Floor Tile Setting With The Front Door

Installing tile around door jambs can prove to be difficult.

Floor tile setting with the front door.

You ll end up with a better looking floor. Professional tile installers trim the bottom of the door casings to allow the tile to tuck underneath which produces the best result. For tiles that are 12 inches by 12 inches or larger it s a good idea to back butter or flat coat the backs of the tiles with thinset prior to setting the tiles. Most people don t have tile all over their house from the front door all the way through.

I have an ugly square of linoleum there now. Will the same principles used when laying your wood floor apply to how you lay your tile. And really these are two different. When the tile installer came to look at the job he said that i couldn t install tile because the bottom of the door would hit the tile after he installed some new plywood and the tile.

When installing floor tile in a finished room it s better to slide the tile under door casings rather than fit it around them. Apply a 1 4 inch thick layer of pre mixed thinset or mastic over the area where the first tile will be laid. So the same general rule that applies to laying wood tile can t be applied when laying tile. I understand that to lay ceramic tile properly i need to put down durarock or hardibacker board prior to the tile but then i won t be able to open the door.

Slide tile under door casings. When going from one room to another especially from tile to another type of flooring use transition strips to cover the flooring seams. My front door threshold bottom of door is only 1 2 above the floor.