At construction of the new house, repair in the apartment, much attention is paid to arrangement of each room including kitchens. To decor the certain place in making decision on planning, in particular is allocated to the choice of finishing of walls, floors. Material which carry out apron and floor in kitchen most often is the tile.
Instruction
1. At first decide for what you need tile - for the purpose of finishing of kitchen apron or floor. Then calculate amount of necessary material. It can be done by means of meter, having just noted length, height and width of walls and floor. Then decide on the tile size. The material is less, the it is more difficult to stack it and to fix. The big tile well looks on floor, it is convenient to wash it. Choose specialized shops selling building materials, recalculate all goods upon purchase, show consideration for transportation - the tile belongs to fragile stock.
2. Decide on color of material. Decorators suggest to get tile in one color gamma with table-top of kitchen, however similar is perhaps rare. Therefore it is possible to make choice towards any other shades, but it is desirable to avoid sharp contrasts. Some producers release tile with drawing the facsimile or mirror sputtering. There are options made of glass. It is necessary to remember that width of mirror tile is almost twice less than normal. Therefore when laying it should be considered.
3. Look at the surface of material - on tile there should not be scratches, damages, chips. Take an interest at sellers, where produced building material, what density of covering, whether porous it. The more you will collect information, the better. The thicket should wash porous tile, besides, it absorbs all smells and dirt quicker than others.
4. The glass tile can imitate marble, granite, there are options made ""semi-antique"". It will be simpler to you to clean similar surfaces, than mirror behind which careful daily care is necessary. Finishing by means of such tile suits very accurate hostesses capable the most part of time to carry out in kitchen.
5. Look at the hardness of the top decorative layer of tile of glaze, pay attention to tile material resistance to bend. About it it is specified on packing. The surface has to be shock-resistant. For kitchen best of all use tile of 3 and 4 classes of hardness. The class is higher, the material is more expensive.
6. For walls choose tile of lower class of wear resistance. Despite its porosity, it is ideal for wall decoration as the face side is always covered with water-proof glaze. If the thermal stability is less than 125 degrees, then on tile small cracks will begin to be formed over time, and she will lose initial exterior.
7. During cleaning do not use the means containing strong chemical compounds, do not rub seams abrasive materials - easy to damage tile, color will grow dull. Buy special gels, shampoos for washing of kitchen and sponge.