How To Install A Scrabble Tile Floor

As you near cabinets doorways walls and other flooring stops trim tiles as needed for installation.

How to install a scrabble tile floor.

You can either place the tiles one by one on the floor on top of the adhesive you are using. Position tiles to minimize visibility of tiles that must be cut to size. In a way a scrabble tile floor is the same as a penny floor. Place spacers between the tiles to establish the grout lines.

Then lay tile in a configuration that will use the most whole tiles and best fits the space. Apply a thin piece of wood across the longest name first with glue and a staple gun. If adhesive oozes up between tiles when you press the tile into place you are using too much adhesive. If using a contrasting trim lay edge tile first.

If your client likes board games show them this a 25 square foot floor of scrabble tiles. For making curved cuts you can use tile nippers. Use tile spacers to make sure tiles are square and evenly spaced. Katie lo owner and principal designer of mullo interior design installed the floor inside a bathroom at her house in vancouver british columbia i had visions of our kids and our family and friends searching for words on the bathroom floor she says.

Use the center tile as a reference point and install the remaining tiles along straight lines. Continue applying thin wood to hold all of the diy scrabble tiles together. I ve completed my first tile floor installation and i put together this video to show you all of the tips and tricks i found along the way. However if that method is not what you want to do then you can always create normal sized floor tiles out of the board game tiles and then you can install the tiles instead of installing the little board game pieces one by one.

If the tile is too thick for nippers try the following method. Install only a few tiles at a time spreading adhesive for two or three tiles. Arrange the big scrabble name tiles how they will go on the floor and then turn them over. Learn how to lay.