squirrel 0 #26 January 12, 2010 Quote Quote Quote Quote Quote "Ya fuck it up, you can do it again, cause ya did it cheap....." "Took a month for a floor?...." Remind me to never hire you! its the house i am living in...and its a total rehab, foundation cracks, uneven original pour, doing it right takes time dumb ass. sorry to take so long, we're kind of busy selling all the REPOS up here, . when you learn how to successfully make money building houses, like I do, then you can have an opinion. if you would like a house built new, I can usually do that in 5 months, from graded to locking the door. go ride your silly bike. ROFL, My gawd, if we ever get to meet in person, I hope yer dumb enough to talk to me that way!dude grow up! nope, not gonna grow up. i can build houses faster being young. BTW, i ride a silly bike too...its just quieter, thats all. Hope we meet some day pup., we ,more than likely wil have a laugh together! for a minute there i think you were getting mad at me. anyway, reason the floor took so long was i was the only labor, and i could only do 3 or 4 hours of work at a time due to our work schedule. plus, satillo tile takes an extra step over regular tile. to the original poster. if you hire someone be SURE to make them do a layout to show where all the lines will fall. a general rule of tile is to try to not have less than one half of a tile in your lay out. narrow tiles tend to grab your eyes attention. you can mark out on a 1 X 3 or like, the tile spacing and joints, then use this to aid in your layout. i really hate in when i see a layout that shows that the tile person just started at one side, and "ended" at the other with a real narrow piece. In a shower, you may want to start by setting your start point with a joint bisecting the drain, for looks and cutting ease. you'll have to move the layout around sometimes to get it just right. ________________________________ Where is Darwin when you need him? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LongWayToFall 0 #27 January 12, 2010 I did the bathroom in my house, with no prior tile experience. It is a tub/shower, and we left the tub in, so I didn't have to deal with tiling the floor. Hardibacker, some latex sealer, and plenty of grout sealer should keep the thing water tight. I replaced all of the old galvanized plumbing with copper at the same time, so tore the walls down to the studs. I would say that it went well overall, and came out looking good. Once you grout it, it helps make it look sharper, when I laid the tile it wasn't perfectly straight. Do yourself a favor and buy a diamond cut off wheel for a disk grinder (and buy the disk grinder if you don't have one) this does a great job at cutting and shaping tiles. Also, you can get a diamond bit for your dremel to cut the holes out for the handles and spout. I say go for it, it will be a fun project. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
velvetjo 0 #28 January 13, 2010 QuoteCheck out Schluter Systems online. It's a german company that makes a shower system that's easy for the do-it-yourselfer. It's actually made for you! +1 Schluter is good stuff! Lance Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warpedskydiver 0 #29 January 13, 2010 I have a diamond hole cutter for the handles and outlet pipes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
