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DIY made easy! Prepare & clean a main floor for tiling
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Don’t take it for granted that your floor is even and level. It’s important to ensure that your floor is even before you start tiling. If it isn’t, we recommend:
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Any tiling job will only be as good as the surface it’s laid on. It’s important to ensure, no matter what floor surface you’re tiling on, that the surface is sound, level and clean of dust and debris. Most floor surfaces are either concrete or timber. Concrete: For best results, the concrete must be allowed to cure for a minimum 28 days before it is tiled over. Steel trowelled concrete must be mechanically roughened (and then thoroughly washed) prior to tiling or there will not be enough adhesion. All concrete release agents and curing compounds must be removed by mechanical means. For cracks larger than 1.5mm consult your local suppliers. Timber flooring: Due to the expansion and contraction of the timber, it is never recommended to adhere ceramic tiles directly onto timber floors. Untreated floors should be primed and allowed to dry prior to tiling. Information on other, less common, floor surfaces can be found on the Tiling Wall and Floor Surfaces page on our website.
Prime the floor Before you begin, scrape the floor to get a nice flat finish and sweep away the residue. Step 1 Prime the surface to ensure the glue will stick. Be liberal with the primer and wait for it to dry beforeyou commence tiling.
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