****"Made by Tang Liang" (3) Selection of Laminated Flooring****
Published on 2005-01-10 09:39:57 Focus Decoration Home Network-Decoration General Forum-Decoration Forum
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... Ruijia installed floor mats a while ago and provided floor mats. On the day of installation at my home, the workers forgot to bring the floor mats, so I didn’t take it too seriously. Later, I was busy all day long, and I had long forgotten about the foot pad. About a week later, one day I went downstairs to take out the trash and saw a Ruijia company car parked downstairs. Manager Luo from the survey department saw me as soon as he got off the car and said he had sent me floor mats...
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When I first came to Focus to read the decoration diary, I was particularly Make a record of the brands mentioned in the diary, and then go to the market to compare and understand the recorded brands, and finally make a decision. Now when I write it myself, if I think about it from my perspective, I believe that my classmates who were as confused as I was are more eager to get valuable information from the post. Therefore, I deliberately included more relatively objective comments in the recording process, and mentioned a few brands that I have come into contact with during the decoration process and are relatively familiar with, so as to save students who are new to decoration and are confused from searching in the building materials market with many brands. bitter.
Getting back to the topic...
Due to the large number of brands of flooring and fierce competition, the management of flooring is relatively the most formal, and the brand effect of flooring should never be ignored. As one of the important aspects of home decoration, buying a brand floor produced by a regular company can indeed save the owner a lot of worries. From floor quality, to sales, to measurement, to installation, to after-sales, this series of processes requires two words - "formal".
1. Quality of wooden flooring
By the way, wooden floors are divided into solid wood floors, solid wood composite floors, and laminate composite floors.
You can understand one and two just by looking at the name, so I won’t be too wordy here. I resisted and stared at laminate flooring from beginning to end. Therefore, including the title, the floors I mentioned in the article refer to laminate flooring.
The quality of laminate flooring mainly depends on two aspects: formaldehyde release amount and rotation number.
As an ordinary consumer, when purchasing floors, you should at least ask symbolically and ask the merchant to provide a quality inspection report. Although almost all floors in the building materials market are composite national standards, however, You can at least choose which flooring has better properties.
Not long after I came to Focus, I learned a wise saying about flooring: "Two-thirds of flooring and seven-tenths of paving." This shows the importance of flooring. The reason why I resolutely choose the flooring of a big brand is one of the reasons why I firmly choose the flooring of a big brand. The main reason is to count on the standard installation by regular flooring companies, and also count on their one-stop standard services from sales to installation to after-sales.
2. Introduction to the experience of flooring
(1) Laminated composite flooring is not a big deal if it is knocked or touched. Its only natural enemy is water. No matter how good the laminate flooring is, it is not necessary. Use too much water to wipe, and avoid getting soaked in water, otherwise it will deform.
(2) Many students are used to putting a mat on the floor at the bathroom door after decoration. In fact, this is incorrect. Because the water vapor dissipates slowly after the mats become damp, it will affect the floor below, and the floor will easily deform over time. However, if there is a floor outside the bathroom, you should indeed place a foot mat in that area, because water in the bathroom can easily be carried to the floor outside, so it is recommended that students place foot mats in the bathroom door.
(3) Although the floor is afraid of water, I have consulted Ruijia Company. When cleaning, the floor can also be wiped with a wrung wet mop, because the water on the floating surface will be wiped out in a short time. Internal volatilization.
(4) Be generous when ordering flooring. Under the premise of standard installation, the flooring area ordered should not exceed 105% of the actual paving area. If the paving area at home is very irregular or the workers do not follow the specifications correctly, If reverse paved, it may be greater than 105.
(5) Don’t forget to tell the manufacturer in advance: Overordered floors can be returned.
(6) There is a lot of dust when sawing the floor. You should ask the workers to carry out this operation in the corridor. But you don’t need to tell the brand floor, workers will consciously go to the corridor.
(7) Before laying the floor, the ground should be clean and flat. If leveling is required, it should be completed in advance (it is best to let the flooring company come to the site to survey the ground conditions first).
(8) The main decoration work should be completed before laying the floor to avoid the floor being abused. If nothing else, it will make you feel distressed just by looking at it.
(9) The ground must be dry on the day when the floor is installed. I would like to remind students who love indoor cleaning that on the first day of laying the floor, the floor must not be wiped with a wet mop. This will cause water seepage on the ground, and moisture will return after the floor is laid.
(10) The floor is generally paved with smooth lighting, that is, the length of the floor should be perpendicular to the wall where the window is located.
3. Flooring and its accessories
Students must be very concerned about the environmental protection of the floor. However, when laying the floor, floor mats, skirting boards and Layering. I wonder how many people have thought about whether the above three items are environmentally friendly? After resisting to death, I firmly chose Ruijia Flooring because of the "360-degree" environmental protection it advocates. Let alone whether it is true or not, at least I thought of it. As for whether it is good or not, that is another matter. It's over.
Let’s interject an old question first. Although Senior Yayalan has said it before, it is estimated that after such a long time, a new round of decoration army has also entered the battle. Now there must be students raising questions about skirting lines. I have a question about whether the color should be consistent with the floor or the door. Then I will answer again, the color of the skirting should be consistent with the door. And practice has proven that as long as the baseboard color is inconsistent with the color of the door, it will not look so comfortable.
Through the decoration, I found that ordinary flooring manufacturers do not produce skirting lines, battens and floor mats separately. When I visited my neighbor's house, I also discovered that the floorboards in each house were of various types, but the baseboards and battens seemed to be the same type.
Kickboards: Almost all flooring manufacturers use medium-density boards, and in order to reduce costs, the quality of the medium-density boards they choose is really worrying. Inferior medium-density board not only exceeds the standard for formaldehyde, but may also deform and break (this has happened in our community).
Layering: I wish nine out of ten companies had exactly the same aluminum buckle strips with horizontal stripes on them. If you don’t believe me, please take a closer look. If this kind of stripping takes a little longer, there will be dust in the horizontal lines, making it look dirty.
Floor mats: Don’t look at the floor mats of various brands piled up in the trash can. If you look carefully, you will find that the words are all printed on them, and the materials of the floor mats themselves are also different. It's the same.
The reason why merchants "take shortcuts" in these floor accessories is partly to reduce costs, but also because consumers don't pay much attention to these seemingly "minutical" contents. Because most consumers really only care about the price, color and style of the floor.
I don’t want to talk too much about the “360-degree” environmental protection of Ruijia Flooring, because people don’t get environmental protection for free, they have to pay extra. As the saying goes, “There is no free environmental protection in the world,” but from the perspective of decoration, I have been strict about environmental protection since the beginning. After weighing it up, I made up my mind to spend money on environmental protection. Therefore, I ended up spending an extra 600 yuan on Ruijia Emerald's special skirting boards, which are known as "zero formaldehyde". Lines, Ruijia emerald special layering strips and Ruijia emerald special floor mats.
As for what the Ruijia Emerald Series is? There is a picture at the bottom of the post, you can see the batten and skirting.
4. Services from big brands
Ruijia Flooring, as one of the community centralized procurement projects organized by me, did not have a very smooth start in Fengdu Community. Before my shop, some neighbors who participated in the centralized purchasing had already built their shop. Some neighbors pointed out some problems with Ruijia in a community forum (it turned out to be no big deal later). The post was found by Ruijia Company. "Ruijia After-sales Service" and "Ruijia Engineering Department" responded to the neighbor's posts one after another. The matter was resolved smoothly in a short time. The neighbor posted again to express his satisfaction. .
Affected by the saying "three-quarters of flooring and seven-tenths of paving", I have always attached great importance to floor paving. With the lessons learned from my neighbors, I have been careful about the flatness of the walls of my house. processing puts forward higher requirements. At the same time, I called Ruijia Company again and made some requests for flooring. Ruijia Company gave me satisfactory answers. Everything went very smoothly on the day of installation, the quality of the workers was also very high, and the consumables were strictly controlled within the standard range (5).
By the way, there is another very small thing. Ruijia installed the floor a while ago and provided floor mats. On the day of installation at my home, the workers forgot to bring the floor mats, so I didn’t take it too seriously. Later, I was busy all day long, and I had long forgotten about the foot pad. About a week later, one day I went downstairs to take out the trash and saw a Ruijia company car parked downstairs. Manager Luo from the survey department saw me as soon as he got off the car and said he had sent me floor mats.
5. Two issues discussed with the person in charge of Ruijia Company
It is true that Ruijia is a big brand, but it does not mean that it is a big brand and cannot be ignored in all aspects. No problems will arise. While chatting with the senior manager of Ruijia’s after-sales department, I asked the following two questions:
First of all, because Ruijia Flooring has a large market share, the workers in the engineering department are too busy. This gives some large dealers the right to find workers to install them themselves. When I was purchasing Ruijia flooring in Juyuan Building Materials City, the merchant asked me whether I should let Ruijia Company install it or let the merchant find workers to install it. Of course, I chose Ruijia Company without hesitation. A neighbor of mine had a floor installed by a merchant, but some irregularities occurred and the neighbor was charged 400 yuan for partial leveling of the floor. Therefore, I would like to remind all students that no matter which brand of flooring you choose, it is best to let the manufacturer be responsible for the door-to-door installation.
Then there is the problem of ground treatment. It takes almost a day to lay the floor. On the day when the workers came in, they spent almost half a day in the morning doing ground treatment. According to the workers, the ground at my house is relatively small. The other ones that use Ruijia flooring are pretty good. The dust from the ground treatment made the house full of smoke, and then we started to lay the floor. As you can imagine, it was strange that there was no thick layer of dust on the floor after it was laid. The overall feeling was dirty. At that time, I suggested to Manager Gao why he didn’t separate the two steps of ground treatment and floor paving. Manager Gao explained that every extra trip for workers would increase the cost of one more trip. As a consumer, we can only reluctantly accept this explanation.
6. Focus netizens’ experience on flooring:
Assisi recommends: Sihe composite flooring (the color suits your heart). Diwang's solid wood composite has a special price of 98 yuan/square meter, but the color difference is large; Sihe's reinforced composite crystal surface costs 62 yuan, and the relief surface costs 68 yuan, but it seems that it is still available.
Assisi reminds: When laying glue on the floor, consider applying it to the entire edge until the glue will overflow from the seams when the floor is closed. You cannot just put two points on both ends of the board, JS Explain that it is not necessary to do this for "locking" floors, a little glue will suffice.
Weiming’s suggestion: Montblanc laminate flooring’s classic series.
Yikkong introduction: Oudian has a good reputation for installation. Floor installation is the key. If it is not installed well, it will not take long to bulge piece by piece. Therefore, whenever I like a certain brand, I will come here. Focus on checking the reputation of this brand during installation.
Worried Rongrong Tip: When installing the floor, be sure to keep the buckle directly under the door, and pay attention to the distance between the door and the ground.
Bingbing0927 recommends: Ruijia Flooring (a big brand with obvious service).
Yu Yao recommends: Yuegezhuang Red Star Macalline’s Montblanc Wild Maple series.
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**** "Made by Tang Liang" (1) Ordinary consumers' complete guide to purchasing ceramic tiles****
Dead Carrying 2005-01-04 14:55:42 Published on Focus Decoration Home Network-Decoration General Forum -Decoration Forum
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......I originally bought Mei Sheng in the warehouse When we were buying bricks, the shopping guide said that Mei Sheng was a brand of bricks, but to be honest, maybe it was because I was unfamiliar with it. I had never heard of this brand before. At first, I only knew about the ceramic tile brand consisting of a group of famous people: Marco Polo, Nobel. , Mona Lisa, Romario, Venus, Athena... Look, even the gods are not spared, they are really convinced by these merchants...
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About ceramic tiles, I couldn’t hold back my pen without resisting, so I wrote so much at once. After all, it is an important item that must be purchased for home decoration. It doesn’t hurt to write more. I will briefly talk about it from four aspects below:
1. How to choose ceramic tiles
In focus Students who have been immersed in the Internet for a while go to the building materials market mostly for brand-name bricks. The advantage of this is that they can basically guarantee the quality, but it needs to be at the expense of rice in their pockets. In fact, although some ceramic tiles are not well-known, their quality is still excellent, such as the Meisheng floor tiles in my home. Think about it, floor tiles that cost more than 20 yuan per square meter are generally not easy to buy, but not all tiles that cost 20 yuan The floor tiles are all of poor quality. After identification, Meisheng is a good tile. Regarding how to choose ceramic tiles, what I can think of is roughly starting from the following seven aspects:
1. Check whether the appearance of the ceramic tiles is straight. Just imagine, if the surface and sides of each tile are uneven, no matter how good the bricklayer is, the overall smooth effect cannot be achieved;
2. Check whether there are spots, cracks, tile bumps, etc. on the surface of the tiles. Problems such as corrugation, peeling, lack of glaze, etc., and whether the dimensions are consistent;
3. Look at the color and pattern of the ceramic tiles. Good products have delicate and realistic patterns, while poor-quality ceramic tiles have missing colors, broken lines, misaligned patterns, etc.;
4. Identify the color on the back of the ceramic tiles. The back color of glazed tiles is red, while the back side of vitrified tiles should be milky white;
5. Listen to the sound of the tiles. The method is to hold the edge of the brick with one hand and tap the brick with the other hand. The sound of good bricks will be clear and loud, while the sound of poor bricks will be deep and dull. Students who have tried to distinguish glass and jade should think that a similar method is used. The difference is that to distinguish glass and jade, you need to listen to the sound of their own collision.
6. Look at the hardness of the ceramic tiles. To put it bluntly, if bricks of the same size are weighed in the hand, the heavier the brick, the greater the density and the higher the hardness.
7. Look at the water absorption rate on the back of the ceramic tile. Turn the tile over and drip some water on the back. The slower it seeps, the denser the texture and the better the internal quality. Bad tiles not only seep quickly, but after a while, if you turn the tile over, the front side will see through. This is why some students use inferior wall tiles, and the originally bright brick surface looks like "101 Dalmatians". That is because the water in the cement has penetrated.
Regarding this point, I have two additional points to add:
(1) Some merchants pick up the water cup and pour it on the front of the brick when they hear that you want to test the water.
If water seepage can be seen from the front, is it still called a ceramic tile? ! He is not stupid, but we are not stupid either. The way to correct it is: let him turn the brick over...
(2) There are several types of bricks on the market now, such as Samit, Changxin ( Legend has it that it has been discontinued). It is made using a high-pressure process. Not to mention the front, even the back is almost impermeable. Is it the best quality? I once asked my bricklayer about this, and he said that such bricks do not seep water and the cement does not stick well, so he did not recommend that I buy them. It seems that everyone needs to be careful when choosing and not go to extremes.
2. Classification of ceramic tiles
(1) According to the scope of use. Ceramic tiles are divided into floor tiles, interior wall tiles and exterior wall tiles (useful for homes with terraces).
(2) Ceramic tiles can be roughly divided into glazed tiles and vitrified tiles according to the processing technology. Among them, vitrified tiles are divided according to their different processes: seepage, multi-tube cloth, ultrafine powder, corundum, microcrystalline jade, etc. Different treatment processes have different stain resistance and water absorption properties. Among the above processes: the infiltration process has the weakest physical and chemical properties, multi-tube fabric is slightly stronger than infiltration, ultrafine powder and corundum (the two processes have similar physical and chemical properties) are stronger than multi-tube fabric, and microcrystalline jade has been the best in the past two years. The new technology that has just been released has the strongest physical and chemical properties and is known as "zero penetration", but its price is really expensive.
When I was just starting out, I was somewhat afraid of tigers like a newborn calf. I once ordered an Oceano microcrystalline jade floor tile for more than 300 yuan per square meter. After extensive solicitation of opinions, it was chosen by Shimei and others. Some students implicitly said, "It's too exaggerated!" and finally gave up. Now I think about it and it makes me cringe. It was really crazy at the time! !
3. The ceramic tile experience that I resisted to sum up
Senior La Dengmi once suggested to me that if I want to save money and buy good bricks, I should go to Dongfang Homes and Haomeijia to buy special price bricks. I also went to Oriental Homes and Haomeijia specifically for this reason, and I felt that the bricks on sale there were from some off-brand brands and of average quality (I once tested the water with a mineral water bottle). Moreover, the choices were too narrow, so I had no choice but to dive into the building materials market to look for them.
(1) Where to buy ceramic tiles
1. Go to the ceramic tile warehouse to buy ceramic tiles.
The most famous tile warehouses in Beijing include Minlong in Shilihe and Fengtai Xiaojing (also known as the legendary Qilizhuang). I once thought that Fengtai Xiaojing and Qilizhuang were two different places, but they were found to be one of them. Pulling around the small well, depressed...), ceramic tiles of various brands are available, and almost all tiles are sold in warehouses. Students can check out the brands, prices and styles in building materials supermarkets or building materials markets. Then go look there, the price is cheaper than the general building materials market, and one thing that cannot be ignored is that the ceramic tiles sold in warehouses are easy to bargain. The only thing I resist is the Roman Leo antique bricks purchased from Minlong in Shilihe.
A special reminder is that when purchasing ceramic tiles from warehouses, merchants generally do not care about delivery, because they are only responsible for large-volume distribution by dealers. Therefore, if you do not have a car, it is best to consider buying bricks nearby. One thing to add, even if you have a private car, don't use a passenger car as a truck easily. It's not worth repairing the car just to haul bricks. At first, I asked Master Tang and me to travel ten miles across the river to get Romario.
2. Buy ceramic tiles at the building materials market at your doorstep.
The reason for buying bricks at home is very simple: it is convenient to return and repair bricks. I resisted and purchased two types of bricks, Gaotao and Meisheng, at Juyuan Building Materials City and Xianghe Hongxing Building Materials City near Lishuiqiao. By the way, I would like to add that the bricks I buy are all based on the piece, because in the end, when it comes to refunding bricks, they are often based on the piece regardless of the square meter.
(2) Ceramic tile brand
When I bought Meisheng tiles in the warehouse, the young man on the shopping guide said that Meisheng tiles were brand tiles, but to be honest, maybe I was surprised because I didn’t see them often. In the past, they were indeed I’ve never heard of it, but I only know about the ceramic tile brand made up of a group of famous people: Marco Polo, Nobel, Mona Lisa, Romario, Venus, Athena... Look, even the gods are not spared. I’m really convinced. these businesses. I once mistakenly thought that these bricks were imported, but later I learned that almost all of them were from Guangdong. Most of these brand tiles are priced at 60 to 70 yuan per square meter, and better tiles such as Asia, Jinduo, and Oceano are easily 100 to 200 yuan per square meter.
Although senior Qin Hua once said: every 100 yuan for ceramic tiles will lead to a different grade, but as an ordinary consumer, it is better to keep a calm view. Moreover, objectively speaking, at the end of the decoration, you will find that in the choice of ceramic tiles, if Just right and can really save a lot of money.
(3) Three types of wall and floor tiles that are resistant to choice
It has been proven that buying tiles in the building materials market has a wider range of choices than buying them in the building materials supermarket, and the prices are reasonable, so just take Let’s talk about the three wall and floor tiles I chose: Romario, Gaotao, and Meisheng. Romario has to say that the quality of the brand’s products is absolutely top-notch; Gaotao was once a Sino-Thailand joint venture, and its high-pottery products (COTTO) sanitary ware was also very popular in the building materials market. Not long ago, I saw that the sanitary ware in the bathrooms at Yangfang Shabu Shabu Mutton Store were all made by COTTO. Finally, I heard that the Chinese and Thai parties had withdrawn the stall because the cooperation was not very good; I would like to praise Meisheng Tile here. The bricklayer said that the quality of this tile is good, and the price is only more than 20 yuan per square meter. It is really good quality and low price.
(4) About the tile waistline
Nowadays, almost every household uses tile waistline for tiling, which proves that the waistline tiles are still very popular among consumers. This kind of decoration was not available in the mid-1990s. However, I resisted and did not buy a tile waistline because I calculated that for a brick worth more than ten yuan, its tile waistline would often cost several hundred yuan per square meter. Merchants once told me bluntly: There is no profit in the ceramic tile market now, and the tile waistline is a profitable selling point.
I don’t know if there are any classmates who agree with me not to buy the tile waistline as much as I do. I finally insisted on posting a theme wall named "Made by Tang Liang" based on my own ideas. From the very beginning, the bricklayer was reluctant to stick the bricks to the end, holding up his arms and saying sweetly every day: "It's very good, very good, the effect is good. This is the first time I've been laying bricks like this for more than ten years." The foreman then said: "Beijing City No one is as considerate as Master Tang.” (Since I started decorating, I have become Master Tang, ha.) I build my own home and use more snacks. In the end, I really feel a sense of accomplishment.
(5) About color matching
The color matching of ceramic tiles should match the contrasting colors to produce the ideal effect. Regarding contrasting colors, students should master the common sense of decoration. Even if they are not used for laying ceramic tiles, they can be used in later furniture and home decoration choices. Commonly used contrasting color combinations in decoration include: red and white, red and black, black and white, yellow and blue...etc. Among them, white is a universal color and can be matched with almost all other regular colors without any problems. The shower area in my bathroom uses a combination of yellow, white and blue ceramic tiles, which feels pretty good. The walls and curtains in the second bedroom use a combination of yellow and blue, which also works well.
(6) Common knowledge about wall and floor tile paving
1. About dry paving and wet paving. Nowadays, tiling generally involves wet laying of wall tiles and dry laying of floor tiles. Dry laying can reduce the hollowing rate better than wet laying, but the cost of dry laying is higher than that of wet laying (in fact, it mainly involves a sand-gravel ratio issue). Workers often say that dry laying of wall tiles cannot be hung. This reason is quite acceptable, but if the workers propose that floor tiles should also be laid wet, then you have to be careful and must protest.
2. Regarding the size of wall and floor tiles. As far as the general house type is concerned, the bathroom floor tile size is generally about 300*300mm, and the kitchen should be about 500*500mm. A neighbor of mine uses 200*200 for the kitchen floor tiles. As soon as he enters the kitchen, three words " Eye-catching". By the way, you must pay attention to the anti-skid performance of floor tiles. There are actually neighbors who use non-skid floor tiles. Stepping on them is not just an ordinary discomfort, it is very, very unpleasant! ! As for the size of the wall tiles, it all depends on personal preference. There are wall tiles as small as mosaics and as large as 350mm. Some students tend to have a misunderstanding, thinking that small wall tiles should be used in bathrooms at home. In fact, using large wall tiles will make a small space appear larger. Please be responsible for this, so students can rest assured.
3. About consumables.
Unlike floors, it is generally difficult to accurately calculate the consumables of ceramic tiles, because the factors that determine the amount of consumables are more complex than those of floors, which mainly include the following four aspects:
(1) The degree of regularity of walls and floors
The more irregular the paving surface, the greater the loss.
(2) Tile size
The larger the tile, the greater the loss.
(3) Tile quality
The worse the quality of the tiles, the greater the loss. (If the quality is poor, the bricklayer is more likely to break the tiles when they hit the brick surface when they are just put on the wall)
(4) Paving method
First, it is not the whole brick. If the edges of the tiles are required to be used for jointing at the joints, the loss will be great (but beautiful);
Secondly, in order to avoid the appearance of too narrow brick strips in the corners, the loss will be great (but beautiful). );
Thirdly, laying tiles diagonally will definitely cause greater loss than laying them straight (and the effect may not be beautiful).
Therefore, it is recommended that when purchasing ceramic tiles, all students should first determine the amount of consumables based on the above points. Generally speaking, the area of ????purchasing ceramic tiles is about 105-110 of the actual paving area. When buying ceramic tiles, it is generally unlikely that you can buy them exactly at once. Therefore, when it comes to returning or replacing tiles, you can see the convenience of buying tiles at a nearby building materials store.
If your home has a very regular paving area, you can also determine the size of the tiles based on the paving area. The 18 Romario floor tiles laid in the entrance hall of my house are just right and achieve "zero consumables".
4. Introduction to the experience of focus netizens on ceramic tiles:
I mentioned before that before starting home decoration, I read hundreds of decoration diaries of dozens of seniors. She said that if she quickly cultivated into a white lady, she would almost be able to compete with her subordinate Xiaoqing. Here is a list of brands recommended by seniors and accumulated experience, hoping to provide more students who know little about decoration with reference:
(1) Elegant Lan Recommendation: Champion Ceramic Tile (known as the most satisfactory ) and Guinness wall and floor tiles.
(2) astraes2002 recommends: Marco Polo 628 series imitation marble. When ordering floor tiles, you must be wealthy. If you ask the merchant too much, you can refund the money.
(3) Weiming’s experience with laying wall and floor tiles is: wall and floor tiles in kitchens and bathrooms must be soaked in water before being laid, and the walls must be roughened (many students may not understand what roughening means) , I understand in my heart but I can’t explain it in words. Let’s ask the workers), otherwise it will not work. Weiming also reminds everyone: If there is water-resistant putty on the original wall of the balcony, it must be removed, otherwise the bricks will fall off.
(4) Yitiankong’s introduction to choosing ceramic tiles: To choose a brick, first use a square ruler to see if it is square, then stack the two bricks together, pinch a corner and look at it, you can see whether the brick is flat or not. , and then put the two bricks together to see if they are the same size. When inspecting bricks, some merchants claim that when selling bricks, the loss of joints is taken into account, and then the area of ??the delivered bricks is smaller than the purchased area. Don’t be fooled. It is best to explain this issue clearly when purchasing.
(5) Ajiu’s advice on how to test the water when buying ceramic tiles: I went to Xiaojing to buy ceramic tiles, and I was optimistic about the Yan brand bricks. I was satisfied with the color, design, glaze quality and price. When I was about to pay the money, I thought of doing a water absorption test, so I found some water and dripped it on the back of the bricks. I found that the water seeped down quickly, like bricks. Turning it over and looking at the front, there were signs of water seeping through. My heart suddenly went cold. The ten types of bricks originally selected here seem to have to be re-selected.
(6) Assisi recommends: Large Roman tiles (it is said that the discount was the lowest at that time). Assisi also reminds: Before laying the tiles, confirm the sand-to-gravel ratio and hollowing rate with the foreman, and ask for free time. The drum phenomenon must be removed and reattached. Assisi also suggested that everyone should change the position of the flue opening when tiling the kitchen, otherwise it will not look good if the flue hose is exposed in the kitchen.
(7) Worried Rongrong suggested: If ceramic tiles are sold in pieces, there is a question of whether 1 square meter can be divisible. Senior Rong Rong also has a very humane suggestion: buy some cotton and let the bricklayers plug their ears while grinding bricks.
Because cutting bricks is the dirtiest and noisiest. The sound of cutting and grinding ceramic tiles is harsh, and large amounts of dust are produced at the same time. If careful students want to show their concern for the workers, prepare some cotton balls and attach two pairs of masks to the workers. I will definitely be moved by your actions.
The above is a summary of the experience about ceramic tiles. Let alone the entire decoration, it is impossible to consider everything about ceramic tiles alone, so there are many things that have not been mentioned. Welcome Please add in time, classmates.