Where do you start.
How to layout a bathroom floor for tile.
The layout lines are drawn for this bathroom floor.
It seems like a simple project a small bathroom floor.
Using a patterned tile on the bathroom floor is a great way to add color and design without it being visually overwhelming.
If you re thinking about installing a tile floor in your home it s important to take the time to figure out the best way to arrange the individual tiles.
Using a circular saw cut panels to fit measured bathroom and use a jigsaw to cut holes as needed to accommodate the toilet and other bathroom fixtures.
You ve picked out your tile at the local box store along with a few supplies and you re ready to go.
If the last tile in a row would be less than half a tile plan to shift the first course to be centered on the reference line rather than next to it.
I used a combination of a sledgehammer a hammer drill and a shovel to pry it up.
In most rooms square and rectangular tiles will fit.
Lay out the tile by dividing the floor into sections of a manageable size such as 2 by 3 foot squares.
Plan for your bold bathroom floor to be the focal point of the room.
Just pick a pattern that is the correct size for the bathroom.
Laying out your tiles at 45 degree angles instead of 90 isn t that difficult.
To get started first i had to remove the existing floor and prepare it for the new tile floor.
How to plan tile layout.
Patterned bathroom floor tile ideas.
Anyone who has tried to design a tile layout knows it is not as easy as it seems.
All too often things do not look as you had imagined so that you are disappointed with the results.
See my previous post on tile layout concepts and why this layout was.
Repeat the procedure for the other row.
Bathroom floor tile layout.
Snap your layout line a half line away from the reference line.
Use the chalk lines as a guide and separate the tiles with spacers.
Use the row of tiles from the above step as a guide and lay out additional tiles in an l shape.
Attaching an underlayment of cement board to sub flooring provides a level and sturdy surface to which bathroom tile can be easily attached.