How To Lay Ceramic Floor Tiles In A Bathroom

Prepare the room for installing ceramic bathroom floor tiles.

How to lay ceramic floor tiles in a bathroom.

Begin laying tiles at the center point of the two layout lines setting each tile into the mortar by tapping it gently with a rubber mallet. Im on the next step to my bathroom remodel how to tile a floor. Keep a supply of wax rings on hand if you plan to reinstall the toilet at the end of each day. Use tile spacers to make sure tiles are square and evenly spaced.

Its a lot like tiling a shower. You are only going to work in one quadrant at a time. Continue laying tiles until you ve covered the mortared area. Insert spacers between the tiles.

Use plastic spacers at each tile corner to maintain even grout lines between the tiles. Then lay tile in a configuration that will use the most whole tiles and best fits the space. Some tiles have directional arrows on the back. First get the toilet out of your way.

If your home only has one toilet you can leave it in place until you install the backer board. After the thin set has dried for 2 days work in small sections to spread more thin set over the cement board and lay the tile on top of it. Starting at the center rehearse your tile pattern by simply laying them on the floor without any adhesive or glue. Im using a white porcelain tile with a little bit of ta.

Place the first tile at the corner nearest the center point. Then place cement board on top of it to reinforce the floor. Spacers are available where tile is sold. You must keep these arrows pointing in the same direction as you are laying floor tiles to ensure pattern alignment.

Determine tile layout if using a contrasting trim lay edge tile first. To tile a bathroom floor start by spreading a layer of thin set mortar onto the entire subfloor with a notched trowel.