Floor Tile Setting With The Front Door

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.

Floor tile setting with the front door.

My front door threshold bottom of door is only 1 2 above the floor. Comb the thinset with the notched end of the trowel then set the tile onto the thinset. 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.

If you butt the tiles against the casings photo 1 you ll usually end up with uneven gaps that you have to fill with grout. 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. You ll end up with a better looking floor. When installing floor tile in a finished room it s better to slide the tile under door casings rather than fit it around them.

Dear nh i want to install tile inside the front door of my house. 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 going from one room to another especially from tile to another type of flooring use transition strips to cover the flooring seams. 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. Installing tile around door jambs can prove to be difficult. Slide tile under door casings.