How Do You Install A Mosaic Tile Floor?
Mosaic tiles are very small tiles — generally smaller than 2 inches across, and as small as 1/2 inch. They come pre-mounted in groups of one or two square feet, set on mesh backing or other material, so you don’t have to lay them tile by tile. The intricacy of the lines among the small tiles gives a dramatic effect to the floor, whether it’s all one color or a combination of colors arranged to make patterns, pictures or even words. With your chalk snapline, mark two intersecting lines across the floor, from wall to wall in both directions. Use your notched trowel to spread thinset mortar over the intersection. (The lines will still be visible through the rows of mortar.) Press your first mesh sheets of pre-mounted mosaic tiles into place along the lines, starting where they intersect. Continue laying sheets of mosaic, building out from the center toward the walls. When you get close enough to the wall that a full sheet won’t fit, cut the mesh with your razor knife so that it does. (If
