I had some big gaps to fill on my table, but thankfully I had a lot of broken tiles leftover from various renovation projects. #Tables tiled crack#Note: you don’t want your tiles to be straddling overtop the cut lines/edges of your cement board because they’ll crack easier. I knew I wanted a tiled table top, so I placed my tiles and moved them around so that they were evenly spaced. I just had straight cuts on the ends of my boards, so if you prefer a mitered edge – you may need to make your table slightly smaller than 4′ (or just use more pieces of wood). I used the tiles as my guide and placed the 2×4 at the height that would match the tiles. Once I had my base built, I added some 2x4s along the side (that I pre-stained to match my deck) to create a border. Think of it like building block pieces, I wanted the pieces of 2×4 to stick out and fit like a puzzle around the edges of the table. Once those first pieces were in place, I added some more pieces of wood so that the table top would be wedged nicely in place (again, you have to put the pieces of wood underneath and screw down). Now comes the trickier parts! You’ll need to flip your board over and mark where all the next pieces of wood will go, then flip it back over and drill down from the top (so everything is stuck to the cement board top).īasically, I created a frame around the perimeter of the table with 2x4s and then used smaller pieces of wood to fit snugly around the size of the table. Once I had the cement board pieces in place, I screwed them down into the sheet of wood. This way, I only had to cut a foot off of the wood and was able to maximize all my pieces. I ended up placing them lengthwise across a 4’x8′ sheet of aspenite and cut off the extra foot from each cement board to fill in the center. The cement boards were only 3’x5′ so I had to puzzle together some pieces to make a big enough surface. (Note: You will go through a few blades when using a utility knife to cut through cement board). I knew that I wanted a tiled table top, so started by gathering the materials I would need, and began measuring and cutting some cement board. #Tables tiled free#The whole idea for this project started after the Husband had brought me home a patio table base he found at the end of someone’s driveway (aka where people leave things they don’t want, free for the taking). This table top is going to be very heavy, so make sure you have some muscly helpers to lift it!
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