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Tiling: Planning, Layout and Installation

Tiling: Planning, Layout, and Installation gives you the technical expertise and seasoned advice you must have to expertly plan, layout, and install tile throughout a residence. From simple to elaborate, easy to complex and challenging.

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Author: Editors of Fine Homebuilding
Format: Softcover
Copyright: 2005
Pages: 144

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Expertly Plan, Layout, and Install Tile throughout a Residence with Jobsite-Proven Advice from Pros.

To get the best remodeling results, you need solid advice from the best in the business. For Pros by Pros books bring you field-tested techniques and real-world experience from the expert builders and remodeling pros who write for Fine Homebuilding magazine.

Tiling: Planning, Layout, and Installation gives you the technical expertise and seasoned advice you must have to expertly plan, layout, and install tile throughout a residence. From simple to elaborate, easy to complex and challenging, this book from the editors of Fine Homebuilding magazine covers a huge range of tiling projects, techniques, and issues and gives you the technical help and design inspiration you need to plan and execute a range of tiling project.

Written by the pros who actually do the work, these articles will help you to:

Tile a shower with marble.
Install a leakproof shower pan.
Tile a bathroom floor.
Install glass tile.
Tile a kitchen counter and backsplash.
Cut and grout ceramic tile.
Tile over a laminate counter.

From the Introduction
Fifty years ago, tile was the undisputed king in kitchens and baths. But today it's trumped by vinyl floors, laminate counters, and fiberglass tub surrounds whenever economy and convenience are paramount. Where quality and aesthetics rule, tile competes with hardwoods, granite, and solid-surface materials.

But in the end, tile is still king. No other material offers so many colors, sizes, shapes, and designs in a natural material that is so exceedingly beautiful. And centuries-old installations in Europe and Asia attest to the durability of tile. I seriously doubt that centuries from now tourists will flock to see a vinyl floor or fiberglass tub the way they flock to the Alhambra in Spain to marvel at the incredible mosaics.

In order to last, though, tile must be installed correctly, and that's where this book can help. Collected here are 18 articles from past issues of Fine Homebuilding magazine, written by professional tile setters, and describing the techniques that work for them.

You'll notice that most of the articles in this book are written by Tom Meehan, who along with his wife, Lane, runs Cape Cod Tileworks in Harwich, Massachusetts. Tom has been sharing his hard-won knowledge of tile setting with readers of Fine Homebuilding since 1991. A skilled craftsman and a generous teacher, Tom deserves the lion's share of the credit for making this book possible. If you buy this book, you'll be indebted to him, as am I and all readers of Fine Homebuilding.

- Kevin Ireton, editor, Fine Homebuilding

Table of Contents
Introduction. Part 1: Bathrooms. Tiling a Tub Surround. Tiling a Shower with Marble. Upgrading to a Tile Shower. Tiling a Bathroom Floor. Installing a Leakproof Shower Pan. Part 2: Kitchens. Putting Tile to Work in the Kitchen. Tiling a Kitchen Counter. Tiling over a Laminate Counter. Part 3: Around the House. Glass Tile. A Different Approach to Tiling Floors. Cutting Ceramic Tile. Grouting Tile. Decorating Tile at Home. Tiling with Limestone.

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