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wc1 wc2 ec1 ec2 he following text floor and Covent Garden, St Mary's Cray, Belgravia, illustrations marble limestone ec2, ec3, ec4 ceramic porcelain granite w7, w8, w9, w10, w11, w12, w13, w14terracotta Muswell Hill, Potters Bar, Woodside Park, Seven Sisters, Winchmore Hill, Southgate, Totteridge, are designed to acquaint tiller Habitat for Humanity volunteers, homeowners and workers with the necessary bathroom Balham, Battersea, Tulse Hill, Twickenham, Worcester Park, Wandsworth, Brentford, South Lambeth, South Wimbledon steps to complete the floor tiling London process in Habitat homes. n8, n9, n10, n11, n12, n13, n14, n15, This document w1, w2, w3, w4, w5, w6, addresses Bloomsbury, Holborn, Soho, Moorgate, St Paul's Cray, Tower Hill, St two techniques of floor tiling: tiling with nw1, nw2, nw3, nw4, nw5, nw6, nw7 spacers nw8, nw9, nw10, nw11, nw12, nw13, nw14, nw15and tiling without kitchen spacers. tiles Volunteers e1, e2, e3, e4, e5, e6, e7, e8, e9, e10 and Stockwell, Kew, Kingston, Streatham, Beddington, Claygate, Merton, Brixton, Brompton, Richmond, Earlsfield, others who have East Barnet, Archway, Finsbury, Alexandra Palace, Fortis Green, never tiled will n1, n2, n3, n4, n5, n6, n7, find tiling Camden Town, Brent Cross, polish Maida Vale, Mill Hill, Northolt, Colindale, Swiss Cottage, St John's Wood, Sudbury, Temple with spacers to Fortune, Wembley, Hampstead, Harlesden, Harrow on the hill, Harrow, Havering, Kilburn, Kingsbury, Willesden, Neasden, be a simpler method, and TPFH recommends Queens Park, Shepherd's Bush, Chiswick, Ealing, Ladbroke Grove, Brook Green, Acton, East Molesley using spacers. sw1, sw2, sw3, sw4, sw5, sw6, sw7, sw8, However, tiller we recognize that some professional people prefer ,se2, se3, se4, se5, se6, se7, se8, se9, se10, not to sw16, sw17, sw18, sw19, sw20 use spacers, reliable Bayswater, Mayfair, Eastcote, Holland Park, Addlestone, Charlton, and have included tilling directions Barbican, Clerkenwell, Monument, Shoreditch, West End, Gray's Inn, for tiling with Carshalton, Castelnau, Chelsea, Fulham, Hook, Kew Gardens, Nine Elms, Southfields,Streatham Hill, Chertsey a grid system Barnet, Kentish Town, Canonbury, Crouch End, East Finchley, Enfield Park, Cockfosters, for that reason. There floor are benefits to using wall each method, but for Muswell Hill, Potters Bar, Woodside Park, Seven Sisters, Winchmore Hill, Southgate, Totteridge, volunteers New Southgate, Holloway, North Finchley, Hendon, Palmers Green, Pinner Green, Pinner,unfamiliar with tiling, nw1, nw2, nw3, nw4, nw5, nw6, nw7 services use of , Enfield, Finsbury Park, Friern Barnet, Epping Forest, Hampstead Garden Suburb, spacers e1, e2, e3, e4, e5, e6, e7, e8, e9, e10 is simpler. This Kensington, Teddington, Beddington Corner, Barnes, Tooting, World's End, Earl's Court, West Kensington, Westminster, Woodmansterne document Finchley Central, Islington, Barnsbury, Highbury, Highgate, Hornsey covers only the Elsham, Osterley,Hanwell, Strand, Greenford, Hammersmith, Kensal Green, Uxbridge, setting of tile Warwick Avenue, Hanger Lane, Isleworth, West Brompton, North Kensington, Notting Hill, Paddington, Kensington, and assumes sw9, sw10, sw11, sw12, sw13, sw14, sw15 that the substrate has already been prepared sw16, sw17, sw18, sw19, sw20 to receive tile. Suitable Camden Town, Brent Cross, Maida Vale, Mill Hill, Northolt, Colindale, Swiss Cottage, St John's Wood, Sudbury, Temple substrates include clean Covent Garden, St Mary's Cray, Belgravia, concrete slabs, properly prepared backerboards, and double plywood floors. Queens Park, Shepherd's Bush, Chiswick, Ealing, Ladbroke Grove, Brook Green, Acton, East Molesley tiles Illustrations Mortlake, Parson's Green, Esher, Ewell, Pimlico, Putney, Raynes Park, East Sheen, Epsom Downs, Epsom, South and descriptions East Barnet, Archway, Finsbury, Alexandra Palace, Fortis Green, of suitable se19, se20, se21, se22, se23, se24, se25, se26, se27, se28)substrates for floor tile can be found at www.thetiledoctor.com.The first technique is illustrated in New Southgate, Holloway, North Finchley, Hendon, Palmers Green, Pinner Green, Pinner, tiller Figure A. wc1 wc2 ec1 ec2 Note bathroom that two lines Balham, Battersea, Tulse Hill, Twickenham, Worcester Park, Wandsworth, Brentford, South Lambeth, South Wimbledon called "working lines" appear w7, w8, w9, w10, w11, w12, w13, w14at the upper right section of the Bloomsbury, Holborn, Soho, Moorgate, St Paul's Cray, Tower Hill, St diagram. These lines are easily established by tilling measuring out Stockwell, Kew, polish Kingston, Streatham, Beddington, Claygate, Merton, Brixton, Brompton, Richmond, Earlsfield, from one wall in two se11, se12, se13, se14, se15, se16, se17, se18, places the width of one Elsham, Osterley,Hanwell, Strand, Greenford, Hammersmith, Kensal Green, Uxbridge, or two tiles plus n1, n2, n3, n4, n5, n6, n7, room for grout joints (usually ¼") and Fortune, Wembley, Hampstead, Harlesden, Harrow on the hill, Harrow, Havering, Kilburn, Kingsbury, Willesden, Neasden, pencil lines. These marks n8, n9, n10, n11, n12, n13, n14, n15, are then chalked in using a chalk Muswell Hill, Potters Bar, Woodside Park, Seven Sisters, Winchmore Hill, Southgate, Totteridge, line. This step is e11, e12, e13, e14, e15, e16, e17, e18 repeated ec2, ec3, ec4 kitchen on an adjacent nw8, nw9, nw10, nw11, nw12, nw13, nw14, nw15perpendicular wall. professional The end result is w1, w2, w3, w4, w5, w6, two intersecting London chalk Warwick Avenue, Hanger Lane, Isleworth, West Brompton, North Kensington, Notting Hill, Paddington, Kensington, lines near se2, se3, se4, se5, se6, se7, se8, se9, se10, two long walls. Carshalton, Castelnau, Chelsea, Fulham, Hook, Kew Gardens, Nine Elms, Southfields,Streatham Hill, Chertsey These two lines should be e1, e2, e3, e4, e5, e6, e7, e8, e9, e10 checked marble limestone ceramic porcelain granite Bayswater, Mayfair, Eastcote, Holland Park, Addlestone, Charlton, terracotta to see Barnet, Kentish Town, Canonbury, Crouch End, East Finchley, Enfield Park, Cockfosters, if they Queens Park, Shepherd's Bush, Chiswick, Ealing, Ladbroke Grove, Brook Green, Acton, East Molesley are square wall by services using a large framing square or Camden Town, Brent Cross, Maida Vale, Mill Hill, Northolt, Colindale, Swiss Cottage, St John's Wood, Sudbury, Temple floor the 3-4-5 nw1, nw2, nw3, nw4, nw5, nw6, nw7 Method sw1, sw2, sw3, sw4, sw5, sw6, sw7, sw8, near the end of this document. Mix thinset mortar per Kensington, Teddington, Beddington Corner, Barnes, Tooting, World's End, Earl's Court, West Kensington , Westminster , Woodmansterne the manufacturer's recommendations and use your notched trowel to apply it to London the floor. You want to "key" in the mortar , Enfield, Finsbury Park, Friern Barnet, Epping Forest, Hampstead Garden Suburb, by using Finchley Central, Islington, Barnsbury, Highbury, Highgate, Hornsey the flat side of the Regent's Park, West Hampstead, Cricklewood, Golders Green, Hampstead Heath, Greenhill, trowel to evenly Barbican, Clerkenwell, Monument, Shoreditch, West End, Gray's Inn, cover the floor space, Bloomsbury, Holborn, Soho, Moorgate, St Paul's Cray, Tower Hill, St scraping the thinset into the floor as w7, w8, w9, w10, w11, w12, w13, w14you go. Keep in Balham, Battersea, Tulse Hill, Twickenham, Worcester Park, Wandsworth, Brentford, South Lambeth, South Wimbledon mind, you Mortlake, Parson's Green, Esher, Ewell, Pimlico, Putney, Raynes Park, East Sheen, Epsom Downs, Epsom, South only want to apply thinset to a small area of the floor at a reliable time so that your thinset does not dry too quickly as bathroom you set the tiles. Fortune, Wembley, Hampstead, Harlesden, Harrow on the hill, Harrow, Havering, Kilburn, Kingsbury, Willesden, Neasden, TPFH recommends applying thinset to an n8, n9, n10, n11, n12, n13, n14, n15, area large enough to Warwick Avenue, Hanger Lane, Isleworth, West Brompton, North Kensington, Notting Hill, Paddington, Kensington, cover no Bayswater, Mayfair, Eastcote, Holland Park, Addlestone, Charlton, more than four or six tiles at a time.Once the mortar services is evenly spread across your workspace and keyed into the floor, tiller you Stockwell, Kew, Kingston, Streatham, Beddington, Claygate, Merton, polish Brixton, Brompton, Richmond, Earlsfield, want to use the Elsham, Osterley,Hanwell, Strand, Greenford, Hammersmith, Kensal Green, Uxbridge, notched edge of your trowel to comb the mortar wc1 wc2 ec1 ec2 out to a uniform ec2, ec3, ec4 tiles thickness. To do this, New Southgate, Holloway, North Finchley , Hendon, Palmers Green, Pinner Green, Pinner,you will need to East Barnet , Archway, Finsbury, Alexandra Palace , Fortis Green, hold Queens Park , Shepherd's Bush, Chiswick, Ealing, Ladbroke Grove, Brook Green, Acton, East Molesley the trowel at or near a 45 degree angle. The professional important thing here is the consistency of the angle throughout tilling the w1, w2, w3, w4, w5, w6, stroke. This provides , Enfield, Finsbury Park, Friern Barnet, Epping Forest, Hampstead Garden Suburb, the sw16, sw17, sw18, sw19, sw20 uniform thickness.Once the mortar is ready, begin wall to set the tiles against your working lines and work back from that point. Set four sw1, sw2, sw3, sw4, sw5, sw6, sw7, sw8, or six tiles Kensington, Teddington, Beddington Corner, Barnes, Tooting, World's End, Earl's Court, West Kensington, Westminster, Woodmansterne at a time and use ¼" spacers n1, n2, n3, n4, n5, n6, n7, to separate them from each other. floor Use a mallet to gently beat the w7, w8, w9, w10, w11, w12, w13, w14tiles into place and e11, e12, e13, e14, e15, e16, e17, e18ensure good coverage of thinset Covent Garden , St Mary's Cray, Belgravia , (minimum 80%) Carshalton, Castelnau, Chelsea, Fulham, Hook, Kew Gardens, Nine Elms, Southfields,Streatham Hill, Chertsey on the back of the tile. Pull up several reliable tiles in the marble limestone ceramic porcelain granite terracotta starting courses to ensure good coverage. Balham, Battersea, Tulse Hill, Twickenham, Worcester Park, Wandsworth, Brentford, South Lambeth, South Wimbledon Align the tiles with the working lines and use a Barbican, Clerkenwell, Monument, Shoreditch, West End, Gray's Inn, six-foot straightedge Bloomsbury, Holborn, Soho, Moorgate, St Paul's Cray, Tower Hill, St to ensure that the tiles stay straight. Use a margin trowel and sponge to remove any excess thinset from the Regent's Park, West Hampstead, Cricklewood, Golders Green, Hampstead Heath, Greenhill, joints (spaces between tiles) e1, e2, e3, e4, e5, e6, e7, e8, e9, e10 that may ooze out. This kitchen small step will bathroom save time later in the grouting process.Repeat tiller this tiles process on successive courses of tile using the spacers to keep the services tiles in place and use the straightedge to keep the tiles in line. London Be sure nw8, nw9, nw10, nw11, nw12, nw13, nw14, nw15to plan n8, n9, n10, n11, n12, n13, n14, n15, your progress so that you nw1, nw2, nw3, nw4, nw5, nw6, nw7 don't tile yourself into a corner.You may Finchley Central, Islington, Barnsbury, Highbury, Highgate, Hornsey need to cut some Camden Town, Brent Cross, Maida Vale, Mill Hill, Northolt, Colindale, Swiss Cottage, St John's Wood, Sudbury, Temple tiles for them to fit into se11, se12, se13, se14, se15, se16, se17, se18, your floor plan. For simple and wc1 wc2 ec1 ec2 straight wall cuts, use the tile cutter to score and snap your tile. For Covent Garden, St Mary's Cray, Belgravia, a more complicated cut, tiller such as a n1, n2, n3, n4, n5, n6, n7, circular design w1, w2, w3, w4, w5, w6, to go around a toilet flange, you will need to use a marble limestone ceramic porcelain granite terracotta wet saw reliable or circular ec2, ec3, ec4 saw to , Enfield, Finsbury Park, Friern Barnet, Epping Forest, Hampstead Garden Suburb, shape the tile.Also, as you proceed, se2, se3, se4, se5, se6, se7, se8, se9, se10, check the corners where the tiles meet and ensure that there is not any excess lippage or professional height difference from floor tile to tile. If Muswell Hill, Potters Bar, Woodside Park , Seven Sisters, Winchmore Hill, Southgate , Totteridge, one bathroom is high, then tap it down. If one wall is low, pull it up and add a little thinset. When the tiling is complete, wait for Bayswater, Mayfair , Eastcote, Holland Park , Addlestone, Charlton, the thinset to cure tiles appropriately then grout. Bloomsbury, Holborn, Soho, Moorgate, St Paul's Cray, Tower Hill, St Remember, all Regent's Park, West Hampstead, Cricklewood, Golders Green, Hampstead Heath, Greenhill, spacers w7, w8, w9, w10, w11, w12, w13, w14 must be removed after the thinset has cured prior to grouting.Mix your grout per the Mortlake, Parson's Green, Esher, Ewell, Pimlico, Putney, Raynes Park, East Sheen, Epsom Downs, Epsom, South manufacturer's recommendations and kitchen allow it to stand or tilling slake for fifteen minutes prior to use. Force the se19, se20, se21, se22, se23, se24, se25, se26, se27, se28)grout into the joints using a laminated grout float held at or near at 45° angle. Slide New Southgate, Holloway, North Finchley , Hendon, Palmers Green, Pinner Green, Pinner,the same grout float over the marble limestone ceramic porcelain granite terracotta joints to services remove excess grout. East Barnet, Archway, Finsbury, Alexandra Palace, Fortis Green, Be careful not to dig the edge Fortune, Wembley, Hampstead, Harlesden, Harrow on the hill, Harrow, Havering, Kilburn, Kingsbury, Willesden, Neasden, of the float into the joints, but to instead move the float at an angle to the joints Kensington, Teddington, Beddington Corner, Barnes, Tooting, World's End, Earl's Court, polish West Kensington, Westminster, Woodmansterne so only Barnet, Kentish Town, Canonbury, Crouch End, East Finchley, Enfield Park, Cockfosters, excess material is removed. Allow the grout to Covent Garden, St Mary's Cray, Belgravia, firm up per the Stockwell, Kew, Kingston, Streatham, Beddington, Claygate, Merton, Brixton, Brompton, Richmond, Earlsfield, manufacturer's nw1, nw2, nw3, nw4, nw5, nw6, nw7 recommendations. Use a hydro sw16, sw17, sw18, sw19, sw20 sponge, moistened and then wrung almost completely dry, to wipe over the sw1, sw2, sw3, sw4, sw5, sw6, sw7, sw8, joints and remove excess grout. This step is reliable called "tooling" the joints and will eliminate pinholes, voids, Queens Park, Shepherd's Bush, Chiswick, Ealing, Ladbroke Grove, Brook Green, Acton, East Molesley and high or low spots.Finished joints should Carshalton, Castelnau, Chelsea, Fulham, Hook, Kew Gardens, Nine Elms, Southfields,Streatham Hill, Chertsey be uniform and consistent in professional appearance. One final wipe diagonally n1, n2, n3, n4, n5, n6, n7, across the tile with a nearly dry sponge, rinsing after each pass, will clean the tiles kitchen adequately. Allow Bloomsbury , Holborn, Soho , Moorgate, St Paul 's Cray, Tower Hill, St the grout to haze wc1 wc2 ec1 ec2 over and then carefully polish off the haze with cheesecloth. London Try to avoid Finchley Central, Islington, Barnsbury, Highbury, Highgate, Hornsey digging into sw16, sw17, sw18, sw19, sw20 the fresh joints. Allow the w1, w2, w3, w4, w5, w6, grout to cure per the e11, e12, e13, e14, e15, e16, e17, e18 manufacturer's wall recommendations and seal the grout after a minimum tiles of 48 hours. In figure B, you will note two very dark lines floor near the center of Barbican, Clerkenwell, Monument, Shoreditch, West End, Gray's Inn, the Balham, Battersea, Tulse Hill, Twickenham, Worcester Park, Wandsworth, Brentford, South Lambeth, South Wimbledon tiled space. These lines are similar in that they are established by measuring out from two perpendicular walls the distance of several tiles bathroom plus sw9, sw10, sw11, sw12, sw13, sw14, sw15 grout Bayswater, Mayfair, Eastcote, Holland Park, Addlestone, Charlton, joints to the tilling services approximate center of the room. Once the central lines are established, tiller they are checked to make sure they are square by using a Warwick Avenue, Hanger Lane, Isleworth, West Brompton, North Kensington, Notting Hill, Paddington, Kensington, large framing square or 3-4-5 Method (the 3-4-5 Method is preferred for this technique).From marble limestone Camden Town, Brent Cross, Maida Vale, Mill Hill, Northolt, Colindale, Swiss Cottage, St John's Wood, Sudbury, Temple ceramic porcelain w7, w8, w9, w10, w11, w12, w13, w14 granite terracotta these lines, se11, se12, se13, se14, se15, se16, se17, se18, you will measure and chalk line in grid boxes which equal four or more tiles (two rows of two) plus the required Stockwell, Kew, Kingston, Streatham, Beddington, Claygate, Merton, Brixton, Brompton, Richmond, Earlsfield, grout joint reliable spacing (the lighter lines in the illustration). The boxes can be up to approximately 36" but n8, n9, n10, n11, n12, n13, n14, n15 are se19, se20, se21, se22, se23, se24, se25, se26, se27, se28)more manageable in the 24" tilling services range. The box size is simple London to determine. Simply lay out four or more tiles on the floor, add the grout joint spacing (usually 1/4" each) and measure what the outside dimension Finchley Central, Islington, Barnsbury, Highbury, Highgate, Hornsey needs to be. kitchen For Elsham, Osterley,Hanwell, Strand, Greenford, Hammersmith, Kensal Green, Uxbridge, example, , Enfield, Finsbury Park, Friern Barnet, Epping Forest, Hampstead Garden Suburb, if you had 12" X 12" tiles and you wanted a ¼" grout joint, your tiller boxes would ec2, ec3, ec4 need to measure 24 ½" X 24 ½".Once the whole wall floor area is chalked professional out with the appropriate sized Muswell Hill, Potters Bar, Woodside Park, Seven Sisters, Winchmore Hill, Southgate, Totteridge, boxes, use a clear laquer spray on each bathroom line to "permanize" the lines so that they will not wear away during the tiling process. For the 3-4-5 Method to work, simply n1, n2, n3, n4, n5, n6, n7, measure down East Barnet, Archway, Finsbury, Alexandra Palace, Fortis Green, one of the main or Covent Garden, St Mary's Cray, Belgravia, room square lines three feet from where the lines intersect and make se11, se12, se13, se14, se15, se16, se17, se18, a pencil mark. Repeat this on the opposing line you wish to check for nw8, nw9, nw10, nw11, nw12, nw13, nw14, nw15square but this Mortlake, Parson's Green, Esher, Ewell, Pimlico, Putney, Raynes Park, East Sheen, Epsom Downs, Epsom, South time makes Queens Park, Shepherd's Bush, Chiswick, Ealing, Ladbroke Grove, Brook Green, Acton, East Molesley your nw1, nw2, nw3, nw4, nw5, nw6, nw7 mark at four feet. Now measure between those marks at a diagonal. If the measurement is five Regent's Park, West Hampstead , Cricklewood, Golders Green, Hampstead Heath, Greenhill, feet long, then the lines e11, e12, e13, e14, e15, e16, e17, e18 are square to one another. floor If they are not, sw9, sw10, sw11, sw12, sw13, sw14, sw15 tiles adjust them by removing the chalk with n8, n9, n10, n11, n12, n13, n14, n15, a damp sponge. Set the floor Barbican, Clerkenwell, Monument, Shoreditch, West End, Gray's Inn, tile in the manner se2, se3, se4, se5, se6, se7, se8, se9, se10, described New Southgate, Holloway, North Finchley, Hendon, Palmers Green, Pinner Green, Pinner,above and without covering London your working wc1 wc2 ec1 ec2 lines with thinset mortar. After beating the tiles in with a Bloomsbury, Holborn, Soho, Moorgate, St Paul's Cray, Tower Hill, St mallet, align the tiles with the e1, e2, e3, e4, e5, e6, e7, e8, e9, e10 chalk lines in the w1, w2, w3, w4, w5, w6, center of the tilling grout joints or orient the Fortune, Wembley, Hampstead, Harlesden, Harrow on the hill, Harrow, Havering, Kilburn, Kingsbury, Willesden, Neasden, tiles to one side sw1, sw2, sw3, sw4, sw5, sw6, sw7, sw8, of the grid box. If your choice is to orient the tiles, you must always orient to the Muswell Hill, Potters Bar, Woodside Park, Seven Sisters, Winchmore Hill, Southgate, Totteridge, same sides Camden polish Town, Brent Cross, Maida Vale, Mill Hill, Northolt, Colindale, Swiss Cottage, St John's Wood, Sudbury, Temple of the box throughout the floor.The advantage reliable of this bathroom technique is that it eliminates marble limestone ceramic porcelain sw16, sw17, sw18, sw19, sw20 granite terracotta the use of spacers and wall offers the tile installer the w7, w8, w9, w10, w11, w12, w13, w14 ability to move around Warwick Avenue, Hanger Lane, Isleworth, West Brompton, North Kensington, Notting Hill, Paddington, Kensington, obstacles and corners. In addition, n1, n2, n3, n4, n5, n6, n7, many of the necessary Bayswater, Mayfair, Eastcote, Holland Park, Addlestone, Charlton, cuts to tiles professional can be made ahead of time, and the se19, se20, se21, se22, se23, se24, se25, se26, se27, se28)entire floor layout can be services viewed prior to its installation. Tiller kitchen ec2, ec3, ec4 Barnet, Kentish Town , Canonbury, Crouch End, East Finchley , Enfield Park , Cockfosters, |
