Fitting the Tiles
- Temporarily nail a straight timber batten along one of the guidelines so that you can butt the tiles against the edge to make a straight line.
- Use the point where the two lines cross as the starting point for tiling. For self-adhesive tiles, peel away the backing paper of the first tile and press it into place against the batten, flush with the other chalk line. Lay the second tile on the other side of the chalk line, again butted against the batten.
- If you are using a tile adhesive, spread enough on the floor to fix around 0.5 sq m/5 sq ft of tiles at a time.
- Work outwards from both tiles, checking that each tile is a tight fit against the fixed tiles.
- Fit as many whole tiles as possible in one half of the room.
- Return to the middle of the floor and repeat for the other side of the room.
- When you have fitted all the whole tiles on this side, work around the wall edges, cutting tiles to fill the remaining spaces.
- Screw a threshold at each door opening for a neat finish.
