Hexagon Tile Floor Installation: Start To Finish On Schluter Ditra

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Hexagon shaped tiles were very popular years ago, but faded from use for quite a long time, except for mosaic hex tiles. Today it seem hexagonal tiles are coming back and are again quite popular, they are now available in all sizes and formats, including very large and elongated hex tiles. It has to be noted that these shape tiles can be tricky to install, because they have six sides rather than four, so you now have to pay attention to keeping additional grout lines even in size. There are more joints to keep flat and lippage free, more lines that have to be kept aligned and true. This is basically a time lapse of the installation of a laundry room floor, installed on Schluter Ditra uncoupling Membrane over a plywood subfloor.
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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00:00 Introduction
00:12 Clean and vacuum
00:58 Cutting in Ditra uncoupling mat
01:53 Installing Schluter Ditra
04:12 Installing Hexagonal Porcelain Tile.
16:27 Grouting and finished floor.

Пікірлер: 41

@jeosua 10 ай бұрын

the thinset scraping relaxes me for some reason...

@seanmellows1348 10 ай бұрын

Don’t know why I watch work when I’m not working, but it’s somehow satisfying. As usual, it makes me want to up my game. Great work, making it look easy.

@SalDiBlasi 10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoy it!

@apmiller77 8 ай бұрын

A voice over with what you’re doing would have been very helpful. Such as how you started your 1st row against a straight edge, why you didn’t use spacers with the last rows, etc..

@atkgrl 3 ай бұрын

3:50. “The Schluter Dance”. Love it!

@SalDiBlasi 3 ай бұрын

I don't really have any control of the store, but thanks for your support.

@atkgrl 3 ай бұрын

Bent over all day makes it hard to stand up and my belly is also starting to hang down. I tried the left hand knuckle stance verses my very sore fingers and wrist but now my knuckles are swollen up and my hand looks like what I imagine a fighters hand looks like! It reminds me of when my mom would allogroom ape like bug picking over my dad.❤

@wendya.presley7316 10 ай бұрын

U make it look so easy. Back breaking work! Looks amazing as always ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

@SalDiBlasi 10 ай бұрын

Thanks so much 😊

@danieljohnson2740 7 ай бұрын

Beautiful floor! Good work!

@thegreatnorthwet5864 5 ай бұрын

Friggin pro, this is the example right here!

@ElevateTheProcess 10 ай бұрын

Amazing as always! Thank you for sharing!

@SalDiBlasi 10 ай бұрын

My pleasure!

@tukangkeramikgranit7144 10 ай бұрын

Good job

@BonBon770 10 ай бұрын

very nice!

@SalDiBlasi 10 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@Murjam100 10 ай бұрын

I’ve done tiling in my home, but I could never achieve the quality or craftsmanship that you possess. I wind up with more mastic on me then on the floor.

@robertosgood961 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for a great video Sal. Your videos are giving me the confidence to choose the correct products and execute a clean job. Is that ceramic tile or porcelain? I'm about to diy my first bath floor using same size tile, just porcelain over ditra. Should I use a wet saw for the porcelain cutting? Did you lay out all the tile ahead for fitting so as to have all the pieces ready to go on tile day? My concern is how to lay the tile so as to not have odd sized tile in middle of room.

@bigchungus5672 10 ай бұрын

What’s your preferred method to undercut door jambs?

@fishynut8252 10 ай бұрын

Great looking job .... like all your jobs!!! What thinset did you use for the hex tile on top of the Ditra and what tile cuter are you using? ....found the tile cutter in your favorite equip list

@SalDiBlasi 10 ай бұрын

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@habdala1 10 ай бұрын

What kind of thin set are you using for the Ditra?

@atkgrl 3 ай бұрын

Sal you should look t getting other option for payment like Apple Pay , Google Pay so my info is automatic and secured. I would buy a tee shirt but jut not going to enter all my info and cc. I’ll still buy supplies at your Amazon store.

@vansnguyen 10 ай бұрын

I keep wondering why do you switch knee pads from the pro knees to the regular ones?

@HandyMumm 10 ай бұрын

You do make this look so easy.and it’s absolutely beautiful. I have a couple of questions. I just finished a hexagon floor, and it turned into a nightmare with me, unable to keep the proper width on all six sides. Did you do anything Special to figure out your starting point? Are you using a special tool to wipe the floor that has a handle versus a sponge?

@hunterhofman3555 6 ай бұрын

for someone doing a diy you would use spacers like hes using those plastic shoe spacers just leave them in hes taking them out as he goes. the layout you simply lay some tiles out on the floor if you cant measure it. and you could use a dry rag to try and clean up as you go but a sponge is the best.

@atkgrl 3 ай бұрын

How did you start or plan the layout with hexagon tiles? What is the smallest cut recommended?

@roccoconte2960 10 ай бұрын

Great job Sal. Quick question is Smythhearst tile gone?

@SalDiBlasi 10 ай бұрын

Just the Malden Store, they have been Genrose for quite some time now. Stores in Burlington and Ipswich

@denniskesik1531 10 ай бұрын

Hey Sal, How were you able to work on top of the tile?

@SalDiBlasi 10 ай бұрын

next day

@denniskesik1531 10 ай бұрын

@@SalDiBlasi That's what I thought

@SNeal5966 2 ай бұрын

Tell us about that grout sponge and whatever was on the bucket ringing it out

@SalDiBlasi 2 ай бұрын

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@SNeal5966 2 ай бұрын

@@SalDiBlasi Thanks! That certainly looks easier...is there a sponge mop that would work too to keep you off your knees?

@garmar704 10 ай бұрын

Hi Sal, is that a euro-notch on this one?

@SalDiBlasi 10 ай бұрын

yes

@garmar704 10 ай бұрын

@@SalDiBlasi Thank you!

@Archangel0804 8 ай бұрын

i hate using hexagonal tiles and I will turn down any future work or make the customer sign a release of liability, IF a customer selects them. WHY you may ask?? They rarely have a beveled edge. I have been tiling for decades. To try to keep things as flat and level as possible We used a grout float to try to keep them level to each other all throughout the process. Then grouted after set. Afterwards my customer walked on them with bare feet noticing that there as 1/32nd inch of lippage. She wanted us to do something about it. I explained to her, by showing we were only 1/32nd off (using a 1/16th inch spacer where it was 1/2 the width or less) and it is impossible to get them any flatter. She was feeling the minor lippage because the tile edges are sharp rather than beveled. Then she wouldn't pay me for the job and it wasn't worth hiring a lawyer and taking them to court over it. All because the manufacturers can't bevel the edges on the freaking tile. Hexagonal tiles are garbage