in your area has a higher iron content then go for colored tiles so that even if they get yellow with the passage of time, till they will not look that bad compared to white tiles with yellow borders. They look nasty. You are of the creative sort and like to get your things done by yourself; we suggest that you buy the tile leveling system to install the tiles. This leveling system helps to put the right amount of gap between the two tiles. As such when the tiles are set properly it gives the impression that some professional has done it. You will easily find the tile leveling system in any only store. They are made out of high quality plastic that is recyclable. Once used, just wash them properly and store them safely so that the next time you decide to set the tiles, you can use this system once again.

There are many “Do It Yourself” videos in YouTube. Check them out to find out what are the steps that you need to follow in order to install the tiles. Just follow the steps and within no time, you will be able to set the tiles. Make a proper plan of how you would like to proceed so that the other home renovation work does not get stalled.

Un-Uniform Tiles Are Meant For Lippage, Use Tile Levelling Spacers For Proper Spacing

The house in which we shifted was 60 years of age. We had all our repairing done but the only thing left was the lippage of the bathroom tiles. The ground on which the house was built, had levelling problems and thus the unsettled condition gave rise to lippage of the titles. We had our tile levelling kit but one of the most crucial thing was missing, i.e. the tile levelling spacers. The tile glue on which the tiles were fixed, went old and was cracked at places thus, some of the tiles were coming up. We decided to set them fresh so, we pulled them up. The process of tile fixing and levelling is simple if proper equipment is present. Spacers are considered to be the most important tool in tile levelling system. Spacers are used for gaining uniform space in-between two tiles for grouting. It is used for both floor and wall tiles.

We bought a pack of tile levelling spacers from a leading hardware store. Spacers can break while removing them. On the ground, we laid down a coating of tile glue and set a tile and placed a spacer leaving 5cm from the corner and side and fixed another one. In this way, all tile spacers were set uniformly. Spacers are made of different materials, the most commonly used material is plastic. The plastic used for making tile levelling spacers are checked and certified by the authority. Other materials with which they are made:- stones, ceramics, hard rubber, etc.

To maintain uniformity in laying tiles depends on the equal amount of space in-between two tiles and from the corners of the walls. The prices of these spacers vary according to the company and brands. There are various sizes and it also depends on the thickness of the tiles. The general size ranges from 3mm to 14mm.