How To Lay Marble Tile On Floor

Lay the tile on top and strongly pressure it.

How to lay marble tile on floor.

Learn how to lay. Lay marble tiles firmly in the thin set adhesive. Brand new and great video. I ve completed my first tile floor installation and i put together this video to show you all of the tips and tricks i found along the way.

Be careful not to slide the tiles into place or get adhesive on the top of the tiles. First make sure you have prepared the subfloor properly before you begin laying tile. Use a jamb saw or handsaw and spacer block to cut door jambs to the proper height. Marble tiles are quite thick so laying the tiles over the top of the existing floor is rarely practical.

Don t forget to wear goggles working gloves a respirator or a protective mask when you cut a tile. Laying a marble floor without grout is possible so long as proper care is taken to assure your layout is perfectly square. 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. Tile can be laid over existing tile as long as the floor is in good condition with no loose or broken tile.

Lay the tiles on top of the adhesive within 10 minutes of applying the adhesive. Installing marble tile usually requires demolition and removal of the existing floor covering. Before beginning remove tiles from the different boxes and randomly mix them to ensure that minor color differences don t form an unwanted pattern in your new floor. Clean the floor to remove any grease or dirt.

For more on prepping the floor read prep a tile floor. You will be butting the tiles up.