How To Install Pennies As Flooring

I chose to start in the corner up against the bathtub.

How to install pennies as flooring.

7 steps to a diy penny floor step 1. Follow these tips for installing round penny tile and this project will not fall in your top three or even ten most difficult projects. This floor is surprisingly inexpensive to make. Here s the method that worked best for us on our penny tile backsplash we did an entire wall in one part of the kitchen.

I decided to do my kitchen because the floor is only 38 square feet. Or 48 64 in pennies. But since penny tile doesn t really have seam lines you don t have to worry about starting in the center of the room. Continue until penny tile flooring.

We got our tile from the tile shop no freebies we paid for it. Normally when installing tile you d find the center of the room and begin laying tiles on either side making sure that the layout is symmetrical. The tile shop had by far the best price and fast and excellent service. Four things i learned installing penny tile 1.

Try this tutorial for how to install a penny floor. Then john scraped it with his trowel to make little ridges to help the thinset grab the tile and stick for good. Do not trust internet photos. And it looks absolutely stunning beneath the kitchen lights.

Just google image search bad penny tile installation and you ll see what i m talking about. Measure the floor space. First things first there are 304 pennies in one square foot if you plant to make a 4 x4 foyer like mine you ll need 16 square feet of pennies. Materials to install a penny floor.

Install a penny tile floor in place and push it by hand to ensure good adhesion. The way the pennies glimmer and shine makes this floor look expensive and time consuming when in fact it is inexpensive and fairly quick to make. Move to the left or right apply glue to the floor set the tile and press place. Our trowel was a 3 16th notched trowel since penny tile is small so we heard that smaller ridges were recommended you can also see this in the video above.

Do not cut a penny. Made the cut tile with a knife or scissors as needed around a penny.