This video shares how to install a herringbone tile floor. Planning the herringbone pattern is probably the most time consuming part but well worth the effort. Steve is a Certified Tile Installer and passed both the written and hands-on test administered by the Ceramic Tile Education Foundation.
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How to Install Herringbone Tile Floors
0:09 Planning herringbone tile layout
1:48 Finding center point of herringbone pattern
6:26 Choosing the correct trowel for herringbone tile, e.g. 1/4" x 3/8" square notch
6:53 Fill in Strata Heat grooves with thin-set mortar, e.g. Laticrete 4XLT
7:02 Back-butter tile with flat side of trowel for minimum 80% thin-set coverage
7:39 Directional troweling of thin-set on Strata Heat mat for optimum bond
8:35 T-Lock tile leveling system for 12x24 large format porcelain tile
10:22 Cleaning grout joints with paint brush, dull hawkbill knife and sponge
11:11 Montolit Masterpiuma used for cutting tile at doorways and walls
12:10 Leaving 1/8" to 1/4" expansion and contraction joint at walls
12:14 Undercutting door jambs with oscillating multi-tool
12:26 Laticrete Permacolor Select grout with Mocha colorant
12:52 Dampen tiles and pack Permacolor Select grout in joints
These supplies make setting herringbone tile floors much easier:
Thin-Set Mixing Paddle -
Milwaukee Mud Mixer -
T-Lock Leveling System -
Montolit Tile Cutter -
ProKnee Pads -
Speed Square -
Laser Level -
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