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Tiling

Tiling

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With so many tiling styles to choose from, it's hard to know which one is right for you. On Hometalk, you can get transparent information about tile and tiling from homeowners who have installed tiles like the ones you are considering. Do you need to troubleshoot your tiling? Post about your tiling situation. From tiled floors to new backsplash tiles, no tiling matter is off limits. You can get great results when you Hometalk about home tiling. If you've done a great tiling job, post photos of it to inspire other Hometalk members.



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Cleaning & Organization: How to clean film from newly installed white subway tile in shower.

I just had my shower redone after experiencing a leak. I used white subway tile. I noticed many of them have a film that doesn't wash off and others feel rough. I am assuming it is from ...»
the grout. What is the best way of cleaning these? Thanks.

Lynn C.
Lynn C. Deltona, FL Yesterday
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    Unique Atlanta Homes Inc. 2 hours ago
    The film and roughness is the result of the installer not properly wiping down the surface ...»
    after applying the grout. I recommend going to your nearest big box home store or hardware store and making two very inexpensive purchases...a textured tile sponge and some cheese cloth. Wet the sponge in a bucket of hot water and thoroughly sponge off all of the tile surface. This will remove the rough spots you referred to as well as much of the haze. Let the surface completely dry. You will still see a light dusty haze or film. Using the cheese cloth will remove this. Just use the cheese cloth similarly to how you used the sponge and all the haze will come off. If it is a very large area, you may need to use additional cheese cloth as it becomes filled with dust. Should be easy!

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  • After purchasing new cabinet and applying Mexican look tile to top, and backsplash.
  • Floor to match the countertop!

Did You Know You Can Tile Over Formica?

Guessing you can do this to formica kitchen counters too, but in our case...our house in NJ had very outdated bathrooms, but we had a budget we needed to stick to--had tile installed ...»
right over top of yellow formica vanity top and added a backsplash and matching floor tile, but did buy a new vanity cabinet. We got a kind of Mexican look in the end and we loved it.

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Lorraine Edwards Wilmington, DE 16 hours ago
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  • Before the sink was a mess.
  • This is the small counter beside the stove
  • This is beside the sink the longer counter.
  • The sink is so nice now
  • Small counter
  • The long counter, I keep a cutting board in the front of the microwave.
  • After I love my new kitchen counters!
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Kitchen Cabinet Tile

Recently I did my first tile job by myself on my kitchen cabinet. I have been collecting tile off of Craig's list and i finally decided to recover the counters. here is the before and ...»
after shots. The prep work is sanding the surfaces to make the mastic stick. Lay out your pattern first and cut all tile and re fit to where they will be placed on the cabinet. Set the tile with mastic let dry for a few days. Continue by putting the grout in the cracks.Let stand for 20 minutes and wipe with a sponge,then with a soft towel to remove all the residue. After 48 hours seal with sealer. I still need to finish the wall behind the stove with tile.

Emma Dorsey
Emma Dorsey Gainesville, GA 3 days ago
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    Emma Dorsey 2 days ago
    Thanks Jeanette it was fun. I want to do the floor soon! That will be a pain staker I am sure!
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bathroom mosaic

HI, I have never posted anything on the internet before but am in the middle of a renovating a house and have done so many fun things and wanted to share. I couldn't decide on one type of ...»
tile to surround our claw foot tub so I collected various colors of tile that I liked made a mosaic. I didn't draw it out, just wanted it to look free and flowing. Please excuse the mess in the rest of the picture, had a failed attempt at hanging a chandelier, need to find a smaller one. Oh, we have a farmhouse sink with a sideboard to be used in there also. The whole bathroom will be finished with all re-purposed materials, sink and tub found at junk sales, refinished, mirror found in garbage and repainted, windows off of Craig's List, floors taken out of a foreclosed house and put in by my husband, over the sink light from garage sale. OH and the 2 doors, not shown, are also Craig's List items.

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Wendy Ann Chipman Osprey, FL on May 09, 2013
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    Denyse Interrupted 12 hours ago
    Holy WOW!!!!! This reminds me of Gaudi, my fave Architect. You did a truly remarkable job. ...»
    Congrats.

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Linoleum floor

I would like to redo my bathroom floor which is linoleum. Can I put tile over it or do I have to rip it up before I put the tile down ( not the peel and stick tile)
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Monica Maroney Bloomingburg, NY 3 days ago
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    LandlightS 2 days ago
    Monica.... definitely remove the existing floor and to install the tile properly......install ...»
    an approved underlayment such as concrete backer board or hardi board underlayment. This will insure a stable surface for the ceramic tile with no future problems. Do not install the tile directly to the wood subfloor.....you will eventually have problems,

    Gary

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DIY Projects: Threshold ideas for tile to wood floors

My husband & I are putting a tile floor down in our kitchen, but our dining room has wood flooring. We have priced wood thresholds and they are expensive and our expanse is to long to ...»
get a store bought one. We are not opposed to making one.... Any ideas?

Cyndi Moore Tippett
Cyndi Moore Tippett Rocky Mount, NC 5 days ago
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    Cyndi Moore Tippett 4 days ago
    Thank you everyone for the ideas...the pictures were a big help.
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  • Laying the pattern out...
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  • Aqua glass tile with subway, sheet tile.

Easy Inexpensive Subway Tile

We installed beveled subway tile on sheets in our bathroom. It is a fairly easy tile job, but more labor intensive than the slate tile floor I posted. ...»

We had to install and tape the cement board. That was fairly easy. Measure and cut with a utility knife, tape, and screw on.

We arranged the tile on the floor to plan the pattern. I lined up the pattern with the bead-board plank wall.

We started in the corner because of the window.

We rented a wet-saw from Home Depot, but we waited until we had to make the cuts, so we only had to rent it for one day. The saw worked well, but not on small cuts; tiles shattered. So we then purchase da ten dollar tile cutter for the smallest pieces.

Tip 1!!!! The mastix has to be white when one installs glass tile otherwise its true color won't show.

Tip 2!!! A big sponge and a large bucket is great for washing off the grout.

Once the grout has dried for a couple of days, seal it. The water will bead on the tile and it will stay nice for a long time! Reseal every six months or when you notice that the water is no longer beading.

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Sue Phoenix, AZ 6 days ago
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    Sue 6 days ago
    Thank you. Miriam.
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Mosaic Tile Framed Mirror

It's almost a universal consensus that we all hate builder-grade plate glass mirrors. It's so easy to spice them up, so I guess that's the silver lining! I looked into using ...»
hardware-store mosaic tiles, but they were a bit too pricey for me. My solution? Hot glue and individual glass tiles! I bought them at Hobby Lobby for $15. The tiles have had no problems at all staying put in over a year of use. Plus I did it while 9 months pregnant, so it's a very user-friendly project!

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Brooke N Lake Jackson, TX on Sep 04, 2012
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    Robyn 6 days ago
    I love this, thank you so much!
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Tile Sizes Getting Larger and Larger...

Here is a pic of the focal wall tile our client chose for our most recent Mountain Lakes project. It measures an incredible 24" x 24" and is a solid color body porcelain. ...»

I am curious as to what everyone else is seeing for large format tile...

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World Contracting LLC Chatham, NJ on May 14, 2013
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    World Contracting LLC 6 days ago
    just for perspective, here is a pic i took standing a ruler next to it. ...»

    We are going to be setting these in a product from Laticrete called 4XLT with a 5/8 x 3x4 u-notched trowel. Absolutely not recommended for the novice!!


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Colorful Tiled Shower

Tiled shower with easy storage access for bath towels. Project completed with Weidmann Remodeling. Shower walls and floors: Edimax Slaty Orche.
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Moda Floors and Interiors Atlanta, GA 7 days ago
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