Do-it-yourself toilet repair is not a particularly difficult job - the combination of temperature and humidity in the toilet room rarely goes beyond the usual for living quarters. You just need to remember that the toilet is an extremely functional room, and everything in it should be subordinated to a very specific goal: to ensure the best functioning of the smooth muscles of the excretory organs.

It does not at all follow from this that we are talking about things that cannot be explained. On the contrary, we will describe how to make an inexpensive toilet renovation, while making it cozy, comfortable and peaceful. Even Galen and Avicenna wrote that for the sake of health and longevity, natural needs should be sent in a good mood and with pleasure. Modern medicine fully confirms their conclusions.

Repair stages

The step-by-step repair of the toilet includes the following stages of work:

1. selection of the type, place and method of installing the toilet;
2. design development;
3. selection and purchase of materials;
4. cleaning the floor, walls, ceiling;
5. laying of communications;
6. floor repair;
7. plumbing cabinet device;
8. repair of walls and ceilings;
9. floor finishing;
10. installation of lighting, ventilation, washbasin, urinal, bidet;
11. decoration of walls, sanitary cabinet, ceiling;
12. door replacement.

Repair that does not involve the replacement of plumbing and complex construction works(cosmetic) is much simpler and will be described in a separate section. Now let's look at the stages of how to make repairs in the toilet.

Toilet bowl

For the sake of it, in fact, the toilet was created. When choosing this device, you should first of all think: shouldn't you put a hanging toilet?

The faucet, washbasin spout and shower diffuser built into the wall are nothing more than a tribute to fashion. Their technical and economic feasibility, to put it mildly, is very, very dubious: the slightest malfunction is tantamount to a breakthrough, hence the exorbitant high cost of devices with their lower reliability at times. In some countries, building codes already explicitly prohibit them.

But the toilet is a completely different matter. It is difficult to clean the floor around its pedestal, and especially the nook under the bend, and if you take a smear there and send it for analysis at the SES ... the faint of heart are asked to refrain from viewing.

Under the wall-mounted toilet there is a flat, easy-to-clean floor. You cannot make a niche in the wall for him in our typical house - the wall thickness will not be enough - but in any toilet there is a bracket for hanging and flush cistern very simply cover themselves with a plumbing cabinet, which does not allow dirt to accumulate in the back streets. And the repair of a small toilet in this case, along the way, solves another important sanitary and hygienic problem, which will be discussed in its place.

Design

Requirements for the design of the toilet based on the needs of physiology are justified by a huge mass of material, from the works of studying the camps primitive people archaeologists to the latest research in molecular biology. It is based on a simple fact: biological evolution is progressing at a snail's pace compared to the development of civilization, and physiologically we are the same as our distant ancestors in skins and with a gnarled club in hook hands.

Without going into details, interesting for readers who are not prone to hypocrisy, but requiring a lot of space to describe, we will summarize:

• Small details, especially variegated ones, are unacceptable: they create a subconscious feeling of anxiety, which interferes with the work of the intestines.
• You should also avoid bright, saturated and flashy tones in colors; pastel colors are preferred.
• The overall tone should “grow colder” from bottom to top, while losing juiciness at the same time.
• Solid vertical planes that give the impression of open space are also undesirable.
• The walls should be divided vertically into two sections: from the floor to the level of the eyes or chin of the sitter and above - to the ceiling.
• Dense planes hanging over the head also have a bad effect on physiology.

Note: pastel colors are also good in that the inevitable change in color tone in the toilet (see below) is not so noticeable in them.

Based on this, the physiologically justified color design of the toilet looks like this:

1. The floor is fairly dark, yellowish, brownish or grayish.
2. Walls to a height of 90-120 cm (3-4 rows of tiles 30x30 cm) are unsaturated red-brown with specks or very light gray also with specks.
3. The walls above and to the ceiling are beige, mustard, cream, etc. It can be with a flat relief or a faded blurred pattern.
4. The ceiling is pale blue, pale cream or pearl gray.

Materials (edit)

When choosing materials for repairing a toilet, consider the following:

• A lot is spilled on the floor in the toilet in exceptional cases, but what is spilled even in negligible quantities is saturated with biologically active substances (biologically active substances) and very active chemical compounds.
• It evaporates into the air in the toilet compared to the bathroom a little, but most of the vapors are chemically active, strong and unpleasant smelling substances: ammonia, unsaturated and cyclic hydrocarbons, etc.

Such circumstances impose certain restrictions on the selection of materials:

1. Any wood and products based on it (MDF, laminate) should be discarded - they are porous and organic. The fact that small sprays from a childish child or a guest who has taken a hard walk are immediately absorbed is good only at first glance. In fact, a pleasant to the touch and pleasing to the eye teak, yew or cork floor will quickly become a haven for microbes. They do not spray on the ceiling, but vapors rise primarily to it.
2. Tiles based on ordinary silicates (not white from the inside out) are also undesirable. Chemically, it is neutral, but there are many micropores in it, and it absorbs and keeps odors in itself well. You will have to use deodorant more often, but it costs money and is not a natural part of the air.
3. Washable PVC wallpaper needs to be treated with care because of the filler. It can also absorb volatile compounds. You should buy either certified or from a trusted manufacturer.
4. A conventional floor screed is also undesirable, even with the addition of a polymer emulsion: its moisture absorption coefficient can reach 0.4% by volume. For the bathroom, this is more than good, but in the toilet it is not water with a small admixture of fragrant shampoo that gets on the floor.
5. The armstrong suspended ceiling is excluded: it is highly porous, and even made from chemically unstable organic matter - paper production waste.
6. Any paper wallpaper, whoever modifies them, for the same reason.
7. Any paints with organic pigment and filler: from the most insignificant miasms they very soon turn yellow, gray and take on a completely disgusting look.
8. Foam ceiling panels- for the same reason.

The following can be recommended for toilet repair:

• The cladding is covered with porcelain stoneware. Dense, chemically resistant and durable material is slightly more expensive than tiles. And the percentage of production rejects is much lower than that of inexpensive tiles, so in general it comes out cheaper.
• Tile - earthenware or other on the basis of kaolin (white inside out and with a shiny fine-grained fracture).
• Paints - on mineral pigment and marble flour (microcalcite) filler. A little worse with a filler made of dolomite flour, but with skillful painting for 7-10 years, they are also enough.
• Washable wallpaper - from polypropylene, polyester or foam.
• Drywall - only moisture resistant, green.
• Plasterboard profiles - galvanized or aluminum.
• Plaster - any, but with the obligatory impregnation with a roller after hardening with a primer on concrete of deep penetration.
• Waterproofing - aquaizol or polyester.
• Floor screed - base and liquid polymer finishing.

Note: self-leveling floors were invented primarily for toilets, as a replacement for the useless cement-sand screed in them. They are not cheap, but the toilet costs are small. If we take into account the bedding, selected sand, fittings, beacons, a tool for a concrete screed, but on a small area, a self-leveling floor comes out even cheaper.

Sewerage replacement

Replacing the sewerage system in an apartment is a difficult job. Here we will just add a little: in front of the cross, it is advisable to insert a tee with a 32 mm pipe into the outlet from the bathroom and kitchen. When repairing a small toilet in a panel house, it will even come in handy, see the section on the arrangement of a washbasin in a Khrushchev toilet.

Cleaning the premises

Cleaning a toilet before renovation is easier than cleaning a bathroom, but it has its own peculiarities:

1. Before leaving the floor, carefully inspect the toilet fittings (it is assumed that all plumbing is removed immediately). The labor intensity of floor works and their costs largely depend on their condition, see the section on floor repair.
2. Both the floor and the walls do not need to be poked out to bare masonry, slabs or ceilings: the bulk of the plaster and screed in toilets, as a rule, do not deteriorate even in damp block Khrushchevs.
3. The tile can be knocked down roughly without cleaning the floor to a smooth surface: when self-leveling screed small irregularities are insignificant.
4. The paint and topcoat of plaster on the ceiling and walls is dusty, but can be easily removed with a drill and a round metal brush. With some skill, you can then immediately paint, glue tiles and wallpaper.
5. The skill of cleaning with a brush is developed quite quickly, so it is better to start cleaning from surfaces that are later covered by a sanitary cabinet: there the flaws will disappear forever.
6. At the end of cleaning, the walls and ceiling must be vacuumed and treated with a roller with a deep penetration primer on concrete. While you tinker with the floor, the walls and ceiling will be completely ready for painting, gluing and cladding.

Laying of communications

If the toilet is being repaired in Khrushchev, then there is no choice regarding hydraulics and sewerage: they remain where they were. The mini-washbasin (which is discussed below) does not require much trouble.

In the case when the area of ​​the room allows the installation of additional sanitary and hygienic devices, then the pipes for them will have to be hidden in the walls, otherwise they will spoil the whole view. The installation technology is the same as in the bathroom: solid brazed propylene on solid propylene fittings in grooves. At the end of the installation, the grooves are foamed. There are two characteristics, as Americans say, good and bad:

• It is not worth plastering the grooves in the walls: they will be perfectly glued with tiles.
• It is impossible to hide pipes in the floor or to let them in a bundle in the corners, covering them with slopes: the first will create places of accumulation of miasms, and the second, in addition, will be conspicuous and will noticeably reduce the floor area, which is not redundant anyway. So a perforator with a chisel for concrete will have to work wonderfully well.

If "replacement" is understood as how to remove, paint and put again, then remember: you need to paint only in a horizontal position, otherwise it will not do without drips. The paint is the same as the others for the toilet. White, in order of preference - titanium, lead (do not worry, this is not free lead, they are not poisonous), zinc. The latter, from traces of ammonia in the air, turn yellow after 3-4 years; titanium is almost eternal.

Redecorating

Redecorating the toilet assumes that the matter is limited to finishing and painting, and all plumbing fixtures remain in place. In this case, the decoration of the walls and ceiling does not differ from that already described, but with the floor we can do it easier:

• Remove the skirting board.
• The perimeter of the room and the circumference of the riser (or the contour of the cross, if it is semi-recessed into the floor, we seal with silicone.
• Option 1: on the floor, directly over the previous tiles, pour the liquid polymer bulk floor with a layer of 10-15 mm. Calculation of the volume - by the area of ​​the room.
• Option 2: we lay marmoleum, having removed the toilet first. Cheaper and rusted mounts can be replaced. With serviceable fasteners on the marmoleum sheet, in the places for the bolts, we make cross-shaped cuts (this does not need to be measured with jewelry precision), and after the flooring, the excess is cut off with a mounting knife.
• Put the skirting back in place - you're done.

Toilet BEFORE and AFTER cosmetic repair without replacing communications

Toilet with a washstand in Khrushchev

Look again at the drawing with the sanitary cabinet. Yes, there is a small washstand, and you can wash your hands right there and then. But where to get one? They cost more in railway cars ... Do it yourself:

1. Spout - ready-made, goose, with the smallest possible overhang.
2. The sink is a plastic reusable deep bowl with a narrow bottom and an upper edge bent down. The choice is rich, the prices are inexpensive.
3. Water supply - with metal-plastic henki pipes, as in the sink in the kitchen from the tees on the pipes.
4. Branch - corrugation 32 mm into a tee on the branch from the bath with the kitchen (that's what it is for!).
5. Siphon - due to the bending of the corrugation.

The alternative is a miniature sink. But you have to look for it.

How do you get a sink out of a bowl? First, in the center of the bottom of the bowl we drill 4 holes of 4 mm, inscribed in a circle with a diameter of 30 mm; this will be the mesh. Then we cut out a round boss from plywood 12-18 mm: outer diameter - according to the diameter of the bottom of the bowl, excluding the collar; internal - 35 mm. We saturate the lug with PVA emulsion. Then we glue the lug with AQUARIUM silicone glue to the bottom of the bowl and glue the corrugation into it with the same silicone.

Now it remains to cut openings for a bowl with a diameter along the upper diameter of the bowl in the shelf of the sanitary cabinet with a circular drill on the stone (the cabinet is already tiled with tiles); then it will lie on the shelf with a bent edge, and under the spout. The main thing is not to miscalculate with the markings: the water should flow slightly away from the very center of the sink-bowl so that it does not splatter on the grid.

And finally, we fix the mini-sink with silicone, now it is possible with a cheaper construction one. We put the corrugation in the sewer pipe, seal it with the same silicone. In the closet, we put a fastening nut on the henks of the spout, bring them out, attach the spout to the fittings, insert it into place, fasten it with a nut - the mini-washstand is ready.

Note: do not glue the boss with construction silicone or superglue (cyanoacrylate glue). The first is not strong enough, and the joint on the second will fall apart in six months or a year.

Outcome

A self-repairing toilet can be performed by an average home craftsman. Apart from the substantial savings in money, this will provide an experience with which to get started.

Tsugunov Anton Valerievich

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The toilet is one of the smallest rooms in the house and is frequently visited. This combination creates certain difficulties: care should be taken to ensure that the furnishings of this room are peaceful, comfortable and functional, and the decoration is practical, but the modest area limits the possibilities and dictates its own requirements. Therefore, undertaking budget repair toilet with your own hands, you need to responsibly approach the choice of materials, think over the design of the room in advance, draw up a work plan. And inspiring photos will help you with this, original ideas and useful tips which you will find below.

Stages of toilet repair

So, the decision on the repair was made, the budget was discussed and approved at a family meeting - all that remained was to figure out where to start the repair. Even at experienced craftsmen small renovation of the toilet in the apartment risks turning into a headache if you do not adhere to a clear plan of action, which will look something like this.

1. Decide on the toilet design.
2. Select and purchase the materials that will be required for the repair.
3. if they have become unusable.
4. Prepare toilet floors, walls and ceiling - remove old tiles, sand surfaces.
5. Lay the necessary communications - electrical wiring, propylene pipes, etc.
6. After completing all preparatory work you can carry out floor repairs.
7. If necessary, mount a plumbing cabinet.
8. Repair the ceiling and walls.
9. After that, the final finishing of the floor in the toilet can be done.
10. Place the toilet on the prepared floor.
11. Then everything else is mounted - lighting, ventilation, washbasin and so on.
12. Finish the walls and ceiling.
13. Install a boiler.
14. Replace the toilet door if necessary.

The list is significantly reduced if you have planned a simple cosmetic repair of the toilet without replacing plumbing and installing new communications.

Choosing a toilet design

When planning your future washroom design, consider both your own wishes and current ones. fashion trends... To do this, you can visit friends and relatives, noticing interesting solutions in the design of the bathroom. And you can look for inspiration on numerous sites where people share their experience of repairing a toilet with their own hands, upload photos, and discuss bold ideas.

Consider the following tips when choosing a design:

• You should not use small or variegated details, as they can create a subconscious feeling of anxiety, which can negatively affect the work of the intestines.
• Toilet is not the most the best place for using bright, saturated colors. It would be better to opt for pastel, muted colors.

• Vertical stripes on the walls will transform an already small and narrow bathroom into a kind of tower. A horizontal drawing, on the contrary, will "move apart" the walls, make the space more harmonious and proportional.
• The division of the wall horizontally into two sections using the principle of the golden ratio looks beautiful. You can choose contrasting color combinations.
• Objects hanging overhead - shelves, cabinets, a boiler - have a negative effect on the physiology. Try to place them in more suitable places or disguise them somehow.

• Finally, by doing flooring in the toilet, it's better to choose enough dark colors- dark yellow, brown or gray.

Selection of materials for toilet repair

When choosing materials for repairs, it is necessary to take into account that a liquid saturated with biologically active substances (biologically active substances) still gets on the floor in the toilet, albeit in small quantities. And also a certain amount of substances that have a sharp unpleasant odor - ammonia, hydrocarbons, etc. evaporate into the air. In this regard, you should think about how to abandon a number of materials, even despite their visual appeal.

• It is not recommended to use wood panels in the toilet, as well as MDF, laminate and similar organic coatings - they are porous and quickly absorb unpleasant odors and moisture, becoming a breeding ground for microbes.
• Porous tiles are not suitable for repairing the floor in the toilet - they can be calculated by the color of the back side, which is different from white. With such a tile, an unpleasant smell will linger in the toilet for a long time.
• Washable PVC wallpaper, paper wallpaper, dropped ceilings armstrong and foam ceiling panels.

Good to know: paints based on organic pigments and fillers quickly lose their attractiveness, acquiring yellow and dark shades.

What materials are suitable for repairing a toilet?

• For cladding - porcelain stoneware. Density, resistance to chemicals and durability fully pay off the cost.
• Tile - earthenware or kaolin ( white on the reverse side, at the fracture, the material is shiny, fine-grained).
• Choose paint with mineral pigments and with microcalcite (marble flour) filler. Dolomite flour filler will be a little worse, however, such paint can last 7-10 years.

If you decide to glue washable wallpaper, then it should be made of polypropylene, foam or polyester.

• Profiles for plasterboard structures are only galvanized or aluminum, the plasterboard panels themselves are necessarily moisture resistant (green).
• The plaster can be any, but after the composition hardens, do not forget to impregnate it with a primer on deep penetrating concrete.
• It is recommended to use polyester or aquaizol as waterproofing.

Self-leveling floors are the best choice for a toilet. The base floor screed is cement-based, and on top of it is a liquid polymer.

Many are afraid to start repairs on their own, even in small toilet since fear that their skills are not sufficient to replace a toilet or install a panel. Therefore, it is worth listening to the advice of craftsmen who have already performed repairs with their own hands, videos with lessons on this topic will not hurt to carefully study. Even a simple photograph can make it much easier to understand how to make DIY repairs in a toilet.

The decoration of the toilet - a room for a specific purpose, besides a miniature one - requires maximum practicality, while even a minimal discrepancy with the chosen one stylistic direction here will be striking.

Correctly selected and laid tile in the toilet is probably the most competent and therefore popular solution. Consider how to choose the right tile for the toilet and how to lay it efficiently.

Criteria for choosing a tile for a toilet

The specificity of this room allows you to use it both floor-standing and. Before you put the tiles in the toilet, you need to figure out what features the material has in order to understand what type of tile is suitable for a particular case.

Design features of the tile

It is necessary to select a tile based on the following design features material:

• Floor and wall tiles differ in thickness - floor tiles, of course, are thicker. In addition, one type of tile is also distinguished from another by the presence of a corresponding sign on the reverse side: for a wall - a hand, for a floor foot.
• due to the specific location it is more durable, hygroscopic and wear-resistant.
• Tiles of the PEI1 and PEI2 class are best suited as toilet flooring, as they are intended for installation in rooms where walking without shoes or in soft room shoes is expected.
• Type A and AA markings mean that the tile is not afraid of contact with any household chemicals.

Choosing the shape and size of toilet tiles

The spatial perception of the toilet room directly depends on the size and shape of the tiles..

The tile in the toilet is selected based on the following features:

• The design rules govern the use of the dimensions of interior details in accordance with the scale of the room, which also applies to finishing materials such as tiles. In other words than less area toilet, the smaller the dimensions of the tiled elements should be. V otherwise the room will appear even smaller.
• For a floor in a toilet with an area of ​​0.8 * 1.5 m, a tile of 15 * 15 cm is considered optimal.
• For walls, this rule is not so categorical; one tile more than 15 cm in size is still not worth choosing.

Advice!
Choosing a tile on trading platform, you should pay attention to the correctness of its geometry, since even in one batch there may be tiles of different thicknesses, uneven edges, etc., and from this, the externally tiled toilet can be seriously affected.

Colors and material of tiles

Depending on the material, color and texture, toilet tiles should be chosen, guided by the following:

• More often than other types in stores there are ceramic, glass tiles and mosaics, among which "ceramics" is the most common.
  Each type of tile is attractive in its own way:
  
  • ceramic tiles - price and moisture resistance;
  • glass - attractive and highly resistant to household chemicals;
  • mosaic - the widest possibilities in the design of patterns, paintings, etc.

• The limited space in the toilet forces the use of light-colored tiles in the wall decoration that reflect light well. In this case, the floor can be finished in black, giving a sense of depth and visually increasing the volume of the room.

• As for the texture, it is important for the floor to choose a tile with an uneven rough surface, which will avoid slipping.
• Patterned tiles, friezes, inserts and borders are elements that allow you to decorate a room.
• Since the geometry of the toilet is usually stretched upwards, it is necessary to visually expand the room, which will allow the transverse laying of tiles in the toilet with a rectangular shape.

Toilet tile laying technology

Preparation for laying the tiles in the toilet includes the obligatory dismantling of the old floor covering. You should not touch the toilet in the toilet, it is better to cut the tiles to the shape of the toilet and lay them around it.

The walls and floor must be primed with a special solution, and after it has dried, tiles can be laid, starting from the floor.

Laying floor tiles in the toilet

In the toilet, the tiles are laid on the floor according to the following instructions:

1. Applying a thin layer to the base, first lay out a tiled array of whole tiles, starting from the center of the room, and then move to the finish of the periphery, laying scraps. Thus, the clippings will not be as conspicuous.
2. You can start laying from the entrance of the room and move further inland.
3. The gap between the tiles should be approximately 2 mm. It can be adjusted with special plastic crosses.
4. The level of evenness of the laid tiles must be constantly checked against the level.

Advice!
The adhesive should be applied to the base with a sweep to eliminate air gaps and cavities under the layer of tiles.

Laying tiles on the walls in the toilet

You should proceed to the installation of wall tiles after the floor covering has dried.

The technology for laying wall tiles is as follows:

1. The tiles are laid on the walls from the bottom up, starting the laying of each next horizontal row after laying the previous one.
2. Installation of tiles begins from the most noticeable distant corner, and the cut tiles, accordingly, should be less noticeable.
3. The seams between the tiles are covered with grout of a suitable color.

The rest of the tiling on the walls is identical to the floor cladding.

As a result, by repairing the toilet with tiles, you will receive an almost eternal cladding covering that will require next renovation, most likely, only when there is a desire to change the design in the toilet. Difficulties in laying tiles can arise only during the first installation. After gaining the first experience, re-tiling will not be so problematic for you.

The toilet is one of the most visited places in the apartment, where, in addition to fulfilling its main utilitarian function, you can retire and indulge in thought. Therefore, it is important that this room is cozy, clean, comfortable, so that it is pleasant to be in it. In many apartments, there are still toilets of the old building with obsolete morally and physically plumbing and cladding. And new building and finishing materials have appeared in stores, which cannot but stimulate changes in the design of the bathroom. Since repairs involving construction crew- it is quite costly, and the area of ​​the room is usually small, then it is worth trying to repair the toilet with your own hands - a person "with hands" is more or less able to do this.

Preparing to repair the toilet

First, you need to decide on the idea of ​​the future. appearance bathroom, as well as with what kind of repairs to be done - cosmetic or major. Redecoration involves only new finishing of the walls, floor and ceiling - for example, you can paint the door, the ceiling can also be painted or hinged, the walls can be primed, putty, painted or pasted over with wallpaper. But if you really start repairing the bathroom, then it is worth making it thorough, with the replacement of pipes, coatings and plumbing, and sometimes you can add new elements to the room or move existing ones.

Renovation ideas may be related to traditional view restroom, or they can suggest a new location of plumbing, furniture and communications. In a small room, for example, in a Khrushchev, there will, of course, be fewer options than in a more spacious one in a new house, but this does not matter - with proper planning, every piece of space can be used profitably. You need to choose the right finishing materials and think over the design, which we will talk about below. If there is a desire and space permits, you can install a small washbasin in the toilet - today there is a choice on the market that suits the price and size. It will be useful next to the sink. Installing a corner toilet, especially in combination with a corner washbasin, will significantly free up space, but this will require more manipulation.

In a more spacious toilet, you can put more useful furniture and equipment - a bidet, a washing machine, hang cabinets, shelves, even place decorative items. For beauty and convenience, it is worth considering masking communications and equipping a plumbing cabinet.

So where to start with your own toilet renovation? The procedure is usually standard:

• definition with toilet design;
• selection and purchase of finishing and building materials;
• selection of the type and location of the toilet;
• replacement of the riser and sewer;
• cleaning the floor, walls, ceiling from old finishes;
• laying communications;
• renovation of floors, walls and ceilings;
• floor finishing;
• installation of a toilet bowl;
• installation of a plumbing cabinet, lighting, other plumbing;
• other finishing works;
• finishing or replacing the door.

Choice of design and cladding materials

The interior design of the toilet, depending on the size of its area, should be appropriate: we visually expand a small area, and narrow a large one. You can visually bring too high ceilings. All this is available with some tricks of color and texture combination.

Most often, toilet rooms in apartments are quite small, and still narrow. In this case, dividing the wall decoration horizontally into two parts - upper and lower with a border about half of the wall - will help to visually make it wider. In this case, the lower part should be darker or brighter, and the upper one more neutral and lighter. If the ceiling is too high, then the vertical stripes along the walls will help to visually bring it closer. They can be made solid or in the form of a dashed line, as well as from some of the materials used in flooring or completely different ones, to match the general style.

It is not worth decorating a bathroom in only one color - the view will not be at all what is expected, and it will not add comfort.

It is better to choose materials of discreet, neutral colors with the addition of accessories in similar colors - this is more physiological for such a room, and it will be easier to redo the interior with the advent of new ideas, and it will be easier to correlate with the general style of apartment decoration. Plumbing can be chosen traditionally white or in the color of the finish. Chrome accessories can also act as an extension.

With a larger area, you can give free rein to imagination, especially since modern ideas interior design allows it. Dark or bright colors of the finish will visually narrow the room, while bright accessories will allow self-expression to manifest.

When choosing finishing materials for a bathroom, it is necessary to take into account the characteristics of the room, therefore, such materials should be:

• moisture resistant;
• easy to clean, including aggressive agents;
• do not absorb unpleasant odors;
• does not take up much space.

The most suitable materials for decorating the toilet with your own hands, you can consider tiles, washable wallpaper, moisture-resistant paint, plastic panels.

It is better to choose a tile from a tile, porcelain stoneware, the main thing is that the wrong side of it is white, that is, based on kaolin. It does not have as many micropores as tiles made of ordinary silicates, and does not absorb odors, which is very unpleasant in the toilet.

This finishing material is considered a classic for sanitary facilities, since the tiles are easy to clean, they are strong, moisture resistant, and durable. Its choice in the modern market is huge, besides, you can independently choose various original combinations. But you need to lay the tiles on perfectly flat walls, and the price of such a finish will be the highest of all the options.

Wallpaper for the toilet must be selected moisture-resistant, which will be easy to clean. Therefore, it is better to stop at vinyl, non-woven, fiberglass. A novelty on the finishing materials market is also suitable - liquid wallpaper, which also has the necessary qualities, moreover, it is easy to apply and has a wide variety of colors.

Bathroom paint is one of the budget finishes, suitable for ceilings and walls. It is easy to apply even to a layman; you can add different patterns and designs if you wish. For the toilet, paint on a latex basis, or on a mineral pigment with a microcalcite filler, is suitable. But painting is carried out with perfectly flat walls, which requires preliminary alignment.

Plastic panels are one of the cheapest options for wall and ceiling decoration. They are moisture resistant, quick to install and easy to clean, have a variety of designs, and do not require perfectly flat walls. But given that the panels are mainly attached to the crate, they can steal part of the usable area of ​​the toilet, which in a small room is 1.5-2 square meters would be completely inappropriate.

In addition to the materials described above, you can use a moisture-resistant green gypsum board, plaster, followed by impregnation with a deep penetration primer.

Wooden and MDF panels, paper wallpaper, ordinary drywall, silicate-based tiles (not white on the wrong side), paints with organic pigments and fillers, foam ceiling panels and ordinary concrete screed for the floor.

Preliminary cleaning of surfaces and replacement of communications

So, where to start renovating a toilet, when the design is thought out and facing materials bought? Now is the time to start dismantling the old plumbing and coverings and, if necessary, replacing the riser and sewer pipes.

First you need to turn off the hot and cold water, make sure that the water does not flow from the taps, then drain the water from the tank. Then proceed to dismantle the drain tank - the hose supplying water is disconnected from it and from the water pipe, and then the tank itself is unscrewed from its fasteners. After that, you can start dismantling the toilet. If the toilet was fixed to the floor with bolts, screws, then they are unscrewed with a key or screwdriver and taken out of the room. If during the installation was used concrete mortar, then in most cases old toilet just break it up and replace it with a new one.

It's time to start removing old coatings from floors, walls and ceilings. This is necessary so that the new cladding does not begin to flake off over time, and the old one accumulates a lot of odors. Old tiles from walls and floors are removed using a hammer drill or, if not available, a hammer and chisel. The paint can be removed with construction hair dryer and a spatula, or a drill or grinder with a round metal brush - the top layer of plaster is also removed. A thicker layer of the latter is removed with a spatula, having previously soaked the surface. The same method works for removing old wallpaper.

After removing the old cladding, the surfaces need to be well leveled, take out the debris, brush it again, and it is best to walk with a powerful vacuum cleaner to remove all the dust. After that, a deep penetration antiseptic primer is applied, preferably in two layers - the second after the first has dried.

Consideration should be given to waterproofing the floor in case of possible accidents and water leaks, in order to avoid flooding of the lower floors. The most accessible is a coating waterproofing, applied to the joints of walls and floors with a width of 15-18 cm, a waterproofing tape is glued to it right during drying. After the joints have dried, this mass is applied to the entire floor.

After the above manipulations, you can start replacing the pipes. Old metal pipes it is best to replace it with propylene - they are more resistant to aggressive substances. It is better to replace the sewer riser completely in the entire entrance, especially if it is old and has been in use for a long time - this must first be organized together with the neighbors. Replacing part of the riser will be much more troublesome. If it is not planned to install water filters and water meters, then they simply install new ones. plastic pipes in place of the old ones.

For a more aesthetic look, water and sewer pipes are hidden in a special sanitary cabinet, which is constructed from wooden or metal profiles, leveled and fastened together with self-tapping screws. The structure is sheathed with moisture-resistant green plasterboard, which can be decorated with other finishing materials on top. Separate boxes can be constructed for sewer riser and for ventilation, equipped with a pre-exhaust fan. It is imperative to think over the location of the inspection door in order to provide access to the pipes in case of leaks, and just to take readings from the instruments.

Renovation of floors, walls and ceilings. Lighting selection

Do-it-yourself toilet repair after cleaning surfaces from old coatings and replacing communications continues with leveling and finishing the floor.

It is easier and best to make the floor in the toilet self-leveling - for this, a liquid polymer finish is also used. With the help of special tools, the prepared solutions are quickly leveled - one day after the other. Taking into account the area of ​​the toilet, the price of such a finish will be quite affordable.

Self-leveling 3D floors

Ceramic flooring remains one of the best and most practical options for a bathroom, but the installation process is more time consuming. It can be laid on old concrete or new cement screed.

Alternatively, you can lay marmoleum - natural linoleum with bactericidal properties, which is suitable for a bathroom.

The height of the floor in the toilet should be 2-3 centimeters lower than the general floor level in the apartment. This is necessary in order to retain water for some time in the event of flooding, which can save the situation.

Wall renovation can consist of several stages, depending on their initial condition and the desired appearance. If they are uneven, then first you need to align them with putty or drywall sheets (preferably waterproof). Drywall sheets are attached to the wall using special glue, or on a thin wooden crate if the walls have significant irregularities. On top of the prepared surface, the selected wall decoration is applied - we talked about it above.

Ceiling repairs are carried out in the same way as in other rooms. Having leveled it, if necessary, with a putty, you can apply paint with a suitable composition, or trim it with PVC panels, having previously attached the lathing. If you wish, you can build a plasterboard suspended ceiling on which LED spotlights will look good.

If we are to bring beauty to the toilet, then we should not ignore the lighting in it. A commonly used chandelier with a light bulb above the door gives out too dim and dim light. A large sconce on the wall or LED spot lighting under the ceiling will look much better. When choosing lamps, it is worth considering the overall design of the bathroom and its area - small room needs bright light.

Plumbing installation in the toilet

The final moment of the repair is the installation of a toilet bowl and other plumbing, if any, in place. Having carefully studied the manufacturer's instructions, you can cope with the process yourself. Floor standing toilet is installed on a pre-selected place, or on where it was previously, the attachment point is outlined with a marker, holes for attachments are drilled. A new corrugated pipe is being tried on to the toilet bowl and to the opening of the sewer pipe. By attaching the toilet to the floor, you can install a corrugation; all joints should be well sealed with a sealant. Having dealt with the design of the cistern, it is connected to the water pipes.

If a suspended toilet is chosen, then it is attached to a special triangular bracket, which is built in advance. The frame of the bracket is either mounted in a self-leveling floor screed, or attached to the floor with anchor pins. All unnecessary elements are hidden in the plumbing closet.

Once you get the impression that a toilet is being renovated, you can get down to business, while saving money and gaining valuable experience that can come in handy when working on larger projects.

The dressing room in any house or apartment must be flawlessly executed. But not everyone knows exactly how to achieve this and what points to pay attention to. Moreover, methods for one type of building are not always suitable for others.

Peculiarities

Do-it-yourself toilet repair is available to almost all amateur builders. As always, you will have to take care of a well-thought-out design concept and selection of materials. Difficulties in performing work may be associated with insufficient floor space, but thanks to the simplest actions, these limitations are overcome.

It is very important not to forget for a minute about the increased hygiene standards that are characteristic of the bathroom like no other room. Before using any recommendation you like, you need to understand whether it is justified and to what result its implementation will lead.

Options for different rooms

When you need to renovate a small toilet, the first step is naturally thinking over the concept. Moreover, if for a larger bathroom the mistakes in it can still be corrected at a certain stage of work, then here you will have to redo everything again, incurring additional costs. Before designing in "Brezhnevka" or in small apartment an earlier period, you need to take into account its technical condition. No matter how carefully they once built, all structures can become unusable.

Any project in such apartments should be compiled taking into account the maximum effective use available area.

In modern typical apartment much more decision-making space, but one thing remains unchanged: projects that require redevelopment are always worse than those that do not provide for it. It's not just possible problems, in conflicts with neighbors and with the housing inspection. Difficulties are also caused by the increased volume of work (both during dismantling and installation).

Waste disposal is a problem for the country toilet. You need to immediately decide whether it is possible to connect to the central sewage system or you will have to look for workarounds.

Capital

Having dealt with the peculiarities of a particular dwelling, you need to find out how much the bathroom will be subjected to global alteration. Only overhaul will help if it is decided to merge its parts together, or vice versa, to make two separate ones from one room. The cost of a high-quality overhaul is quite high, as is its duration, and only trained installers can do many work.

In new houses or after a recently made overhaul, there is no need to carry out it again. A more modest option can be considered with limited funds.

Economical

Cheap toilet redecoration will not touch pipes, walls, or meters.

This category quite fall into:

• installation and replacement of mirrors;
• replacement of faulty valves;
• installation of suspended or suspended ceilings.

When changing the toilet, this is also a budget type of repair (or part of it). But “easy, fast and cheap” does not mean less responsible. Every year, there are hundreds of cases of poor-quality cosmetic repairs in toilets, errors in which end in a flood of neighbors or serious household inconveniences. Therefore, the choice of components, decorative elements, tools, the hiring of a team must be approached carefully.

It is unacceptable to economize on any of these components, but careful market research will allow you not to overpay for quality.

Renovation

A beautiful and pleasant-looking toilet is a cherished dream of many people. The European-style renovation helps to bring it to life and support it in the future. It is distinguished from the usual overhaul by the presence of a specially prepared project for decorating a room. Quite often they even prepare 3D rendering using special software.

Almost always, when renovating, the infrastructure and appearance of the finish are totally changed., realize creative delights and follow the latest fashion trends. Another feature is that it is advisable to do the renovation in the whole apartment at once, and not in one toilet in isolation.

Required materials and tools

It is unlikely that it will be possible to repair the toilet properly without tools. You can dismantle old accessories using a set of screwdrivers, but this is very laborious and time-consuming. It would be much better to take a screwdriver and a set of bits for it. Concrete skirting boards are dismantled with a perforator, which also makes it easier to remove tiles and prepare holes. When working with a pipe and a toilet, the master must have a gas wrench ready.

It is impossible to install new pipes, both metal and plastic, without using a welding machine.

To prepare for the application of finishing materials will help:

• roulette;
• folding meter;
• construction level;
• plumb line.

Primer, coating, putty, paint is applied with brushes and rollers. But for working with tile glue, it is advisable to take a notched trowel. A saw, a hammer, a chisel, a chisel, a file and other locksmiths, carpentry tools are also needed for standard repairs, including in other rooms. Therefore, spending on their purchase is fully justified.

For walls

Tile is deservedly considered a universal solution for decorating the walls of the toilet. But you cannot take tiles made from ordinary silicates (which have a white seamy side). Despite chemical neutrality, big number microscopic pore enhances fluid retention and retention unpleasant odors... Fighting them with household deodorants is very expensive and bad for your health.

Wallpaper is considered an alternative to tiles. It is recommended to glue those types of them that can be cleaned and washed into the toilet. With the right creativity and diligence, it will be possible to achieve a look no worse than using tiles. The problem is that even best types wallpaper does not last long enough. But the costs are much less, and therefore frequent replacement will not affect the wallet.

As in the previous case, be sure to prepare the surface for work.

For ceiling

The standard procedure is to completely remove the old coating. But what to do next depends on the type of finish chosen. So, stretch and suspended ceilings are mounted on a simple cleaned base. If used decorative plaster, the coatings are knocked down to a rough overlap and the substrate is prepared as carefully as possible. The features of the lighting fixtures are also taken into account.

The specificity of the use of toilets and their "filling" imposes certain requirements on the materials that can be used for finishing ceilings.

First of all, these include:

• Condensation resistance.
• Tightness. When a breakthrough occurs from above, it is almost always this material that takes the first blow.
• Mechanical strength. It is not enough for the ceiling to be simply waterproof, it must also withstand the pressure of the mass of water.
• Easy access to communications hidden behind the ceiling trim.
• Elegant appearance, but without unnecessary pretentiousness and pomp.

An overly bright finish can create inappropriate associations. Absorption of height is unacceptable, on the contrary, the color is selected in such a way as to guarantee visual expansion space. Most in a simple way whitewashing is considered to satisfy most of the listed requirements. It is applied in about 60 minutes, but this time is usually less. But you have to take into account that whitewashed ceilings are unstable to moisture, and the only excuse is the ease of restoration of the finish.

Paint is a good alternative., especially since it is much more diverse in appearance and texture. It is recommended to use waterproof solutions - oil, silicone, latex or acrylic. Some of the water-based mixtures can also be used, but here you already need to make a careful choice.

A fairly large part of consumers prefer various types of tiles, which are able not only to create a pleasant appearance, but also to compensate for minor differences in height. At the same time, the toilet does not become lower, but you will need to carefully select the color of the material and the size of the individual blocks.

False ceilings will also cover all the problems of the rough base, but they will absorb at least 3 cm in height, which is why, with all the difficulties with gluing the tiles, it is better suited for small toilets.

Much more possibilities when using slatted ceilings which are impervious to moisture and fire safe. Lighting and wires can be easily removed inside the rails or panels, they will not spoil the appearance.

In order for the ceiling to look advantageous, like the entire room as a whole, you need to carefully select the lamps. Not every light source is suitable for all ceilings. So, for obvious reasons, highly heating structures are incompatible with suspended and tensioned canvases. The more compact the lamp is, the more tightly it is pressed against the plane of the top, the more advantageous the design will be. An equally important requirement is a housing protected from moisture: in this case, we are talking about the fire and electrical safety of residents.

Spot elements provide excellent diffused light, but it is still better to put them not on the ceiling, but as accents and additional lighting individual elements... Copper wires are best for connecting all lighting fixtures. Aluminum conducts current worse, oxidizes more actively in case of contact with air, breaks faster and easier, it is much more difficult to mount wires from it. The strobes should be sealed with a moisture-resistant filler.

Incandescent lamps should be abandoned: they consume a lot of current, and at the same time they heat up the air more than illuminate the space.

Flooring

In the toilets of a private house or apartment, the design role of the floor is no less than that of the ceiling or walls. In the same way, when preparing for its finishing, it is required to think over everything thoroughly and take into account the subtleties. Tiles made of natural stone and tiles have become widespread in the decoration of toilet floors.

Their advantages are undeniable:

• strength;
• minimal water absorption;
• abrasion resistance;
• the ability to choose a floor covering as part of a single collection (from which there will also be material for wall decoration).

If a variety of colors is in the foreground, it is worth choosing a tile, and porcelain stoneware turns out to be the undisputed leader in hardness. All types of "stone" coatings easily tolerate the action of aggressive reagents, including household appliances... A serious disadvantage of the stone is its coldness; underfloor heating corrects the problem, but it complicates the structure, makes the work longer and more expensive. The tiles that are laid on the floor must be of 3 strength classes and higher.

Among other varieties, materials with corundum coatings and layers that reduce slip are deservedly in the first place.

Wooden base impractical for a toilet floor- with external aesthetics on store shelves or photographs, it will quickly swell and swell, it may rot. Moreover, even thick boards are not devoid of such shortcomings, unless they appear later. No paint and enamel will save, since they are applied only to outside, and the rest of the planes will remain uncovered by the defense. Therefore, the use of linoleum turns out to be more profitable than wood. Technologists have learned to give it a colossal external variety, which was difficult to imagine 10 years ago.

Water-resistant linoleum rolls fit well in narrow places requiring curly styling. The appearance of rot, mold fungi and microorganisms is almost impossible, it is very simple to clean the floor from dirt and moisture. But the complete tightness of the coating cannot be achieved, so it will need to be lifted from time to time, and the base must be dried and treated with disinfectants.

In terms of durability, there is no need to install semi-commercial linoleum in the toilet. Enough and the simplest everyday, even the most delicate, if only it does not slip.

Sequence of work

It makes no difference whether a construction ace or a newbie in this area has to carry out a major overhaul. The first step is always to design a high-quality future renovation. The area of ​​the room is thoroughly measured, since it depends on it which ideas can be realized, and which ones will remain fruitless fantasies.

Most often, especially in urban apartments of old houses, there is absolutely not enough space. In such a situation, you need to abandon the original moves and begin to deal with the tightness.

Where to begin?

Before starting the design, you should decide on the choice of equipment to be installed. In case of an acute shortage of space, they are limited to a toilet. When the washroom is relatively free, you can put a washbasin, urinal or bidet in it. A minimum of 0.4 m is left between the middle of the toilet and the wall, and when the sink is placed, this distance is reduced to 0.3 m. Hanging toilet bowls do not absorb the floor space, but due to the obligatory frame, 10 cm or a little more will be taken away from the wall. In addition, the complexity of installation will require the involvement of professionals and their remuneration.

Having dealt with the "stuffing" of the toilet, it's time to think about its tone. It is better to choose between calm tones, the slightest variegation is unacceptable. Even with such a restriction, there are many quite attractive options, especially since no one forbids making local color accents. After choosing a color, you can find out the need for tools. The list of them changes depending on the planned materials.

The next step is to eliminate the old plumbing and finishing materials., all unnecessary components in general. There is no particular difficulty in this, but a lot of effort and time will have to be spent. The toilet bowls of the newer versions are removed by removing the corrugation, while the older closets are fixed on a cement base. It will need to be broken. Removing the tiles is complicated by the fact that even with the wear of the outer layer, they are extremely stable.

Since work, regardless of the choice of hand or power tools, will create a lot of noise and dust, you need to prepare. The optimal period is weekday daytime hours. At the same time, all furniture in the reach zone is covered plastic wrap... Wallpaper is usually soaked and removed mechanically. Strong paint is not removed, with the exception of oil; for anyone paint material use special washes. The whitewash is removed with a spatula after abundant saturation with water.

Main works

Continuing to carry out the overhaul of the toilet step by step, they are taken for the creation of improved communications. In many houses, old risers are unreliable, then they need to be replaced with new ones made of PVC. In most cases, the entire segment changes from floor to ceiling. The connections are supplied with adapters, and the modular design can be easily supplemented with parts of the required format. Pipes inside the toilet room are most often inserted into grooves; if the bidet (either stand-alone or integrated in the toilet) is not used, replacement can usually be dispensed with.

The wiring is hidden in the grooves, and the sewer pipes are in a specially designated box. If it is decided to renovate the walls using drywall sheets, the perimeter of the rough walls is covered with a profile attached to dowels with a diameter of 6 mm. When fixing the frame, the main profiles are used, stiffeners are also used, spaced in increments of 0.4-0.5 m. After that, it is required to fix the moisture-resistant gypsum board, previously cut into fragments of the required diameter. Fixation is done using special screws.

When preparing the sheets, you need to make an opening in them for the subsequent installation of the inspection door, then it will be possible to monitor the state of technology and the numbers on the meter display. Then you need to make the flooring. Ceramic tiles are cut in narrow places, and therefore their costs are usually higher than estimated by area. The base is well worked with a deeply penetrating primer. Outer surface aligns with self-leveling.

Then they create a self-leveling floor, and the choice of color or transparent composition depends purely on personal preference. On a transparent surface, you need to lay an image that becomes three-dimensional after filling. Accelerated leveling is achieved using a needle roller. When the mixture is dry, it will be strong.

Since the vapors released during solidification of self-leveling floors are harmful to health, it is advisable to work in a respirator.

When the floor is ready, it is the turn to work with the walls. They must be primed under the tiles; for pronounced irregularities, a cement putty is applied. Plasterboard boxes do not finish under the tiles, with the exception of double priming and sealing each seam. A rail or levels are mounted along the entire perimeter at the height of the first tile. This will allow you to finish the room as accurately and quickly as possible.

The masonry goes in rows until the desired height is reached; placing crosses relies on the joints both vertically and horizontally. When the day has passed, the rail is removed and the lower tiles are laid. If those do not fit, you can trim problematic items. So, without unnecessary difficulties, decorating the walls with your own hands is no worse than with the help of a team of finishers. Grouting is done in a standard way.

The situation is different when using plastic panels... A frame is formed along the walls from metal or wooden profiles. The gap from one column to another is a maximum of 50 cm. The frame must run at right angles to the movement of the panels. It is not difficult to put the blocks themselves: you need to put the first part into the starting profiles or corners; attach all structures with self-tapping screws through the extreme protrusions.

Then the corners will need to be closed with special elements: they are either fixed before the panels, or glued on the outside on liquid nails. If wallpaper is selected, the entire surface is cleaned of dirt and dust particles, and it is thoroughly primed. Then the walls are plastered using "Vetonit" for wet rooms. Applying it once or twice depends on how much the walls are deformed. In particular difficult situations impregnate them with a primer even three times.

The surfaces dried after priming are leveled with a float and emery paper. You need to move them in a circle. If residual defects are found, they are additionally putty and rubbed. After cleaning the walls from dust, they need to be primed again. That's it, this completes the preparation for pasting the wallpaper.

Having overcome all the difficulties in decorating the walls, they take up the ceiling. If it is mounted, you need to draw a line along the perimeter with a level to expose the structure. The guide profiles are attached to the walls, for this purpose you will need the holes for the quick-fit dowels. The step between the main profiles is 0.4 m, the line of their passage serves for attaching suspensions. Having prepared the frame, you need to attach a selected material to it (necessarily combined with the wall decoration by color).

The next step is the placement of plumbing and other equipment. Important: installations for suspended toilets should be done prior to wall cladding. In the case of traditional plumbing, the corrugation is attached to the sewer inlet pipes and connected to the toilet. Then it is put in the required position, since the flexible hose is easy to move as you like. The tank should not rest against the wall, even at a single point.

The marking of the sole of the toilet bowl on the floor is carried out together with the drilling point. At this point, concrete drills are used, and they go through the tiles with a special drill for ceramics. V drilled holes put the dowels, then put the toilet and press it to the base on the hex screws. For your information: rubber washers should be placed under the screws, they will prevent thin plumbing from breaking. The hats of the fasteners are covered with decorative plugs.

Only after all these works does it become possible to connect the water and seal the joint of the toilet bowl with a silicone-based compound. If a sink is also installed in the toilet, the choice is reduced to fixing it on the brackets from the kit or on dowels screwed into the wall. Usually they are guided by the directions of the instructions. Only after fastening can the water supply and drainage channel be connected. But the overhaul of the toilet does not stop there either.

How to finish?

Next, proceed to the installation of doors. The position of the box is verified as accurately as possible from all sides. When using a heavy canvas, the box is screwed with dowels. You should not be afraid of their poor appearance - you just need to position the fasteners in the area of ​​the hinges and below the latch groove. For your information: experienced craftsmen after each manipulation, the level is checked to avoid the slightest shift. When the installation of the canvas is finished, you need to apply polyurethane foam filling the entire perimeter gap.

When removing the foam from the cylinder, they move it in a zigzag fashion, trying to keep the box in a certain position. Do not put in excess foam, because it will inevitably expand and go beyond the contour. Cut off the foam from the outside after ½ day, while you need to be careful and leave everything inside. Excessively thin boxes are complemented by additional details. If there are grooves, you need to cut the strips to the required size and snap into place; simple boards are planted on foam or fixed with self-tapping screws.

No matter how diligently the doors themselves are mounted, if their choice was unsuccessful, the problems will grow like a snowball. Glass structures, in whole or in part, look elegant and become a winning design element. Do not be afraid of peeping from the outside, because you can order a version with tinted or frosted glass. If there are small children, elderly people or seriously ill people in the house, such doors to the bathroom will allow you to control the silhouette through the glass and come to the rescue in time. Wherein glass doors environmentally friendly and convenient, well extinguish extraneous noise. There are many interesting models in the assortment of any manufacturer.

In terms of hygiene and convenience, PVC doors are no worse than glass doors, moreover, they are usually lighter than wood. This allows you to refuse from powerful hinges and heavy boxes, from strengthening the walls. Even with minimal maintenance, the special film will last for many years.

It is possible to mount wooden doors only if the bathroom is equipped with a strong exhaust ventilation... If it is not there, then even the most moisture-resistant rocks will damp and deteriorate in a short time.

Successful examples

You can figure out for a long time exactly how it is better to arrange a toilet in an apartment or house, consult with experts and friends. But it is most likely to have before your eyes the most interesting samples and ideas that you can focus on.

Then it will turn out to transform an ordinary toilet into a truly unusual and original space.

• This is how you can make a fairly large toilet room with an area of ​​10-12 square meters. m. There is a sink near the door, and a toilet bowl is fixed in the center of the wall opposite to the entrance. The squares of rich red tiles seem to form a continuous strip, stylistically connecting the floor and the wall. Exquisite dark door with a vertical window on the left side complements and completes the composition.
• The modern approach to the design of toilets can be different, but therefore no less original. The familiar "white throne" is the only item of this color chosen by the designers. Walls and floors are decorated with a natural stone different colors... Almost everywhere it is smooth and even, but on the left above the cupboard with cupboards, the wall is made with a pronounced relief. And in the part farthest from the entrance, the stone background is suddenly replaced by a gorgeous green panel, reflected by an oval mirror suspended on another wall.

• And this composition clearly contains references to plots. computer games twenty years ago. An abstract figure in the form of yellow raster cells on an impeccably black wall seems to hint at this. Looking just below, you can see a painted gray wheel, and to the right of it - a flower and cologne, standing on a stand. The picture on the cistern is funny and even somehow childish in spirit. Wooden door made of slightly brown planks, Brick wall, going at an angle, plus an emphasized antique lighting solution, allow us to consider the design quite original.
• Here all the design is created on the game of white and red colors. On the side walls, they are present in pure form, and the wall farthest from the entrance is made in Scottish motives. The floor is painted in the same way.

• Similar paints have been chosen here, but you can immediately see how different designers have worked on the project. It seems to be a small detail - a sparkling metal plate that allows you to make a very powerful accent. A suspended wall-mounted sink looks timidly out of a niche.
• It is not necessary to combine white and red tones, combinations with blue look good too. Squares on the floor and rectangles on the walls make for a pretty eye-catching look. The toilet and sink are positioned in such a way as to save space as much as possible. One of the walls is decorated with a blue floral pattern against a calm white background. Guessing by the reflections numerous Spotlights provide comfortable conditions for people.