Tiling tools: The essentials

Are you looking for the tools needed to install tiles? To prepare, cut and install your tiles, Action Bricolage offers all the essentials.

Essential tools for laying tiles

For your floor or wall covering work, do you want to equip yourself with tiling tools that are essential for successful work? Whether you are an amateur, handyman or professional tiler, Action Bricolage offers you a list of essential tools to achieve perfect tiling in the best conditions.

Tools to prepare tiling

The first step requires measuring tools for tiling. A conventional meter gives you the surface area to be tiled and to predict possible cuts. And for a precise layout, you will need a spirit level and a chalk line that will allow you to establish benchmarks on the surface and ensure the eveness of the tiles.

Accessories for personal protection

Whatever your tiler profile, think about safety first. Protect your eyes from possible projections with safety glasses, and also protect your knees when laying tiles using kneepads. They exist in gel, foam or hard shell form, find the pair that suits you best.

Tools for laying tiles

After cleaning the surface to be tiled, you are ready to lay the tiles. You will need to prepare your glue.For a perfectly executed work, the glue must be homogeneous, and for that you should use a mixer. To deposit the glue on the tiles, you will need a trowel and to spread it, a comb with notches for spreading.When your first tile is laid, you will need a rubber mallet, a spirit level, tile spacers to help glue, level and align the tile. Except if you use a system of levelling clips that aligns and levels the tiles. The tile spacers mark the thickness of the joint and maintain a regular gap between all the tiles at the time of installation.

Tools for cutting tiles

When laying tiles, it is often necessary to cut tiles. For this, the essential tool is the tile cutter.Simple and easy to use, it allows a clean and straight cut of the tiles. Manual tile cutter offer a very procedure. However, they are not always suitable: thick or non-smooth tiles require an electric tile cutter (also called Carrelette electric). A bit noisy, this type of machine allows you to make straight cuts and bevelled finishes. You can also equip yourself with pliers (nippers, shears, tile cutters, etc.) to make very special cuts on your tiles and earthenware. Finally, to make beautiful finishes, do not hesitate to provide yourself with equipment to sand the tiles. Sanding stones or abrasive blades make it possible to adjust, bevel, and file the tiles. Obviously this list of tools is not exhaustive but it combines the main tools that are essential for this kind of work. Find our full range of tools for laying tiles on Action bricolage.fr