How To Install A Scrabble Tile Floor

For making curved cuts you can use tile nippers.

How to install a scrabble tile floor.

Position tiles to minimize visibility of tiles that must be cut to size. Install only a few tiles at a time spreading adhesive for two or three tiles. Arrange the big scrabble name tiles how they will go on the floor and then turn them over. I ve completed my first tile floor installation and i put together this video to show you all of the tips and tricks i found along the way.

As you near cabinets doorways walls and other flooring stops trim tiles as needed for installation. Learn how to lay. You can either place the tiles one by one on the floor on top of the adhesive you are using. Then lay tile in a configuration that will use the most whole tiles and best fits the space.

Apply a thin piece of wood across the longest name first with glue and a staple gun. Use a tile saw or wet saw both rentable if necessary for cutting numerous or thick tiles. Place spacers between the tiles to establish the grout lines. However if that method is not what you want to do then you can always create normal sized floor tiles out of the board game tiles and then you can install the tiles instead of installing the little board game pieces one by one.

Use tile spacers to make sure tiles are square and evenly spaced. Katie lo owner and principal designer of mullo interior design installed the floor inside a bathroom at her house in vancouver british columbia i had visions of our kids and our family and friends searching for words on the bathroom floor she says. In a way a scrabble tile floor is the same as a penny floor. If using a contrasting trim lay edge tile first.

Use the center tile as a reference point and install the remaining tiles along straight lines. Use a tile cutter for small straight cuts. If adhesive oozes up between tiles when you press the tile into place you are using too much adhesive. If your client likes board games show them this a 25 square foot floor of scrabble tiles.