Tips: - Clean dirty grout with 3-percent hydrogen peroxide and a nylon-bristle brush.
- When installing tile, apply only as much adhesive as you can tile in 15 minutes.
- Vinyl tile is the easiest type of flooring to repair.
- To learn how many tiles are needed for a floor, length x width = square footage .
- Use a clothes iron or heat gun to soften adhesive when removing vinyl tile.
Reading List: Tile Ceramic Tile: Selecting, Installing, Maintaining By Jim Barrett $16.95 Paperback -- 159 pages (July 2001) Creative Homeowner Press (ISBN: 1580110479) To order this title from Amazon.com, click here. Tiles: Choosing, Designing, and Living with Ceramic Tile By Olivia Bell Buehl $28.00 Hardcover -- 208 pages (November 1996) Clarkson Potter (ISBN: 0517799766) To order this title from Amazon.com, click here. Designing Interiors with Tile: Creative Ideas in Ceramic, Stone and Mosaic By Anna Kasabian with Julie Goodman $24.50 Hardcover -- 160 pages (February 2000) Rockport Publishers (ISBN: 1564965805) To order this title from Amazon.com, click here. Refreshing Fiberglass Tub and Walls The Complete Book of Kitchen & Bathroom Renovation By Time-Life Books Editors $4.99 Paperback -- 304 pages (March 1998) Time Life (ISBN: 0783552912) To order this title from Amazon.com, click here. Bathroom Makeovers (Home Repair and Improvement, Vol. 35) By Editors of Time-Life Books $41.82 Hardcover -- 128 pages (December 1998) Time Life (ISBN: 078353924X) To order this title from Amazon.com, click here. Restoring Wrought-iron Furniture Furniture Repairs from A to Z: A Quick Reference Guide of Tips and Techniques By Donna S. Morris $14.95 Paperback -- 128 pages (June 8, 2000) Phoenix Press, Ltd.(ISBN: 096656734X) To order this title from Amazon.com, click here. The Furniture Guys Book By Joe L'Erario and Ed Feldman $26.00 Hardcover -- 256 pages (January 1999) William Morrow & Co. (ISBN: 0688137660) To order this title from Amazon.com, click here. Moving a Staircase Stairs: The Best of Fine Homebuilding By editors of Fine Homebuilding Magazine $47.54 Paperback -- 123 pages (May 1996) Taunton Press (ISBN: 1561581313) To order this title from Amazon.com, click here. Constructing Staircases, Balustrades & Landings By William Perkins Spence $10.47 Paperback -- 128 pages (November 1, 2000) Sterling Publications (ISBN: 0806981016) To order this title from Amazon.com, click here.
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