What type of adhesive should I use to install porcelain floor tile?

If your planning to install on wood floor you have to put down a conecrete backerboard, there is some great stuff out called HARDIBACKER it comes in 1/2'; and 1/4'; 3x5 sheets. It is a far better product to use than DURAROCK. The new satandard for installiung ALL flooring tiles is a 3/8'; square notch trowell. I would use a FLEX morter (thin set). I am a installer/cfontractor of tile,marble,granite, travetine etc. etc. I will tell you this the most important part of the job is your lay out take your time and lay rowes of tile out on floor so it gives you an idea of what size cuts your gonna end up with and where you want your cuts to be. Good rule odf thumb is when you are walking into the room that you see as much FULL tile as possible. GoodluckWhat type of adhesive should I use to install porcelain floor tile?
If you mean ceramic floor tiles I would set them in thinset mortar, using a 1/4'; square-notched trowel to spread the mortar. Attention has to be paid to the existing flooring, to make sure it is not loose and free from up and down movement. At the very least drive long deck screws through the existing floor into the floor joists. Unless basic preparations are made before the tiles are set you will have problems in the future.





A ceramic floor should last a very long time. I have seen tiles that were set by people who did not know what they were doing that had become loose and broken within five years.





It might require a cement board underlayment, such as Durock, also set in thinset mortar and screwed to the floor in a specified grid pattern.What type of adhesive should I use to install porcelain floor tile?
Setting tiles is fairly straightforward: begin at the center of the room and work your way out. Follow your working lines and keep tiles aligned with spacers. Working carefully will just about guarantee a perfect job. If you put a tile down crooked, pick it up right away and reposition it.





There鈥檚 probably never been a room yet that was tiled without any cutting. You can either make the cuts as you go along, or install all the full tiles, wait 24 hours for the adhesive to dry, then do all the cut tiles at once.


Put a little adhesive on the flat side of a square-notched trowel and apply it, pushing it into the face of the backerboard as you go. Then apply more to make a layer of adhesive roughly 陆 inch thick.


Holding the trowel at about 70 degrees to the floor, push the teeth of the tool to the floor, making ridges of uniform height in one direction in the adhesive. The size of the trowel notches should be the same as the thickness of the tiles you鈥檙e setting.


Lay the first tile at the intersection of the guidelines. Twist the tile back and forth slightly to make sure it is embedded in the adhesive. As you go, remove any excess adhesive from the tiles with a damp sponge or a cloth.


Place the second tile alongside the first, spacing it with a couple of spacers. Continue laying tiles until you have filled up the box. Lay spacers flat in the corners where tiles meet.


Lay a short length of 2x4 or a beater block on top of the tiles and tap lightly with a rubber mallet to level the tiles and bed them firmly in the adhesive. Continue laying tiles, in one box at a time, until you reach the wall. If necessary (and it probably will be) cut tiles to fit against the wall.


Place the tile to be cut directly over the last set tile. Set another tile, the ';marker tile,'; on top of it, butting it against a tile set on edge at the wall. Trace along the marker tile to mark the cutting line on the tile below.


The first part of cutting a tile is scoring it. Place the tile you marked in Step 6 on the cutter and align the cutting line with the scoring tool. Pull or push the cutter along the top of the tile with a single, firm stroke.


The second part of cutting is to snap the tile in two. Wearing safety goggles, press down on the handle of the cutter to snap the tile in two.


Spread adhesive for the cut tiles and lay them the same way you laid the other tiles.





WHAT YOU'LL NEED





TIME REQUIRED


You can set ceramic tiles in a 5x7-foot bathroom in 2 1/2 hours.





TOOLS





Notched trowel


2x4 or beater block


Rubber mallet


Sponge or cloth


China marker


Snap cutter


Safety goggles








MATERIALS





Tiles


Adhesive


Spacers