24X48 Tile Floor Installation (TUTORIAL)

Large Format porcelain tiles are becoming popular because of their style and less grout. These 24x48 tiles create a modern, durable, and easy to clean floor surface. Many considerations need to be made when installing 24x48 tiles or other large format tiles. It is necessary to do floor prep before hand which may include; grinding high spots; filling low spots with a patching compound or self leveling underlayment (SLU); and/or crack isolation membrane. It is imperative to start with a flat surface within TCNA recommendations of no deviance greater than 1/4" in a 10' span. The proper thinset should be selected, preferably one that is rated for Large Format Tile (LFT) or Large Heavy Tile (LHT). We prefer Custom Building Products Prolite or Laticrete LHT.
For video on Self Leveling Underlayment:
For Video on Layout:

[surfercross]

When you use clips a good way to organize them is go to home depot and in the cleaning aisle they sell a red bucket that is divided in 2 sides. So you can put clips and wedges in the same bucket while keeping them separated.

[darrellharrison]

I’ve been following you for a while now. I’ve been a tile setter for 32 years. 15 years in the union and the rest in my own company. All commercial work. I love your passion for the trade. Your a true artist. In my opinion our trade is the most rewarding at the end of The project.

[epiccarpenterpro]

I literally got a tile project few days ago to do a floor in the kitchen. And your video helped a lot to strengthen my skills and knowledge. Thanks for the video.

[kip]

I always back butter with the smooth side of the trowel, with running the ridges along the length of the tile you are creating lots of small air pockets with the ridges running the opposite way on the floor. Also before you bed the tile, put the clips under the edge closest to you. This stops it pushing all the thinset out (if you use a vibration thumper) and slows you to come back to the job the next day and still use clips. Great video and good work.

[johnmccullough]

Great video. About 6 months ago did 12 by 24 and even it was so much harder then 12 by 12. Love the clips. Will never do without clips.

[keithlothrop]

Getting ready to start my first tile job ever on our master bathroom. I have benefitted from quite a few of your videos (custom shower pan & quick leveler) to get me to this point. Thank you Isaac, Pretty sure I couldn't have done it without your videos.. You are my TileCoach!

[dalesollars]

You are so humble. Can really tell this is your passion. Great work!

[henryleigh]

Found your channel last week and have really enjoyed your “Coaching”. I’m not a Tile Guy, just a lot of general upgrade and repair work. I’ve really enjoyed watching several of your videos, where you explain the reasons for the failure(s)... whether it’s due to material choice, installation method, or simple lack of experience.

Yesterday I watched your diagnosis of the WEDI shower FAILURE, and the Supermarket FLOOR FAILING… very informative. Then I watched your call with Sal, back in April 2019. One of the comments you made to Sal was that, many of your “Failure Videos” seem to get more views than the instructional videos.

The major reason I began watching your videos was because of the honesty, integrity, and skills that you share with your viewers. I can find hundreds of videos on “How To”… where 90% are either copying someone else, or worse, they’re using incorrect methods; on the other hand, your content contains a balanced mixture of teaching, coaching, testing, insider information, mistakes, and diagnoses of failures.

I watch “Failure Videos” for their training value, and I’m sure your viewers/subscribers do the same… thanks for providing balanced content.

[shapiemau]

That is massive house. I do enjoy watching your videos and have learnt a great deal from doing so. I have never used that self leveling stuff though. Most of my clients are low budget.

[Aepek]

5:03 I’d Watch that video. Better than what’s on TV now, imo😉
Could sit here and watch you install the entire house, as long as I’m not in a jobsite installing myself, that is, lol.
That house looks great, and loved that bathroom install. Layout, tile, color, all just works👍🏻
Have a good one Isaac and Crew✌🏻

[ninjaacoos]

That's a squeaky clean tiler right there.
My trousers stand up on their own!😂

[billycarson]

Great to see a video Isaac. Thank you agin for our conversation, I’m well on my way to starting my business here in Kentucky.

[aaronpage]

Thanks for this video! I was just looking into installing 12”x60” plank and this is a perfect video for me to watch

[diablofx-]

hello, appreciate your videos. I am actually a carpenter (old guy, curious, obsessive nature) have watched a lot of videos about showers, but wanted to comment on a recent video so you would read it. lol. what took a long time to realize (and to me, should of been easier) is that there are 2 types of shower drain, pre-slope, pan drainage/surface drain and then surface drain only. the difference in mud/mortar mixes was confusing also. you did call out fat mud and deck mud but it was difficult to know what that meant. deck mud needs to be water permeable. (your pre-slope test is excellent for showing how that is supposed to work. I feel that alot of folks may not be using a mortar bed that would allow water to flow thru as well as yours did. doing a search for the correct mortar is difficult unless one can get the exact type, brand you show. Getting this wrong (not draining quickly enough) would also create problems if wall board runs down into pan. (wicking up wall board) I am sure alot of products that are used for dry packing pans would hold water for hours not the cpl min yours did.
your trade (tile setters) seem to be behind builders in the science of water protection. We spent years going back and forth as to how to seal rain water out of the building only to realize that by making it so tight we created a different problem (water vapor) coming from the inside. there is alot of water vapor created in a bathroom and no mention of how it is being mitigated. There are usually no vapor barriers in interior walls and bathrooms have a difference in temp/humidity from the rest of the house so condensation can happen within the walls, capturing/collecting water when it hits your waterproof systems.

[blaster-zyxx]

I found a very cool use for these 2x4 tiles. They make great looking and cheep vanity tops. I put a vessel sink on them and instead of paying $250 for a quartz top, I spend about $36 on a very cool looking single tile.

[gustavouribe]

I really enjoy your videos I grew up in the hot mop business Southern California helping my dad started doing tile around 2010 since hot mop and tile go hand to hand I do more shower than anything else old school hot mop black paper diamond lath and cement float nice work you do

[MrAnthonyd]

So I'm a carpenter who hates to tile but seems to always get to a point where I need to. so I needed to learn how to get better. your videos have made a huge difference. I started to hit my parameter of thinset down before setting tile wow huge difference with clean up inside grout lines. I've always been great at layout but I learned to slow the hell down when doing tile work. and I'm about to tackle a 2'X4' shower using the widi system I came on here to check out some tips setting such a large tile its a little intimidating. I think just cutting is going to be the biggest problem I need to go rent or buy a large tile snap cutter. anyways you've made my projects easier. easier means more money and less wear and tear on my body. so I thank you!

[MrKEErickson]

I find using suction cups really aid in the setting of large tiles. You can just ease them right into place.

[seelee]

Bruh looks like a total gangsta, but he is quite a good speaker and explains things so well. I watch a lot of vids, and this has got to be one of the best I have watched. I wish I can hire his team, but he in Cali.

[bdenney]

I'm not sure how YouTube works as far as paying people but I'm gonna go thru and 👍 every single one of your videos. Not sure if that even helps but hopefully it does. Thanks for the videos man