The Necessity Of Laying Tiles With Gap & Seam

2020/3/16 11:04:35

Improper operation of tiling is often the main cause of follow-up troubles. However, there is no doubt that seam reservation is the highest incidence of tile paving errors. Laying tiles with small gaps prevents problems in case of mechanical damage to one of them. If the tiles were indeed laid out without joints, it would not have been possible to safely remove one of them. Many owners are reluctant to leave gap for the following reasons.

Why People Lay Tiles Without Gap?

Seamless or fine seam paving effect is more beautiful, which can make the wall and floor look smooth and tidy.
The concept of "seamless tile" is confused, and it is considered that "seamless tile" can be paved without joints.
The customer thinks that if there is a gap left, it is easy to get dirty, yellow, moldy, ugly and hard to clean.
The color of the gap is monotonous. The customer thinks that it's easier to take care of the health if the gap is small.
Lack of professional knowledge, the reason why the merchants suggest to leave the seam is that the quality of ceramic tile is not good enough.

In fact, it is very necessary to lay tiles with gap. Hanse summarizes the following reasons.

Benefits Of Laying Tiles With Gap

1. Reduce the influence of construction error

The tiling of ceramic tiles belongs to a highly skilled construction project. In the whole process of tiling, it is impossible for workers to completely achieve that there is no error when tiling each tile. The effect of tiling under different conditions, such as bad mood of workers, day and night, will be different. If there is no gap left, it is also difficult to ensure the straightness of the grout joints of ceramic tiles and the beauty of tiling!

2. Reduce the influence of reasonable error of ceramic tile

Although tiles are now mechanized production, but in the process of production, there will be a certain length, right angle, edge straightness and other minor deviations (the error is too large, which belongs to the quality of the product). If there is no seam, it is easy to appear that the seam is not smooth when the tiles are laid, which affects the beauty of the tiles.

3. Resistance to thermal expansion and contraction

Tile and cement mortar pasted with ceramic tile will have the problem of heat expansion and cold shrinkage. In the process of temperature or humidity change, ceramic tile and cement mortar will have certain expansion and contraction. If there is no seam left, it will cause the ceramic tile to bulge or crack in the later use process.

4. Reduce the influence of wall settlement

In the process of using the new building, the floor and wall will have some physical changes. The seam can provide a certain extension space in the process of wall lifting.

5. Avoid damage of tile by cement setting tension

Due to the uneven mixing of slurry during paving, the uneven pulling force caused by slurry setting after construction will also affect the tiles. The problem of cracking caused by uneven pulling force can be avoided by reserving joints.