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Tiling floors: layout, underlayment, setting and grout. Ask with your Sheet attached: homeowners who’ve done it and verified pros answer, and anyone can read it.

Tile · 01Before you ask

Before you ask

The room size, the tile size, what’s under it, and the joist span if it’s a wood floor.

  • Attach your Sheet so people see your sizes and the math.
  • Your town is enough. Never your address; check photos for house numbers and plates.
  • Is it safe? A safety question here goes to pros verified in tile, unless you pick another trade. Only they can call it safe or unsafe.
Tile · 02Tile a floor

Tile a floor

8′ × 5′ bathroom: 19 tiles, 2 bags of thinset, 1 bag of grout and the backer board, sized to your tile.

What people get wrong:

  • Grouting the change of plane. Grout at walls and the tub cracks as the house moves.
  • Too small a trowel. Big tile over thin ridges leaves hollow spots that crack when stepped on.
  • Forgetting the new floor height. The floor rises about 1″.

The worked example, every line's math and the code notes · Your own sizes in the app

Tile · 03More in Tile

More in Tile

Tile · 04How the community works

How the community works

  • Open to read from anywhere, no account needed.
  • Sign in with your email to ask, answer and vote. No password.
  • The best answers rise: votes, “worked for me” and a solved mark. Verified pros carry a badge.

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