Tiling For Dummies

Im on the next step to my bathroom remodel how to tile a floor.

Tiling for dummies.

Ceramic ceramic tiles are easily the most common. If the tile has been cut make sure you re placing it in the right spot. I put down enough mortar for a couple tiles laid one and tapped it down. Take a tile for the edge of the wall and apply the adhesive to the back as if you were putting butter on a piece of toast.

Im using a white porcelain tile with a little bit of ta. Then place another tile on the loose one and up against the tile on the wall. Preparing the room for floor tiles is grunt work but you ll soon get to the fun part. When laying floor tiles getting the room ready is the hardest part.

For floors 12 12 or 16 16 are the most common tile sizes though you shouldn t let that limit you. Next place a loose tile directly over the last full tile you laid this is the tile you ll cut to size. Here are the most common types. Be sure to draw the walls including the thickness of backer board and any plywood that s needed like on the bench seat.

These air pockets help the tile adhere better. Then mark existing studs that outline alcove positions. Tile spacers aid in achieving uniform gaps between the tiles. Mark the loose tile and cut it to fit along the edge.

Hold the trowel at a 45 degree angle to spread the adhesive then use the notched edge to leave grooves in the adhesive. Apply the thinset use a 1 4 x 1 4 notched trowel to spread thin set over the first area to be tiled. A foolproof method of how to tile a shower is to draw a full scale template of each wall on rosin paper figure a and photo 1. How to tile a wall.

If you place the tile at a slight angle you ll need to rearrange it quickly before it dries. You need a pry bar hammer nail set floor cleaner and lots of pizza for bribing friends and family to help. Take a tile and firmly press it into the adhesive. They come in a number of sizes and finishes.

Hang edge tiles by applying adhesive to the backs of the tiles. If you re tiling a wall you will need to use a notched spreader to apply the adhesive. Its a lot like tiling a shower. You can use a rubber mallet i just used my hands the goal for each tile is to make sure they are level and line up with each other.

Then position the tile where it needs to go and add the spacers.