Self-adhesive floor tiles are about the easiest kind of tile to lay in a bathroom--or elsewhere. It's literally like applying a sticker. However, the mistake some people make is to just start at one end of the floor and work their way across. This can leave you with full tiles at one end and small slivers at the other, which looks bad. In fact, self-adhesive tiles should be laid out in the same fashion as the finest marble: from the center of the bathroom floor, and building outward.
Instructions
1. Divide the floor into four even squares, using a chalk snapline to lay two intersecting lines. Use your T-square to make sure the lines are square against each other where they intersect. Position the center intersection as if the bathtub isn't there.
2. Lay down rows of tiles loosely along the lines (without sticking them to the floor), starting at the center, to see where they will land by the walls and the tub. If any tiles will be cut to less than 2 or 3 inches against the walls or the tub, readjust your lines to widen them.
3. Peel back the wax paper from one edge of a tile, pulling it about 3 inches down. Set of the tile onto the line, in one of the corners created by the intersection at the middle of the floor. Stick that edge to the floor, then pull off the rest of the paper and press the rest of the tile down. Press it firmly.
4. Set the next tiles by pulling down part of the paper, setting the exposed edges up against the edge of a previously laid tile, peeling off the rest of the paper, and pressing down the tile. Work your way out from the middle of the floor toward the walls, following the lines and building off them. Lay all the full tiles that will fit.
5. Measure and cut the tiles along the walls and the tub. Make the measurement on the tile face with a pencil, lay the long side of the T-square across it, score it with your razor knife, and snap it, then set the tile in place.
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