How to hang a bathroom mirror on a tile?

click fraud protection
Contents:
  • Height and good location for the mirror in the bathroom
  • Mounting the mirror
  • How to drill holes in the mirror correctly?
  • Installation between tiles
  • Mounting on gypsum board or PVC
  • How to glue a mirror to the wall?
  • Some useful recommendations:

In addition to its practical function, today the mirror is an important part of the interior of any bathroom. A large mirror can visually increase the space of the bathroom, create a sense of volume and additional illumination. How to hang a bathroom mirror on a tile?- It is not difficult to do this: it is enough to have minimal working skills for this. However, it must be remembered that an unreliable mirror attached to the wall can pose a potential danger, because it is a fragile and heavy object. That's why you should approach the work with all responsibility. There are several ways to fix the mirror on the wall in the bathroom, which is what we'll look at in this article.

to the table of contents ↑

Height and a good place for installing the mirror in the bathroom

The first thing to do is to choose the right place in the room where the reflecting surface will be located. This place should be well lit, as well as not too low and not too high. In addition, it should be easy to access.

In principle, a mirror can be installed in any room you like. But in order for it to be the most successful, several nuances should be considered:

  • The distance from the top edge of the accessory to the floor should be at least 1.7 m, which corresponds to the average person's height.
  • The mirror should be strictly vertical, otherwise the image will be distorted.
  • The width of the reflecting surface is determined by the overall design of the room.
  • If you want to see your reflection in full growth, you should purchase a product with a height of 140 cm. For the image to the waist, a height of 60 cm will suffice.
  • To see only the face and shoulders, choose a height of 40 cm.
  • To prevent rapid deterioration of the accessory,its attachment must be made away from the heat source.
  • The lower edge of the mirror that is mounted above the sink should be at least 20 cm above its level. Otherwise, splashes and drops will constantly fall on the glass.

By observing these simple rules, you can easily find the most suitable place for hanging a mirror in the bathroom.

to the table of contents ↑

Mounting the

Mirror You do not have to worry that the tile splits during the drilling process. If the tile was made of quality material and properly glued, its service life will be long.

How do you start mounting a mirror surface? The whole work can be divided into several stages:

  1. Choose the place where the accessory will be located - that is, on which wall, as well as the height from the floor.
  2. The line on which the mirror will be aligned should be applied using the building level.
  3. Draw the outline of the mirror to the specified dimensions.
  4. Drill holes at the fixing points.

Important! The amount of fastening required will depend on the shape and dimensions of the accessory, as well as on its weight and thickness.

In order to secure the mirror in the bathroom to the tile, you will need the following tools:

  • Drill and hammer.
  • Dowels with screws.
  • Anchors( embedded parts).

Procedure:

  1. In the beginning a drill is required - a special drill is inserted into it, which can easily and accurately drill any of the types of glass.
  2. Then a mirror with prepared symmetrical holes is attached to the wall, through these holes a marking pen or marker is used to mark the fasteners.
  3. After this, the glass drill is changed to a tile drill, it drills holes in the wall.
  4. In the finished holes, dowels are jammed, and in them self-screws with a nut on the end are twisted.
  5. Further to these fasteners the mirror with bolts will be fastened.
  6. The mirror can already have a piece of fasteners, which in the future will be connected with the details fixed in the wall. In this way, the mirror is attached to the tile.

In the process of drilling holes, in order to hang a mirror in the bathroom, you should be extremely accurate, as when working with even new drills, the hand can slip, drills break, etc.

Important! It is necessary that the holes on both the mirror and the wall are identical, otherwise - then the installation will be impossible because of the inconsistency of one or more fasteners.

to the contents ↑

How to drill holes correctly in the mirror?

To hang a mirror in the bathroom, which does not have fasteners, you need to drill holes in it, and this requires some skills. Agree that no one wants to risk an expensive mirror. Therefore, the best option is certainly to contact the glaziers, but if you still have a certain skill, you can try everything yourself:

  • What drills are needed to make holes?- It is best to use diamond drills for these purposes.
  • If you want to avoid cracking of the glass, it is necessary to use special trays of plasticine in the drilling process. They fill with water, and in order not to turn them over, it is necessary to fix these trays in places where holes will be made.

Important! Drilling the mirror should be very careful, while checking the water level in the plasticine tanks all the time. If it is not enough, it is necessary to add more. Periodically, the drilling process must be stopped, and the working surface of the glass should be lubricated with turpentine. After this, you can continue drilling again.

  • When you drill a hole, the edges need to be lightly sanded using a thin sandpaper. This part of the process is also carried out carefully and slowly, because the glass does not like heating.
  • Fixing hardware is screwed into fully prepared holes and decorative caps are put on.
to contents ↑

Mounting between tiles

The option of installing a mirror in the bathroom between the tiles assumes that it is hung even before the walls are tiled.

Procedure:

  1. Mark on the surface of the wall the place where the mirror will hang.
  2. Beforehand make sure that the wall on which the work will be done is smooth, otherwise - the accessory will not come out to hang evenly.
  3. On a flat wall, glue the mirror with "liquid nails".
  4. Treat the edges with a colorless sealant.
  5. This installation option is suitable in case the weight of the mirror surface is small.

Important! If the mirror is too thin, then it is necessary to stick a moisture-resistant drywall under it. After that, the mirror can be fastened with fasteners or "liquid nails".Also it can be planted on tile glue or cement, however, then the place where the accessory will be located should be painted with oil paint.

to the contents ↑

Mounting on gypsum board or PVC

If drywall is used, then "liquid nails" can not be used. For these purposes it is better to use the dowel-butterfly:

  • It is better to pre-strengthen the plasterboard with plywood, which can be attached from the inside, if the wall is assembled in advance.
  • You can also make a reinforcement from the outside, when the partition is already assembled and it can no longer be dismantled.

If the wall is lined with PVC, then you can not use a simple wall mount. If the walls of the bathroom are covered with such panels, it means - it is necessary to provide in advance a base on which the mirror will be fixed in the future. To do this:

  1. Collect a small crate of metal profiles or wooden beams.
  2. Using anchors or dowels on this grate, a reflective surface is attached.
  3. If between the wall and the attached panel there is a small space, you can drill to the wall and mount the mirror mounts on it.

Important! You can buy a ready-made cube, in which a washbasin is mounted, and attach a mirror to the special holders on top. In this case, the question of how to hang a mirror in the bathroom on the tile, disappears by itself.

to the contents ↑

How to glue a mirror on the wall?

If the weight of the mirror is small, then it can be glued to the ceramic tile with a double-sided adhesive tape, which can also be replaced with a special sealant. And it is better to combine these two methods.

Procedure:

  1. In the center of the area where the accessory will be located, a pair of tape of adhesive tape is glued, and the glue is smeared around the edges.
  2. The mirror is then aligned and pressed against the wall.

Important! Align the mirror immediately, because the adhesive tape and sealant seize very quickly. In addition, the adhesive tape and sealant must necessarily be moisture resistant.

to the table of contents ↑

Some useful recommendations:

  • Before fixing the mirror in the bathroom to the tile, the tile must be cleaned of dust and remove the dirt from it using a rag. If you do not clean everything that is stuck to the walls, the adhesives will stick not to the tile, but to the dirt, so that the accessory can come off.
  • It is not advisable to apply glue to corners, since during pressing it can get out of the edges. If all this happened, then you need to immediately remove his remains with a rag.
  • If the mirror is very heavy and large, then for its mounting it is necessary to apply several supports that can support it, otherwise the mirror can slide under its own weight or even tear off and fall flat.

The process of installing a mirror in the bathroom is a responsible event. At its carrying out from you accuracy and accuracy is required. The work is complicated by the fragility of the accessory, which by carelessness can break or crack during drilling. Therefore, approach to work with all responsibility and do not hurry, then your efforts will be rewarded with success.