Setting Tile (Fine Homebuilding)

By Michael Byrne

A beautiful tile job can make a room. And now with the help of this book and new, readily available materials, you can design and install your own tile floors, walls, countertops and shower stalls. All the up-to-date information you need is right here. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1561580805
• ISBN13: 9781561580804
• Release Date: May 1995
• Publisher: Taunton Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.0" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

Another perspective

I've been setting tile for over 30 years, but studying this book was still an edification. It was filled with more information than I expected, and I found it to be very interesting and helpful. I counted 283 photographs and diagrams, although some of those were multiple diagrams within one larger diagram. As an engineer and perfectionist, I reject the myth that a professional necessarily does better work than an amateur.(The...

Must buy...

Doing tile right takes a bit of time and a bit of money. Most "do-it-yourself" books will give short shrift to tile laying, put in some pretty pictures and make it look easy. And they your tile will pop up or crack five years later. Tile should last decades. And sometimes it can take a lot of work to prepare a surface, and some surfaces shouldn't even be tiled at all. With that in mind, finding good information and digesting...

Great for the weekend warrior

In my neighborhood, as in many areas during this boom economy, it is nearly impossible to find contractors willing to do small residential jobs such as tiling a bathtub stall. For us reluctant weekend warriors, this book has been a godsend. Most tile books provide a number of layout ideas and then either gloss over the details of installation or (more often) give suggestions on how to hire a reputable and skilled contractor...

Worth its weight in gold!

This is a great book. What I liked most about it was that the author explain in great detail HOW to tile. There are some books that merely show pretty pictures. He goes over the different types of setting, techniques, surface preparation, tools, you name it. I just completed my first tile job ... it turned out great!

Setting Tile: The Right Way

Mr. Byrne has written dozens of articles in fine Homebuilding and Journal of Light Construction on Tile Setting. The Book is excellent, and walks you through the whole process from tile history, tile design, the various construction aspects of it (e.g., what you have to have underneath the tile to make a good tile job, the various setting beds (old fashioned mortar to newer cement boards), setting the tile, grouting the...