How To Lay Out Diagonal Tile Floor

If you want to take your floor to the next level however try installing tile diagonally.

How to lay out diagonal tile floor.

This layout is often used with one two or three color designs. In reality though a diagonal layout begins by simply snapping diagonal layout lines across the floor from each pair of opposite corners. Wood look and other plank tiles are frequently installed using this layout. Pre installation prep choose your floor tiles.

Repeat the procedure for the other row. Position the first tile in a corner of the room where the walls make a 90 degree angle. Dry set two rows of tiles extending from the center to adjacent walls. Then install the tiles as with using the quarter method.

If the last tile in a row would be less than half a tile plan to shift the first course to be centered on the reference line rather than next to it. Each tile in this pattern offsets the tile below it by one third of its length creating a staggered diagonal effect. Using the center point established with the quarter method snap lines across the two diagonals of the room creating an x on top of the cross. Snap your layout line a half line away from the reference line.

Dry fit a row of tiles along each diagonal line. Mark the first diagonal tile on a subfloor of cement backer board screwed in place dry fit the first tiles on the floor before getting started. Then you will select the tile pattern desired. The most popular tile sizes for the pattern selected appear and after that quick selection you only need to input the dimensions of the room.

You ll see how to s. Not only will this layout make your floor pop but it might even make the room appear bigger too. At the intersection of the lines in the center of the room you ll begin by installing full size tiles using the lines as a guide. For the tiles near the center line up the two sides of the tiles with the diagonal lines and the opposing corners of the tile with the straight.

Watch this video to learn how a pro does it. Planning the layout for a tile project is usually the hardest and most time consuming step. Tiles can also be laid diagonally across the room.