What tools do I need to install bathroom tile?
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Unless you’re especially handy with home projects, you might want to consider hiring an expert to install your tile on your bathroom walls or floor. You’ll ensure a more professional installation, which will happen more quickly and with much less frustration on your part. Also, an experienced installer will generally guarantee his or her work. That means, if something goes wrong, the installer will fix the mistake. If you mess up the tile, you’re stuck with the unappealing mistake, or left to try to figure out how to fix it yourself—and at your cost.
If you do choose to meet this project head on, here are some of the tools and materials you’ll need:
- Tile cutter
- Tile nipper
- Notched trowel or spreader
- Grout float
- Level
- Carpenter’s square
- Rags
- Pencil
- Tape measure
- Hammer
- Sponge
- Goggles
- Tile
- Tile spacers
- Spackling compound
- Tile adhesive
- Silicone caulk
- Silicone grout sealer
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