Ceramic Tiling
“Ceramic Tiling”
Lets face it, there is nothing nicer to see in our homes then ceramic tiles. There just seems to be a touch of class that goes along with a nice looking tile job or installation. But so many of us run away from tiles when we are planning our projects simple because the cost of hiring someone to do it for us is very costly. Did you know that the cost of buying the equipment like a water saw, nippers, grouting sponges, and trowels comes to under 200 bucks when you go to a store like Home Depot! I know, that’s sounds cheap eh and when you compare it to the $3.50 a square foot it costs to hire someone to install the ceramic tiles for us, you start to think like I did that you want to try it yourself.
I am going to create a video in the up coming weeks on one of the best investments I made buying a tool, and that video will be on my water saw I bought for $99.00. I will show you how easy it is to cut ceramic tiles, just like the pros.
Ceramic tiling is not as hard to do as one would think, and once you complete one installation and it turns out great, you will then start to incorporate tiling into every project, just because you can!
Where do you start if you want to learn how to tile?
The easiest spot as far as tiling is concerned for me to do was my back splash behind my counter tops (which are also ceramic tiled) in my kitchen. What you have is a small area in most cases that is fairly straight with very little fancy cuts you need to make. The 4×4 ceramic tiles used in most back splashes are also fairly cheap as well so it does not matter very much how many tiles you end up wrecking while you are trying to get things perfect. You will get good practice cutting tiles around counter plugins as well as installing the tiles level.
Once you have completed a back splash you would be ready to move into the bathroom to tackle that tub surround and then flooring. Some installers actually prefer floors over walls simply because the tiles are bigger and easier to work with, but they do cost more and repairing a floor that is screwed up or one that has uneven tiles is very hard to do so that is also why I picked back splash to start with, it helps you get use to the products as well as the tools.
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