Laying Tile

http://go.askthebuilder.com/YouTubeNews Tim Carter demonstrates one method for keeping your grout lines straight when laying tile. In this project he is extending an existing tile floor and must maintain perfectly straight lines when laying floor tiles.

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oh boy check this out
hi I'm Tim quartermaster com thanks for
joining me today I'm in this room that
we're remodeling and we have to extend a
tile floor into this area that's not
finished
check that out the reason that happened
is just about 10 days ago right where
I'm standing there used to be a wall the
one always the ceiling we took it down
so that the two rooms will now become
one
the challenge is this check this out if
you go ahead and start to lay the tile
going this direction behind me and you
think that you'll be able to line it up
with your eye making sure that the lines
are perfect
it's not going to happen you'll make a
mistake every time you actually need to
create a line on this concrete slab that
you will actually lay the tile too so
that you know that those rows are
straight and here's one way that I've
done in the past works pretty well you
can use just a regular chalk line
this one happens to have no chalk on it
yet if you're going to use one that's
already got shocked make sure you pull
the chalk line out and snap it a couple
times to get as much chalk off as
possible but check this community all
you have to do is open up the chalk line
and you you hook the chalk line right to
the underside of the time you can see
right here i took the end of the chalk
line hooked up to the underside of this
tile pull the string type and then what
i do now look real closely here I go
ahead right here and I get the string
lined up right with that
edge of the tile that's exactly what i
want to see right there so I know it's
right then I take the chalk line and I
come back down here and what I can do
first of all is do this as i can
actually use that the line the
stringline and I can see by just
hovering it over the edge of this tile
that these tiles are perfectly in line
that's exactly what we want to see so
now what we will do is I can make a line
right here right underneath the
stringline on the concrete slab so we
know where that point is we come back
here and then I've lined up the string
looking right down the string put my
right over it and you can see that i can
swing the string left and right until
it's right at the edge of the tile which
is right there you can see it right over
the edge of the tile i put the string
down here make a mark and if you take a
heavy object like a full paint can I can
sit on the string so now the screen
won't move and i can go ahead and make
marks right underneath the spring in a
couple places and then if you want you
can take a straight edge like a four
foot level connect those lines you've
got your straight line to start laying
your tile
i'm tim carter France the Builder com
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