Is it necessary to do waterproofing in an open kitchen

What to do about waterproofing an open kitchen?

Most of the > open kitchens are connected to the living and dining rooms, and many people tend to pave the floor tiles for the sake of aesthetics, and do not use door stones. In this way, the kitchen floor tiles and the cement mortar under the living room floor tiles are one, if there is a water leak in the kitchen, it is likely to penetrate into the living room. Therefore, it is not only necessary to do waterproofing in the open kitchen, but also has a certain degree of exquisiteness.

Before laying bricks, at the junction of the kitchen and the living room, it is best to use cement mortar to plaster a "small step" with a height of 2 to 3 cm, and a width of 8 to 10 cm. When painting the kitchen waterproofing, the floor waterproofing should be brushed over this small step. In this way, the kitchen waterproofing forms a complete pocket, which can effectively prevent water from penetrating into the living room.

It should be noted that the "small steps" are not the higher the waterproof. Because when laying floor tiles, the thickness of the cement mortar layer is usually 3 to 4 cm, and the waterproof steps are too high, and it is difficult to level the bricks.

Home decoration, kitchen waterproofing should be done?

The kitchen must be waterproof, no matter where it is!

First of all, we need to know why we need to redo waterproofing?

1. You don't know whether the waterproof material for commercial use is qualified and whether it is constructed according to the standard, so there is no guarantee for the waterproof period.

2. In the later stage of decoration, the original waterproof layer will be destroyed by hydropower transformation, so it needs to be re-waterproofed.

Waterproofing layer of the kitchen,The ground is all waterproof, and the wall is more than 30 cm high , where water is involved, such as the dishwasher, the waterproofing shall not be lower than the water use range.