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Renovate Your Bathroom With New Floor |
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Written by Scott Rodgers
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Saturday, 12 December 2009 08:43 |
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If you are planning to change the tiles of your bathroom then it is not a difficult task to do. All it wants is proper use of tools and knowledge of using them. There are countless choices of tile designs and types that you can use to update your bathroom. Two most common choices are glass tiles and ceramic tiles. If you want to install a glass tile then you just need to insure that they are rated for floor use.
by ScottRodgers
If you are planning to change the tiles of your bathroom then it is not a difficult task to do. All it wants is proper use of tools and knowledge of using them. There are countless choices of tile designs and types that you can use to update your bathroom. Two most common choices are glass tiles and ceramic tiles. If you want to install a glass tile then you just need to insure that they are rated for floor use.
Tools used in this process are- cutters, tile nippers, grout, a large sponge, grout spacers, and a notched trowel. However, for sheet tiles grout spacers are not required and they can be easily installed because they have ready to install mosaics.
Before putting new tiles on floor you need to carefully remove old tiles from your bathroom. However, this is little difficult to do. After removing old tiles from bathroom floor, make sure the surface is smooth and clean. You can use grease cleaners to ensure there is no grease on the floor.
Measure the space properly before ordering tiles. Always order extra tiles than required because you can do mistake in calculation or some of the tiles may break during replacement process. It may become difficult for you to get same color of tiles again in future as tiles come in dye lots and there can be obvious differences between two same shades of tiles from different lots.
All the molds and fixtures like toilet, sinks are required to be removed from the surface. Take a subfloor (green board or cement board), fix it on the floor and remember that the floor should be leveled.
Actual work begins now. Start fixing the tiles by the side of longest wall. After fixing tiles, tap with a rubber mallet so that the tiles set well on the floor. For keeping even space between tiles, use grout spacer. You can cut the tiles with tile cutter to fix them at narrow spaces like for small space left near tub, toilet etc.
After fixing all the tiles, you can leave it for one day and next day with the help of trowel fill grout in between adjacent tiles. Remove extra grout with a sponge and run a mop over tiles. Then leave it for a week so that tiles get strongly attached to the floor.
Once your new bathroom tile is cured you can reattach the fixtures. Keep the extra tiles for future needs. You are now ready with new bathroom floor.
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Scott Rodgers is a noted author who has been providing great guidance on plumbing works all across the nation. His splendid knowledge has, in fact, sparked significant rise in revenue for talented plumbers across the nation, from Blountstown Plumbers to Mc David Plumbers . |
