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Blog Cabin: Bathroom Tile and Radiant Heat Flooring Mats The bathroom in DIY's Blog Cabin gets some stylish tile and something radiant to warm the feet on cold mornings. From "Blog Cabin" episode DBLG-109

	The completed tile floor
	The tiling motif was continued on the tub surround.

In this installment of DIY's Blog Cabin the tile work is completed in the cabin’s bathrooms with the expertise of DIY host Amy Matthews. The natural floor tile, selected by DIY bloggers, is laid in both the upstairs and master bathrooms. The team continues tiling the tub surround in the upstairs bath, and finishes up the bathrooms with radiant floor heating.

Materials:

tiles
mortar
grout
graph paper
chalk (for chalk line)
cement backing board (if tiling a wall)
radiant heat mat

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Tools:

wet saw (optional)
tile nippers
tile cutter
notch trowel
grout float
carpenter's levels
rubber mallet
4 ft. straight edge
chalk line
tape measure
framing square
marking pencil
large sponge

For safety:

dust mask
safety glasses
rubber gloves

Laying Bathroom Tile

1. Measure the length and width of the floor (figures A and B). You need these measurements in order to determine how much tile, cement, and grout that you need.

• Note: A paper drawing of the area to be tiled will help to determine the proper number of tiles and other materials needed. You will need graph paper and a pencil for that.

  Figure A

  Figure B

  
  

• Note: Tiles come in a wide variety of materials so decide which material will work best for your space, especially in terms of design and maintenance.
  Prepare the sub-floor your tiles will sit on. Tile can be installed on nearly any clean, flat, structurally sound surface.

• Note: Make sure the surface onto which you plan to affix the tiles is very strong because tile is heavy. Our sub-floor has a cement backer on top (figure D).

  Figure C

  Figure D

  
  
  
  

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