Comments on: Tile 101: How to Lay Floor Tile

By: Beth

Beth — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:41:19 +0000

Oh what a relief! The whole blah blah blah details have given me such peace that I’m ready to tackle my bathroom. My brother is a “professional” with tile, brick and stone, but too busy, and I’m sick of waiting around from him. Now I feel like I can do it myself, without asking him 100 ridiculous questions that would come with rolled eyes and sighs. Bathroom floor, here I come! Thanks!

By: Concrete Flooring

Concrete Flooring — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 09:30:17 +0000

Thank you for this blog post, it was an interesting read. You have made various nice points in the post

By: Heather

Heather — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 01:12:45 +0000

Good tips. Any issues come up regarding the laying tile directly on the cement floor? I’m planning on a similar project in my new basement bathroom (tiling directly on the cement floor). How can I tell if its uneven?

By: Shannon

Shannon — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 16:18:41 +0000

Thank you, thank you, thank you. Short and to the point without a stupid video with an advertisement first. Now I have the confidence to go do this 160 sq ft right. Here I go!

By: Sandra

Sandra — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 01:04:45 +0000

OMG!!! I just saw this site for the first time and I busted out laughing at work with all those funny comments during the step-by-step process. I work late and it is usually very quiet, and OMG, you are too funny.

Will most definitely come back and peruse the site some more on my off time. Congrats, Great job!!!

By: Sara @ Russet Street Reno

Sara @ Russet Street Reno — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:25:56 +0000

Dry erase marker? Genius! I’m also intrigued by the grout baggie. I never would have thought of that.

You are so awesome, wet-sawing in the snow. We’re getting temps in the 40s this weekend in WI, I’m breaking out my bikini!

By: kitliz

kitliz — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:28:42 +0000

Carrie- Funny, self-lever sounds like a pain in the ass to me too! I’ve been telling myself I WILL do it when it comes to putting floor heaters in the bathrooms of the new house, but a whole basement?

I’d get a quote on it first and see how much it costs. THEN decided if it’s worth it to try it yourself. I mean, it doesn’t have to be perfect, you could get it within a 1/4″ and then fudge it a little with your tile by building up the adhesive in the low spots.

By: carrie @ brick city love

carrie @ brick city love — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:23:40 +0000

Ditto the “great tutorial” comment! Very simple to understand and quite informative.

I wish laying tile in our basement was this easy. The concrete floor is wavy (over 1″ difference in places) and being such a pain in the ass. We’re currently debating between trying self-leveler ourselves and hiring someone to do it for us (gasp!!). My pride says DIY but then I think of how much faster hiring someone do it would be. Ever used self-leveler?

By: kitliz

kitliz — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:20:12 +0000

Good point Chelsea! It’s something I haven’t done yet to this floor. (And honestly, I’m not that consistent about it in gerenal.) The one place I am careful to seal my grout lines is on the tile countertop in my kitchen.

Also, if you’re using stone tile (like slate) I seal the whole thing, tile and all… it gives a much better look!

By: Chelsea

Chelsea — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:15:51 +0000

Great tutorial. If you’ve never tiled before, the thought of laying tile is pretty intimidating (I was pretty scared!), but I think you did a good job of showing just how easy and non-intimidating laying tile is. I remember being surprised at how easy it really was when I learned. I also noticed you didn’t mention anything about sealing the grout lines – is that something you usually do/don’t do?