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| How to Use This Book | |
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| Designing Your Tile Project | |
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| Basic principles of design | |
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| Designing with color | |
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| Designing with scale, pattern, and texture | |
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| A gallery of style | |
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| Choosing the Right Materials | |
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| Ceramic and cement-bodied tile | |
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| Stone tile | |
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| Nonmortared tile | |
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| Trim tile, borders, and edgings | |
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| Decorative tiles | |
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| Ceramic tile formats | |
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| Using ceramic tile | |
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| Substrates and setting beds | |
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| Membranes and adhesives | |
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| Grouts, caulks, and sealers | |
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| Planning Your Tile Installation | |
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| Making a dimensional layout drawing | |
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| Making a dimensional floor plan | |
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| Making a dimensional wall plan | |
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| Preparing Surfaces For Tiling | |
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| General room preparation | |
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| Removing molding and baseboards | |
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| Removing appliances | |
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| Removing fixtures | |
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| Repairing or removing the existing floor | |
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| Preparing a wood subfloor | |
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| Preparing a slab floor | |
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| Preparing walls for tile | |
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| Removing countertops | |
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| Installing a new countertop base | |
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| Installing radiant heating | |
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| Mastering Basic Installation Techniques | |
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| Installing new backerboard | |
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| Marking layout lines | |
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| Installing ceramic tile | |
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| Cutting ceramic tile | |
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| Grouting, caulking, sealing | |
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| Installing mosaic tile | |
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| Installing stone tile | |
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| Installing baseboards and transitions | |
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| Tiling Floors, Walls & Countertops | |
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| Tiling floors | |
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| Tiling walls | |
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| Tiling a kitchen countertop and backsplash | |
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| Tiling Special Spaces | |
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| Tiling a small entryway | |
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| Tiling a window recess | |
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| Tiling a fireplace | |
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| Tiling a stove enclosure | |
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| Tiling Decorative Accents | |
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| Tiling a tabletop | |
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| Installing a border and mural panel | |
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| Tiling a birdbath | |
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| Tiling a precast bench | |
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| Tiling rails, risers, and rosettes | |
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| Tiling Bathroom Features | |
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| Tiling a shower enclosure or tub surround | |
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| Installing a mortared shower pan | |
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| Tiling a vanity | |
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| Tiling Outdoor Projects | |
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| Preparing an existing slab | |
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| Installing a new concrete slab | |
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| Tiling a patio | |
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| Tiling with flagstone | |
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| Tiling outdoor steps | |
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| Tiling an outdoor kitchen | |
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| Installing Resilient & Parquet Tile | |
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| Laying out a resilient floor | |
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| Installing dry-backed resilient tiles | |
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| Installing self-stick vinyl tile | |
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| Installing parquet tile | |
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| Installing Laminate, Cork & Carpet Tile | |
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| Installing glueless laminate tile | |
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| Installing glued laminate tile planks | |
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| Installing carpet tile | |
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| Installing cork tile | |
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| Maintaining & Repairing | |
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| Cleaning and sealing tiles | |
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| Replacing grout | |
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| Repairing damaged ceramic tile | |
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| Maintaining resilient tile | |
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| Laminate tile repair and care | |
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| Caring for parquet | |
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| Maintaining carpet and cork tile | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |
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| Metric Conversions | |