Bathroom tile panel: choose a pattern and install it

Today, in any hardware store you can find a wide range of bathroom tile panels, which will not only decorate the room, but will also serve its owners as a durable and reliable coating for a long service life.

In every home, the bathroom is a place where household members take hygiene procedures, which leads to increased humidity in the room. Therefore, when planning a renovation, it is necessary to pay great attention to the choice of sustainable finishing material for its walls and floors.

Tile panels: a modern and stylish choice

Choosing the design of a bathroom can be called one of the most interesting tasks when decorating a modern interior, since in this case it is necessary to take into account the size of the room and the location of the plumbing.

A tile panel becomes a good choice for everyone, since the manufacturers of this finishing material offer their consumers a large selection of options with a variety of designs.

Photo tiles have become the most popular recently, with the use of which you can now create a unique bathroom design. In this case, anyone can order an individual design of tiles in the bathroom: such an image can be a photograph of a pet, nature, and much more.

Sometimes consumers are confused by the bright colors of a tiled panel, and they think that over time its surface will lose its color, the image will become cloudy, or even be completely erased. However, in reality this is not the case.

[note]Technologies for manufacturing tile panels for the bathroom provide increased resistance of the tile coating to moisture and other adverse factors. [/note]

Ceramic panel

One of the popular materials used in the manufacture of tile panels is ceramics. This option has many advantages, namely:

• strength;
• durability;
• environmental cleanliness;
• low cost.

Ceramic tile panels have been used in the design of bathrooms for a long time, and such a universal finishing material is guaranteed to help create a unique and unusual design in the room that will delight the owners for many years.

Selection of tile panel sizes

The size of the panel tiles is selected separately for each room depending on its area. If the bathroom is quite spacious, then experts recommend turning your attention to this type of design, such as a bas-relief panel.

[note]In the case where the bathroom is small, it is advisable to give preference to a panel perspective or panorama. Many focus their attention on images of the sea, nature or sky. This option will visually enlarge the room and make it more voluminous. [/note]

Installation instructions for tile panels

Installation of such material as panels requires certain skills from builders and without knowledge in the construction field it is not recommended to do this work independently.

Preparatory work

Before starting work you need to purchase:

• hammer with rubber striking part;
• building level;
• plumb line;
• glue container;
• spatulas (rubber and metal).

After preparing the necessary tools, you should check that the surface meets the installation requirements:

• The surface for installing the panel must be completely flat, dry and puttied.
• If a glass panel is being installed, the color of the base for installation should be a light shade.
• The surface of the bathroom must be thoroughly cleaned of dirt and primed with a composition that has great penetrating power.

Panel installation

In order for the tile panels to be installed in accordance with all quality requirements for finishing work, workers must follow the following step-by-step steps:

• the surface of the bathroom is plastered and primed with a special compound;
• Markings are made along the perimeter of the surface to determine the position of the panel;
• the composition is laid out on the floor, the accuracy of the image is checked;
• after checking the correspondence of the image, using an adhesive composition, the panel elements are mounted on the surface of the bathroom in compliance with the applied markings;
• Upon completion of the installation of the panel, the seams between the tiles are grouted with a special grout.

Recommendations

Here are some recommendations to follow during the installation process:

• When choosing an adhesive to fix glass tiles for a bathroom panel, you cannot use cement mixtures. This is explained by the fact that cement tile adhesive is an unsuitable means for installing panels, since over time some elements may fall out of the overall composition.
• During the installation process, it is very important to constantly remove excess adhesive from the putty knife. Dried glue will ruin the tiles, as it will be very difficult to remove from the surface.
• Laying the panels should be done with minimal gaps between the tiles. If there is a large distance between the elements of the composition, the grout seams will be very visible and will spoil the picture.
• After grouting the joints, it is necessary to treat the surface of the tile with a special product - Litonet. This composition helps to remove all remnants of grout from the tiles.

Caring for finishing materials such as patterned tiles for the bathroom does not require the use of special chemicals. To perform this procedure, you can use a simple sponge and soap solution.