Bathroom floor screed for tiles

Before making repairs in a room, you need to familiarize yourself with the features of the process in advance, and also carefully study each of its stages. Thus, in this article we will consider the procedure for screeding a floor and try to find out all the important points.

What should be the screed for a bathroom floor under tiles?

There are several types of execution depending on the material used. So, below are all the possible options:

• For semi-dry applications, special fillers are usually used. First, the solution is stirred, evenly distributed over the surface, and after drying, rubbed to eliminate defects.
• Wet. Filling is carried out in layers, and the actions themselves are carried out in several stages.
• First of all, crushed stone and expanded clay are placed in a dry screed, then everything is covered with the mixture.
• Team. With this method, sheets or slabs are laid out on top of each other in two rows, and glue acts as fastening.
• Floating. The technology is presented in the form of fastening the main part with adjacent surfaces.
• The continuous method uses a regular mixture.

How to fill a bathroom floor under tiles

To achieve the result, you need to complete all the necessary steps that are presented below.

Preparing the base

Of course, you first need to at least eliminate all possible specks from the workspace.In addition, if there are cracks, they must be filled with mortar. Therefore, the prepared surface should ultimately be as smooth as possible.

IMPORTANT. You need to make sure that the old floor is of high quality. After which you can prime the base.

Installation of waterproofing

The stage is performed in the following sequence:

• The first step is to apply bitumen mastic. With its help, corners, joints and the entire lower part of the walls are processed.
• After drying, lay the roofing material and roll it with a roller. As a result, all the material must be heated by the burner in order for it to fix.
• To protect the floor from moisture, you need to use coating insulation. It can be either rubber or latex.
• After a few hours you can re-process. REFERENCE! The direction of the brushes should be changed in the other direction. Next, you need to thoroughly coat the tape with the composition.
• After a day, it is advisable to make a screed. However, do not forget about installing beacons, since the procedure must be completed immediately before this.

Filling the screed

In order not to get confused in the steps, a certain algorithm is provided:

1. The mixture is laid slightly higher than the level of the beacons. Then you need to distribute the solution evenly. The most commonly used is sand-cement.
2. Excess must be removed using the lath, and bubbles using a roller with needles located on its surface.
3. After the solution has hardened, previously installed products can be removed. And fill the voids with the composition.
4. It will take time for complete drying: from 10 to 40 days. Therefore, it is recommended to use quick-drying mixtures.
5. During drying, it is worth covering the floor with film or cloth, which must be periodically moistened.

Thus, as you can see, the procedure can be performed by any novice master.