Don’t know what materials to use for tile installation? Take a look at the comparison between tile adhesive and cement mortar, featuring both advantages & disadvantages, and you will find out the answer!

Now people like to use ceramic tiles when they decorate house. Because the tiles are beautiful after laying, which can give people a very luxurious feeling. Moreover, after laying the tiles, they are very clean. No matter where is dirty, you just need to clean with a wet cloth, so many people like to install ceramic tiles on their homes when they are decorating. Not only for the floor, many people choose to decorate their walls with ceramic tiles, which not only looks good, but also doesn't have to worry about the reason why the wall is damp.

Because of the benefits of tiling, more and more people will choose to lay ceramic tile when they are decorating. But recently, there is a problem that a lot of people don't know what materials to use for tile installation, or they struggled with the materials selection - cement and tile adhesive. Today, I'll give you an analysis of tile adhesive & cement mortar, and detail advantages and disadvantages of tile adhesive and cement.

Materials Needed For Tile Laying, Tile Adhesive Vs Cement Mortar

There are two kinds of commonly used tile materials: cement and tile adhesive.

• Cement, a a kind of cementitious material, similar to flour in a recipe, it’s the most commonly used material when laying ceramic tile, and it is also the most traditional material used for tile floors/walls. The purpose of cement is to hold the other materials together. The formation of this kind of material is water and cement, sand in accordance with a certain proportion to mix together, after blending, you can install tiles. As long as the ceramic tile is clean and the wall/floor is firm, it is easy to construct and the construction cost is relatively low.
• Tile adhesive, is a kind of adhesive material based on polymer, has high firmness. It’s used to stick the tiles to the wall or floor. This kind of material is different from that of traditional material. Traditional materials are cement and sand or pure cement. It is basically the “glue” that gets the tiles to stay in place. Now many people will choose to use the material tile adhesive when installing ceramic tile.

Advantages & Disadvantages Of Tile adhesive

Advantages of tile adhesive:

The reason why people choose tile adhesive is that the adhesive ability of this material is very strong. If you use this material to tile a floor or wall, the tile will not fall off easily. Moreover, the adhesive layer is thin and uniform, which is not easy to appear hollowing phenomenon. This material also has functions of strong adhesion, good elasticity, anti-aging, waterproof and moisture-proof, it will prevent translucency, fading, discoloration and the wall & floor will not mildew because of humidity. It is worth mentioning that the tile adhesive can reduce the construction period and is easy to construct. This is because it has good water retention function.

Disadvantages of tile adhesive:

The price is too high. Compared with the traditional cement, the price of tile adhesive is still too high. And the second drawback is that tile adhesive will release formaldehyde after use, which is harmful to human health.

Advantages & Disadvantages Of Cement Mortar

Advantages of cement mortar:

Cement is environmental protection, it will not release harmful gas to human body like tile adhesive. You can live at ease in the room laid with tile using cement mortar. Another advantage is that the price is much cheaper than tile adhesive, and the cost performance will be very high.

Disadvantages of cement mortar

If the installation technology is not qualified, or there are errors in the installing, it will cause the phenomenon of tile hollowing or falling off. And you are required to use a large amount cement when doing the tilling job, to a certain thickness to be able to lay the floor/wall tile very well. Compared with tile adhesive, cement mortar is not as clean as tile adhesive, and cement mortar will be dirty during mixing and construction.

Which Material To Choose, Tile Adhesive Or Cement?

Many developers will not use tile adhesive to build their houses, because the price of tile adhesive is relatively high. In order to save costs, they will avoid using tile adhesive. Although the price of tile adhesive is very high, its adhesion performance is really good, so many people will choose to use this material for tilling a floor or wall.

At present, cement mortar is the first choice for most people when laying tiles, because this material is cheap at first, and second, there is no need to worry about environmental protection. Therefore, many people will choose to use cement mortar material for tile installation.

The tile installation in the decoration is also a very important project, who does not want to own the wall decorated with neat and beautiful tiles? About the materials needed for tile laying, we have made an analysis with you. Which material is best for tilling in your house?