Tiling A Bathroom Floor
How to tile and grout a bathroom floor.
Tiling a bathroom floor. 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. I used a combination of a sledgehammer a hammer drill and a shovel to pry it up.
In this beginners tutorial i show how to set out your tiles how to cut and lay tiles how to mix and apply adhesive how to grout tiles and i go through. Be sure to maintain consistent joints between the tile sheets. When its necessary to fit the tiles around an obstacle such as a toilet flange use a utility knife to slice through the backing mesh then remove the individual mosaic tiles from the sheet.
Continue to spread mortar and set tiles across the floor. Lightly press down the tile using a rubber float. 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.
Then place cement board on top of it to reinforce the floor. Once i had the old tile removed i had to do a little bit of structural work to repair some subfloor damage due to water and termites cutting out old rotten areas and replacing with. Once youve worked your way from the corner of the room to the door.