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Eric_L · 04-17-2003, 11:15 AM

Best advice I can give is to pay a professional installer. They will do it in less than half the time with twice the quality. AND a warranty!

I have personally laid about 1200 square feet of tile on a concrete slab house and swore at that time, I'd never do it again.

Also, pulling up the old floor was more of a bitch than laying the new one. I stopped pulling it up after one room and you can't tell the difference today.

One trick I heard about (after my install) to help prevent cracking is to lay felt cloth under your tiles and then mud over it. This give some play and slack between then floor and the tiles for heat, expansion, warping, etc.

04-17-2003, 11:15 AM	#7 of 14
Eric_L Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Local Time: 02:03 AM Local Date: 11-21-2008 Posts: 1,780	Best advice I can give is to pay a professional installer. They will do it in less than half the time with twice the quality. AND a warranty! I have personally laid about 1200 square feet of tile on a concrete slab house and swore at that time, I'd never do it again. Also, pulling up the old floor was more of a bitch than laying the new one. I stopped pulling it up after one room and you can't tell the difference today. One trick I heard about (after my install) to help prevent cracking is to lay felt cloth under your tiles and then mud over it. This give some play and slack between then floor and the tiles for heat, expansion, warping, etc.