Ceramic Tile - How to Install Ceramic Tile for Your Floors, Walls, Backsplashes &

Informationen zum Autor Creative Publishing international (CPi) is a worldwide publisher of how-to books. The company's current retail offering includes over 300 titles on topics covering home improvement! home decorating! sewing! crafting! hunting & fishing! and photography. Over the past 15 years! CPi has developed high-quality photography step-by-step books with nationally recognized brand partners like Black & Decker and Singer. Zusammenfassung As part of our comprehensive HomeSkills DIY series! HomeSkills: Ceramic Tile turns each of your bland surfaces into a blank canvas.   To many homeowners! laying tile sounds like a recipe for stress! physical injury! artistic embarrassment! or all of the above. But we’ll let you in on a secret: with some basic knowledge and a little persistence! anyone can do it—and you’ll feel especially proud when you tally up the money you just saved by doing it yourself. With HomeSkills: Ceramic Tile ! you’ll receive expert instruction in the fundamentals of tiling your living space. Through user-friendly project descriptions and vivid how-to photography! you’ll learn all the necessary tiling skills in a concise! accessible way: designing your layout and selecting the perfect tiles! handling and cutting them properly! working with grouts and adhesives! and putting the finishing touches on a confident installation. You’ll be able to tackle any surface! from floors and walls to countertops and backsplashes! and at any pace you prefer—take it easy and get it just right over time or blast away and transform an entire room in an afternoon. So set your hesitations aside. HomeSkills: Ceramic Tile is your one-stop DIY guide to the custom tile job you never thought you could pull off.   Check out our five other HomeSkills guides on carpentry! deck building! landscaping! plumbing! and wiring. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction    Tile Basics Buy Tile & Materials Floor Tile        Wall Tile         Types of Tile Materials: Levelers & Resurfacers   Materials: Tile Backer           Materials: Tile Membranes Materials: Tile Transition Strips      Materials: Thinset Mortar    Materials: Grout        Tools for Removing Old Surfaces    Tools for Repairing Substrates        Tools for Installing Substrates         Tools for Layout        Tools for Cutting Tile            Tools for Setting & Grouting Tile     Cutting Tile    Cutting Cementboard             Tiling Floors Evaluating & Preparing Floors        Removing Floor Coverings      Removing Underlayment     Installing Underlayment      Installing Ceramic Floor Tile            Installing Ceramic Tile  on a Basement Floor         Installing A Glass Mosaic Tile Floor Installing A Shower Base      Tiling Walls Evaluating & Preparing Walls         Removing Wall Surfaces         Installing Cementboard on Walls    Laying Out Wall Tile Installing Wall Tile    Installing a Tile Tub Surround          Tiling Countertops & Backsplashes Tiling a Countertop   Tiling a Backsplash     Tiling Outdoors Tiling Steps    Tiling a Patio    Resources Metric Conversions   Index  ...

Product details

• Authors: Editors of Cool Springs Press
• Publisher: Motorbooks International
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 01.08.2013, delayed
• EAN: 9781591865803
• ISBN: 978-1-59186-580-3
• No. of pages: 128