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By admin on November 28th, 2008

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• How to drill a screw hole in ceramic floor tile?

  

  Popsfav asked:
  
  
  We just installed ceramic floor tile. We removed a set of bifold doors and will be replacing them with by-pass doors. Fot the bypass doors, a center guide for the doors needs to be attached in the center on the tile floor.

  What type of drill bit? What size? One slightly smaller than screw like drilling wood or not? Any helpful hints, tips also appreciated! Thanks!
  
  
• When laying ceramic tile floor in a bathroom, do you need to grout/caulk where the floor and walls meet?

  

  Wanderer asked:
  
  
  I am having a bathroom remodeled and the contractor that did the ceramic floor, put down wood baseboards and then durock before installing the ceramic tile. He then grouted everything, but he didn’t grout or do anything around the edge of the bathroom where the floor meets the wall. When I asked about this to another of the contractors, he said that that area would be covered with the shoe molding and didn’t need to be grouted. Is this true. Is this common practice or should the very edges of the rooom be grouted too or caulked or something. Is this just a matter of preference among contractors or did they miss a step?
  
  
• When tiling a wall AND the floor, how close to the floor should I get the wall tile?

  

  Babydoll asked:
  
  
  Should the wall tile touch the floor? OR
  Should I leave enough space for the floor tile to go under the wall tile? OR
  Should they meet at each edge of the tiles?

  I dont’ know the best way to do this? I’m tiling up the wall about 3.5 ft and laying a new tile floor.
  
  
• 5 Ways To Brighten Up Your Bedroom, For Free!

  The bedroom is the place we spend most of our time, yet also tends to be the most neglected when it comes to decorating. Nowadays, money may be a significant factor! Here are some great tips for brightening up your space with no money at all! (more…)
• 5 steps to complete a successful ceramic tile installation

  Laying ceramic tiles is simple if you have the right guidance. If laying ceramic tiles is totally new to you, ‘5 Steps to complete a successful ceramic tile installation’ is a set of basic but important tips that you will help you avoid making costly mistakes on your next bathroom or ceramic tile installation. (more…)
• 3 Most Important Questions You Need To Ask Yourself When Thinking Of Bathroom Remodeling

  Before going ahead to remodel your bathroom, it is necessary for you to ask and answer the following questions:

  How much money do you have for remodeling your bathroom?

  This is obviously the most important question you need to answer before thinking of remodeling your bathroom. Knowing how much you have for your (more…)
• 10 ways to cut your electric bill

  One of the major concerns in the world today is depletion of energy. As concerned citizens all of us must make a concerted effort to be conscious citizens and save electricity. Electricity has become integral to life but imagine having to live without power.

  Conservation of electricity benefits you personally as you will pay lower bills. Consider: (more…)
• 5 Ways To Dress Up Your Bathroom, In A Flash, For Little Cash!

  Often the bathroom is one of the most overlooked rooms in the home when it comes to decorating. We tend to see it as a utilitarian space, even though we spend quite a lot of time here. (More, if you have teenagers!) Take an afternoon to turn your bath into a relaxing and soothing retreat for yourself and your guests, without spending a lot of cash. (more…)
• The kitchen is one of the most used areas in your house

  If you are looking to install a new kitchen into your home then you will find that there is a bewildering choice of free kitchen design ideas you could choose from to feed your own design plans.

  Together with the bathroom the kitchen is the most important room in the house to get right in design terms (more…)
• Granite worktop’s, counter tops, tips and advice. Pt2

  When you are looking for a counter top that is very versatile and beautiful you are going to want to look at the granite counter tops. That is one way that you would be proud to have it in your home for some added dcor to the kitchen so that you are able to match up the colors in the room. In addition, you will be able to have all the room in the kitchen for any and all of the appliances that need (more…)