Sample Sentences & Example Usage. 1  Stephen Bolinder: Every time I heard the door chime, my heart stopped. 2  Logan Pearsall Smith: There is one thing that matters -- to set a chime of words tinkling in the minds of a few fastidious people.
While you can lay tile directly over a concrete slab using thin-set adhesive, donât make the mistake of applying tile directly to a plywood subfloor. No matter how firm the subfloor; the plywood will expand and contract at a different rate as the tile, causing cracks to develop in the grout lines or tiles over time.
Laying the Tiles. 1  1. Place the tiles in the pattern. 2  2. Apply a layer of thin-set adhesive on the floor surface using a notched trowel. 3  3. Lay marble tiles firmly in the thin-set adhesive.  4. Position the tiles in place using 1  spacers. 5. Check the level of the tiles.