Installing Floor Tiles

Plan your layout ahead of time. Where you place the first tile determines where the rest of the tiles will end up.
Try to avoid thin or narrow cuts when you are close to the perimeter.
The exact tile you are using may not be available in the future, so be sure you buy enough for future repairs.
Leave about a quarter inch space around the perimeter of the tile floor to allow it to expand and contract.
Don't let glue and grout dry on your tiles. Keep a bucket of water and sponge on hand to clean up any excess.

Safety Alert: Always wear protective eyewear when working near power tools.

To create a uniform surface and protect the tiles from damage by setting backer board onto the subfloor. After mixing a batch of thinset, she loads a liberal amount onto a grooved trowel and spreads it evenly onto the subfloor. Then, place the cut segments of backer board onto the thinset and secures them with a series of screws (figure A).
Next, again using a grooved trowel, spread more thinset onto the backer board (figure B). Holds the trowel at a 45-degree angle to form uniform ridges, which help keep the tile in place via suction.
Neatly lay the tile onto the thinset. As you each tile, plastic spacers to keep them properly aligned (figure C).
Near walls or tricky corners, measures for cutting the tile and and use a wet saw to trim it to size (figure D).
After setting the last tile, the make sure to wait 24 hours before walking in the kitchen (figure E). After finish the tile floor by filling the seams with grout.

Figure A

Figure B

Figure C

Figure D

Figure E