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Tiling is used as a durable and easy to clean floor finishing method. Key steps in tiling include applying the first coat of paint, fixing ceiling grids, and completing plumbing work. Tools used for tiling include tile cutters to cut tiles, grinders to grind edges, and rubber hammers and spirit levels to level and fix tiles in place. Tiling provides advantages like being stain, water, and crack resistant while also being dirt resistant and allowing for easy water clean up. The tiling procedure involves marking the tile bed level, laying down a cement sand tile bed, placing tiles on cement slurry with 5mm spacing, checking for horizontality, fixing tiles with a rubber hammer, and applying and wiping away

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Tiling

Tiling is used as a durable and easy to clean floor finishing method. Key steps in tiling include applying the first coat of paint, fixing ceiling grids, and completing plumbing work. Tools used for tiling include tile cutters to cut tiles, grinders to grind edges, and rubber hammers and spirit levels to level and fix tiles in place. Tiling provides advantages like being stain, water, and crack resistant while also being dirt resistant and allowing for easy water clean up. The tiling procedure involves marking the tile bed level, laying down a cement sand tile bed, placing tiles on cement slurry with 5mm spacing, checking for horizontality, fixing tiles with a rubber hammer, and applying and wiping away

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TILING

Tilling is used as a floor finishing method to get aesthetic appearance. And also it is durable &
easy clean up finishing method. Before starting the tiling work following item should be
completed
Apply paint first coat
Fixing ceiling grids
Complete the plumbing work
TOOLS USED FOR TILING
Tile Cutter

- Tile cutter used to cut the tile pieces for relevant area

Grinder

- Grinderies used to grind the tile edges and cut the pieces

Rubber hammer And - Leveling the tile and, to fixed to the better way
Spirit level
Scraper

- To apply mortar on the tile bed and tile

ADVANTAGES OF USING TILING

Stain resistant

Waterproofing

Crack resistant

Dirt resistant

Easy water clean up

Suitable for indoor & out door work

Anti fungus

TILING PROCEDURE
Mark ed the tile bed level on the concrete slab

According to that 1:3 cement sand tile bed was done on the concrete slab
On top of the tile bed cement slurry was used & tiles were placed on top of it.
5mm spacing was kept between tiles.
Using sprit level check the horizontality
Rubber hammer was used to fix the tiles
After that Polymer modified hydraulic cement grout was used in the spacing
Rubber float was used to apply that grout in to the joints & to remove the excess grout
from the surface of the tiles
After 24 hours a soft dry cloth was used to clean up the grout haze

Wall Tilling

Floor Tiling

GROUTING

The grout was mixed with clear water to get a thick foam Then the grout was applied around the
all joints and empress firmly in to gaps. Excess grout should be wiped out with the sponge or
cloth. The floor was left to harden grout for 24 hrs before walking on the surface. The correct
tools for tiling and grouting must be used to obtain good results.

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