On our journey to rid our home of linoleum, we recently completed our next project: the Laundry Room! We had to prep our floors in much the same way that we prep'd our kid's bathroom floors. It is important to take your time with your prep-work to be sure to lay a good foundation for your tile installation. Again, this tile installed quite quickly. And we LOVE our new Hexagon Travertine Tile Floors!
- Tile: Travertine Multi Hex 5cm #657670
- Grout: Desert Sand, Sanded
- Flexible Grout Admixture
- Poultice Stain Remover
- Proflex Thinset (aka mortar)
- Travertine Sealer
- Trowel
- Notched Trowel
- Grout Float Tool
- Mortar Mixing Paddle (for use with a power drill)
- Large Sponge
- Sealer Sponge
- Tile Saw
- Eye Protection
- Ear Protection
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3 Buckets (one for mortar, grout and water)
- Ryobi Drill & Driver Set
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Caulk
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Touch-Up Paint and Foam Brush
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Bristle cleaning brush
To figure out how much tile you will need for your job, you will take the square footage of your room (length times width) and add an additional 10%. Then round up to the next full box size and order that many boxes.
You want to account for a bit of breakage as well as cuts and mistakes and this formula accounts for that.
Be sure to follow all manufacture instructions and let your sealer dry completely prior to use.
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Laurie from Laurie Jones Home
It turned out incredible!!! Great tutorial!!
Ashley Phipps
Thank you so much Laurie!!
Chrissy Boerman
AMAZING. looks great. why the white tub under your machine?
Ashley Phipps
Thank you Chrissy!<br /><br />We have a white tub under our washing machine for worst case scenario. I have never had my washing machine leak...knock on wood...but we are on a second story so if it did it could be pretty disastrous! We also have a built in drain in our laundry room and the white tub has a spout that leads right into it. So in theory, if we were ever to have something go wrong
LeAnn Nome
This is beautiful! Great job!
Ashley Phipps
Thank you LeAnn!!
Katie @ Made to be a Momma.
This turned out great!! Kudos to you for doing it!<br />
Ashley Phipps
Oh thank you so much Katie!
Capturing Joy with Kristen Duke
oh wow, that is SOOO beautiful! love it!! Pinning!
Ashley Phipps
Thank you so much Kristen!!
Marie bloominghomestead
This really is so fabulous Ashley! I love it. Thanks for sharing at the Sunday Soiree!
Ashley Phipps
Thank you so much Marie! And thanks for stopping by!
Dear Emmeline
Gorgeous Ashley!!
Ashley Phipps
Thank you!!
Adri
How is your floor holding up? I am reluctant to put natural stone down... Do you have to take special care of it? Is it easier to take care of compare to slate or marble? Would you recommend it for a mud room ? Or just a low traffic room?
Ashley Phipps
It is holding up perfectly! I've had no issues with our tile at all! Slate and marble are both natural stone so I imagine the care is similar. Although marble wears very easily so I would be hesitant to put marble in a well-used area...but in a shower or small space it should be fine. Travertine floors seem to hold up well though in higher traffic areas from what I understand although I do not have first-hand knowledge about this since ours are mainly in low traffic areas. Best of luck!
Angela
Question!
We have found your blog SO incredibly helpful in replacing the tile in our 28 square ft. powder room with a mosaic natural stone. We have finished the demo and are installing the concrete boards tomorrow.
There is one thing that I am hesitant about. The new tile with the 1/4 inch concrete backer boards will raise the hight of our flooring ever so slightly, just 1/8th of an inch or so. The hight isn't a problem except for the fact that the old tile fit under our floor baseboard moldings and this will raise above it slightly. Is there a problem with having that 1/4 inch gap under the molding between the flooring and the wall if the flooring is sitting above the baseboard molding by 1/8th inch or so?
Should we fill that area with caulking? Does natural stone need room for expansion, or will the molding keep everything in place more or less? I have searched google and cannot find anything that addresses these questions. We also plan on installing quarter round molding after the tile installation for a cleaner look. My fear is that having a 1/4 inch space under the molding at between the wall and where the tile is installed will cause cracking or expanding over time. Mind you, there is no moisture in this room as it is the main floor powder room, I am not sure if that makes a difference in the habits of the stone.
Thank you SO much! It's nice to find home advice from a woman!!!! You actually EXPLAIN things. SO enjoyable to read your blog!
Ashley Phipps
Hi there!
I am so glad that you found my post helpful!
You have a few options for how to do this.
You can let your tile sit a little higher than your baseboard. Installing quarter-round will cover the gap between the side of the baseboard and your tile. It will, however, make your baseboard look a little shorter.
You do not want your tile to be directly up against the baseboard. There should be spacing between the edge of the tile and whatever it is up against, either wall or baseboard.
Typically the space between the edge of the tile and the wall/baseboard should be filled with grout, not caulk. But it sounds like the quarter-round will cover any gap there may be so there is no need for this.
You can also remove your baseboards and install them just a little bit higher and then add the quarter round.
I would not fill the area in the caulking.
I hope that helps!
Thanks so much
Ashley