I have had very limited tiling experience. Sadly one of my attempts was a dismal failure, our bathroom in Missouri. I had to tear it all up and re-do it.
I went to the ever reliable Youtube to try to glean some necessary skills and tricks. After watching many videos on tiling. I stumbled upon the holy grail of videos. This is a time lapse video of this guy installing a bunch of subway tile. (awesome video). Armed with my new information I set about my work.
I started behind the stove as to hide the usual initial mistakes.
Only one small mistake on the lower left.
Onto the visible courses. Stagger guidelines helped with the offset. Horizontal lines on the wall helped keep things level and straight.
Tiling to the edge got a bit tricky. Bullnose ends made a nice edge.
I used these wonderful little wedges instead of the usual tile spacers. I blue-taped the corners to keep them secure.
Luckily I borrowed a tile saw from a co-worker. I have since been informed that the Berkeley Public tool lending Library has tile saws for loan.
I used thin-set to set the tile. This was a first for me. It IS the right technology. Also, we used a latex based grout. I will never use any other type of grout, albeit 10x expensive.
3 comments:
When I did our master bathroom with large format white subway tile, I used a white grout which helped hide the mistakes! I can't imagine trying to do it in a dark grout as some of the home improvement shows use.
I think your tile job looks great Karl! I'm like you and don't tile often but I do like doing so when I get a chance because I don't feel rushed when doing it. I can put on some good music and tile away for hours on end getting lost in the moment.
By the way, that WAS the holy grail of time lapse tiling videos!
Ed, That couple of minutes of video taught me more and showed me more tricks than i could have wished for. It like some futuristic version of learning.
k-)
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