Q: I’m putting ceramic tile flooring in my kitchen and live on a 10-year-old, ground-level concrete slab. Do I need to put any type of underlayment or vapor barrier underneath it? A: It’s perfectly ...

Prepare the concrete: Before you begin to lay the tile over your concrete slab, make sure that the concrete is properly prepared. Mix up a bucket of the TSP solution and use it to scrub the floor with ...

Q: I want to replace my bedroom carpet with ceramic tile, but when I pulled up a corner of the carpet, I discovered that the floor is concrete. Is this job difficult, and how much will it cost? A: The ...

Lee Wallender is a home improvement writer of nearly 20 years and specializes in home remodeling, repair and maintenance. Sami Allen is the managing editor at Forbes Home, with over seven years of ...

Q: I want to replace my bedroom carpet with ceramic tile, but when I pulled up a corner of the carpet, I discovered that the floor is concrete. Is this job difficult, and how much will it cost? A: The ...

Ceramic tile is a rigid product that has a high compressive strength. This means you can squeeze it and it won't crush. However, ceramic tile, concrete and natural stone have low tensile strength.

Watch the amazing process of building a reinforced concrete kitchen table and installing ceramic tiles for a sleek, durable finish. Whether you're looking for a modern DIY project or want to add a ...

The trend in ceramic floor tiles these days is “big,” according to Carlo Odella of Europamerican Tile & Marble in Centerville, Ohio “When I started this business 15 years ago, 8-inch tiles were our ...

Yes, you can, and we did that very thing on this tile floor just a couple of years ago. But because this house is on a wood subfloor, we had to do a little work to prepare the surface, and that ...

A great flooring solution for the home, inside or out is porcelain tiles—not the boring tiles of yesteryear. These new high definition porcelain tiles are made to look like many different materials, ...