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For Great Tile Floors, Layout is Everything For Great Tile Floors, Layout is Everything Online Membership Required

Take time to snap a few chalklines and find where the cuts are, and tiling becomes an easier task with better results by David Hart

Rope tile spacers
Tip: Rope tile spacers

by James Tidmore

Ditra Tile Underlayment
Video: Ditra Tile Underlayment

New and noteworthy staff picks from the 2007 International Builders' Show

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A Sloping Floor for a Barrier-Free BathOnline Membership Required

An old-fashioned mud job and a high-tech membrane team up for a leakproof floor by Tom Meehan

Q & A: Tile grout: seal or no seal?

by Tom Meehan

A New Way to Tile a Big FloorOnline Membership Required

A high-tech membrane minimizes the chances for cracked tile or grout failure by Tom Meehan

Q & A: Tiling over concrete cracks

by Tom Meehan

Splash PalaceOnline Membership Required

A refurbished claw-foot tub, custom tile and creative use of inexpensive materials jazz up a child's bathroom by Sheryl Murray-Hansen

Cutting Ceramic TileOnline Membership Required

Straight, curved or circular cuts can make or break a day of setting tile by David Hart

Grouting Tile

Choosing, mixing, applying and sealing the messy stuff that goes between tiles by David Hart

Countersinking screws in backerboard
Tip: Countersinking screws in backerboard

by Will Hesch

Tiling a Bathroom Floor

Cementitious backerboard speeds up the job, but start with a subfloor that is firm and flat by Dennis Hourany

A Different Approach to Tiling FloorsOnline Membership Required

Unlike a plywood or backerboard substrate, a modified mud job might be more reliable over the long haul by Tom Meehan

Q & A: Tiling over two different surfaces

by Michael Byrne

Laying a Tile Floor

Epoxy mastic on a plywood subfloor is a durable alternative to the traditional mortar-bed method by Michael Byrne

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