How To Lay Marble Tile On Bathroom Floor

When i first spotted this marble basketweave floor tile on the lowe s website i knew that it would be the floor tile in our guest bathroom renovation.

How to lay marble tile on bathroom floor.

I partnered with ridgid to show how to tile a bathroom floor. Don t forget to wear goggles working gloves a respirator or a protective mask when you cut a tile. This is part of my small bathroom remodel project and floor tiling is one of the biggest bang f. If using a contrasting trim lay edge tile first.

Subfloor preparation is similar cement board underlayment installed over a sturdy plywood subfloor is the best base for marble tiles just as it is with ceramic tile. Im using a white porcelain tile with a little bit of ta. Lay the tiles on top of the adhesive within 10 minutes of applying the adhesive. Use tile spacers to make sure tiles are square and evenly spaced.

Lay marble tiles firmly in the thin set adhesive. 100 to 300 per square foot installed. This bathroom features honed carrara marble tile around the shower walls and curb as well as along the lower walls surrounding the freestanding tub. Lay the tile on top and strongly pressure it.

Be careful not to slide the tiles into place or get adhesive on the top of the tiles. Position tiles to minimize visibility of tiles that must be cut to size. Then lay tile in a configuration that will use the most whole tiles and best fits the space. Then when it arrived at our house i was even more smitten.

Tiles are glued down with a thin set adhesive a mortar based product that now is the standard for ceramic and stone tile products. Im on the next step to my bathroom remodel how to tile a floor. The marble the cool pattern the black and white classic look yes yes yes. Don t stack a tile with the sliding movements moving it into a glue layer because in this case glue will begin to gather much in seams.

Marble can also be found topping the double vanity and set in a herringbone pattern on the shower floor.