How do i tile an upstairs bathroom?
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Pumken supplied you a fair how to website. There are several things they are doing wrong though.
1) Any cuts around the edges should be at least 1/2 tile. Adjust your layout so you don't have small pieces that might show.
2) Don't leave the spacers behind. Use two per side of tile and place them so one leg points down and one leg points up. You'll find that the other two legs touch the faces of the tile it is spacing.
3) DON'T add water to thinset! Misting it is not good. Better to precut your cuts or remove the thinset from the cut areas and back butter the cuts as you go.
4) Don't leave the thinset on the face of the tile or even in the joints. It is difficult to remove if it cures. I use a spacer to wipe out the thinset followed by a damp sponge.
5) Be sure to buy a thinset that matches the color of your grout. If you are using white grout use white thinset!
DO NOT use mastic, or premixed thinset or the cheapo dry thinset on floors or in a wet location under any circumstances
! Use good quaility thinset. Versabond, sold in HD, by Custom, is a very good thinset.
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Do you want actual tile or do you want a vinyl rug that looks like tile?
The rug is easier [a lot easier] to put in and it's a lot cheaper. Cleaning it is also easy - all you have to do is mop [I use my swiffer wet jet. Ha!]
Anyway, actual tile is more complicated and messy. It crumbles and breaks & grows nasty mold. It's also more expensive. The tile alone is bad enough as it is but, then you need the supplies and you'll have to cut tile to fit into small or weird spaces.
I know you want tile so I'm not really helping but, I would strongly reccomend doing the vinyl rug instead. There are hundreds of patterns and it's SO easy to do yourself. It's not mess and all you need to do is cut it to fit.
If you do plan on tile, I'd hire somebody to do it for you. Otherwise, you'll spend a lot of time and money and it won't get done right.
There is an excellent article on the attached website that follows.
The only thing it doesn't cover is that you will possibly have a little give in the floor even with a backer board. I recommend a premium thin set. It supposedly has some fexibility and it does bond better with a stronger set. I am sure you know you have to remove the toilet and any other fixture attached to the floor. Otherwise, just follow the directions listed on the website.
http://www.hammerzone.com/archives/floor...
the same as you would tile a downstairs bath
Talk out the bow and vinyl or carpet.
Don't tile on top of the wooden sub floor, you need to lay a hardy board and screw to the floor. Seal all the gap.
Then lay your tile.
Grout it.
If you have questions, go to home depot, Lowe's and ask the floor guy. They do have class too, free.
Consider adding a focal point in your shower, like a tile mural on marble or ceramic tile--- Low cost but very dramatic and customized
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Any image on tiles
Tile is suprisingly easy to do. Take a Lowes or Home Depot class or get a book. Watch one of the shows on HGTV to see people in action. Be sure to use a grout that isn't white, or be ready to do some toothbrush scrubbing regularly. Good luck!
To tile an upstairs bath, first you need to under cut your door jambs to the thickness of your hardi backer, this maybe somewhere around 7/16 to 1/2 inch. If you don't want to do this, fine but, it looks better. Second, thinset(mortar) down and screw down your 1/4 inch hardibacker to your sub floor using a 1/4 by 1/4 inch notch trowel. Get a good notch trowel not a cheap one, you'll thank yourself later. By the way, the hardibacker has markings of where a screw needs to be positioned, very helpful. Thanks Hardibacker. Once you have that secured down, under cut your door jambs again to the thickness of your tile and then add an 1/8 of an inch. Once again, this is if your going to under cut. Now choose what lay you want your tile to lay. Some patterns are broken joint, straight, diagonal and so on, choose one. Since this is your first lay, use spacers, I hate spacers but, they will be your friend. I like to always start full tile a the main door way to your bathroom and then flow into the bath. However since it's your first time, you will start from the furthest point in your bath and work back, so you don't "paint yourself in a corner". One very important lesson, choose the "right" size notch trowel, don't under thinset, you'll be kicking yourself in the a55. Once you have all your tiles thinseted down, take a big break and let the thinset cure over night, at least. Third of all, take a utility knife and clean out the thin set which might have came to the top of every grout joint. Once all the scraping is complete, sweep your work area(the floor). Mix up some grout and go to town. It's really a fun project, don't get worried. If you have any questions email me at pisofuerte360@yahoo.com. Good luck.
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