How To Lay Floor Tiles On Concrete

An easy to follow guide on how to lay floor tiles that you can use to lay any type of floor tile on top of a variety of floor surfaces including timber floors and concrete floors.

How to lay floor tiles on concrete.

You can purchase it in sheets or in liquid form. Before you lay any sort of tile whether it is stone ceramic or peel and stick vinyl you must prepare your concrete floor to ensure that the tiles will go down properly and stay where they re. Use tile spacers for grout joints. Laying floor tile over concrete is not a technically demanding job.

Once you have set a tile avoid disturbing it again. You will need to apply thinset to the concrete and smooth the membrane sheets down with a trowel. We purchased 8 x8 tiles spacers and thinset making sure their design and color match with the rest of the room. This video from bunnings warehouse will show you how easy it is to lay floor tiles.

Step 1 preparing the concrete. For more diy a. Purchase an anti fracture membrane to lay over your leveled concrete. Ceramic and porcelain tile are so frequently installed at or above grade level on a cement board underlayment or directly on plywood that it almost seems novel to install tile directly on concrete.

Yet this application does make sense since concrete is heavy solid and is typically thought of as an unbending uncompromising material. Before you begin to lay the tile over your concrete slab make sure the concrete is properly prepared. This will help prevent cracking of tiles. The floor must be level or your tiles and grout will form cracks.

In our case we had to tile the stair hallway but you can use these techniques to lay ceramic tile on any concrete floor. Cleaning the concrete should be done before adding a floor leveling compound. Once the sealer has dried apply the concrete patch or leveler and make sure that you have a flat surface with no defects. Opt to cut sheets of ditra membrane to fit the area you are tiling.

Use a level to ensure that it is correctly aligned with the surface. Place the tile firmly on the mortar moving it slightly back and forth so it attaches to the mortar properly. It can be physically strenuous and messy but it is a home improvement project that will allow you to cut labor costs by doing it yourself. Tiles are a great way to bring colour and style to a room.

When setting the tiles work in grids of 2 tiles by 2 tiles.