How to Tile a Bathroom Floor with Wickes

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Our How to Tile a Bathroom Floor will give you all the help and advice you’ll need to do this job well. There’s even advice on how to tile around a toilet.

In this step-by-step video, you’ll learn how to tile a bathroom floor. From measuring and marking out the floor, evenly spacing your tiles and ensuring they’re symmetrical right through to grouting and applying sealant, we’ve broken down each stage of the process so it’s easy to digest. Follow these instructions and you’ll end up with a tiled floor that’s water-tight, level and looks great.

Preparation & planning

If you have a concrete floor, you can tile directly onto it. Timber floors needs to be strengthened with exterior-grade plywood which has been primed before tiling can begin. Tiles always need to be laid onto clean, dry and level surfaces, therefore sand and clean as necessary in both cases. Check whether your tiles need sealing, too.

Aftercare

After finishing your tiling project, use a grout protector spray to stop penetration by water, dirt, oil, grease and lime scale. Using this product will help to prolong the life of your grout and keep the area easy to clean.

Getting the job done - hints & tips

Make sure all surfaces are prepared before tiling. Porous surfaces should be prepared with primer before tiling. Always make sure your grout and adhesive is in date if you're using product which has been left over from another project.

Safety

Before screwing battens into the floor, always check for pipes and wires which may be under the floor. If there are pipes or wires under the floor where you are intending to screw down battens, use pencil lines to guide your tiling.

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This is the most simple explained video I’ve seen on laying tiles. This is all beginners are asking for. They don’t need people showing off on how well they lay tile. Well done!

TheSkinnysmith

Funny how a lot of the pros and know it alls are on here watching a video titled "How to Tile a Bathroom Floor with Wickes
". This kind of job would be sufficient for any DIYer. So instead of being arm chair critics, you are more than welcome to post a video yourself on how it should be done correctly.

saulgoodman

I've been tiling professionally for 15 years. I could cry watching this! Tears of laughter mixed with pain, embarrassment, awkwardness, horror, disbelief and grief!

vevocack

I've got one tip to add. When using the notched spreader, make sure to make the lines in one direction, instead of swirling as it is done here. The way it is done here, air will get trapped in areas in the middle. This can later on cause the tiles to loosen. When the lines created by the spreader all go in one direction, air can escape from the middle all the way out to the sides as you press the tile down, and this helps the tile stay in place in the future.

rodhatte

THANK YOU a tutorial that is not sped up 100 times that you cannot see how to do this. Very appreciative of your detailed and informative explanation.

tanyamiller

This is the funniest thing I have seen in ages.
You have a promising career ahead in comedy producing video like this.
People haven't laid tiles raw onto a timber substrate since the 80s....

tubestick

Thank you! I've been looking for a method of shaping tiles around my toilet so I can redo my bathroom floor and most tutorials just discuss shaping around the flange, but I'm not removing my toilet for this project because I'm doing vinyl tiles over the preexisting ceramic ones, so none of them were that helpful! This method is so clever, I feel so silly I'd never have thought it up myself.

emilywforreal

Good evening to you every encouragement to master the work. I am a citizen of the country of Algeria, I follow and witness your channel every success, although I specialize in the field of construction

mohghtil

Hello guys after watching many videos tutorials, yours is the best ever!clear and limpid thanks for your generosity!

yocz

I have noticed many techniques that I have learned through youtube that they are not best practice:
- mortar or adhesive should be troweled in straight lines so as to allow air to escape.
- tiles should be pushed back and forth so as to collapse the ridges made by the trowel achieving a better bond.
- using plastic silicone profilers is better than using tape.

abyni

Using a toothed spreader you should spread the adhesive to form straight lines. Waving it round randomly like an artex pattern forms sealed channels of air underneath the tile. Straight channels allow air to escape from underneath the tile making it much easier to level. There is a video on here of a guy laying glass tiles to illustrate this.

rww

From experience I'd never lay tiles on plywood floor, even with primer. It's susceptible to movement in the future causing the grout to crack and lift. It's best to use a fibre cement board like hardie backer.

DuncanPerryOfficial

A big Thanks for sharing your experience and knowledge of tiling for free to anyone.

siyawashnishat

I’m glad there are videos out there like this, it keeps me in work...if people found out that this is the absolute hardest way to go about laying a small bathroom and thus a huge waste of time, I’d be out of a job, lol. Not saying it’s the wrong way, just the long way

Rustyshackleford