Generally, the radiation of floor tiles is very small, so you have to pay attention to the brand and quality.

How to choose ceramic tiles

You have to choose ceramic tiles when decorating your home. There is also some knowledge on how to buy ceramic tiles that are good value for money and satisfactory. Generally speaking, when purchasing The principle of ceramic tiles is: one look, two tinctures, three drops of water, and four feet of measurement.

1. Look at the appearance. The color of the ceramic tiles should be uniform, the surface finish and flatness should be good, the perimeter should be regular, and the pattern should be complete. Take four or five pieces out of a box and inspect them for defects such as color difference, deformation, missing edges and corners.

2. Listen to the sound. If you tap it lightly with a hard object, the crisper the sound, the higher the degree of porcelain and the better the quality. You can also hold the corner of the ceramic tile between your left thumb, index finger and middle finger, hang it down easily, and tap the middle and lower part of the ceramic tile with your right index finger. If the sound is clear and pleasant, it is a high-quality sound; if the sound is dull and turbid, it is a low-quality sound.

3. Drip test. You can drop water on the back of the ceramic tile to see how fast the water soaks after it spreads. Generally speaking, the slower the water absorption is, the greater the density of the ceramic tile is; conversely, the faster the water absorption is, the sparse density is, and its intrinsic quality is superior to the former.

4. Measure with a ruler. The higher the accuracy of the side length of the ceramic tiles, the better the effect after paving. Buying high-quality ceramic tiles is not only easier to construct, but also saves man-hours and auxiliary materials. Use a tape measure to measure the size of each tile and see if there is any difference around it. The one with the highest accuracy is the best.

In addition, observe its hardness. Ceramic tiles have good hardness, strong toughness, and are not easily broken. Use the edges and corners of the tile fragments to scratch each other, and observe whether the fractures of the damaged fragments are fine or loose, hard, brittle, or soft, leaving scratches or scattered powder. If it belongs to the former, it is of high quality, and if it is the latter, it is of high quality. Difference.

Whether the size is standard is the key to judging the quality of the tiles. Use a tape measure or caliper to measure the diagonal and four-sided dimensions of the tiles and whether the thickness is uniform. Good tiles have a crisp sound, which indicates the porcelain content. high. If the sound of "tacking" has a cracking sound, it means there are cracks in the bricks.

Good tiles are easy for the master to install and the installation effect is also standardized.

(1) Wall

1. I have been comparing paints for a long time. Finally I chose Xijia Paint. First, it is very environmentally friendly in terms of publicity. Second, Canadians do things according to regulations, unlike China where there are too many profiteers. Third, it is more economical to have only one bottom and one side. Now I realize that any paint is actually good. Even the light colors of Xijia or Master can't be covered in my eyes as a painter. After I took the initiative to paint the second time (I bought the paint, the cost is fixed), no matter the uniformity of the color and the wall surface, The smoothness is quite different. I believe that Master in the United States or Xika in Canada should promote the same thing. The domestic publicity only makes buyers feel that it is not expensive. Moreover, the washability of these two paints is not very good. Two of my friends are decoration bosses, and they use the most common Nippon Yong Li in their homes. There is no smell after two days of blowing.

2. When buying wall paint, be sure to buy a small sample of the lighter color. The color will appear darker as the area becomes larger.

3. If there is a wall that has been patched up later, be sure to check whether it is on the same plane as the original wall. I didn’t find out until I finished painting the wall and installing the baseboards that I knocked out the heavy parts. Come on; use solid wood for the baseboards, don’t use density board + veneer, it’s terrible;

4. The second problem in your house happened to my family too, the water heater on the back balcony The hole should be slanted downwards from the inside out. My mine seems to be too flat. As a result, the wall of the back balcony was soaked with water and bulged out. Now the water heater man has helped me raise the bottom of the exhaust pipe and slope it downwards. The situation is much better.

5. Before decorating, it is best to ask workers to knock on the walls and floor of the place to see if there are any holes, especially cracks. It is best to repair them. I I suffered from this

6. I listened to the construction team and opened a diagonal air conditioning hole at the corner of the two walls. As a result, the sheath could not be installed and it was very ugly

7. Before the painter applies putty, how should the wall of the rough room be treated? Should the original white wall be dusted, polished and then painted? Does anyone have any experience or lessons in this area - the wall needs to be polished and the original wall skin removed//How come the rough room still has white walls? If it is not made of cement, the painter will have to remove the lime wall. , no need to polish, and then scrape the back

8. PVC skirting is a huge profit product, it can be made directly from the manufacturer, even if it is impossible to get it at the wholesale price, it will be much cheaper. If white baseboards are matched with white walls, the gaps are easy to deal with. I fixed them by applying white silicone.

9. The air-conditioning holes must be drilled in advance. Ask the shopping mall installation team to do it. If you buy an air conditioner in the future, you can get a refund for the hole drilling fee.

10. The top corners of the wall are beautiful without any modification, but you must make it clear to the painter in advance when you are looking for a painter, because if the painter is not good at it, he will not be able to top it. The corners are made straight. It is necessary to make sure in advance that the painter can do it, and to clarify the acceptance criteria in advance. The top corner spring line helps to make the top corner line straight. Gypsum is suitable for filling larger holes in the wall. Of course, if the hole is too big, cement still needs to be used

11. The effect is good with better wallpaper

12. I regret that I was I didn’t knock on the wall before attaching the baseboards. As a result, a large piece protruded and was covered with dust, which was particularly difficult to clean up!

13. I installed a lot of glass decorations, but I found that many places were easy to decorate. If you hit it, whether the glass is broken or not, it is very dangerous.

14. White skirting boards get dirty easily, so don’t use them if you don’t need them.

15. If it is summer, you should install screens early, otherwise flies will defecate on the wall, and your white walls will be There will be yellow marks that cannot be wiped off.

(2) Floor

1. Floor nails. The nail heads should have cross grooves and can be screwed with a pistol drill.

The floor nails used by the decoration company did not have cross grooves, so I could only hit them with a hammer and a hairpin. As a result, the floor was easily damaged, and it was very difficult to pry them up again.

2. Don’t skimp on the wood keels for the floor, but buy good ones.

3. When laying the keel, you should pay attention to the method of the wire pipe. It must be in the bridge style (I am also half a bottle of water, just trying to shake it off.

In my understanding, this is A notch needs to be dug on the downward side of the keel. This notch is for the wire pipe to pass through. I can't remember whether it is called "cross-bridge type".)

4. After the floor tiles are laid, they must be protected. Otherwise, if a nail falls on the floor tiles and gets rusty, the rust stains will seep into the floor tiles. There are two places in the middle of my living room. I knelt on the ground and wiped it for a long time to no avail. NND really want to kill the worker who threw nails around;

5. Therefore, we need to use neutral bricks, brown series, and stain-resistant bluestone series. I have both kitchen and large balcony bricks. Very stain-resistant.

6. When buying ceramic tiles, you must consider the loss. It is better to buy more and return it later than to rush to replenish the goods at the last minute. The replenishment basically has to be picked up by yourself, which will be very troublesome and torturing. Be patient (and you can pay more if you calculate more when buying). After laying the tiles in the kitchen, it is best to cover it with old newspapers or plastic film. If your workers cook in the kitchen, an important part of your cleaning work after the renovation is to clean the kitchen oil stains first.

7. I didn’t know when I bought the black walnut plywood. When I came back and rinsed the paint, I found that it was black. Later I found out that it had been processed before leaving the factory. Now my home is more clearly black and white...

8. The flowers on the floor tiles are not aligned with the door, but are offset by half a tile. (The decorator was lazy and didn't cut the floor tiles to assemble them. We were also lazy and didn't look.) Don't believe that the decorator will use their brains. Even if they make obvious mistakes, they will still do it.

9. If the bathroom floor is higher than the hall, you can use a door stone to make a transition. It’s hard to find a satisfactory color for the floor tiles, so I couldn’t find one. However, by staggering two unsatisfactory colors and turning them at a 45-degree angle, I was able to achieve a very satisfactory effect. This is a good suggestion put forward by the bricklayer himself. Ground waterproofing agent must be used under supervision. My bricklayer did not follow the requirements but poured it directly on the ground. Can it be evenly applied? If it doesn't work, it's best to do it yourself. It's not troublesome but you can rest assured.

10. Paco flooring is very good and I like it. The only thing I have to remind you is that it may be better to negotiate the price directly with the boss than with the salesperson.

11. Solid wood flooring is easy to warp, and the wear and tear in some places is particularly ugly over time.

12. If the gaps are small, the solid wood floor will be a bit noisy when walking on it.

13. In public locations, floor tiles are better than laminate floors.

14. The reason for the sound of laminate flooring: Did you hit the keel when installing it? If so, it is because the keel and the ground are not firmly fixed, creating a gap and causing the sound. If there is no keel, it may be in a place with frequent movement, and it may be due to the installation being too tight, resulting in noise.

15. The color of the floor tiles is too light, and the hair and footprints are very obvious. I wish I could go barefoot and shave my head.

16. My biggest regret is that I bought SMIC ultra-white vitrified tiles, which will bleed color. I can’t remove even a single stain on the snow-white floor tiles. I hate it!

17. Before thinking about suspended ceilings and solid wood floors, please be sure to pay attention to whether the clear floor height of your home is allowed in the city. At the beginning of the project, if you have not decided whether to use solid wood flooring or solid wood composite flooring (composite flooring), you must ask the construction team to lay the cables in a way that is consistent with the flooring (walking through the wall or slotting on the ground).

18. It is recommended not to use solid wood floors for houses with brick-concrete structure within 4 years, because rainwater may seep into the bricks, but the frame structure is fine. Recently, our community has been repairing floors, which may be related to this.

(3) Doors and Windows

1. I want to build the sliding door with a high ceiling on the skirting board. All the workers agreed that it does not look good and should be built on the floor. I hesitated for a long time and finally insisted on my idea. Now it seems that it looks very good. It is not only convenient for cleaning, but also saves some space for sliding doors.

2. Buy the best sliding door hanging rail.

3. Don’t wrap the window sill with wooden window covers. It will be ruined in less than 2 years if exposed to wind, sun and rain. I now clean the windows and they fall apart every time I step on them.

4. You must pay attention to the quality of the curtain rods. Two or three of the curtain rods the decoration company bought for me were not straight. When I found out, my boss refused to let me replace them and said that if I had to replace them, I would have to pay extra. . It just pisses me off.

5. When installing plastic steel windows, I only paid attention to the windows without asking about the window handles in advance. As a result, a large window was equipped with a handle the same size as a spoon. js will try every means to cut corners. Remember!

6. The silicone used in plastic steel doors and windows is too inferior, turns yellow, and sticks to yellow when touched by hand. It is disgusting, very difficult to remove, and frustrating to death. The size of a window is 1.35 meters. As a result, the Roman blinds are all 1.2 or 1.4 meters wide. I have to put one piece with 60 and 80 labor points to put together, which costs more and has to be overlapped in the middle.

7. Aluminum Sealing the alloy window frames with foaming caulking agent is very effective. Go to a big market to buy brand-name ones, don't buy them in supermarkets, which are too expensive.

8. If you don’t have suitable wooden moldings, you might as well have them custom-made. The quality of the custom-made ones seems to be better than the samples. And customization is more personalized. I ordered the thin door moldings and like them very much.

9. When installing door locks, pay attention to the wax on the lock tongue. If it is damaged, it will be too late to apply wax.

If there is no door stopper, be careful to prevent the handle from hitting the wall and being damaged.

10. Sliding doors are not good for “virtue”.

11. If you want to install invisible screens and Roman blinds at the same time, the distance between the curtains and the window frame should be at least 5cm.

12. Before laying the floor, you should consider installing air conditioners and curtain rods! Otherwise, the construction period will be long!

13. Check the curtain rods early so that you can install them before the painters leave. If the paint falls off somewhere, you can ask them to touch it up, but do not install the curtain cloth until it is cleaned. .

14. Never make a sliding door yourself, buy it! Even if you really want to do it, don’t make it hidden in the wall. My door was fine at first, but after the oil and gas, I found that the door was loud and hidden. Inside the wall, there is nothing you can do!

(4) Balcony

1. You can consider opening the balcony door inward, or use a sliding door to make it easier to install screens in the future.

2. My family also encountered a similar situation. The washing machine and mop sink must be drained from the same drain, and the issue of balcony drainage must also be considered. The solutions are:

One: Use stainless steel specially designed for washing machines to just drain the water. This solves the two problems of washing machine and balcony drainage.

Two: Bury a 40° tee in the ground (the reason why I use 40° is because the sewer pipe in my house is 40°), one side is up, one side is down, and one side is right. The one on the right is connected to the mop pool. Since the water in the mop pool is 32, there is a 40-gt;32 conversion problem. The order of the joints is: connect a small section of 40 pipe to the right side of the 40 tee, then connect a 40 to 36 straight connection, then connect to the 36 pipe, then connect a 36 to 32 straight connection, and then connect to the 32 pipe.

I came up with this method myself, and I am proud of it.

After this treatment, the drainage of the mop pool is indeed a little slower, but it is still ok and there should be no problem. However, the prerequisite for using this method is that the tiles must be laid relatively thickly, with a total height of more than 5cm. At that time, the tiles were almost unable to achieve the effect of water leakage. As a result, the ground was slightly grooved, and the upper and lower ends of the tees were also damaged. Some were cut off.

3. The wise thing is the laundry and cleaning station on the north balcony. It is really wise to leave the water bucket in the room when the house was handed over as the laundry station. I use it every day now and it is very convenient.

4. Sun panels are used on the roof of the balcony, which is too sunny.

5. The floor tiles on the balcony must be specially laid outside, otherwise they will get dirty easily.

6. The price of luxury automatic clothes drying racks is too high, so don’t buy from brands that are too famous. This is not to recommend you fake and shoddy products, but in fact, after actual comparison, I found that some unknown brands are better than the first-line brands in structural design, but the price is much lower. Find the local general agent for the best price (supermarket prices are high).

7. If you build a cabinet on the top of the balcony, adding a layer of foam plastic board on the back of the cabinet will be very effective for thermal insulation and waterproofing. It is best to use fireproof boards for balcony cabinet doors to keep them from deforming. The environment on the balcony is relatively bad.

8. Consider whether to spray latex paint or suspend the ceiling.

9. The latex paint fell off after being exposed to rain and turned into wall tiles.

10. The laundry pool and mop pool on the north balcony forgot to install hot water pipes. At that time, I thought of washing mops instead of washing clothes.

11. The mop pool faucet should be ordered according to the height of the mop pool. If it is too high, water will always splash outside.

12. It is best to install a seat on the balcony.

13. My north balcony originally believed the plumber and electrician’s nonsense, and there was no floor drain. Only the drain pipe of the washing machine was left!

14. Before the renovation, I didn’t think much about where to put the washing machine at home. , the washing machine water pipes and drains were pre-buried in the bathroom, and the faucets were all purchased. Later, I found that the washing machine could not be accommodated at all, so I had to move it to the balcony, re-route the water pipes to the balcony, and then lay the drain... The design of the bathroom was completely ruined. The tiles are pasted, which is a waste!

15. If the sink and washing machine are placed on the work balcony, it is best to lay ceramic tiles on the walls and floors. In order to save meters, lay half-height wall tiles.

16. The water pipes on the balcony must be slotted and hidden, otherwise microorganisms will easily grow in the pipes due to sunlight.

(5) Lamps

1. Try not to install any spotlights. I haven't opened it more than five times in so many years.

2. Don’t use red, blue, or green lights in the living room...

3. There are also lamps. I bought a lot of lamps with concave lampshades. After installing it, I thought that it would be troublesome in the summer when mosquitoes are flying around. How inconvenient would it be to wipe it off?

4. Both the kitchen and the main bathroom use recessed downlights. The energy-saving lamps they are equipped with are too long. The covers of the downlights cannot be covered and cannot be waterproof, dustproof and oil-proof. Replace them with low-power energy-saving lamps. The tube is not bright enough, which makes me unhappy. What can you do?

5. Lamps are absolutely huge profits. I DIY the lamps myself, so I can choose with peace of mind, so I can always buy very cheap lamps. It’s impossible to buy all the cheap lamps from the same store. Don’t buy a set just because you like one lamp in one store! It is recommended to use all brand-name energy-saving light bulbs and buy them in large supermarkets instead of trying your luck in decoration stores. An investment lasts a lifetime.

6. If you want to install lamps in the suspended ceiling. It is necessary to participate in the design of the structure behind the suspended ceiling. The carpenter cannot make his own decisions. The carpenter does not know the future lighting design. As a result, if the frame behind the ceiling is inappropriate, it will affect the installation of lights in the future.

7. There is no dual-control light in the aisle. Open it from this end, but you can't close it from the other end. This lamp is useless.

8. The ceiling light in the bedroom is best to have dual controls, one by the door and one by the bed, so as to avoid having to lie in bed in the winter and then turn off the light when you get up. 9. When installing the lights, you did not consider the location of the dining table. Now the lamp is not in the middle of the dining table.

10. When installing the lights, the ceiling was not considered, resulting in the lights in the living room not being installed in the middle of the background wall.

11. Small spotlights must be equipped with transformers. Don’t let workers be lazy. Without a transformer, those lights are like small bombs that can explode at any time. The final result is that they will never be turned on (even if you change the lights) use)! Leave a socket in the hallway to plug in a night light (old people don’t have to worry about bumping into furniture when they get up at night)!

12. Don’t buy too complicated chandeliers. Not to mention the poor value for money, they will look ugly when they get dirty, and they will be tiring to clean. When designing home decoration, we resolutely cancel spotlights that are not commonly used. If we install them, we will only regret it. We will not turn them on once every N years. The TX has been designed to be equipped with spotlights. If you can replace the downlights, try to replace them. If you can't replace the spotlights, each spotlight must be equipped with a ballast. Otherwise, these small spotlights will be small time bombs. Don't scare people! ! Try not to use light strips as auxiliary light sources for ceiling and background walls. Use small fluorescent tubes that are bright enough and easy to replace and repair. When using a TX with a long ceiling, don't buy recessed lights. JS said they can be cut, but in fact they are very difficult to cut. Just buy ceiling lights, which are easy to install and take care of.

7) Water transformation

1. For the faucet, either buy the best one such as Grohe. Or just buy something that costs about a hundred yuan. I found that the MOEN 400-500 Yuan faucets I bought were easily watermarked and lost their luster, unlike the Grohe faucets in Xijiao hotels which were still radiant after an hour of steam showering. It’s not that I will buy a Grohe that is higher than my monthly salary, but I will never buy a faucet that costs more than 300 yuan. 2. In addition to the direction of the water pipe arrangement, attention should also be paid to the height of the water pipe buried in the wall to connect the faucet, otherwise it will affect the installation height of water heaters and washing machines.

3. If you add a pipe to move the sewer inlet, you should check whether the old sewer is smooth before connecting the new pipe to the old sewer inlet. At this time, spend money to clear it to avoid a lot of trouble in the future. When installing sealing cement on aluminum-plastic pipes, be sure to supervise workers on site to reserve expansion space for hot water pipes in accordance with construction standards. In short, don't seal the aluminum-plastic pipe firmly, it would be better if it is looser.

4. The water pipes on the balcony must be slotted and hidden, otherwise microorganisms will easily grow in the pipes due to sunlight.

5. Which brand is better for mixing in cement for waterproofing? - Xiang brand.

6. Whether the washbasin should be wall drained or floor drained must be decided in advance.

7. It is best not to change the location of the original sewer pipes and floor drains. If it is not corrected well, it will most likely become flooded.

8. The triangular valve should not be omitted, and it will not save much money. If there is a triangular valve, installing the triangular valve can detect in advance whether there is leakage at the copper joint. If not installed, the faucet can only be installed last. Only when you connect the pipe to the copper joint can you check whether the internal connection installed at that time is leaking. Since water leakage always needs to be pressurized for a period of time before it can be tested, it is not safe to install the internal connection and faucet at the end.

(8) Electrical renovation

1. After the concealment project is completed, workers must be asked to draw out the pipeline diagram immediately. When the decoration was about to be completed, I asked the workers to drill holes in the wall. Because of that The hole was relatively close to the socket. The worker said he didn't dare to drill it for fear of breaking the wire. I was surprised: Didn't you lay the wire? I’m not sure where the line is, so how do you come up with a pipeline diagram? He actually answered me: "As for this thing, Mao Guessui can just paint it!" I was really dumbfounded!

2. There are also sockets behind the furniture. If it is installed high, each socket will be exposed, which is very convenient to use, but it will not look so beautiful; if it is hidden behind furniture, plugging and unplugging will be inconvenient. Not to mention, the plugs of many electrical appliances are very long, making Your furniture has to be some distance away from the wall, which takes up space and tends to collect dust behind it. I think the best way is to use furniture without back panels where there are sockets, so that you have the best of both worlds.