Tile

Learn about all aspects of floor tile--choosing, installing, designing patterns, and buying.

We offer some basic tips about travertine floor for your home. Learn how travertine floor tile can enhance your home's beauty.

Get ready-made tile patterns you can duplicate for your own floor.

Get great kitchen floor tile ideas. Learn about resilient and ceramic kitchen floor tiles.

Which kind of tile mortar to use?

Find out about tile floor transitions and thresholds.

Get some great tiling tips. Here are tiling tips and hints you can really use.

Get great bathroom tile colors for your own bathroom. Here are bathroom tile color ideas you can use.

Take a look at great tile floor ideas. Find some tile floor ideas you can duplicate for your own home.

What are quarry tiles, and how are they used, installed, and maintained? Find out about quarry tile in our overview.

Find out elements of effective bathroom tile design. Featuring bathroom tile designs from major tile manufacturers.

I'll admit: this list of tile manufacturers began out of a personal need. As the Guide to Home Renovations on About.com, I answer many readers' questions about tile (ceramic, stone, etc.) and sometimes I get questions about tile manufacturers. So, rather than hording a list of tile companies and their websites to myself, I thought I would...

View bathroom tile pictures you can copy for your own bathroom.

Check out our picture gallery of great bathroom tile ideas you can install.

Face it - sealing tile grout is no fun. But here's why you need to seal tile grout, and some tips to make it go easier.

Grout color is one of the most ignored aspects of tiling. Find out how grout colors can add punch to your tile project.

A reader asks if it's possible to reuse ceramic tile. Is reusing ceramic tile a viable option or should she just junk it?

Tile mastic is used to adhere tiles to surfaces. But are there any pitfalls to using tile mastic?

Recently, I found the best tile calculator that I have seen in a long time. Tile calculators are a dime a dozen, but this Flash-based calculator gives you a good "visual" of what's going on.

We received a response from a tile designer, regarding one of our tile design rules articles. Let's see what the tile designer has to say.

Find out great tips on how to install mosaic tile. Mosaic tile sheets make the process far easier than individual tile installation.

Learn the key ideas behind tile backer, also known as backer board. Find out why you need tile backer for your ceramic tile project, instead of other types of substrate.

Tile is one of the most favorite design materials for kitchens and bathrooms. It has been used since Roman times, and even though excellent manmade materials have become popular in recent years, tile is still valued for its beauty and cost-saving potential. All tile can be classed into three different types: ceramic, quarry, and stone.

Keep these 5 basic rules of tiling in mind when setting tiles in your bathroom or kitchen.

Tile has its own personality. So it is best to keep a few time-tested rules in mind when designing with tile in your kitchen or bathroom.

Tile is one of the most favorite design materials for kitchens and bathrooms. It has been used since Roman times, and even though excellent manmade materials have become popular in recent years, tile is still valued for its beauty and cost-saving potential. All tile can be classed into three different types: ceramic, quarry, and stone.

The last thing you want is to run out of tile. Use this estimating guide to make sure you have enough tile for your tiling project, but not more tile than is needed.

Cutting tile with a snap or rail cutter is tricky business indeed. Get tips on how to make this an easier and less expensive job, with less tile waste.

Cutting tile before installing it is hard enough. Now imagine cutting installed, mortared, and grouted tile! Let's examine the possibilities.

Beautify your bathroom with new tile. Learn the basics of tiling for bathrooms.

Best tip for buying tile mortar: buy the premixed mortar, and here is why.

A few quick tips on how to use the rubber float with tile grout.

"Do I really need to use grout sealer on my tile grout? If so, how do I apply grout sealer?"

Learn how to install cement backer board and make your tiling work go a lot faster and smoother.

What is the best grout removal tool?

Should I use sanded tile grout? What is the difference between sanded and non sanded tile grout?

How to change grout color? Is it as simple as buying one of those grout colorant kits?

Show Us Your Tile Work - DIY or Professional

Interested in using a wet tile saw but don't know how? Or are afraid? No fear. Learn with our guide to using wet tile saws.

Porcelain Tile vs Ceramic Tile? What's the difference?

What is PEI rating and how does it affect my selection of porcelain and ceramic tile?

Which type of tile trowel to use? The V-notched tile trowel or a square-notched tile trowel?

Is OSB a good tile subfloor? How about plywood or vinyl tile? We examine tile subtrate and let you know what subfloor is best for tile.

Let's look at why diagonal tile is not only acceptable but preferable in the bathroom.

See our gallery of tile designs for bathrooms from major tile companies.

It's easy to remove tile grout--much easier than you might expect. Find out how to remove grout.

It's easy to regrout bathroom tile--much easier than you might expect. Regrouting bathroom tile is a simple two-step process of first removing the existing grout and then adding grout back. Let's show you how.

Are floating tile floors a viable option to grouted, mortared tile flooring?

Comments about floating tile floors from Van Conners, President of Kwik-Tile.

What Is Mastic

Answering whether you can install tile directly on plywood.

Can you really use tile in the bedroom? Of course you can. We show you ways to do it, too.

Q: Can I install tile with thinset over existing mastic on a concrete floor?