Living room

Living hall for is a first impression space for you whenever you come in to the house. Landed house (Semi-D, Detached, Link house, Bangalow) and Condominium have a different size of the floor. Fixing tile on living hall may vary depend on the tile you choose, the largest the tile it make the space of living hall look bigger and spacious.

Point of fixing floor tile for living hall including the need of comfort in term of visual and physical function characteristic of the tile, easy to clear, and durability of the finishing.

Few elements for your reference of living room design

Color theme for the living room to enhance the visual experience and comfortable feeling, including lighting, paint and furniture color based on personal preference
Get yourself an interior design or interior design apps to assist you for more idea and plan out a picture for your ideal living room
Estimated costing for material choose on tiles, paint, lighting and furniture before renovation started, you may consult renovation applicator and select one who able to provide all service instead of seperate applicator for lighting and cabinet installation

Choose the right tile for your living hall floor

Ceramic and Porcelain is the common and easily find tile with variety of design which you can see from most of tile distributor shop, tile manufacturer. There are practical and least expensive flooring option. Plus it is durable and easy to clean, making it a great choice for families with young children and pets.

the main variation is that they are produced using a slightly different manufacturing process.
- Both are made using natural clay.
- Porcelain has finely ground sand added, so it is denser and less porous than ceramic
- Porcelain is hardwearing and suited for areas of heavy traffic, such as hallways and kitchens.
- Porcelain is also suitable for both indoor and outdoor use.
- Ceramic is softer and better suited to interior, low traffic areas.
Floor tile fixing
- Ceramic Tiles are to be fix dry. Do not soak in water.
  Mix weber range tile adhesive with water ; mix weber range latex admixture when fixing Porcelain tile as per the recommended mix ratio. Mechanical mixing recommended.
- Spread adhesive to the substrate at bed thickness of 3 - 6 mm
  (may vary depending on tile size & thickness) with suitable
  notched trowel.
- Spread no more than 1m² at a time to avoid Skin-Over. Open
  Time of spread adhesive is approx. 15 - 20 minutes.
  Promptly fix tiles onto adhesive bed, followed by slight twisting
  action to ensure good contact ie, Solid Bed Fixing.
- Touch adhesive bed periodically to check for Skin-Over. Where
  adhesive bed is no longer tacky / sticky, Skin-Over had occurred.
  Re-Trowel adhesive bed.
- Allocate joints of approx. 3 mm wide between tiles.
  Remove surplus adhesive from tile surface & joints before it
  hardens.
- Allow to set for 24 hours; before grouting commences
Color grout for tile fixing

There is few element for choose a right type of color grout of living hall floor, that is including tile's size, tile joint width, glaze or normal tile surface, and thickness of the tile joint. weberfill fine grout is suitable for internal dry area, tile gap upto 3mm, due to the unsanded material, it will not scratch the tile surface. However, if there is tile gap above 3mm, you may apply weberfill f&w grout only when the tile surface is not glaze tile, the sanded property of weberfill f&w grout may scratch the glazed surface of the tile.