Printable Tool List To Install A Tumbled Stone Entryway

Tile a floor with marble, including a stunning pre-assembled mosaic medallion.

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Tool List
Safety Equipment
  • Leather gloves

  • Rubber gloves

  • Safety glasses

  • Dust mask

  • Organic vapor respirator

Hand Tools
  • 4-in. paint brush to spread primer

  • Pry bar

  • Hammer

  • Stapler or hammer tacker

  • Tin snips

  • Tape measure

  • Chalk line

  • Framing square

  • 4-ft. level

  • Fine-tooth handsaw

Tile Tools
  • 5-gal. buckets

  • 1/4 x 3/8-in. notched trowel

  • Margin trowel

  • Grout sponge

  • Grout float

  • Mixing paddle for 1/2-in. drill

  • 4-in. dry-cut diamond blade ($25)

Power Tools (Rented)
  • 1/2-in. drill for mixing ($15/day)

  • Wet-cutting diamond saw ($55/day)

  • 4 or 4-1/2 in. grinder ($15/day)

From The Family Handyman - May 2000
Originally in How To Install a Tumbled Stone Entryway: Tile a Floor With Marble
 
Copyright ©2005 Home Service Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction, in any manner, is prohibited.
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