PROCEDURE
1. The working drawings shall be studied carefully and
positions of full tiles and cut tiles shall be decided so as to maintain joints
in a straight line.
2. Before starting tiling, it shall be ensured that
all required approved flooring tiles with required design and specifications
are available at site.
3. The floor height shall be checked from slab
top/screeding top to ceiling. Adjustment if any shall be done in mortar
below tiles.
4. Datum level shall be marked on the wall at various
places, including door frame. Tile grid must be drawn on the toilet wall to ensure
that the taps and fittings are at tile corner and not tile centers.
5. The top level of tile shall be decided with respect
to datum level and mortar level pad shall be taken. Dry mixing of specified mix
shall be done on steel plate platform/floor on plastic sheet and wet mixing
shall be done thoroughly, as & when required.
6. The string shall be stretched from mortar pad to
mortar pad and mortar of specified mix shall be laid in level.
7. Tiles shall be wetted before lying.
8. Cement slurry shall be laid on bed mortar & the
tiles of approved brand shall be fixed by tamping gently with wooden
mallet. The fixing of tiles shall be started from one end of the wall.
9. Tile lines shall be matched between room to passage
and room to room as per drawing.
10. Tiles shall abut the block masonry and no gap shall
be left between edge of the tile and the masonry.
11. After tiles are fixed those shall be checked next
day by tamping with small wooden mallet. If hollowness is noticed tile
shall be removed and refixed.
12. The tile joints shall be filled up with tile grout.
13. Curing shall be carried out for 7 days.
14. Required drop shall be provided between dry &
wet areas of the bathroom and balcony or sundeck areas, as shown in
drawing. Required slope in toilet to be given towards nahani trap, and in
balcony, sundeck areas towards spout.
15. Put a kadappa threshold and umrapatti below the
French doors to prevent water entering and wetting the sand bed. The kadappa
threshold should be given a hyperplast covering. An umrapatti may be provided
in the sand bed below the tiles as well. In such a case, an umrapatti in
coloured granite may be provided at the base of the door to prevent wind and
water from entering below the door
