- 1). Turn off the water line behind the toilet, at the valve. Use your wrench to disconnect the line from the toilet, and to take out the two floor bolts holding the toilet base to the floor. Lift the toilet and walk it out of the room.
- 2). Lay two intersecting lines over the floor with a snapline, dividing the surface into four squares. Set a carpenter's square at the intersection as you snap the lines, getting them exactly 90 degrees off each other.
- 3). Spread thinset over middle of the floor with a notched tiling trowel, covering a few square feet in one of the corners of the intersection of the lines.
- 4). Lay a slate tile in a corner of the intersection, pressing it firmly into the thinset. Press additional tiles around it, setting spacers between them as you do.
- 5). Continue spreading mortar and laying slate tiles, building out to the edges of the floor along the lines.
- 6). Cut tiles at the edges of the room with a wet saw, laying them with the cut sides facing the walls. Also cut tiles around the toilet drain in the floor, making curved cuts that sit about ¼ inch out from the drain border. Allow the tiles to set for 10 hours and remove the spacers.
- 7). Apply grout to the tiles, spreading the grout over them with a grout float, forcing it into the spaces between the tiles. Use a damp sponge to wipe up the excess grout. Let it set for 24 hours.
- 8). Reinstall the toilet. Caulk around the base, where it meets the tiles.
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