How to tile a bathroom is a lot trickier question than tiling a room since it involves many water inlets and outlets and is usually smaller than a room. If you want to add a design element to your bathroom tiles, then be prepared to do some additional planning before laying the tiles.

The first procedure of bathroom tiling is quite similar to laying the tiles in any other part of the house and involves removal of the previous flooring as well as shutting off all water faucets and may require removal of the commode and cistern. Closing the flange with a wet cloth is important so that the gas from the sewage does not come up. Once the old flooring is off and the floor is more or less even, you can begin planning the tiling location.

Simply laying tiles without any design is the easiest to do and you can either start from the centre or from one of the sides. Throw in a design element in the tiles and you have to first decide where to place the design and then work around it. Though it takes a little more effort, adding a design element helps give the bathroom a special touch.

You can begin bathroom tiling by placing the tiles after this and leveling each one of them so that you get a level floor. Special cut-outs can be achieved by using a template with the help of which help of which you cut the tile and fit it. The grout comes next and you might need someone's help to help you clean it after it has dried to a light haze. A grout sealer is recommended since the bathroom flooring is used lot more and faces plenty of watery situations! All these are about How to tile a bathroom.