Steve Watson: If you want to change the look of your bathroom give it yourself a brand
new tile floor it’s a quick and fun way to change the entire look. You are
going to need some materials, you are going to need the grout that you
pick out, you need cement board, you are going to need cement board
screws and of course you are going to need your tile. The tools you are
going to need a wet tile saw, a mastic trail, a grout trail, a tape measure,
spacers, a hammer, matting knife, jig saw, cordless drill, a tile scraper, a
bucket and a mixer. To get started this is easier than you might think, first
turn out the water to your sink and your toilet then remove your toilet,
remove your sink and your cabinet at that point take the hammer and
hammer all of the existing tiles if you have a tile floor or remove carpet if
that what you have then you use the towel scraper and then scrape up all
the tile and then get everything out and clean up as much as you can.
Once you done with vacuum and clean and you’re done to your subfloor
then it’s time to attach your cement board. You use backer screws in your
cement board every 12 inches to make sure will never move otherwise
your crack your tile then it’s time to lessen tile. First you make sure thin
set molder, mix it up to a nice kick better consistency. All you have to do
put your thin set in the center or in the corner and then simply spread it
around. Better in nice big area then using the two side of your grout trail
you are going to drag along the thin set in 45 degree angles creating
groves and valleys which you give it teeth and then help it to hold the tile
in place. Then you put the tile on place give it a nice twist or something
you might use the rubber mallet to hammer the corners edge to make sure
it set. Then you use your spacers and you put in your other tile, use
spacers around all four sides of your tile to make sure that everything is
evenly space.
Once the tile is in place then you walk away for 24 hours and come back
the next day and it’s time to grout. Grouting is pretty simple, mix it in the
bucket and put them on the tile and just drag it along all the groves in 45
degree strokes that will make sure it gets in all the grove evenly. As you
going wipe up as much excess grout as you can then you want to go over it
one time with the wet sponge and then walk in away and let the grout dry.
After is dry come back in and hit it again with the wet sponge and walk
away and let it dry again. You have to repeat this process two or three
times or as many times as it takes to get all the excess grout off the floor.
It is time to reattach your sink, reattached your toilet and turns your water
back on and then you’re done. If you want to do it yourself click on go list
and will send you a list of materials right to your cell phone. This is our
process, it’s an easy and fun way to change the look of your bathroom and
it’s going to take at least two days and you have a lot of fun.