Tips for Setting Small Tile on a Bathroom Floor

It takes time to get good at tiling 😊 Some of the hardest jobs can be small mosaic tiles for a bathroom floor. In this video I highlight over 15 tips of how to go about setting small tiles on a bathroom floor and I hope it will set you up for success on your own project. Be sure to check out links below 👇👇

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🎬Chapters
0:00 -Intro
0:21 Tip 1 - Best Thinset
1:08 Tip 2 - Flat Floors
1:57 Tip 3 - Tile Tools
3:13 Tip 4 - No wet saw
3:48 Tip 5 - Choosing Tile
5:11 Tip 6 - Small Tile Layout
9:49 Tip 7 - Keep first row straight
10:46 Tip 8 - Dampen substrate before applying thinset
11:04 Tip 9 - Burn thinset into substrate
11:35 Tip 10 - Directional Troweling
12:10 Tip 11 - Straightedge to keep tiles even
12:56 Tip 12 - Tamp small tiles with grout float
14:46 Tip 13 - Tile nippers
15:43 Tip 14 - Red tile spacer wedges
19:40 Tip - 15 Door transition with Schluter metal edge
22:18 Like and Subscribe 😊

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[Jeffr]

This man is the tile king

I’m highly impressed with the attention to detail

👊🏻👊🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[rogerhodges]

Your tip for using a brush to clean the thin set up at the door cut is the best part of the clip!

[billrobinson]

HOw'd the camera person get out of the tub?

[stevewhite]

I'm bringing you a coffee and donut tomorrow morning. Dude, you've helped me so much. Great videos.

[catblue]

I think that is my favorite of your bathrooms that I've seen yet. I like the colors and layout. Simple and efficient. Very good job. 👍🏼

[Puffball-llly]

This is exactly the video i needed thanks man from Scotland

[TrashyLobster]

Love the tile inside the schluter trick. Pretty slick. 👍🏼

[sarcasmo]

Ok. I'm about to do this. Thanks for the tips.

[maicodoug]

Thanks for a great video. I'm using the same 1/4" boarder strip to interface to 9'/16" hardwood. I may in the future go with tile so the ultra thick hardwood transition may become temporary. Using the same exact tile also. Worked with Len Wollard (who built the fountain and the rotunda at the Palace of Fine Arts) during my weekends on the peninsula south of San Francisco doing all sorts of masonry, and so some tile work will fill my portfolio nicely. Just finished grinding off the paint on the concrete floor. Now as soon as the dust clears, after a wipe down, it's time to start. Thanks for a nice vid, and your tile work is top notch!

[InvestmentsForLife]

Your channel is a goldmine of quality content. Keep it up!

[blakemcdole]

I'm very grateful for this video. I'm doing the exact same mosaics right now. I'm struggling with the little diamonds. It seems that most of the corners are to close on the backing.

[tasobouzinelos]

Is it possible if you can do a video on bathroom ceiling tile installation and tips? One aspect of tiling that has always intrigued me. Great video btw

[johngorentz]

This is the video I needed to see. Thanks!

[rechargechalet]

Thank you sir! informative, no BS, well done! now lets tile the new bathroom 🙂

[envy]

I've worked with ceramic and porcelain before. I've been working with natural and cultured stone longer than some people have been alive. Today I couldn't get my porcelain to do what I wanted it to. Watching this helped me realize I made all the right decisions EXCEPT for how strict I was with starting off with a perfectly flat surface. I like you're work.

[sandrag]

What is that grinder tool you are using to make those custom cuts on the tiles?

[genollanas]

Knocking down thin set ridges with drywall knife has always helped with my mortar squish though on mosiacs

[brianblackburn]

HI. love the video. Lots of detailed steps. I see, when you are using the 1/4 x 1/4 trowel that it is not perpendicular to the floor surface. You hold it and drag it more at like a 45 degree angle. This reduces the 1/4" height of the thinset a bit. You have been doing this for years so obviously it works. Am I applying too much material if I drag it straight up and get the true 1/4" rib of thinset?

[Rockyman-]

Did you tile directly onto the self-leveler? No underlay?

[JohnChappell-fhsb]

Awesome, thank you so much, I hope you make your fortune.