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 ...

This DIY guide shows how to install a heated tile floor on a concrete slab by prepping the surface, laying electric heat mats or cables, testing the system, and then setting tile on top, so beginners ...

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 ...

Choosing a flooring material to apply to a basement floor concrete slab is difficult because many variables enter into the decision-making process. Among considerations are a material's durability and ...

Q. I would like to install 12-by-12-inch ceramic tile over my existing sheet vinyl floor. The cushioned vinyl would provide a wonderful flexible membrane that would absorb impact. What kind of glue ...