Floor Tile Setting With The Front Door

For tiles that are 12 inches by 12 inches or larger it s a good idea to back butter or flat coat the backs of the tiles with thinset prior to setting the tiles.

Floor tile setting with the front door.

I understand that to lay ceramic tile properly i need to put down durarock or hardibacker board prior to the tile but then i won t be able to open the door. Will the same principles used when laying your wood floor apply to how you lay your tile. When going from one room to another especially from tile to another type of flooring use transition strips to cover the flooring seams. I have an ugly square of linoleum there now.

So the same general rule that applies to laying wood tile can t be applied when laying tile. If you butt the tiles against the casings photo 1 you ll usually end up with uneven gaps that you have to fill with grout. Comb the thinset with the notched end of the trowel then set the tile onto the thinset. My front door threshold bottom of door is only 1 2 above the floor.

When the tile installer came to look at the job he said that i couldn t install tile because the bottom of the door would hit the tile after he installed some new plywood and the tile. Dear nh i want to install tile inside the front door of my house. You ll end up with a better looking floor. When installing floor tile in a finished room it s better to slide the tile under door casings rather than fit it around them.

And really these are two different. Most people don t have tile all over their house from the front door all the way through. Slide tile under door casings.