Is it hard to put down tile on floors?

Answer 1

What will you be putting it on. Will it be other flooring you will have to rip up, that can be very hard work.
Is the ground level, if not you have to put a thin coat over it and level out before installing floors.
With tile you really have to plan out the placement, you want to dry lay it before actually installing it to see how it will look, you may have to do this a few times to get it to look good. Placement is important, you want to hide the smaller cut pieces of tile as much as possible. And all the cut pieces must line up.
Then you have to have a water saw to cut the tile in places that the whole tile doesn't fit.
You have to make sure you have spacers too, so that the tiles are evenly spaced apart from each other.
Placing on a diagonal makes the room look bigger but there is more waste and it takes more skill to do.
Also you can go with a brick pattern, that is more aesthetically pleasing also.

I would recommend taking a workshop session at a home depot or Lowe's and learn a few things before installing the tile.

Answer 2

It depends on what kind of tiles you want.
Linoleum tiles also start in the middle of the room and go outward but there are no spaces. Ceramic tiles are a bit trickier. I have replaced them but never put in a whole floor. You have to find the center of the floor if it is wide open, if not you can do it in sections. There is an adhesive you put on the tile and place, then put spacers all around the four sides and continue-the spaces are for the grout, there are many colors. Good luck, the stores that sell these sometimes have video lessons on placement.

Answer 3

Not hard, but there are some things that must be done to keep your flooring project from turning into a disappointment.
You don't say what kind of tile you're considering, or if it's really tile at all. Resiliant flooring sqaures and even sheets are often referred to as tile. I suggest going to a home store and picking up a book. They're not expensive and the cost of the book will more than save you that amount of money by avoiding mistakes. Good luck and i wash I could be there when you do it. I love laying floors - especially ceramic tile.

Answer 4

I laid ceramic tile in my master bathroom and you have to make sure you prep the floor surface good before laying it. Make sure it's clean and level. If it's not level the ceramic tile will pop back up after it gets walked on. It's not hard to do but it is time consuming. You can rent a tile saw from most large home improvement stores like Home Depot. Or you can buy one for under $200 if your project is going to be big and you plan on laying more ceramic tile in the future. Grouting is challenging as well. It takes practice but you can do it.

Answer 5

the layout is key. if your cutting, your not laying, that means you arent making any money! some jobs are worth details galore, others are worth less cutting buy placing your starters in this position versus this. i watched my boss lay tile. he's good, but he doesnt do the same job every time. if he's gonna look at it, he goes nice. if he dont have to look at it and its gonna cost him money because he's gotta replace it in a few yrs, then he just lays it no frills. im gonna try to learn a lil more about it.

i work for a man who " can do surgery if he has to, because he can do anything and might be slow, but its his first time."