Month: September 2019

We spent a few months renovating a house down the street for my mother. The bathroom was in poor condition. The tile floor was not completed and thus you could actually see the subfloor where the tile ended next to the wall.

Materials:

• • Backer board
  • Circular saw (to cut backer board)
  • Joint tape
  • Thin-set
  • putty knife
  • Tile
  • Tile saw (be sure the tile saw is large enough to cut the size of your tile)
  • Electric drill
  • Mixing paddle that attaches to drill
  • spacers
  • Mortar
  • Trowel
  • Large sponge
  • 2 buckets (one for mixing thin-set and mortar and one for a water bucket)
  • Rubber grout float
  • Grout (we used Polyblend Sanded grout – color: Cape Gray).

Preparing the Service

We had to do some demo work. My sister Mary Beth helped us with this part. We used a sledgehammer, shovel, and bucket to break up the original tile. This part of the project is quite dusty and messy. We suggest wearing a mask due to all the dust.

Step 1 – Install the backer board to provide stability and strength. Also, notice that we moved the floor vent. It made more sense for this not to be in the middle of the room. Continue reading “How to Install Tile on a Bathroom Floor”