How do you install a ceramic tile floor?

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I need to know the basics of how to install a ceramic tile floor. I know how to install vynel one piece and tile but not ceramic. I need some tips.Thanks!

-- Kathy Haggerty (haggerty82930@yahoo.com), February 05, 2001

Answers

Kathy:

E-mail your address to me separately and I'll send you the Oct 92 issue of Family Handyman magazine which featured Do-it-your ceramic tile.

Ken Scharabok

-- Ken S. in WC TN (scharabo@aol.com), February 05, 2001.


I'm going to be doing the same thing here shortly. Try this site www.housenet.com They have instructions for installing a ceramic tile floor. On my last house I hired it done but I watched them for hours(we put in a lot of tile) so I think I will be able to do it. You might check at your local Lowe's...they always have some kind of demonstration scheduled.

-- Amanda in Mo (aseley@townsqr.com), February 05, 2001.

Go to your local Home Depot (I HATE Lowes!)and take their tile class. Are you going to do more than one bathroom, say, maybe another bathroom, or an entry or something like that? because it would be worth your time to get one of the little black and yello diamond blade wet tile saws. They are wonderful and make laying tile so much easier. make friends with the tile person at Home Depot, and then call for help every time you get stuck. And onc eyou see how easy it is, you're going to tile kitchen counters, and backsplashes and bathrooms, and outdoor tables and.....

-- ann zavala (annzavala@Yahoo.com), February 06, 2001.

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