Q:I‘m tiling a shower in a small bathroom, should I go with ceramic or something like vitreous? Any experience welcomed greatly!!

I would use ceramic tile. It comes in a variety of sizes and colors and is relatively easy to put up. It is also very easy to clean. If you haven't tiled a lot before, get self spacing tiles. Then you do not need to mess around with tile spacers. This will speed up your job. Also, if you have never tiled before, check with your local hardware store. Some places like Home Depot and Lowe's will offer free tiling classes. HTH!

Q:Renovation of the new house is good with tiles or wooden floor ah? Which of the two are you expensive?

Now renovated new homes Most families use the floor, of course, its price will be more expensive. First, from the comfort of the contrast: the tiles in the summer feel cool, in the winter there will be a kind of cold feeling, and the floor than the warmth of the family is relatively poor. Especially the children are small or the elderly family, and now the mainstream tiles are tiles, too slippery, the elderly, the children easy to slip, and the floor is not as slippery tiles; children are generally barefoot on the ground to play, floor The advantage is even more obvious, winter and summer are not cool. Say maintenance: now the composite floor, basically do not deliberately maintenance. Just use the mop when a little dry, do not drip on the line, you can wash the first half a day to wash the water and then on the line. Third, the environmental aspects: the main pollutants on the floor is formaldehyde, as long as it is through the national quality supervision and inspection of the floor of the formaldehyde content of 1.5mg / L below, several well-known brands also reached 0.5 below, even lower than the European standards The The tiles are the main harm is radioactive, not visible, should not be identified. Fourth, the space problem: the floor occupies only 1 ~ 1.5cm height, and tiles to occupy at least 3 ~ 5cm height. The floor is only in the original ground laying a layer of mat to play the role of cushioning and moisture, and tiles to shop at least three millimeters of sand ash. Five, the second renovation problem: no matter who, will not be a house in the end no longer decoration, over ten years or two years will come again to renovate, then the advantages of the floor is more reflected. The floor can be directly opened to throw away, downstairs costs are very low; and tiles have to chisel down, laborious room to get very dirty and have to pay a low downstairs costs.

Q:What kind of ceramic tile?

Polished tiles: polished tiles is polished after the polished polished brick. In contrast to the roughness of the whole body bricks, polished tiles will be more clean. The hardness of this brick is very high, very wearable. In the use of infiltration technology on the basis of polished tiles can make a variety of imitation stone, imitation wood effect. Classification can be divided into seepage type polished tiles, fine powder type polished tiles, multi-tube fabric polished tiles, microcrystalline stone. Scope In addition to the bathroom, kitchen, the rest of the majority of indoor space can be used. Features: quintana brick polished after polished tiles, the hardness of this brick is very high, very wearable. Tiles: tiles are made of quartz sand, mud in accordance with a certain percentage of firing, and then polished bright but do not need to polish, the surface as smooth as the glass mirror translucent, is the hardest of all the tiles. Tile in the water absorption, edge straightness, bending strength, acid and alkali resistance are better than ordinary glazed tiles, polished tiles and general marble. But the tiles are not perfect, it is the flaw after grinding, the pores exposed, dust, oil and other easy to penetrate. The classification is mainly floor tiles. Belong to a kind of polished tiles. Scope of application Tile for the living room, bedroom, walkway and so on.

Q:Can you put linoleum over tile?

First of all, you really need to check with your landlord/lady before putting anything down on the floor. I've never lived in a rental where I could paint the walls much less mess with the flooring! That having been said, no, you cannot just put vinyl over tile since vinyl conforms to whatever is underneath it, it will take on the contour of the tile and warp and gap. You'd really need to take up the tile, and depending on what type of subfloor you have, you would either have to sand the concrete and put an underlayment over that or lay hardibacker on a wood subfloor, all of which will be more costly and time consuming than I'm sure you would be willing to invest in a rental, not to mention the fact that I'm sure your landlord/lady will pitch a fit if you do it without his/her consent. I say just live with it. Put down some throw rugs if it bothers you that much.

Q:How can the stickers on the tiles clean up?

4. Fengyoujing effect can be. If it is not Glue stickers and the like can also be blown off with a hair dryer is very good off, but not suitable for plastic, hot plastic deformation. 5. blown with a hairdryer, this effect is very good at home is also convenient for everyone Hairdryer hair dryer, whether on the sticker glass, plastic, wood, metal can be, first with the hairdryer back and forth hot blowing a few times, and then tear a small side, along the direction of tearing slowly tearing side with a hot tube ,good results.

Q:Can you suggest any methods to clean the floor and wall tiles?

If you are talking about the bathroom tile around a shower you will need a lime remover it will clean the soap scum and water deposits. The floor tiles just need a general cleaner. If you want to clean tiles in a kitchen use a de greaser.

Q:in my bathroom what do i need thats easy an inexpensive? Can i do it myself.? trying to do it for my mother this weekend while she is away. Have tile thats old and seperating can i just pull it up clean the floor and lay the tile?

If it's a bathroom floor and you want something not too expensive, i would go for some 12 x 12 ceramic tile. Just make sure it's not too smooth or shiny. It is a bathroom you wouldn't want your mother to slip. So go for some tile with a textured surface. Another important thing to consider is what kind of surface your'e laying the tile onto. If it's concrete there might not be any problems. If it's a wood surface, you better get some backer board such as hardibacker or wonderboard. Trust me. You do not want to lay tile straight to tha wood. I always ens uplifting and you get a big mess. ~Good luck!~

Q:tiles...for construction or what?

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Q:Hot tubs are in ground swimming pools are some times surrounded by border of tiles. The square hot tub has a side of length s feet. The tub is surrounded y a border tiles. Each square tiles measure 1 ft.to find the tile you have to use this: 4(s+1) now how is that expression same to (s+2)^2-s^2

(s+2)^2-s^2 would provide the area of the tile border. It is equivalent to the area of the whole hot tub installation, including tile, minus the area of the tub itself. 4(s+1) would be a length in feet, and is not equivalent to any area. The perimeter of the hot tub is 4s, and the perimeter of the whole installation, including the tile is 4(s+2). 4(s+1), ignoring units, would give the number of tiles required for the border, which if multiplied by the area of one tile (1 ft^2) would give the area of the tile border. (s+2)^2-s^2 = s^2 + 4s + 4 - s^2 = 4s + 4 = = 4(s + 1) sq. ft. is also the area of the tile border. So they are the same, if you account for the difference in units.

Q:we‘ve moved into a 1930s flat with those old bakelite tiles, i think they‘re caller marley tiles. does anyone know a good way to get paint off them, and how to get them looking shiney and new again.cheers!

The one thing you do not want to do is use any harsh or abrasive cleanser on them. If they are real bakelite then they can lose their gloss and can be ruined. First try a bit of liquid laundry soap and warm water on a terry washcloth or small towel and dab or blot it on the spots. As the warm water and soap sit on the paint it will soften enough to scrape off with your fingernail or a popsicle stick. Always try any cleaning on a tile that is not seen readily, like under the sink if available, to insure that the finish does not get damaged. I have never known tiles to be made of bakelite but plastic was used extensively up to the 1970's and it can be cleaned with mineral spirits if necessary. If the soap and water do not work try mineral spirits, (also known as paint thinner and/or turpentine) on a small area of the tiles. You can try the fingernail scraping method first and some of the paint may come off straight away if it is latex and not too thick. If you get all the paint off you can shine them with carnuba wax, but try the wax on a hidden tile to make sure it does not have a reaction with bakelite. Best of luck.