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Don’t know how to tile floor but need to get it done? Do it yourself! With some planning and careful setting, tiling floors can be as easy as tiling walls. Note, though, that unlike walls, floors have to survive more wear and tear. For this reason, floor tiles should be installed carefully, otherwise they will never survive the constant parade of feet, spills that turn floors from dry to puddled, and pressure from heavy equipment, among them that huge refrigerator sitting in the corner. In other words, you tile floors with the intention of making the  tiles last forever. Can you do the task even with zero knowledge about how to tile floor? The answer is yes - all you need to do is follow this 5-step guide on how to tile floor.

1. Get the mid-point of the two longest walls in the room. Chalk out a line between the two points. Do the same for shorter walls. However, make sure you adjust your lines so that they pass through the center of your first line, at a right angle. Work with as many whole tiles as you can; adjust the grout line width a little bit if you have to.


2. Put tiles along your first two lines to check if they look perfectly fine seen from the doorway. If you find gaps at the walls which are no more than half a tile wide, move the line to make more gap. Be sure to move your guide lines too so that the tiles found in dominant features (such as French windows or a fireplace) remain symmetrical. A plus of doing this is that you make sure whole tiles are found at the doorway.


3. Layer approximately a square meter of grout or tile adhesive onto one of the right angles you ended up with when you crossed two chalk lines. Form ridges of the same thickness by scrapping the notched edge of your trowel across the mix. Then, put the first few tiles along the longest center line. Press the tiles in place gently. Make sure they line up precisely with the other tiles in the center line. If you find it difficult to keep the same distance apart for grouting later on, simply add plastic spacers on each corner.


4. From the middle of the room, work outwards until you have placed all your whole tiles on a half of the floor. Make sure all the tiles stay at the same level using a spirit level. Next, move to the other side of your longest center line and tile the rest of the room. Let them set for 24 hours.


5. Trim edge tiles into shape by using a tile cutter. Be sure to allot space for grouting gap.

If you find uneven surfaces, cut tiles while wearing gloves and googles. Let the adhesive set for 12 hours before you seal the surface. Then, let the sealer dry for two hours more. Finally, layer grout between the tiles.


There, you’re done. Not only did you figure out how to tile floor, you tiled your floor yourself!

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