Blog Posts About How to Tutorials
Welcome to the How To Tutorials category for the Tile Doctor Blog. Here you’ll find blog posts related to all sorts of How To Tutorials for Tile, Stone, and Grout where the innovative line of Tile Doctor products were used. Feel free to share and leave your comments.
How to Install Glass Tile
Glass tiles can bring beauty to any environment. Glass tiles are a great way to bring a look of elegance to your home without spending a lot of money. [...]
How To Install Starlike Grout
HOW TO MIX & INSTALL STARLIKE® GROUT STARLIKE® GROUT MIXING Step 1: Cut pouch and add parts A&B together Step 1: [...]
Damaged Tile
Tile repair, bathroom tile repair, and tile fixture repair, welcome to the section that will answer these questions and show you how to do it. This section will detail [...]
Shower Tile Installation
Porcelain, ceramic, and stone tile can be used in tile lined showers to create beautiful, durable, and long lasting installations. Starlike® Waterproof Tile Grout is perfect when installing new [...]
Tub Tile Installation
Porcelain, ceramic, and stone tile can be installed in bathtub surrounds with dramatic results. This section details the most popular methods today. In Figure C, we see a [...]
Setting Tile for Showers & Tubs
Once the bond coat or setting bed has been trowelled, it is time to set the tile. Remember that it is a good idea to back butter tile larger [...]
Shower & Tub Layouts
Porcelain, ceramic and stone tile imparts a long lasting and easily maintained surface for bathtub surrounds and shower walls. The layout of the tile, according to industry standards, is the [...]
Installing Bond Coat for Showers & Tubs
The bond coat must be applied to produce a minimum coverage for the item to be bonded. It is recommended that tile, when set and beat in, has coverage [...]
Mixing for Wall Tile Installation
Follow the Manufacturers instructions for mixing the materials chosen for the project. In addition to the mixing instructions, Manufacturers will include instructions concerning application and estimated coverage. It is the [...]
Grouting Floor Tile Installations
Let's talk first about Portland cement based grout since this is the most commonly used material. Once the grout is mixed per the Manufacturers instructions, it needs to be [...]
CounterTop Replacement
The first installation project covered is the replacement of an old counter system dating back to 1954.The countertops and backsplash will be replaced with a decorative tile installation set on [...]
Tile Replacement
The following photographs and text deal with a broken soap dish. However, the principles for the soap dish replacement apply also to other type of fixtures and individual tiles.The first [...]
