What should be paid attention to when laying tiles?

When laying tiles, you need to pay attention to the following points:

**I. Preparation before construction**

1. tile selection: carefully check the tile specifications, color, texture is consistent, there is no damage, cracks and other defects. The same space try to choose the same batch of tiles to reduce the color difference.
2. Grass-roots treatment: ensure that the ground or wall grass-roots level is flat, solid and clean. If the grass-roots level is not flat, you need to carry out leveling treatment, otherwise it will affect the tile paving effect. For the wall, to check its verticality and flatness, deviation should be corrected first.
3. Material Preparation: Prepare cement, sand, tile adhesive and other paving materials to ensure that the quality of the material is qualified. At the same time, prepare the rubber hammer, level, ruler, ruler, hooking agent and other tools.

**Two, the construction process**

1. Pre-arrangement of tiles: before the official paving, should be pre-arrangement of tiles, to determine the arrangement of tiles and the size of the gap, to avoid cutting too many tiles or uneven gaps. Pre-arrangement of tiles to consider the location of doors and windows, furniture placement and other factors to ensure the overall aesthetic.
2. soaking tiles: for porcelain tiles and other tiles with low water absorption rate, you can not soak; but for ceramic tiles and other tiles with high water absorption rate, should be soaked for more than 2 hours before paving, so that the tiles are fully absorbent, to avoid the phenomenon of hollow drums after paving.
3. Paving order: generally from the corner of the room or the door to start paving, gradually advancing to the center. Ground tiles should be paved in the same direction as the long side of the room to increase the sense of extension of space. Wall tiles should be paved from bottom to top.
4. Leave a gap between the tiles should be reserved for a certain gap, generally 1.5 - 3 mm. Leave a gap can avoid tiles due to thermal expansion and contraction and squeeze each other, resulting in drums, cracking. The gaps can be filled with professional hook and loop or seamstress, which is both beautiful and prevents dust and stains from entering.
5. Check with a level and a ruler: in the paving process, you should always use a level and a ruler to check the flatness and verticality of the tiles. If there is any deviation, it should be adjusted in time to ensure that the tiles are paved neatly.
6. Tile cutting: If you need to cut the tiles, you should use a professional tile cutter to ensure that the cutting size is accurate and the edges are neat. After cutting the tiles should be polished to avoid sharp edges scratching the human body.

**Three, after the construction of maintenance**

1. Protect the finished product: after the completion of tiling, the surface should be cleaned up in a timely manner of dust and stains, and paved with protective film or cardboard to prevent subsequent construction damage to the tiles. Before the tiles are completely dry, avoid walking on them or placing heavy objects.
2. Hooking treatment: generally 24 - 48 hours after the completion of tile paving for hooking treatment. Before hooking the seams, clean up the dust in the seams first, and then fill them with hooking agent or seamstress. When hooking the seams, pay attention to fill full, even, to avoid uneven gaps or missed hooks.
3. Acceptance check: After the completion of tile paving, a comprehensive acceptance check should be carried out. Check the flatness of the tiles, verticality, drum rate, gap size and so on whether it meets the requirements. If there is any problem, it should be rectified in time.