When tiling a floor, whether it’s a kitchen floor, conservatory floor or wet room, there are a few rules to follow to make sure you get the best tiled finish possible. You will need certain materials and tools to tile a floor, such as chosen tiles, grout, tile adhesive, tile spacers and any floor preparation materials such as hard board to give a level surface to tile onto.

Step 1: Planning Your Tiling Job

Always measure the area you’re planning to tile as this will help you to judge how many tiles you need and will also enable you to plan any intricate tile designs. If the room is irregular in shape then it helps to divide the room into rectangles and measure these separately to help with the tile design.

Step 2: Surface Preparation

The floor surface to be tiled should be clean, dry and free from dust or unstable material, and level. In addition you should remove any furniture and take up any existing flooring materials. If the floor to be tiled uneven and is a kitchen floor or conservatory floor then self levelling compound can be used, if you are tiling a wet room floor then obviously you will need to plan any water runoff points or drains accordingly.

Step 3: Working Out Your Tiling Design

Floor tiles look best centred in the middle and worked out with narrow or border tiles at the edge. To find the centre of a floor for tiling, measure along a wall and mark the centre then copy this on the opposite wall and stretch a straight line across. Do this on the remaining walls and the two lines will meet dead centre showing your point to start tiling.

Once the preparation has been done you are then ready to begin tiling your floor, but we will go into the specifics of laying a new floor in another post. If DIY tiling isn’t for you however, localtraders.com can put you in touch with professional tiling services in your area.

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5. An Introduction To Tiling