Q:I have this ceramic tile in my bathroom (on the wall, not the floor). There is absolutely nothing wrong with it, except it is an incredibly ugly color. I would like to paint it, rather than rip it all down just to put up more tile. Any suggestions?

No....it's not porous so there is nothing for the paint to stick to.

Q:I‘m installing 13x13 floor tile on a slab. Any tips on how to do it right

If your not overly familiar with doing tile a diagonal isn t the easiest to start on. Lay out and proper tools are a big help in your preplanning. Right size trowel and large enough wet saw and had cutter is a must. Get the longest straight site line and split the room in 1/2 with a chalk line. Lay tile back to the wall and figure the size of pc(pcs) you need. You can cut a few of these pcs as a starting point. Knowing you split the room you should be equal when you get to the other side. A perfect straight edge will help keep your lines straight. Use this on all sides as you build out from that wall and lay as though your doing a straight lay just that your on a 45 degree. Or if you are doing an open ended area , you can cut several tiles in 1/2 and work back. A bit trickier but overall look is better. Don t cut tiles directly in 1/2, you must cut just off center if this is a starting point. Very hard to do and takes experience. Any specific questions you can e mail me through my avatar and check my qualifications there. GL

Q:how can i tile over linolium flooring without pulling it up?

I would remove the linoleum then lay the tile down. Just take a razor knife with a new blade and some contractor bags. Score the linoleum in three foot strips and it should pull up real easy. You will have a little more difficulty where there is a lot of foot traffic but don't give up. Once the linoleum is up you can got to town. Measure off one wall and snap a chalk line then lay your tile with that line. Good Luck Moskie257

Q:I‘ve seen on many different DIY shows that you can get used tiles that are still in good condition (from a certain place, I just can‘t seem to remember the word) to use in your projects.

Most tile stores throw out tiles every week. They throw out sample boards and broken tiles and generally you can go dumpster diving and pick up quite a few. Some stores will give them to you if you ask. I used to work at a tile store and we threw out tons of tiles all the time. The large stores like Home Depot sometimes have rules that they won't give anything broken away or even sell it but it's worth asking because they're all different. You may be able to find a Habitat Re-Store that has some as well. When they tear out old houses they often recycle rather than toss the items.

Q:What supplies would you need to install Ceramic Tile to a kitchen floor.

Tile adhesive Tile grout Nothced adhesive trowel Grout float Tile snips Wet saw

Q:What type of drill bit should I buy to cut into 4 x 4 ceramic tile on the wall? Can I place the bit into a router? The hole is 10 x 10 and I need it to be 10 1/2 x 10 1/2. There is 5/8 DW w/ metal studs behind it.

One problem I have found with cutting tiles using a rotating cutter - ANY rotating cutter - is that they can leave tiny chips on the edge of the glazed surface of the tile. If you put masking tape where you will cut - before you mark the cut line makes sense - it will stop that. The chipping is on quite a small scale, so you may only notice it if you look for it, and so you might not feel you need to do it at all, but if you do, you've got a way.

Q:Ready to buy tiles, no conditions to buy the brand, and we look at a British brand, I would like to ask these two models about how much the sale price? LC-8823 and ZC-8001

Tell the landlord do not like to listen to, you said the brand I was in the tile industry for so long, I basically have not heard. The The The The It may be my personal ignorant it, Oh ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ general you said the brand 800 * 800 market price (if the business is not black heart) probably: 25-40 between each piece, if beyond this price You buy it then. The The The The The Oh, if higher than the price of the proposed landlord to see: the new Pearl Group's brand, Mona Lisa, Hongyu, Enuo, the king, strong and other brands, are more reliable products in the end of the product.Or I answer those friends of those words: In fact, what brand is not important, it is important that you do not understand the tiles, teach some of the industry to identify tiles good or bad way, hope to help you:

Q:How to quickly remove the transparent tape on the tiles

They can say the way, that is, will get rid of the tile surface layer of glaze!

Q:for diferent size tiles are there standard grout joint sizes

This doesn't directly answer your question, but I thought that you might like to know what can happen if you don't make a grouted joint in ceramic tiles, particularly in a shower cubicle. The tiler who tiled my shower room didn't make any joints at all. He set the tiles so close together that they were touching, presumably to save on grount and on time. That's what caused a leak in my shower cubicle, strangely enough. The water washed off the tiny amount of grout that was wiped over the tiles, then it worked its way through and behind the tiles, and appeared as a wet patch on the carpet in the hallway outside the shower room. All this took several years to show up. I had to have the shower cubicle retiled, with 3 or 4 mm grouted joints, plus new plaster board backing, but it solved the problem of the leak. So, that's what could happen if you don't put grouted joints in ceramic tiles, particularly if they are in a shower cubicle.

Q:If you can tile on top do i need to prepare the old tile surface?

of course you can. You need to prepare properly and use the correct adhesives. For further information visit the tilerworld forum