Equipment Needed for Installing Ceramic Tile Flooring in Your Basement

Video Transcript

"Hi! This is Steven Keilholz Flooring and today I am going to show you the materials you need to install a ceramic floor in your basement. The first thing you need is a good drill with a good mixing paddle. The heavier the drill, the bigger the mixing paddle, the better. You are going to need the tile saw or a wet saw. This you can rent at any tool rental place or you can purchase one for a nominal fee at any big box store. The most important tool on this job is going to be your tape measure. I cannot explain how important this is. We are going to need a chalk line, a tile trial and a grout float. There are many different options when it comes to your setting compounds. Today I am going to be using a floor and wall compound mix with a flexible additive. It is very, very important that you have this flexible additive. This is what allows this to flex under foot so you do not get any cracking and chipping in your tile. You are going to need spacers. You can get different spacers depending on the size of the grout line you want to go with and you are going to need a bucket for mixing grout and for mixing this. In some cases if you may be installing ceramic over a wood floor or doing a back splash, you would want to use a hardy backer or smooth backboard. If you are installing the concrete this is something you do not need. If you are going to be installing a back splash you want to use half inch on the walls and quarter inch on the floor."