Do-it-Yourself is an interesting approach to saving money and also getting the satisfaction of doing something yourself. It is never easy and from simpler tasks to complicated ones, if you decide to do it yourself you must follow a disciplined regiment of first understanding what your work would involve and how to do that the best way. So if you are planning to install floor tiles in your bathroom, kitchen or patio it is true that you would save a lot of money but it is also important that you understand that installing floor tiles is not a very easy chore. The first thing you need to learn is how to make the floor tile layout. You do not want to cut the tiles and lay the mortar and while installing the tiles find out that those are not mapping!
Correct floor tile layout is necessary to see how your floor will look before you actually start working, to avoid any permanent damage and wastage, to find the starting point and to work with different designs that you may want to install. Unlike other floor material, tiles are to be laid from the centre. This approach also takes care of space as you move outwards towards the walls.
A simpler floor tile layout would mostly include a square or diagonal layout with reference lines. This would involve dividing the floor in quarters and draw chalk lines to plan the actual layout of the tiles. However there will be times when you may want to go for an interesting design with floor tiles of different shapes and colour. You may want to create a motif on the floor or a theme matching your house. Such complex designs would involve a detailed floor tile layout. If your floor tile layout is not detailed enough and does not cover all the design intricacies then you will face difficulty while installing.
For complex designs it is advisable that you use graphs to make scale blueprints for the floor tile layout with details of colour and shape of the tiles to be used. You can use tile pattern sheet, if needed for the layout. While making the floor tile layout, remember to plan it in a way such that while installing the tiles you do not end up at a corner and may need to step on the installed tiles to go out. This is the most common mistake made by the beginners.
We tile our floors for different purposes. It is not a cushion cover that you can replace easily. Re-installing tiles is a time consuming and expensive task. So it is important that you do it right the first time. Measure your floor properly and make the floor tile layout correctly. There are many books that can help you in laying out tiles. A proper floor tile layout is truly the first step towards being competent in installing floor tiles. Who knows if you enjoy laying floor tiles, tomorrow you may want to take it up as a business?
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