Pebble mosaics are imported natural stone tiles built of small pebbles which are usually being manually grouped together as well as glued onto a fixed size mesh backing, so we can easily create a totally seamless natural rock panel effect. Besides covering walls, floors, back splashes and other surfaces, many home-makers recently use them to make excellent, stylish economical borders.
These natural stone tiles open up countless ideas for numerous interior finishing including: bathroom walls and back splashes, shower back splashes, kitchens, counter tops, flooring and wall covering. Many home-makers prefer using these natural stone tiles and they are becoming more and more popular these days due to the fact that they open various remodeling opportunities while no unique knowledge is required in order to use them.
How to install these tiles? Using these pebble mosaics whether in the inside or the outside requires no special abilities or expensive tools / materials. These basic inexpensive materials include: scissors, grout, sponge, thinset mortar, trowel, grout float, sealer and paint brush.
The very first step is brushing the sealer over the tiles before you begin on mounting the tiles, later use the trowel to apply thinset over the relevant surface and apply the stone tiles next to each other, now comes the last part - simply fill the space between the stones with grout, wait till it completely dries (min. 24hrs) that use the wet sponge to clean the excess grout that covers the surface.
There are many advantages for using these natural stone tiling products. Here are some of these advantages:
1) Comes in various colors and shapes that can easily fit almost any surface and room setting.
2) Made of natural durable stone that holds for many years ahead.
3) Can easily adjust to very small / narrow surfaces where other fixed size tiles such as conventional ceramic tiles can't.
If you plan on remodeling by using pebble mosaics use only high quality materials such as grout and sealer - you don't want your tiles to fall apart after few months just because you wanted to save a few dollars.
Pebble mosaics provide many ideas for both the indoor as well as outdoor due to the fact that they come in countless shades, colors and sizes; they are easy to be used and relatively inexpensive as compared with other alternatives.
Get creative! - Learn more about how you can easily decorate any surface at home or in the office with Pebble Mosaics
Handyman Books
No comments:
Post a Comment