It starts with a want. Which transfers into a "need" to tile a floor.
Sometimes it's a begin with an inspiring sample selection piece of stone tile material. In this case, white and blue marble. In an offset Chevron layout pattern. Dry-layed down at door threshold after coming home from Home Depot.
Apartment renters ask landlord if they can tile floor
Got the okay from Leaseholder to tile mud room floor at back door entry. After landlord approved tile installation in 1950s home on lower East side of Manchester, New Hampshire.
After a Jan/Feb of record breaking cold and snowfall in 2025. Carpet near in ruins. Pulled up, dust and staples a flying. Old material rolled and set in basement under stairs.
These tiles. They were going to be something. But first:
The prep work before tiling
Underneath that carpet the tongue-in-groove subfloor over Fir basement rafters. It was bouncy. Needed stability. Screws into framing. HydroBan primer over plank. Mortar combed with a 3/8" notch trowel. 1/4" Durock stomped on. And then screwed with inch and an eighth John Mansville GoBoard fasteners. Seams mudded, taped. And then the leftover mortar skim-coat the surface of CBU (cement backerboard unit.)
Floor tile installation for mudroom
Marble tile installed on mudroom floor. Using ProLite thinset mortar. With a 6x24 black slate border perimeter tile installed. And floor grouted with Laticrete PermaColor grout in their "Dusty Grey" colorway.
If you have an idea for a custom floor tile installation for your home
Call Matt Cupan at:
(603)785-0869
To get a quote and get scheduled for tilework install.
Tiles can help visually enlarge small rooms, lengthen large rooms, and even hide room imperfections, if you use the right installation pattern. Tile floor patterns also offer a lot of versatility in how to install your flooring, which cannot be done with other flooring materials. Choose popular tile patterns for your floor with My Home Handyman, or go for your own unique design only ceramic tile gives you such wide options to express your personality.
ReplyDeleteI totally disagree with that statement. Tile will only Highlight a room imperfection. If a ceiling has an awkward slope, all the cut wall tiles will reveal that up top. Same thing for floor tile perimeter of a wall is not plumb.
DeleteAnd the only way to make a room bigger, is by knocking out walls or reframing. This notion of size or pattern giving some illusion of an enlarged space is simply ridiculous. If you have a tiny space, you have a tiny space.