Floor tiling in Chase Terrace, Burntwood. Hallway, kitchen and utility floors laid on a prepared subfloor and set out to the room.
Dips latexed out so the finished floor is flat and the joints line through.
Movement taken out between the boards and the tiles.
The run planned so the eye follows a full tile down the hall, not a cut.
No voids under the tile, which is what stops cracks under heavy traffic.
Proper trims where the tile meets carpet, laminate or the next room.
Where the new floor raises the level, the doors get adjusted rather than left catching.
A hallway floor in Chase Terrace takes more traffic than anything else in the house, and it is the first thing anyone sees. Both are reasons to get the base right before tiling.
Concrete floors here are often original and rarely flat. They get checked, and where they dip they get levelled - because a floor that is out will show along every grout line, and large format tiles magnify it. Timber floors get an overlay or a decoupling membrane so the boards can move without cracking the tiles.
Setting out in a hallway is its own problem: the room is long and narrow, there are doorways off it, and the eye follows the grout lines straight down the middle. The first full tile and the direction of the run decide whether that looks deliberate or accidental.
Chase Terrace has a lot of houses where the hallway runs straight through to a kitchen at the back, and people increasingly want one floor running the whole way rather than a change of material at the kitchen door. That looks excellent when it is set out as a single floor from the start, and obvious when it is tiled as two rooms that happen to meet.
Adhesive matters as well. Floor tiles want a full bed, combed and back-buttered where the tile is large, so there are no voids underneath waiting to crack when something heavy goes over them. Tiles that sound hollow when tapped, grout that keeps cracking in the same line, or a floor that flexes underfoot are worth looking at before they are tiled over.
Slightly - tile plus adhesive is usually 10-15mm. We check the doors and thresholds before starting.
Walk on it after 24 hours, heavy furniture after 48.
Yes, and it is a good place for porcelain because it shrugs off water and washing machine feet.
We can, and we tile through so the floor is continuous rather than stopping at the machine.
Under tile, yes - tiles conduct well. It is best decided before the floor goes down, not after.
Chase Terrace, Chasetown, Burntwood, Hammerwich and nearby.
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