If you want to improve your home and start by changing your flooring into a ceramic or porcelain tile floor, you will need to know how to laying a ceramic or porcelain tile floor. Laying a ceramic or porcelain tile floor can be very difficult and daunting task. You will need to do some adequate planning and preparations. You may also save a lot of money by laying your own tile, and it will be more rewarding than having it professionally installed. Today, I will give you a step by step guide to lay your ceramic or porcelain tile floor.
The first step is doing some preparation and planning to lay your ceramic or porcelain tile floor. You will need to lay the foundations, plywood is good, but you may also use particle board to do some foundations. Then, you will need to lay the backer board, can be made from fiberglass or cement sheets to prevent tile to move. Then, you also need to evaluate the space to be tiled, determine the size of the room and make sure to choose the pattern you will need to use for laying your ceramic or porcelain tile floor.
The next step is setting up the floor according to your plan. You will need to find your center point as the place to lay your first tile and the next ones. Then you will need to rehearse laying out tiles according to the pattern you plan. You can rehearse the tile by simply laying them on the floor without any adhesive or glue. Then you will need to repeat the same process until all the floor is covered by the tile according to the pattern. You might need to drill some tiles to fit over items such as radiator pipes, bath pipes and another item. To drill the porcelain or ceramic tiles, you will need to use a diamond whole saw to drill a perfect hole. Alternatively, you can use a wet tile saw to cut a square hole in the center of the ceramic or porcelain tiles. Now you are ready to lay the porcelain or ceramic tiles
Now, all you need to do is setting up and lays the ceramic or porcelain tile floor. You can lay the ceramic or porcelain tile floor using adhesive that made specific for ceramic or porcelain tile floor. I recommend you to visit www.buywholesaledenver.com/ceramic-tile for more information about purchasing and laying ceramic or porcelain tile floor.
