What Tools will you Need for Tiling?

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Have you ever walked into someone’s house and were jealous that they had nice tiled floors in their kitchen and bathroom? Believe it or not, you can have these beautiful tiles too. Tiling is actually pretty easy to do when you have the correct tools at your disposal. Start off by doing a bit of reading to aquaint yourself with the steps required to tile. Though easy to do, you do need to know the steps involved. One book that can provide you with the steps and lots of ideas are Stanley Complete Tiling. After you understand the steps, you have got to get your hands on some tools.

One of the most important things you will have to purchase is a 7" wet table saw.  This will be a absolute necessity when you have to cut tile. The tile will be completely chipped and shattered if you attempt to use a dry table saw to cut the tiling.  A wet saw is a must. Because of how loud the cutting is, and the amount of chips that go flying from the tile having protective equiptment is highly recommended.  Gloves, ear protection, and safety glasses are highly recommended purchases.

You will also need to purchase a laser level, or even better a laser level square, which will aid you in lining the tiles up straight. The appearence of your flooring can be made or broken by the way your tiles are lined up. A mortar trowel will also be necessary when you go to lay your tile onto your mortar. The purpose of the trowel is to help keep the amount of mortar consistant under all of the tiles. Grouting is one of the final steps in the tiling process.

You can grout with a little less mess by using a grouting bag. Grouting can be incredibly messy work, so plan on also needing to purchase sponges and rags to assist in the cleaning off of extra grout. Finally after everything is set, dried, and cured, you will have to seal your grout as the final step to the process. The key to tiling is basically having the right tools for your use, the rest is just following the steps.