How to Tile Your Floor and Save Some Money
How to Tile Your Floor and Save Some Money. Laying down tiles can be a pretty expensive job since you need to buy the flooring equipment as well as hire labor. But what if you could lay down your own tiles and minimize the cost? Moreover, by doing it yourself, you have the freedom to lay down the tiles however you want and whichever pattern you want.
As they say “When you want something done perfectly, do it yourself”. It may look like a hard job to do, but all you need are genius tips on how to tile your floor. There are so many people doing their own floor tiles, some even get to write articles about it online. So if you are a complete rookie, here are some basics on how to tile your floor and elevate the look of your interior.
The first thing you need to know is how to prepare the ground before laying down the tiles. You will need to inspect your floor to determine what is made of so you can know how to prepare. If it’s non-tiled floor cement, the work will be quite easy since you will scrape off the surface then move to foundation laying. However a wooden floor will need a different approach; the type of wood used on your tile flooring will determine how much work is needed to prepare plus what kind of tools to work with.
When the floor is clean and bare, you will then need to lay a foundation for the tiles. This is done by first applying a layer of cement which will hold the tiles in place and prevent them popping off. Now before you even get to the laying of tiles, you need to know some other pre-installation tips which will guide your DIY job.
Before starting your flooring, you need to know how many floor tiles are needed for a complete job. This will mean measuring all rooms to be tiled from end to end and multiply this area. You will multiply the area of one tile as well then divide that figure to the area of the room. This will give you an approximate figure of tiles to buy. One more thing, for this to work the room in question must be an accurate square or rectangle. If not, then measure an accurate square/rectangle around the area leaving out the irregular edges. You will purchase some extra tiles, which you will trim off during installation to fill up these edges.
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