DIY Tiling Guide

Take a look at this easy Tiling Guide

Help with:

• basic instructions
• choosing tiles
• tiling tips
• tiling ideas...

Learn how to make your DIY project look professional...

OK, so new tiles in your bathroom or kitchen can really make your chosen interior design…

But you might well be approaching your tiling job with some trepidation….

I’m not going to lie, tiling isn’t easy, but don’t give up just yet…

With just some basic DIY skills, tiling is easily do-able.

I’ve never actually done any tiling myself, but my other half, Ian, has done the tiling that needed doing in the house...

He’ll do it, but he does hate doing it!

Why Bother?

Sometimes old tiles, or tiles you’ve inherited can really spoil your perfect vision of a carefully thought out bathroom or kitchen…

Obviously, you need to do something about it!

So, if you aren’t feeling so confident about your tiling skills, read up on these essential skills, tips, techniques, information and ideas…

Tiling Skills Guide

• Do you really need to re-tile? Renovating tiling tips
• Tiling kitchen and tiling bathroom ideas for choosing tiles.
• Essential Preparation for tiling DIY.
• Basic Techniques for Tiling Bathrooms and Kitchens
• Special Techniques for Tiling Bathrooms and Kitchens
• Tiling a Floor
• A reader wants to tile over an existing bathroom countertop

New tiles can give a whole new look to your home, so certainly consider them, even if you aren't so keen on doing the work yourself.

The pages in this section mainly deal with DIY tiling tips for doing all the tiling yourself, but the other option is to get someone else to do the tiling for you...

Tiling isn't so bad a job - or so I'm told by hubby Ian!

You Just Need to Remember to...

• Buy quality materials
• Follow instructions carefully...
• ...and don't forget to read what it says on the back of any tile adhesive, grouts, tools etc!
• Approach the work in a logical manner
• Set aside enough time to do the work carefully and thoroughly - even if this means doing it over several days or weeks
• Understand what you're aiming for, and how you're going to get there, before you start

This DIY tiling guide will help, of course, but if you aren't feeling confident, hiring someone else in to do this one task for you can help make the job a real success!

...and can work out far cheaper, in the end, than getting in someone to put mistakes right!

Or having to live with shoddy work for months or years, before then still having to do it again!

Do you Really Need to Tile?

The page on renovating tiling tips can help you to decide if you do, actually, need to go to the whole hassle of a complete tiling job...

Perhaps a clean up, repair and regrout can help you to get a neat and tidy look, without so much expense and effort...

...or you can even consider repainting the tiles with a specialist tile paint, if tiles are generally in good condition, and you'd just like a change of color.

Preparing to Tile

If you would like to give DIY tiling a go, yourself, take a look at our helpful DIY pages to start you off...

How to Choose Tiles

Essential Preparation for Tiling DIY.

Basic Tiling Techniques

Basic Techniques for Tiling Bathrooms and Kitchens

Special Techniques

Special Techniques for Tiling Bathrooms and Kitchens

How to Tile a Floor

Tiling a Floor Techniques

Readers' Tiling Projects - Q&A

A reader wants to tile over an existing bathroom countertop

Reader, CPG, is trying to sort out colorful tiling in the kitchen...

More Kitchen Projects

Now you’ve sorted your tiling, also take a look at…

• the easy DIY guide to installing your kitchen countertop
• kitchen decorating tips

More Bathroom Projects

• decorating bathrooms tips

More help with do it yourself home improvements - and/or calling in the professionals

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