How To Tile The Bathroom

Attaching an underlayment of cement board to sub flooring provides a level and sturdy surface to which bathroom tile can be easily attached.

How to tile the bathroom. Keep a supply of wax rings on hand if you plan to reinstall the toilet at the end of each day. I used a combination of a sledgehammer a hammer drill and a shovel to pry it up. If your home only has one toilet you can leave it in place until you install the backer board.

Using a circular saw cut panels to fit measured bathroom and use a jigsaw to cut holes as needed to accommodate the toilet and other bathroom fixtures. Then place cement board on top of it to reinforce the floor. After the thin set has dried for 2 days work in small sections to spread more thin set over the cement board and lay the tile on top of it.

How to tile and grout a bathroom floor. Tile on tile or as i say it. In this beginners tutorial i show how to set out your tiles how to cut and lay tiles how to mix and apply adhesive.

To tile a bathroom floor start by spreading a layer of thin set mortar onto the entire subfloor with a notched trowel. This bathroom happened to have an old pink tile floor with a thick mortar bed under it so removing it was a bit of a challenge. Border tiles border around field tiles while accent tiles are used to add interest usually intermixed with field tiles.

First get the toilet out of your way. Make a diagram of each wall to help you decide placement of tiles image 4. To lay the tiles you ll need basic tiling tools including a bucket bucket trowel tile trowel sponge and either an angle grinder with a diamond disc or a water fed tile cutter.

Tile spacers are also essential to ensure your tiles are evenly spaced and a spirit level will make sure everything is level. And it lasts for 20 years. Prepare the room for installing ceramic bathroom floor tiles.