Preparing Bathroom Floor For Tiling

This guide will show you how to prepare your subfloor for a tile installation project to ensure that it s fit to support ceramic or porcelain tile.

Preparing bathroom floor for tiling. If you re unsure about yours remove a tile and send it to a local asbestos abatement firm for testing. This article will explain the process of tiling over wooden floors focusing on the sub floor preparation. Diy floor tiling is a great way to give a space a makeover whether it s a kitchen bathroom or laundry. Tiles how to lay floor tiles tiles are a great way to bring colour and style to a room.

To get started first i had to remove the existing floor and prepare it for the new tile floor. Durable tile floors look sophisticated and are great for wet areas. Part 3 how to tile a bathroom wall learn how to bring style and colour to your bathroom by tiling the walls yourself. The most important part of a tile floor installation is prepping the subfloor.

Before you get to it you should level the bathroom the kitchen and or the hallway walls. To prepare your walls for tiling is rather simple as long as you have the right know how mindset patience and tools. I used a combination of a sledgehammer a hammer drill and a shovel to pry it up. Seal off the area with poly sheeting.

After completing the prep work the floor should measure 1 1 4 inch thick the recommended thickness for proper tile installation. Part 4 how to mix. Part 2 how to prepare for tiling learn how to prepare a room for tiling. If you don t do it right the floor could crack and buckle.

Failure to assess and prepare your substrate correctly may result in the floor tiles cracking coming loose or the tile adhesive de bonding from the substrate. If it tests positive follow these asbestos abatement procedures. Keep reading for our step by step guide on preparing your floor for tiling. Get this part wrong and all your hard efforts could be for nothing.

Installing a tile floor is the perfect project for a bathroom renovation. But even more important than laying the tiles is prepping the floor itself. Most floor tiles made from the 1920s to the 1960s contain asbestos and require special procedures for removal. This bathroom happened to have an old pink tile floor with a thick mortar bed under it so removing it was a bit of a challenge.

The surface you re faced with can present a number of situations. An existing tiled floor which is uneven due to lippage or an untiled floor with a new screed or floorboards where tiles are required as the new flooring. This is the 1st part of my 2 part guide to tiling over wooden floors see tiling on wooden floors part 2 tiling once you have finished this article.