How to Tile a 5-by-5-Foot Bathroom Floor
- 1). Shut off the water at the valve behind the toilet. Remove the water line from the toilet, using your wrench. Remove the two bolts holding the toilet to the floor. Lift the toilet and walk it out of the room.
- 2). Divide the floor into four quadrants, using your tape measure, level and pencil to mark out two wall-to-wall lines that intersect in the center. Use a square to ensure the lines are 90 degrees off each other.
- 3). Spread thinset mortar over the middle of the floor, using a notched trowel and covering a few square feet. The lines should still be visible through the mortar.
- 4). Set four floor tiles into the mortar at the intersection, in the four corners where they meet. Set spacers between the tiles as you lay them.
- 5). Press more tiles into place, working your way from the middle out to the sides of the floor, along the lines. Spread additional mortar as needed. Cut the tiles along the walls with a tile cutter.
- 6). Chip and shape the tiles that will go around the perimeter of the toilet drain in the floor, using tile nippers. Get the cuts within 1/2 inch or so of the drain. The toilet base will cover the drain, so the cuts around it don't have to be exact. Allow the tiles to set overnight.
- 7). Pull out the spacers. Spread grout over the floor with your grout float, forcing it into the joints between the tiles. Wipe up the residual grout with a dampened sponge. Let the grout set for two days.
- 8). Reinstall the toilet, with the reverse process of how you took it out. Caulk around the base of the toilet where it meets the tiles.
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