Making A Tile Table Top For Outdoors

Use a pencil to mark out your design.

Making a tile table top for outdoors.

Get your wood and steel at a home center and look for interesting tile at a local tile supplier. To make it easier try to create a pattern that requires no tile cutting. In the end it came out pretty good but bent over in the georgia sun mixing mortar and cutting tile wasn t very fun. This tiled table is simple to make but it s engineered to hold up in any weather.

Use tile nippers to trim tiles to fit as needed image 2. Sand the table top. We expanded the size of our table by fastening a 4 x 8 sheet of plywood to the top of table. Tile top patio table overview.

Be sure to apply a little pressure to set the tiles. If your table top is made of another material like granite or metal you can skip this step. Determine the size of your tabletop. Tile a table top.

All the materials are available at home centers and you can build this table with simple tools and basic skills. Cut the plywood to size based on the tile pattern you have created. Ask to see a porcelain or stone tile or a combination that ll withstand harsh weather conditions. The playful tile treatment atop this diy patio table turns the humble garden accent into a bespoke treasure.

Plus you can customize the top with your choice of any pattern and colors of tile. The lightweight frame of the table comes together with pine boards held up by four. Use a hand or belt sander to sand down any rough edges or bulges in the wood. First large clay tiles tend to warp see this post for tips on making flat tile which leads to an uneven top so keep individual pieces small less than eight inches on a tile s longest dimension.

For example if your tile is 3 8 thick and your table is 1 5 thick you would need a strip 1 7 8 wide. If the table top is made of wood you ll want to make sure that you have a smooth surface to place your mosaic tiles. I tiled my patio in 2011 and i absolutely hated the entire experience. Second the tiles fit together like a puzzle but an excess of undulations causes trouble.

Using a 3 16 trowel spread mastic on the table working in small sections to prevent drying and begin arranging tiles image 1.