How to put tiles on drywall in the bathroom

Using drywall for creating perfectly smooth surfaces is very popular today. Using sheets of gypsum and cardboard, you can even align the walls of the bathroom, but you only need to use its moisture-proof type, which has a green color. Using this material in the bathroom not only makes the walls smooth, but also creates various niches and shelves. And how to put tiles on drywall in the bathroom, which will serve as the finishing decoration of the room?

Tile selection

Choosing tile for a bathroom, which must be put on drywall, preference should be given to manufacturers who have managed to prove themselves. Tiles need to be bought from one batch to exclude the possibility of getting different shades, which often happens when buying several times.

Cheap ceramic tiles can often have different thicknesses, which will create significant difficulties during installation. The tile should have straight and even corners.

Glue selection

Glue for gluing ceramic tiles on drywall in the bathroom can be presented in the following variations:

• ready-made solution;
• based on cement;
• liquid Nails.

When choosing glue, it should be remembered that it will be used in the bathroom - a room with increased dampness, so you need to give preference to brands resistant to moisture. Liquid nails are more expensive in cost, so it is advisable to use them when you need to glue single elements.

Layout Highlights

1. For walls in the bathroom and in the kitchen, only moisture-resistant sheets of drywall are used, which are painted in green and marked with GKLV. It is better not to use other types of drywall in such rooms, because under the influence of high humidity they will give in to deformation, and the tile will very soon crumble.
2. Before laying tiles on drywall, you need to provide a solid frame, because the load on it will be significant. For this reason, the distance between the elements of the rack profile should not be more than 40 cm, and it is better to cover the sheets with drywall in two layers. Thus, the frame will withstand any load, and the seams between the tiles will not separate and will be smooth.
3. If it is impossible to perform double-layer sheathing with drywall (small area of ​​the bathroom), the wall between the profile elements is glued with a special grid, as well as duplication with brackets.

If these simple rules are followed, the tile on drywall will hold firmly.

How to prepare the walls?

• It is not necessary to putty the entire surface on which the laying is planned, because the existing small defects will hide under the tile, and small differences in height will be eliminated with a layer of glue.
• Seams at the junction of two sheets should be putty with tile adhesive, slight damage that was received during installation.
• Each the corner is glued with a serpentine and putty. Strengthening all the corners is very important, because otherwise, even if the tiles are laid very high quality, they will not last long in these places.
• With bad bathroom ventilation and increased dampness, drywall on top must be treated with hydrophobic reagents. Providing good ventilation and a normal level of humidity, the treatment of drywall can not be carried out.
• After the putty has dried, the surface must be roughened. Keep in mind that the primer must be combined with glue. The primer is applied in two stages, the drying period is 45 minutes - 1 hour.
• When laying tiles on drywall in the bathroom, under the lower row parallel to the floor, a level is set strictly at the level. If the walls will be laid out from floor to ceiling, whole rows need to be counted so that the tile that will be cut is on the floor. The bar above the bath is placed in the same way.

Laying tiles

• After careful preparation of the surface, you can proceed directly to tiling the drywall. In the future, the process is similar to laying on other surfaces.
• Laying a tile on a wall it is necessary from the angle that is first striking, in the event that the last tile needs to be cut less than half. If you need to trim more than half of the tile, then laying should start from the middle to ensure symmetry.

• Glue for tiles is best prepared in a small amount so that it does not have time to dry out in the container.
• The adhesive is applied to an area of ​​approximately 1 m2.

• The first and then several tiles are laid vertically. Level checking is required because these tiles will act as guides. In addition, the tile glued to the drywall can no longer be removed. In the best case, you will have to change part of the drywall sheet.

• The first vertical row should be laid using crosses to make seams of the same size.
• Using a rubber mallet, you need to tap on the entire surface. This will allow you to evenly distribute the adhesive and prevent the formation of voids.
• When 3 rows are laid, you need to take a break for a day to allow the glue to “grab”. This is necessary so that under the weight of subsequent rows the first ones do not sag. And so on 3-4 rows to the required height.
• If glue gets on the surface of the tile, it must be immediately removed with a sponge or soft cloth, because there are adhesives that are very difficult to remove after drying.
• After laying all the tiles, you need to wait until the glue “seizes” sufficiently. After that, you can take out the crosses.
• The final step will be groutingwhich should be done the day after installation.