kitchen floor tile
Posted By admin on February 18, 2010
kitchen floor tile
How: to tile the kitchen floor?
My husband and I are going to try to tile the kitchen floor to ourselves. Can someone please give me step by step instructions on how to do and what materials we will need. Also any pointers or tips are really apperciated. FYI: We will be using 18-inch tiles porcilin.
I am somewhat surprised that it took this long for an answer? Mina took a while to type:) The first step is to determine what the sub floor will be. Whatever the finished floor exists now, must be eliminated. Tiles can be installed on plywood or MDF. Need not have strictly specific Backer board as sub floor. It is not level / Flex / and have no screw heads or nail heads protruding. After the room should be "square". By this I mean, take action in two directions to determine the size distribution, and snap lines run perpendicular. He was often out two courses of tile to determine the possible'll CUTS do. That way you can determine how many complete pieces go where and where to look better. Then I keep all the cuts for the end of work. I try to have the pieces Parts of the same size where possible, or at least give that illusion. In his case, with a 1 / 4 inch it will have to add the figure of an inch for every 4 tiles,,,, if in fact they are exactly 18 inches. You may need cove base molding must be removed. You can rent a wet saw, or get a grinder Diagonal and a diamond blade for the cuts. You should assume no less than 10% of waste and Ooops, besides having a box for future issuance, as tiles of values is not a forever thing in a lot in stores. Once the design of figures, one can begin to set. I suggest 1 / 4 inch grout lines; thinset / Polyblend mortar, mixed to the consistency of mashed potatoes. Working with a rectangular Palette / Knife, with 1 / 4 inch "teeth" against a line Chalk, probably no more than 4 sheets at a time when your case ... taking an exit strategy to avoid having to interrupt any overviews. Using Spacers (+) In shape, inserted into the grout lines end, gently press the tile into the mortar. I also use a level and consistent operating hand on each Part of successive Floor / Level. Remember that you can wait to install the cuts in the perimeter walls and around cabinets, etc. You can also use rubber separators to remove any excess real mortar grout lines. 24 hours of time, can walk on the tiles. Then passed to the injection. In a color you choose, I suggest a blend of poly / sand slurry and mixed in small quantities, to a similar consistency as the mortar. For application must have at least one rectangular rubberized palette, and large / flat nozzle cleaning sponges, a bucket by hand with water, again working towards a wider area rather small in the exit areas at once. Grout is a set faster than the mortar, but will need as much time to heal in time can spoon from the mixing bucket of paint with a knife / scraper or rubber palette, and press the grout lines (after removing the spacers). Then, using the palette of the grout, which is essentially a type of squeegie, scraping along the grout into the grout lines or at any angle perpendicular to them, instead of straight. Try to take note of the voids or air bubbles in the nozzle to avoid having to return. Since two of you are doing the work but can be applied while the another follows behind with the cleanup. You can work with the logistics of that. Once again, in an area that can handle, wet the sponge, wring it out, as dry and clean as possible in the grout lines in the same way that applied at an angle. This process can take 3 steps? Each one of them, as the sets of the slurry, the sponge may be a bit more humid. Proper use of the grout squeegie allow large pieces you will not have to remove the grout. SI / Y, seems to install its grout in the bucket,,, remove or even add publishes only a few drops of water to make sure you are not installing as the grout dries too much,,, but prevent the liquid becomes. It is not necessary to apply real pressure to clean grout, only the consistency and work in stages. Suppose also once you feel comfortable that they have not abandoned or removed the grout too, leave him alone. Once dry it will leave a filmy residue that can be scrubbed after the fact. Allow another 24 hours before moving something on the ground and especially when you can not drag anything on the floor instead. Then enjoy the work by having a party then, if only for two. There may be a case made clear, but certainly a DIY can do a great job. Steven Wolf
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