Tile layout, most important first step to installing a floor. Get it right.
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Tile layout, most important first step to installing a floor.When you install a ceramic , porcelain or marble tile on a floor, one of the first things that needs to be done is to determine how square a room is, which walls are parallel, which walls are square and which are out of square. The reason to do this is so you will get even and consistent cuts along a wall, and you don't end up with wedge type cuts that turn into slivers. From my experience, no room is ever built perfectly square, there is always at least one wall that is out of square and in older homes rooms are usually pretty far out of square. In this video I show how to layout and Square Off a big kitchen floor with lots of obstacles and corners and areas to consider. A laser square will be a huge help, and make it a lot easier to figure out what every single cut will be. Knowing how the walls are oriented to each other and doing proper tile layout will prevent unexpected unsightly wedge cuts. One of the worst mistakes that can be made is to assume that a wall is square to another, start with a full cut and then to find that the wall is out of square and you start to get an increasing distance between the wall and the tile and end up with small wedge tile cuts to fill the gap. Squaring off a room is an essential part of the tile layout process, as is measuring and knowing what every cut tile size will be before a single tile is set. You have to find where to but your very first tile, once you start setting tile, there is no changing of the layout and adjusting what the cuts will be.
All tile installed by Sal DiBlasi, Elite-tile Company, in the Boston North Shore area. This video contains affiliate links, which means I will receive a small commission if you click on the product link.
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Thank you for posting this. Very informative.
A laser square is essential.
Can be done without, but much more time consuming and difficult.
Just reference mocks. Haha. Love it. Man you have to do a follow-up to show the final product. That is truly elite planning. Folks don't realize the prep that goes in to the job. I'm usually stressed the whole time until I'm finished just because I don't want to run into a catastrophic issue. Never had any training, just your videos. I've done about 20 bathrooms and maybe ten floors so Im still green. Unfortunately you have to mess up to learn and when you mess up with tile it ain't no picknick haha. So yeah gonna up my game with the prep work. Love your videos man.
PS. Do you have any recommendations for tiling ceilings in a shower. I know you've touched on it but didn't know if you had a video dedicated to that.
Wow what a cut up klusterfuk this floor was ..
My takeaway from this is that I want my first tile job to be a small room with square walls.
Great work im a Tile guy in Chicago. Im very impressed w your work and quality 👷
I’m a professional tiler in the uk. You however are a tile master. That’s a tricky tricky job and I’m sure when we see it finished it will be fantastic 👍
perhaps you could answer my question, what tool do i use for marking around door ways, and how did sal achieve the cuts around the radius, near the stairs, thank you.
@@jacobtaylor4258 you just use the tile and mark it with a pencil. Get a builders square and connect the marks together.
I'm a Tile setter I've been a helper for 1.5yrs and can grout anything a good grout job can make a bad tile job look good and a bad grout job can make a good job look bad so I was taught very well and to mix hundreds of buckets of mud and mortar for natural stone I can
Cut any radius cut or intricut doorjam cut with ease but the main thing that they never wanted to teach me was layouts they'd always do this fast and Id try my hardest to catch on but even being in the business now for over 2yrs & watching it done alot. I understand the intricacy of this part and how important it is to have a good layout but who were they really hurting ....smh...they shot themselves in the foot by holding a man back who desired to learn and make the company better which was really rediculous but I find alot of guys in construction are ridiculous becasue they usually don't wanna see others thrive or surpass them .I know they were trying to keep me from being their competitor but when you put in the time at 12.50$hr when you know the trade pays way more then that just to sacrifice & learn I had to just see the bigger picture and part ways with that company. I got my own books and been watching videos to learn myself but I wish I had someone who could explain it in a easy way because even me knowing what Saul is talking about Im having trouble with his lack of words becasue this and that or over here or over there isn't as clear to someone who is trying g to wrap their brain around this. But I think I learned Im going out to buy that laser level for my job on Monday 😆
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@@brandoncuts82 Ultimately, they didn't hold you back. They helped you get started. Keep that in mind. It's not uncommon when learning trades, or other knowledge, for part of the rites of passage to include holding back information where the ones who will make it will have to take it upon themselves to learn what they need to. Be proud of yourself for overcoming that hurdle. Nice work.
I liked the way you calculated your layout. Nice job Sal and congrats on 100K subscribers.
Thanks
I need to be a lot more patient. Thanks for the lesson.
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I'm guessing your bids come in towards the top of the scale. You put a lot of time into the work.
Today is my first tile install ever. After viewing lots of videos none had the content that this one had. I would ask my self if i was measuring correct or was i doing it wrong. I wanted to find my center point and then do little adjustments to connect and make one flush lay out thru out my living room, kitchen and hallway that comes around and connects with living room again. It was very tricky and was wondering if it was possible or do i just divide each with transition tile. This video shows just that and tells me that i wasent wrong all along. I guess since being a perfectionist I was thinking like a pro without the experience. Thanks Sal Diblasi for clearing this up
That’s wellllllllllll thought out man! I wouldn’t have done it this way , but we all have our ways of doing things . You’re a legend
I've had to RIP an inch off a full tile in a doorway to avoid slivers in laundry and other closets.....especially if the framing is an inch out of whack.
yikes, that can be a risky move. Hope you made a convincing factory edge
Congraturations to 100,000 Subscribers~Sal !!
I am confused. Lot of work
Brilliant, Sal. I get it.
Once upon a time when sheet vinyl was popular I would use a centerline to measure off the walls, then transfer to the 12' wide sheet goods .
The challenge then was to end up with the pattern running as square as possible with as many of the walls as possible.
Compromises were typical.
Brother... If you're layout makes your job easier. Then go with it... People don't see all that bullshit. Just run it..
You couldn't pay me enough to tile this cut up mess. I'd rather skip it and move on to the next job. I would charge such an outrageous price, I'd never get the job anyway. Sometimes it's better to run screaming and count ones blessings.
I love all your videos I watched. I am planing to lay tiles in my kitchen and entry way. Please, tell me can I lay tiles straight over self leveling underlayment that is about 1/4" to 3/4" deep. We pured it over primed 1/2" plywood that is installed on 1 1/2 thick subfloors. Is it good idea to prime underlayment with Redgard to prevent cracking or we should lay Shuter membrane. Only we have a problem with thick floors, therefore; we are trying to avoid membrane if possible.
So perhaps a white board or piece of paper first then down to the floor would help with the right there and over here and right there and over here. People have no idea what you are talking about with your twirling whirrling camera. What do the marks mean and what are you measuring …. Who knows what you are doing except lay out.
Sal cares about his work and is nice enough to help the rest of us too. Thanks Sal.
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Respect from Russian industrial tilers
Congrats on 100k. I think I was 99,500. I am truly impressed by the professionalism shown in your videos. Looking forward to reviewing your library of videos and the ones to come!
Finding the center of a complicated layout is basically what I got out of this after watching this for 5 minutes. I was thinking, shouldn’t he had moved those laundry appliances first? I want to understand the right way to do tile work; the more I watch the more I realize I know nothing about tiling.
Realizing that tile work is not as simple as it looks is a very smart insight.
I am imagining the tile guys I see at the jobs and I can't stop laughing. No way anyone of them would 5% of the thinking you made in this video.
Lordy, I can't imagine trying to layout a Versailles pattern or even a 1/3 offset in that area. Thanks for the expanded explanation of floor layout Sal, its going to really help for larger floors in the future. 👌
For a pattern, just break it down to the smallest size tile and lay it out for that. So if you have a 36" plank tile going down on a 1/3r, do a layout for a 12" tile, if you have a pattern with multiple tile sizes, use the smallest size tile to figure your layout. Once you know the smallest cut of the smallest tile, any larger tile will be the be large than that cut depending on where it falls in the pattern and, the smallest cut of the largest tile will be the size of the smallest cut of the smallest tile.
@@SalDiBlasi Thanks, that makes a lot of sense and easier than I was imagining.
I think the solution is to use 8"-thick floor molding... jk. I'm facing a similar situation in our house, wanting to do the entire house in one continuous pattern, and need to determine the starting point. Very helpful video, sir!
Thanks, glad it helped
On a brick pattern, you can make more compromises than on a square layout.
GJL Creative Studios Also known as “Running bond” pattern.
Takes quite a few hrs just working out, but then you have to compromise in the end.
Thinking of using french pattern stone in a bathroom, bad idea?
Hope they got there money back
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I have a similar project and this is super helpful. Thank you for the excellent video.
Congratulations 🎊🎉🎈🍾 Mr. Diblasi, you’re the best
You're the best!
I've learned a lot from you,thank you.
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After doing your working out do you speak with the customer to show them your plan?
Depends. in a complicated one like this, no.
And this is why I do not lay tile. 😋 I could not imagine trying to problem solve this on a daily basis.
This is what makes a 1500 dollar job 3800 dollars. I like.taking.time t over up. But aome.customers don't care about that. You give n take
I just wanted to say you are a mad scientist! That seems overwhelming but I think it's just great that you are willing to help other people out. I hope your making a killing on your projects as I'm sure you deserve it. I'm currently just trying to figure out the best way to lay out 6×24 tile on a very large window ledge. I enjoy watching your videos though. Thx much bud!
Thanks
I didn't understand a lot of it, but the comments agree with all you did, so good job!
the floor is a 2-demensional surface, so he created an x-y axis. He transferred all the information "side to side" onto the x-axis and all the information "up and down" onto the y-axis. This way he could see how long or short his cuts would end up being all on 2 lines. Then, he could slide each axis one way or the other to change how the cuts would come out. That might not be a simpler way for you to understand it, haha, but it's different, so I thought maybe it would help.
Sal, just wanted to say I love your videos! You’re an amazing tile guy & extraordinary human! Saw it’s your birthday as well. Hope it was a blast! Keep killing it in the tile industry 👊🔥
Thanks, it was a good day.
What a nightmare. You have a lot of patience.
Happens more often than you think.
If I ever meet you Sal I'd love to buy you a beer my man. I've learned so much from you but the least I could do is become a patron. Thank you so much for your helpful and informative videos.
Just trying to help improve the industry and give whomever will listen a bit of help.
You can donate using the Heart thanks and going to his web links and buy him a coffee. Buy a tee shirt or mug or perhaps one of the over priced tools they all go towards helping him stay motivated to keep making videos.
There should be ease program when you measure the whole area, i dont know how with laser ? If there is such a possibility, cause not everyone is good in meassuring, and You put dimentions in the computer, and put dimensions of a tile, and you would get the result.
i just snap liness and pull approximate measurements, but i dont use alot of schluter, looking forward to getting myself a lazer square and level soon
I want to avoid suprises.
50$ for a cheap laser Bosch sq
@@Hhhhhhlllll key word, "cheap"
@@Hhhhhhlllll no
shoot where at?
Your just snapping lines like crazy when a laser sq could help you like a I said 50$ one does the trick, and Sal PLS come on "cheap"
Hey Sal, love the detail
Are you basing this off your your biggest cut piece or the smaller cut piece when you do this? I would figure it's easier to figure the smaller cut because if it's big enough than in your mind the other piece should work since u know it is the bigger cut right? Just trying figure how your mind works when you're trying to layout for patterns with 3 or more cuts to find the math for
There’s people who can lay tile. There’s tile setters. And then there’s Sal. Would appreciate a sub Sal.
The people that dont like your videos must be the butthurt competition of you giving away too many freebies on YT lol
What's name of that laser
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Much appreciated you sharing your techniques thanks a million
Geeze Louise that eastern accent is like nails to a chalkboard lol. Note to others. If he asks you to help him look for his khaki's, he is actually looking for his car keys. J/K
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Sal when you've grouted a floor. How long should you wait to walk on it? Im using the mapei flexcolor which says 24 hours, but I wanted to check with you because 24 hours will be inconvenient for the home owner. Thanks man!
You can walk on it right away, just do not open to traffic or anything that will contaminate or ruin the grout.
Sal DiBlasi: come for RUclipss best tiling professional, stay for his awesome New England ( Boston?) accent!!
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I chuckled when you said the one wall is 1/4 inch off over 15 feet. I was tiling one of the bathrooms in my house today and absolutely none of the walls are anywhere close to square. The walls are actually wavy. In a few places there are 1/2 inch variations over the span of 9 inches. It drives me bonkers. Even the floor itself isn’t level. The left side of the bathroom is 1/2 inch lower than the right side. Any advice for me?
As far as the wall goes, if you are going to tile it, then you need to get it flat first. As far as square for the tile floor, really not much you can do, figure out the best layout for the tile and then go with it. The floor has to be corrected as well before you install tile, flat is required, level is desired.
Man there's some work in that job would have done my head in for a while i reckon great video thanks my next hard job will be easer now will follow your format now much easer tha whai would have done .
Sal - watched most of your videos. Thank you for your hard work. At 12:29 in the video, what is the straight edge you use?
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I’m installing the same 12x24” porcelain tiles. My question is , will 1/16 grout line be too small for such a large tile. I bought the Rubi delta leveling system and after the fact realized the spacer clips are only 1/16”.
Geo Mula ,nope you will be fine
How long does layout take you?
I will spend hours on it if i have to, but a simple job only takes a few minutes.
@@SalDiBlasi thanks. I am tiling my kitchen. First timer. Small kitchen but I dry layer about half of it to make sure i was good
Good topic Sal. I see so many tile jobs where they obviously just started in a random place or at a door threshold and bad pieces everywhere. It's definitely tricky sometimes to lay it all out before hand (especially the one in the video), but the end result speaks for itself. Great job as usual. I'd love to see the finished product. Thanks, B
Hi Sal. That is one heckuva installation! I’m planning to install a kitchen floor with 12 x 24 tile and 1/8” grout line. Noticed that you did a brick (running bond) pattern. How did you decide to do that? All the information I have seen regarding that size tile is not to overlap by more than 1/3. Thanks
Quality tile and a good lippage system.
If you're filing on concrete, how do you know If you need, or how do you decide whether or not to use that orange uncoupling material?
Just use it, the only reason not to use it is because you don't want to. Concrete moves at about twice the rate of tile, concrete will eventually crack, might be a month, might be 20 years, but eventually it will.
My uncle keeps telling me to find the center of the rooms and start. There I’m laying the six by 24 wood porcelain I’m doing my laser layout like this tomorrow can’t wait to get it drawn up love the tile life go Sal!
Great, might take a few times to get used to it.
Sal i gotta get one of those old guys tape measures.
Nice job on laying everything out before you start. I am the same way with all of my projects as well.
As much money as they’re putting into this tile floor, they should’ve ripped out all of the interior doors casein, and pantry shelves. Also put in the cabinets after tile floor. Cutting around all of the end panels on the cabinets must be a pain to do, right?
That is how it is done here pretty much every time.
@sal diblasi what is the allowable limpage as far as standards for tile 12x24 with a warp of 1/8 installed in 3rds with 3/16 spacer
acceptable Lippage varies by size of grout line, the size of the tile and the warpage of the tile, but usually falls between 1/32 and 1/16 here is a link to an article www.tcnatile.com/images/pdfs/Warpage,%20Lippage,%20and%20Related%20Challenges.pdf
I called you three time to get a price for installation for kitchen tiles but no reply from you. I am in northshore
I get a million calls every day, most of them spam, email is best, just the world we live in.
When setting up your laser, did you make two reference points all the way down the hallway and then line the laser up with that to make sure you where running square to the wall?
Actually a line
Hi Sal, Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and tricks with us! Is it ever acceptable to make a change in Layout of tile? Like at an expansion joint or at a step?
do your layout as you see fit.
Hi Sal, just wanted to know how many inches is the plywood that you normally use for a floor regardless of tile size?
Depends, you should watch this ruclips.net/video/74BDTI67S1M/видео.html
15:48 oh. What is this cart , is it home made ? Maybe DIY to roll the DITRA ?
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There must be a cheaper alternative than a $291 Laser level
There is always a cheaper alternative, but you get what you pay for.
I was bored to tears.
So much that your brain froze and you could not click on another video.
Sal DiBlasi Yeah, I’m not that bright.
Sal i gotta question and im just asking this for knowledge i think your an amazing installer and an artist... Tiling the floors over coupler like that without a mud job do they last?
Yes, they do, ruclips.net/video/YpXEXqbh7ok/видео.html
@@SalDiBlasi Thanks Sal....
hey Sal, did you install the new tile right over the top of that existing tile?? how so?
No, tile and plywood underlayment was ripped out. New plywood and ditra installed.
Hello Sal, I have a question, do you always follow your wall to get your reference line? Regardless if the wall may not be straight? Or you take measurements from the other side to try to find a happy middle? Thank you in advance.
Walls are never perfectly straight, so figure out what makes sense and get a guideline.
@@SalDiBlasi ok.
For the long run, what do you do for a movement joint? Also, for the adjacent areas/rooms, could you simplify the cuts by doing a different shape at the door/opening? Kind of like a threshold?
EJ171, perimeter movement joint, movement joint every 20 to 25 feet in an indoor area, movement joint in all the door ways.
@@SalDiBlasi what manufacture makes your joint,schluter?
Wow 😮 what a nightmare, I keep thinking of a scale map with a tile square graph lines overlay .
Can’t a computer help ?
Not really pal. A computer could possibly help you layout an average square room but even then,with the time it would take to input all your measurements it would be counterproductive. And then,as Sal showed in the video,when you need to tweek it and pull everything over by a quarter inch you’d have to go through all that again. So you can’t imagine the rigmarole of trying to measure and input a floor like this and then try to readjust it a few times with a computer.
In my opinion there’s only five main tools when it comes to tile. Brain and tape for measurements and calculations. Hands and trowel. And your eyes. If you can’t use them then you’re doomed.
It looks complicated but after years of experience it's a walk in the park
I like it 👍😊
Nice system Sal
I'm so stressed for you!
What do u mean by compromise?
Have some undesirable cuts in places.
I commend you for that. I've been doing tile for 45 years and always preferred having a helper. Makes my job easier
good luck finding a reliable guy. Its so hard. I work alone 90% of the time because helpers are flakes or cant learn to pay attention to my level of detail.
Young people today seem to think they're too good for the trades
@@GJLCreativeStudios Hispanic helpers here in Phoenix are pretty good.
@@GJLCreativeStudios You have to find someone that actually wants the trade and is engaged in the work he's doing
Hi Sal. I have noticed in a lot of your videos that you use an aluminum straight edge at the bottom of your run of tile. Is that to let you know where to stop your thinset and to help you stay straight? Also what straight edge do you recommend (size and brand)? I have no idea where to get a nice one.
Straight edge is to keep the first row straight, do your layout, find your lines, put the straight edge on the line and tile to it, use it where you need it. You can find it here, they are not cheap, but last forever, mone is 30 years old 10-Foot Magnesium Screed amzn.to/2F339uj
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Thanks Sal! Seems like you come up with tons of ways to use yours. What length and thickness do you recommend? Really curious about your thoughts on the thickness 1” ,1 1/2”, or 2”?
@@joshakers2374 1" you should have a 10 foot and a 6 foot straight edge, you can use your levels for shorter ones or a straight board for other stuff.
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Are you gonna lay tile on top of tile
All existing tile was removed, ditra and new tile installed.
Looks good Sal.
great video again Sal !! can i ask about your laser level here , the pls ft 90 , its a 4 way square ,so 4 lines going each direction , thats so handy , can this tool be used on walls or do you need another laser for that ? if not what laser would you recommend that has the 4 way and can be used on walls ? thats the one i want to get , have to have the 4 way lines for floor ,not all lasers have this do they ?
The Ft90 is a laser square, it is not a level. Here are a few cross line laser levels
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@@SalDiBlasi thanks for reply , just to clarify can these cross line laser levels you linked do the 4 way square like you have on this video ??
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@@SalDiBlasi thanks !!
what are the marks for? like how do they transition into actually setting down the tile?. How do you know what size the piece will be by just marking the wall or door on the ditra.
Did you watch the video?
@@SalDiBlasi yes I watched the whole video, I am struggling to understand how the measurements translate into the cut tile dimensions. For example, I know where the smaller tiles will be yes, but how do you know where all the grout lines will be without manually setting some out down the hall and to the door. If a wall happens to not be square,(Like the doorway wall) what would you do?
@@mattcraztex9940 I can't possibly explain it in the comments section of a video. Try watching it again. The principal is simple once you get it.
@@SalDiBlasi yea I re watched it a couple of times I think I overthinked it a bit. The purpose of the line and measurements is to square off the job and see what cuts there are and how big the pieces are. Not the cuts themselves. lol
@@SalDiBlasi Thanks for the indepth guide Sal sometimes people think it's more complicated then it really looks 😂👍
3 dislikes already! Do they have "tile envy"?
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Why did you let the contractor set the cabinets first it would've been a lot easier to lay that floor without them installed!!
How it is done here, almost always.
I agree, I am not a fan of that. Not only is it complicated but if you ever want to change the cabinets or anything from the layout, you are screwed. Especially when you spend several thousand on a tiling job like that.
That being said, I love all the details and tips in this video.
@@SalDiBlasi Awesome video Sal! Thank you for your time and energy. I think this is a valid question. There must be some advantage to having cabinetry installed before tile. I know you're not a cabinetry guy but do you know why in your area cabinets are installed before tile? Thanks again!
@@treystills The value of the cabinets of the jobs I usually do are very expensive, usually several times the cost of the tile and installation of the tile. I prefer that the cabinets go in first so they are not dragging tools, cabinets, and everything that goes with it on my tile, potentially chipping and damaging it. The island and associate counter are very heavy and will deflect the floor when installed, better to have it in first. Since the cabinetry is very expensive, it is much more likely that the tile will be replaced before they are. I have also installed the tile first many times, usually when they are Inexpensive cabinets. Like I said, usually the way it is done here.
Sal,Do you always work without a helper?
Yes
Helpers always just stand around looking at phone, or wait for stuff to do.. stuff always needs doing that's why it's better off just doing it yourself. Well that's what I think, but no one asked me🤣
There not standing around when there working for me. It's not physically possible to work by yourself day in and day out
Eventually your body is going to give out on you.
Hey Sal! Congrats on the hundred thou pal. Thanks for the reply on the email I sent you. I’ll take on board everything you said.
This is my favourite video of yours to date man. It highlights the fact that not only do you always provide a breathtaking end product,but the time,effort,knowledge,and dedication applied to every minute detail of the job before a tile is even layed. This is the part that clients need to watch when they try to knock us down on price. They don’t realise this bit. You can pay peanuts and get a monkey that can lay tiles or pay to get a tiler.
Thanks, Prep and planning are the first steps to any job well done.
Yeah I know but you take it to another level. No pun intended haha
Super ,mais je comprend pas l'anglais
Sorry I don't speak French.
Carlos Pereira meme en comprenant moyennement et en affichant les sous titres. En anglais et en faisant pause sur les images c'est compliqué
Hello of argentina
Hello from Boston.
Sal DiBlasi hello from France
Confusing. There has to be a better way of explaining this. I'M SORRY.
Sorry, it can be confusing, but it is also not that simple to explain.
What you don’t have a team of writers and video editors? 😂
Thanks for the info. Your stuff is great 👍.
Ciao Salvatore all house in us having under floor in wood?
Hey Sal,
Just out of curiosity and if you don't mind me asking, do you remember how long this job took you from start to finish?
This video is my favourite one of yours Sal. You are in a league of your own when it comes to RUclips tiling videos. 👍👍
Doowd? Is daht dah shloootah system dat chah yooosin?
It would help to hear that layout is ONE of the first steps, but not necessarily thee first step.
I’m simply going off the title given this video.
A tile contractor deciding if the area to be tiled can support tile is also extremely important.
So, deciding who to hire is far more important.
Contacting a certified tilesetter who is willing to be honest enough to tell you that the desired installation, in the way that you want it installed, …. is possibly NOT feasible to install is far more important.
Sal is knowledgeable and I’ve shared several of his videos with my customers.
The videos I’ve shared are the ones in which he speaks more clearly in.
But, like many of us, he could improve upon his communication skills.
Be honest. Sal seems to “wing it”, when trying to communicate a point.
He might know what he wants to say.
He struggles to communicate.
Obviously, there’s a differentiation between the responsibility of the homeowner and the responsibility of the contractor.
Who is Sal speaking to here?
Who does he consider to be his audience? homeowners or contractors
This of course assumes that the decision to install the tile has been already made, that the stability and suitability of the floor has been determined and that you have already installed your underlayment and are getting ready to install the tile. When choosing a title for the video, I have to consider more than what the title actually says, it is not just about the actual steps in the tile installation, but getting people to watch the video. When you come down to it, I am just a tile installer trying to help people get it done right, I have my limitations and am happy to take constructive criticism, there will always be people that know more and can do it better, however most of those people don't make YT videos and , some do, some do it better, some do it worse. It takes a lot of time effort and commitment to make videos, they don't always come out exactly as planned, some are better than others. I am just a tile guy, with a RUclips channel trying to help the industry improve. Sorry that I don't always meet your expectations.