I think he did a stellar job explaining everything quite well. However, I might point out that you NEVER want to swirl your thin set mortar before applying tile. ALWAYS straight lines and back-butter each tile to insure a perfect contact and no possibility of corner cracking from un-even weight. Just a suggestion. Thanks
Thanks for the video, really helpful for a beginner. I watched it many times and then tiled my kitchen floor the other day. It went really well. I have to admit I was commentating to myself all along the way with Andy's accent while pilin' on the ad'eesiff! :)
Thanks Tommy for keeping us tilers in business. Giving advice on tiling on to a chipboard for using PVA as a primer and SPF, these tiles will be up within the year. We look forward to rectifying all tiling jobs that follow this video
Hi guys, nice tutorial, just two small hints : You should ALWAYS leave a gap of 5 - 8mm between end of the tile and the wall, NEVER push a grout in it (unless it is elastic, goes for the corners where walls meet as well), always use sylicone(because of tiny movements of the floor(walls). Saves a lot of headache, because tiny crack in the corner(which WILL HAPPEN) is really hard to clean, you may not be able even to see it but water always finds its way ... use dark opaque sylicon (not transparent or white which will show tiny specks of mold through after some time (same goes for kitchen worktops). When grouting, you should ALWAYS push the grout in at the angle of 45 degrees to the tiles(goes especially for the cleaning of the grouted tiles with a sponge as well!!), otherwise the sponge is pulling the grout out of the joint what results in uneven depth of the joint between tiles. Hope it saves some unnecessary work and improves the looks of the tiled spaces.
What a fantastic video. I immediately want to buy this guy a beer. Thank you so much! A great no-BS presentation. No extra crap, no nonsense. Very pro, very succinct.
Very detailed tutorial you've outlined. We find so many installers that use a metal float to grout stone floors with. The process leaves fine scratches all over.
Thank you, I will be installing tile for my first time tomorrow on a job. After watching this, I am a true professional, my boss will have no idea this will be my first time laying tile because of this video. After the job is complete I shall celebrate with tea and crumpets in honor of the man working in this video! Subscribed! :D
Cut the shorter length on the electric cutter and then run the ruby up the long length and it clicks off neater. Stops the wet cutter chipping the tile over a long length
best by far the most informative and comprehensive step by step on any job I have ever seen. well done. someone that can explain how to do their job to others that well is a rarity. some are great at doing but useless at teaching. well done.
That is a brilliant video mate, really well explained, what lots of professional people don't always realise is exactly how much knowledge they have and how they sometimes take it for granted what they know hence they don't always fully explain the whole procedure to the lay person. Superbe and thanks.
thank you so much for taking the time to make this incredible video. i have learned so much in a short 46 minute video to install tile. very informative and professional.
Tommy you are the man, i used to sell flooring for five years but now I'm actually doing it for a living and you are awesome supreme for advice! Your floors look fantastic! Thanks for your time dude!
Everybody please make sure you waterproofing your bathroom before tiling ,its a timber floor when the water goes through grout joints it then starts to rot your timber floor ,and then leak everywhere .
I never considered tiling before, but you made it seem quite straight forward. It is obvious you have been doing this a long time and it is great to see a tradesman in action. You were very instructional and gave heaps of tips along the way. Great work thanks.
I watched this video, and I do not think so. Many problems. Not everyone has an electric tile cutter! Marking that has drawn on the floor of this "instructor" does not match the tiles. The joints between the tiles are uneven! Chipped after electricity cut. And others. This work is not for the room in which you will live!
True but you can always angle grinder the tiles. A little dusty but gets the job done. We use masking tape between the tiles to help get the tiles to stick together better - helps keeps the spacing even. A few good tips though.
Exactly! When I use angle grinder with tile blade for dry cutting (sleek), I make the cut at an angle of ~25 degrees in the direction of an unnecessary part. This avoids chipping much better and in this case you can don't use duct tape! If "little dusty" you always can use a vacuum cleaner and a dust collecting pump nozzle (usually from diamond cup wheels). Cheers!
This is one of the best how-to videos I've seen. By completing an entire project, you've managed to show us how to deal with the many issues we'd encounter along the way. Close ups of saw usage was very insightful.
Superb video and equally well filmed, very well explained and exactly how I have been laying floors for years, did smile when you counted on your Marigolds, good one fella.
Brilliant video/channel, ive just spent a good 2 hours going through most of your videos, out of boredom at first, then got more and more interested, and although I have no need to do any of that DIY for a while i already feel confident that i could do the vast majority of everything you have shown! Makes we want go practice LOL, and will save a fortune from not paying someone else. Great job keep it up, and do more !!!!!!
+Robert Walls just look at him, he's putting the spacers just for the show, he is spacing the tiles manually just perfect; I guess this is the 432.598th tiling he's doing :) but yes, indeed, very relaxing video :P
Living in a rented apartment at the moment and it has a cold marble floor with no insulation. To make matters worse, the stone is coarse and the dirt gets into the crevices. I considered polishing but the floors look ugly and it was going to cost more than retiling. Thanks for sharing. Seeing as how I'll probably be in this place for another year and a half, it's worth the money and effort. Again, thanks for sharing.
Great video. I was just given 15 boxes of italian marble and will be doing my bathroom. Just bought a wet tile cutter and headed to buy the rest of what I need. Take care!
2. What about checking for flex and flatness in the wooden floor? You need to reinforce the floor with minimum 18mm water resistant board (preferably 22mm) or 12mm cement board before you lay tiles, screwed down to the existing boards at 150mm intervals, and bedded into tile adhesive to take up bumps and dips. If you do not do this, the floor will flex as you walk on it and your grout will crack and tiles come loose in no time.
the speed with which he drops the tile almost already in place shows the clear ease of the true pro. It's a pro that makes it look easy. Puts me off even trying
I think he did a stellar job explaining everything quite well. However, I might point out that you NEVER want to swirl your thin set mortar before applying tile. ALWAYS straight lines and back-butter each tile to insure a perfect contact and no possibility of corner cracking from un-even weight. Just a suggestion. Thanks
I'm about to do my Dads bathroom floor so glad i found this. Thank you, you certainly gave me a few heads up for sure.
Thanks for the video, really helpful for a beginner. I watched it many times and then tiled my kitchen floor the other day. It went really well. I have to admit I was commentating to myself all along the way with Andy's accent while pilin' on the ad'eesiff! :)
Wonderful video, simply explained with all the details needed to do the job. Thank you so much.
Thanks Tommy for keeping us tilers in business. Giving advice on tiling on to a chipboard for using PVA as a primer and SPF, these tiles will be up within the year. We look forward to rectifying all tiling jobs that follow this video
Very helpful, I have a concrete floor to tile, I've done it before but this video will speed the job up a lot. With thanks, John
Hi guys, nice tutorial, just two small hints :
You should ALWAYS leave a gap of 5 - 8mm between end of the tile and the wall, NEVER push a grout in it (unless it is elastic, goes for the corners where walls meet as well), always use sylicone(because of tiny movements of the floor(walls). Saves a lot of headache, because tiny crack in the corner(which WILL HAPPEN) is really hard to clean, you may not be able even to see it but water always finds its way ... use dark opaque sylicon (not transparent or white which will show tiny specks of mold through after some time (same goes for kitchen worktops).
When grouting, you should ALWAYS push the grout in at the angle of 45 degrees to the tiles(goes especially for the cleaning of the grouted tiles with a sponge as well!!), otherwise the sponge is pulling the grout out of the joint what results in uneven depth of the joint between tiles.
Hope it saves some unnecessary work and improves the looks of the tiled spaces.
What a fantastic video. I immediately want to buy this guy a beer.
Thank you so much! A great no-BS presentation. No extra crap, no nonsense. Very pro, very succinct.
Thanks for taking the time to share this. Much appreciated!
my job came out PERFECT!!! thanks, for the tips...I was prepared and NAILED it...
Perfect. Exactly the information I needed. I am about to lay tile on a new sub-floor. I was going to start in a corner. Tommy, I'm subscribing!
this was a really well spoken instructional video. calm, normal paced, almost feels im listening to a cooking channel.
This was awesome. Watched all the way through. Thanks!
Very detailed tutorial you've outlined. We find so many installers that use a metal float to grout stone floors with. The process leaves fine scratches all over.
Thank you, I will be installing tile for my first time tomorrow on a job. After watching this, I am a true professional, my boss will have no idea this will be my first time laying tile because of this video. After the job is complete I shall celebrate with tea and crumpets in honor of the man working in this video! Subscribed! :D
One of the most informative DIY videos I've seen, subscribed!
Thank you Sir! May God bless you abundantly for this great lesson!
Thanks Tommy for sharing your great advice on plumbing with us. It's a resourceful video.
Lovely job. Very informative & helpful. Thank you ever so much.
The best video I've watched! Thank you.
Cut the shorter length on the electric cutter and then run the ruby up the long length and it clicks off neater. Stops the wet cutter chipping the tile over a long length
I just took a look around my room and wondered what it would look like with different tiles, Now I want to be a builder. Great video guys.
Just a tip score your tile in the Ruby cut before u put it through the wet cutter. It saves your tile chipping. 👍😀
best by far the most informative and comprehensive step by step on any job I have ever seen. well done. someone that can explain how to do their job to others that well is a rarity. some are great at doing but useless at teaching. well done.
Thanks for the video, Tommy!
Great video, clear, lucid and informative - Thanks Andy !
That is a brilliant video mate, really well explained, what lots of professional people don't always realise is exactly how much knowledge they have and how they sometimes take it for granted what they know hence they don't always fully explain the whole procedure to the lay person. Superbe and thanks.
The effort you've done to teach people this. Thank you!
Fantastic tutorial. Thank you so much. Your an all star.
thank you so much for taking the time to make this incredible video. i have learned so much in a short 46 minute video to install tile. very informative and professional.
Great video, its nice to watch someone that doesn't constantly repeat themselves all the time! Cheers.
Tommy you are the man, i used to sell flooring for five years but now I'm actually doing it for a living and you are awesome supreme
for advice! Your floors look fantastic! Thanks for your time dude!
Great and thorough video, Tommy.... Cheers! I'm first time trying tiling, but one's gotta start!
Very informative, thank you for this video. I feel confident to try this on my own now.
I have watched a lot of tiling videos but none were as good as yours. Thank you, Andy!
Thanks Tommy great video just finished of tiling the bathroom today really helpful thanks again
Absolutely the best tile video I have ever seen. Awesome!
Best tiling video around. As with all Top Professionals he makes it look easy
You make it look so easy. True sign of a craftsman.
Everybody please make sure you waterproofing your bathroom before tiling ,its a timber floor when the water goes through grout joints it then starts to rot your timber floor ,and then leak everywhere .
that's what a sealer and caulk is for.
this video is simply amazing! Great job! ...Loaded with information, etc. Thanks Again!
Your amazing I watched the whole video and I learned and enjoyed every bit of it. Thank you so much
thank you for that, you are very passionate about your demonstration,
I never considered tiling before, but you made it seem quite straight forward. It is obvious you have been doing this a long time and it is great to see a tradesman in action. You were very instructional and gave heaps of tips along the way. Great work thanks.
Thanks very much for this free tutorial. Very helpful, watched all the way through. Keep up the good work Tommy!
You've given me the confidence to try this myself. Thanks very much.
Thanks a lot for this very professional and helpful explanation!
Wonderful video. Excellent for beginners! Thanks Tommy.
this video was so helpful and clear! Thank You!!
Excellent video mate, I just bought a house and I'm doing the work myself, to save money, and feel proud.. :)
Great Video, looks easy to follow, that might change when i start it myself.
Probably the best instructional video for DIY I have seen! Good Job. Feeling confident that I will be able to do a good job tiling my bathroom
THANKS!! mine came out GREAT!!! you're a great teacher!
I've watched a shit load of tiling videos and this by far the most informative, professional one i've ever seen... Props to you guys!
I watched this video, and I do not think so. Many problems. Not everyone has an electric tile cutter! Marking that has drawn on the floor of this "instructor" does not match the tiles. The joints between the tiles are uneven! Chipped after electricity cut. And others. This work is not for the room in which you will live!
True but you can always angle grinder the tiles. A little dusty but gets the job done.
We use masking tape between the tiles to help get the tiles to stick together better - helps keeps the spacing even.
A few good tips though.
Dude, use a grinder with a tile blade... Maybe you should make a video better if you think there's issues!
Exactly! When I use angle grinder with tile blade for dry cutting (sleek), I make the cut at an angle of ~25 degrees in the direction of an unnecessary part. This avoids chipping much better and in this case you can don't use duct tape! If "little dusty" you always can use a vacuum cleaner and a dust collecting pump nozzle (usually from diamond cup wheels). Cheers!
What about the dust???
Excellent Video, Thank you for sharing your knowledge
Thank you so much I had the same question.
Greetings from México-
This is one of the best how-to videos I've seen. By completing an entire project, you've managed to show us how to deal with the many issues we'd encounter along the way. Close ups of saw usage was very insightful.
Thanks Tommy , really helped me finish a small shower room.
Wow, what I learned here! Can't wait to try this! Thanx for sharing!
Superb video and equally well filmed, very well explained and exactly how I have been laying floors for years, did smile when you counted on your Marigolds, good one fella.
Thank you, very cleary explained. greetz from the Netherlands
Great information and at the perfect time as I'm about to start tiling my kitchen!!
brilliant vid mate, job from start to finish, i'll watch this over and over until the process sinks in, cheers! (mature student)
Franstatic fast and no fancy detail . I like this video. good job mate .
Well done! Thanks from Texas.
Excellent... thanks for taking time to make this video.. I will use the techniques in the video to tile a couple of rooms in a rental house.
Brilliant video/channel, ive just spent a good 2 hours going through most of your videos, out of boredom at first, then got more and more interested, and although I have no need to do any of that DIY for a while i already feel confident that i could do the vast majority of everything you have shown! Makes we want go practice LOL, and will save a fortune from not paying someone else. Great job keep it up, and do more !!!!!!
Looks good to me, very informative and clear even for the novice to understand 10/10.
Great video, this man knows his stuff
Very informative, easy to follow, and understand. Many thanks!
This wouldn't fly here in England, this guy is nothing but a handyman...he's jack of all trades..master of none.
ED-Dee-Zeff..
U work very clean...Legend
That's one of the best how-to videos I've seen. Thank you.
Thanks, I will start my project on Friday......Great
I could watch this guy tile all day, very relaxing.
Funny bastard
+Robert Walls just look at him, he's putting the spacers just for the show, he is spacing the tiles manually just perfect; I guess this is the 432.598th tiling he's doing :)
but yes, indeed, very relaxing video :P
It is indeed
Robert Walls
How to drill floor tiles
Awesome video! Showed me everything I needed to know.
Thanks, Tommy. Great video!
great video Mr Tommy, nice job and thanks for the information. good luck
Great video, thanks for taking the time to make it! Cheers
This is the best how to tile video I have watched by far.
Thanks so much for this well explained high quality video, helped me a lot with putting in my tiles. (As someone who's never done it )
Many thanks, Tommy, I've learnt a lot. Brilliant video!
Tommy, great video. Thank you!
absolute legend!! best video for floor tiling. excellent!
Excellent video. One of the best. Great tips from obviously someone who knows the work. Thank you.
Great video and very informative. Thanks!!
Well Done. Thank you!
Thank you, excellent instructions!
Living in a rented apartment at the moment and it has a cold marble floor with no insulation. To make matters worse, the stone is coarse and the dirt gets into the crevices. I considered polishing but the floors look ugly and it was going to cost more than retiling. Thanks for sharing. Seeing as how I'll probably be in this place for another year and a half, it's worth the money and effort. Again, thanks for sharing.
Great video. I was just given 15 boxes of italian marble and will be doing my bathroom. Just bought a wet tile cutter and headed to buy the rest of what I need. Take care!
really nice job! only for the grout to crack in future time :( he was lazy in not using backer board.
Great video again guys! This well really help me out when I come to tile my bathroom and kitchen
amazing, you make it look so easy ! a real vet
good video , i am a tiler by trade and worked all over europe , this guy knows what he is talking about ...
Brilliant , gives me the confident to do my bathroom floor , thank you for this great video
2. What about checking for flex and flatness in the wooden floor? You need to reinforce the floor with minimum 18mm water resistant board (preferably 22mm) or 12mm cement board before you lay tiles, screwed down to the existing boards at 150mm intervals, and bedded into tile adhesive to take up bumps and dips. If you do not do this, the floor will flex as you walk on it and your grout will crack and tiles come loose in no time.
the speed with which he drops the tile almost already in place shows the clear ease of the true pro. It's a pro that makes it look easy. Puts me off even trying
thank you very much!😊
you are the best teacher ever👍
Great video - thank you for sharing!
awesome video very helpful and knoweldgeable