Channel: Sal DiBlasi

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Description: How to Square a room for a tile layout, 3-4-5 Triangle method. When you install a ceramic , porcelain or marble tile on a floor, one of the first things that needs to be done is to determine how square a room is, which walls are parallel, which walls are square and which are out of square. The reason to do this is so you will get even and consistent cuts along a wall, and you don't end up with wedge type cuts that turn into slivers. From my experience, no room is ever built perfectly square, there is always at least one wall that is out of square and in older homes rooms are usually pretty far out of square. In this video I show how to "Square Off a Room" using a 3-4-5 right triangle method, which comes in handy when a laser square or some other modern aid is not available. Knowing how the walls are oriented to each other will help with a tile layout to prevent unexpected unsightly wedge cuts. One of the worst mistakes that can be made is to assume that a wall is square to another, start with a full cut and then to find that the wall is out of square and you start to get an increasing distance between the wall and the tile and end up with small wedge tile cuts to fill the gap. Squaring off a room is an essential part of the tile layout process. All tile installed by Sal DiBlasi, Elite-tile Company, in the Boston North Shore area. This video contains affiliate links, which means I will receive a small commission if you click on the product link. #tile #transformthetrade #howtotile #installingtile #howtoinstalltile #Schlutersystems #TCNA 🌲 Link Tree 🌲 (Includes links to free PDFs) linktr.ee/saldiblasi 🙂 This is my Amazon Store 🙂 amazon.com/shop/saldiblasi ☕ Buy me a coffee ☕ buymeacoffee.com/saldibs2 💲1 PDF Floor installation guidelines sowl.co/s/wWd2d 💲1 👇 Some of my favorite Tools 👇 Float amzn.to/2tdEpN2 Rubbing Stone amzn.to/2QrgRfh Notched Trowel 1/4 x 1/4 x 1/4-inch amzn.to/36bq5mQ Notched Trowel 1/2 x 1/2 x 1/2-Inch amzn.to/2Q5e90g Notched Trowel 1/4 x 3/8 x 1/4-Inch amzn.to/39j1caB Super Dust Collector – WaleTale amzn.to/2MDuVkK Black Nitrile Gloves - 6 mil amzn.to/2SJQ6FZ Margin Trowel amzn.to/352MYHx Mortar Mixer amzn.to/2ZxYqtF 4in Sandpaper for Stone Polishing amzn.to/2ZB2skT Polishing Rubber Backing Pad amzn.to/2srikdy Montolit 63P3 24 Inch Tile Cutter amzn.to/2MDoFt l DEWALT Wet Tile Saw amzn.to/2QqpO8O Rubi Thinset mixer amzn.to/39VmNWV Grabo Pro Lifter amzn.to/3BBO5ys Opt into NTCA’s VIP Text Messaging program for training opportunities. Text “NTCA” to 31996 or Visit (For Industry Professionals only) widget.smsinfo.io/v2/ae58812ba684c1dc65550d3349dbc2e6.