Floors From Start to Finish

 

  
                                                       
Some kitchen floors
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Before Building the borders
The finished floor
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Oak Threshold
Before
 After
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A kitchen floor
A kitchen floor
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A basement floor A condo front entrance
     
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    This was in a condo kitchen. The orginal tile was still securly fastened to the concrete floor and was perfectly flat. Using a thin set that is made for adhering to any surface, the new tile was cemented directly to the old and it turned out great. A oak reducer was used to connect the tile with the existing hardwood floor hidden under the cardboard.
                       
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A Kitchen Floor

 

 Here is the finished floor. the ceramic tiles are 24 x 18. Since a floor with such large tiles has to be properly stablized, it increases the height and a good smooth transition to the ajoining floor in this case hardwood is a oak reducer. I've left a cut from the raw wood infront. The installed reducer is stained to match the existing oak floor.

After plywood is installed the floor had to be leveled with polymere thinset.

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  A Front Foyer and Hallway
  This is a 9 x 18 porcelain tile set in a brick pattern in the front hall of a house under full renovation. You can see some exposed subfloor. The floor boards were first screwed down wire mesh was then stapled down and instead of regular  
  The designer had worked in a very subtle border using the same tile but just off set from the brick pattern. The narrow hallway didn't allow for a full tile on either side so the border is more visable.
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  A Bathroom Floor                                  
           

Inexpensive 18 x 18 tiles were used here. The inserts are simple 6 x 6 cut into 3 x 3 peices and two simple tiles create an stylish floor. The floor had to be leveled first in this 80 year old house.