David Hart

David Hart spent 15 years as a tile contractor before shifting to freelance writing with a focus on outdoor sports. Credits include Outdoor Life, Bassmaster, Trout, and Turkey Country, but the highlights of his writing career are gracing the cover of Fine Homebuilding and interviewing Senator John McCain. He also writes about tilework. David lives in a restored Virginia farmhouse with his wife, Navona, and their sons.

For Great Tile Floors, Layout Is Everything
Take time to snap a few chalklines and find where the cuts are, and tiling becomes an easier task with better results.
Cutting Ceramic Tile
From simple tile nippers to diamond-bladed angle grinders and wet saws, here is an overview of the tools and techniques a pro tilesetter uses to make complex cuts.
Video Vault: Cut a Radius in Ceramic Tile With a Wet Saw
Although wet saws cut only straight lines, they still can be used to cut a radius.
Grouting Tile
Tile contractor David Hart explains how to choose, mix, apply, and seal the messy stuff that goes between tiles.
Tiling Over a Laminate Counter
Thanks to cement backerboard, you can make a new countertop without ripping out the old one.

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