91.   Joe Horner of Belmont, Mass. called to tell us that you can buy a special spade-blade bit for ceramic tile that will make the job easier.

92.   Marble tile is no more slippery than glazed ceramic tile.

93.   My second-floor room looked out on treetops and roofs of rippling, silvery ceramic tiles.

94.   Most water leaks in the bathroom occur because water seeps through broken grout or missing caulk around the ceramic tiles.

95.   Officially, though, Fotao, a ceramic tiles and bathroom fixtures maker based in Foshan, Guangdong province, says its ongoing international roadshow is going just fine.

96.   One man suggested that I put in the ceramic tile floor first, another said no.

97.   One way to keep the clamps from robbing the heat is by slipping pieces of ceramic tile or asbestos shingle under the clamp heads.

98.   One way to refinish a kitchen countertop where the plastic laminate is worn is to resurface it with ceramic tile.

99.   Or, apply a ceramic mosaic tile or any other kind of glazed ceramic tile on the base, using a thin-set mortar.

100.   Once the tiles are off, scrape off the old adhesive and remount them, using a regular ceramic tile adhesive.