Tools you will Need for Tiling

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Have you ever walked into someone’s house and were jealous that they had nice tiled floors in their kitchen and bathroom? Believe it or not, you can have these beautiful tiles too. With the correct tools at your disposal you are skilled enough to do your own tiling. Before you begin to tile the first thing you have to do is do a bit of reading. The steps are incredibly straight forward but you still need to know them. Stanley Complete Tiling is a great book to not only learn what you need to do to tile but also some great ideas. You will have to invest in some tools after you have purchased your book on tiling.

You will need to either invest in a 7” wet table saw, or a set of hand tile cutters, this will allow you to make exact cuts so that your tiles fit together nicely. The tile will be completely chipped and shattered if you attempt to use a dry table saw to cut the tiling.  A wet saw is a must. Gloves, safetly glasses, and ear protection is also a must for when you are cutting tile.  This is a loud procedure and chips of tile to tend to fly everywhere.

A laser level square is also a handy tool to purchase for when you are laying out the tile.  This will help to keep your tiles all in a line. This is very important for the appearance of your flooring. A mortar trowel will also be necessary when you go to lay your tile onto your mortar. This helps to keep the amount of mortar in any given spot pretty uniform. As you tile, one of the last things you will have to do is grout between the tiles.

You can grout with a little less mess by using a grouting bag. Any extra grout that gests on the tiles needs to be removed with sponges or rags.  You may wish to purchase extras so they can just be tossed at the end. The last step of tiling involves putting a sealent on the grout.  This is an incredibly important step and must not be forgotten.  I have not met one person who was not able to tile when they had the correct tools at their disposal and a bit of knowledge of what they were doing.