3/26/2023 0 Comments Satori bullnose tile![]() Pick a starting point (in our case, the main shower wall) and work your way out from there. Not my strong suit, but luckily that husband of mine is a math whiz! Essentially, you don’t want to have any tiny cuts on the corners (because it will make your life 10000x harder) so you need to plan your layout from the start. Plan It OutĪs much as we wanted to just get started tiling, we had to go in with a gameplan. But for 85% of our cuts, the tile cutter worked like a dream. ![]() I will say, we did have to use the wet saw for super small cuts, curved cuts, and angled cuts. ![]() This little tool is incredibly easy to use and it’s inexpensive…only $20! But my favorite part about it? We could use it at night without making a peep (unlike the wet saw, which shakes the entires building), so we could work on the space on weekday nights. Our wet saw was the main workhorse for our floor tile, but we whipped out a tile cutter for the subway tile installation. This was a lifesaver and my hands are finally feeling less scaley and gross! Try a Tile Cutter For the subway tile, I bought dozens of disposable gloves. The thinset dries out your skin like crazy and you really can’t expect to keep your hands clean when tiling. Wear GlovesĪfter the floor install, my hands were wrecked. Take the time to do this (& make sure they’re perfectly straight) before you install one piece of tile. Then, I used a drill, screws, and level to get all of our ledgers in before we started tiling. I purchased inexpensive wood at Lowe’s (and brought the measurement of each wall in the room) and had it cut down to size right there. This ensures that all of the tile you install above that board will be straight. In order to make sure all of your tile is level, you need to install a level piece of wood at the first row of tile. And things I wish I would have known before I got started tiling our bathroom… 10 Tips for Installing Subway Tile Use LedgersĪs a tiling newbie, I didn’t know that ledgers were used in tiling. Instead, I’ll share tips and tricks we learned along the way. ![]() I’m not going to give you a step-by-step tutorial on how we hung our 3×6 white subway tile since I just shared the detailed process for the floor tile yesterday (and it’s very similar to that). And we’re obsessed with the bright & clean look we have going on in this space. However, we prevailed! It took us 2 weekends and multiple nights after work to get ‘er done, but we did it. ![]() I laid the first 2 rows of tile, glanced up to the top of the wall, and felt like there was no way in hell we could ever “climb” to the top! With 10 foot ceilings in the bathroom, and a plan to go all the way up to the ceiling, right then and there we knew we were in for it. We started in the shower and I seriously felt like I was climbing Mt. But even if you’re working hard, it’s still pretty slow work.Īnd we had A LOT of ground to cover. I will not stop until I complete tasks and Finn and I were determined to get this baby done. And here’s the thing…we are both workhorses. It certainly wasn’t a super difficult installation. Yes, we were tired and drained from all of the time spent on the floor…but subway tile certainly had to be easier than that marble floor…right?! After installing the floor tile in our guest bathroom, Finn and I were so excited to start the subway tile. ![]()
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