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Glass mosaic shower

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I'm working on all the tike work In a beautiful 4500sf log cabin. Yea it's my first time ever tiling, time to test the skills
 

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#106 ·
I have no problem with owning the fact there are areas that need improvement I never said I was a master either what I did jump out here saying is that this was my first custom shower build. Where you guys gathered that I must of just walked on the jobsite with no construction experience and started tiling is beyond me. Maybe I made it sound that way but I assure you guys I know and am familiar with all the critical steps, components, and potential problems if done incorrecty. I would never take on a project of this seriousness or tell a client I was a pro if I weren't. You guys
With your worthless think you know it all opinions and blatant negativity just let's me know how weak minded and insecure about something, you really are. All you professionals got your old ass feathers ruffled something serious lost your composure and definitely showed your professionalism today, all behind a glass tile shower, y'all don't even know if I ever been in a damn shower much less built one,but you dumb fuks don't got all bent out of shape and that tells facts about the person you are, like I said earlier and now it's confirmed yall ain't got no heart your followers and definitely have showed no signs of being professional businessman, maybe you can tile and it look amazing but if that's all you there is to you is a tile laying skill, which as mad as you lames got it must be your life and that sucks to be you. So with that being said I think I'll quit raising all your old asses blood pressure so you can pop your viagra and think about what it must feel like to be a real man that has the power to affect others and make all of you geniuses look pitiful on a mobile app, bothered your pathetic egos so much we brought your immaturity out, professionals really, you guys are seriously claiming that aren't you, feel sorry for you I really do, have some balls and a backbone, no cause you got insecure egos and tile skills, lol fukin jokes I hope none of you are father's and set examples like you have today on this site, grown little boys that squat
 
#108 ·
Handy, let me explain this to you.

1. The work looks bad. I couldn't pass it by my customers.

2. Your attitude sucks. You joined to showoff some bad work and got butt hurt because we called you on it.

3. Hang around here long enough and lose the attitude and you can learn a lot from these guys. Go find the "what tile project are you working on" thread and you'll see they know their ****.
 
#125 ·
Great advise here. Stick around and learn.




Young man,

I held off this long......because I like you. :thumbsup:
You are a plucky little fellow with a keen sense of your own self-worth and a gift for interpersonal communication.


Consider this analogy....

Guy walks into a bar full of professional MMA fighters and legendary street brawlers, running his mouth about how he just knocked out an 82 year old lady with a mere sixteen punches.

(Sounds kinda stupid doesn't it?
The reaction you got starts to make some real sense....no?)



Relax. (Words for the Day: Humility.......Modesty)

Consider the idea that despite your boundless ambition, impressive education, and impeccable credentials........you could really benefit from hanging around here and learning from these guys.
(Guys......whose tool belts you aren't even fit to carry yet....in all honesty)

Stick around.
You won't regret it......I promise.
(Or......come back and continue acting like a petulant little dick......we need to keep TNT satisfied with fresh meat once in a while :thumbsup: )

Sincerely yours,
Jonathan

(And for the love of Jebus.......Paragraphs man.....paragraphs!!!)
More great advise.

I came up through the trades. I'm 43 and still consider myself new and young compared to some of the guys on here. My best friend is a tile guy and I've worked with him on numerous occasions. I've done several showers and consider then to be quality showers and quite nice but would never think of coming on here with pictures of my own work and trashing the professionals on here like you have.

The pictures you posted quite honestly are not complementary to yourself and would not be something to show off. If I did that in my own house I would be embarrassed to let guests use that shower.

So, if you want to stick around and learn, swallow your pride admit you were an ass and enjoy the ride!
You will learn allot along the way.
 
#109 ·
I love this thread.

New breed of contractor? Not really. Just another guy who can talk the talk and can buy materials from home depot. Why don't you look through the "What tile project are you working on today?" thread, and compare what these guys do with what you did.

Just because you get hired by designers and architects to do work doesn't mean your good. Most of the time they are fricken cheapskates, and know they can take advantage of a new guy.

Good luck to ya, but you are obviously new to contracting, and don't even know what you don't know yet.
 
#110 ·
Amazing. How one shower install makes you an expert?!

And what experience do you have that would make me consider you nothing more than a punk with big talk? I've seen your website and seriously it's a beginner K+B stuff. Not a millionaire contractor stuff for sure. (And i've worked in plenty of million dollar homes)

Also amazing is how without knowing anyone else's background here, you defend your work as "no one knows your background" so be quiet type of attitude. Back at you, son.

Somehow you think you're manly by having a business? My kid has a business but he is still a kid. And so are you with your attitude.
 
#114 ·
Well bc most people tend to think that everyone else is the same as them I'll go with that's probably how you see yourself or did at one time so you think that we re all similar to you, yea no punks over here big guy and what your feeling is an "attitude" in your mind is really me simply not laying down or responding back to y'alls comments. I assure you I'm no expert, which is and always ultimately be a personal opinion and that's why y'all don't bother me I've been pretty entertained by getting you old dudes all worked up, you mess with us we mess with y'all and do better work lol JK man I'm sure all of you guys are very knowledgeable and great at what you do, but I've seen all I need to to know when I'm around real and when I'm around well you guys
 
#124 ·
Ok this was entertaining lol. I'm one of the super young contractors here. I know it too. I'm here to learn and soak up all I can. I have a few years experience. I have all my insurance and bonding.

I do this legit. I've taken tile classes actually and worked on occasion with a few excellent tile layers. I've been asked to do bathrooms and showers in tile. I've turned them down about every time and straight told the customers I do not have the experience required to make this look like your dreams. However I know several that I can refer you to for that portion. I'm doing some tile work but I do it at my standard hourly rate and explain up front that this is not what I do.

I do carpentry primarily. I refuse to disappoint a customer who in the future will refer to me as the guy who built this wacky shower. Noooooo. Learn. Practice. Read. Stay on this forum and you'll learn. These "old" guys are good on here.
 
#127 · (Edited by Moderator)
Yea I'm past the work aspect of this experience, samm and blue ridge green, you guys handled this the way seasoned guys should be and I respect you for it. However, all the other guys that are the top dogs, have all acted like they can say whatever they want, be negative as **** and expect me to take it and be a *** rider like heavy d, another follower following these guys that have yet to show any positive example or leader qualities, but I guess that's the way it is on here, guys thinking they're special cause they have tons of tile knowledge, so they get a pass to behave however they want and we better not talk back cause that's attitude. No my friends that's not what gets respect, they get none.

I posted some pics of something that I was finally getting to do, excited and proud to be experiencing success as a contractor and a entrepreneur. As well as making a difference in customers minds on how they view contractors, very negative, proud to be actually having a positive impact on this industry by means of how I treat them, by being a man of my word, and not walking away until they're completely satisfied. So what the work isn't pro level I don't have pro level experience when it comes to tiling. I can take constructive criticism all day, but that's not the case, 99% of the comments weren't made with any intention on helping me fix flaws or achieving success, instead they started a bash session and why? It doesn't matter what the scenario is, if you have a opputinity to add to someone's feeling good about their self, you should jump on it and see how you can add to it not get mad about another man being happy about himself, even if you think the reason is terrible, you jump on the chance to affect someone positively and add to their happiness. That's all you that intrinsically mean anything in life, the way you affected the lives of those around you.

Those guys are on here acting like their the popular 9th grader wanting to have ppl kiss his ass cause he feels special cause his followers act like that.

That's damn shame, a forum full of grown men, fathers, uncles and brothers busting ass for a living have managed to let this site have that dynamic, exact reflection of the type of leaders that are on here
 
#130 · (Edited by Moderator)
Did you read what they said? They said you would do good to listen to us. I think when you get a bit older you need to come back and read this thread. I have a feeling you wish you would have presented yourself a bit different.

And sometimes everyone needs a little harsh reality check. You got your feelings hurt and there is no room for that in this business. That's the problem with your generation, you weren't spanked you were put in time outs. There was no first place or score keeping just participation ribbons. You can't handle when you are told the truth. You need a safe zone.
 
#131 ·
You might want to go back to your first post and read how you came in here.......and reflect on that, it has a lot to do with the type of responses you're getting. You didn't really come on here trying to join in, but were instead pretty full of yourself from the first post. If you had showed some humility, which that level of work dictates, your responses would have likely been more constructive and helpful.

Your answers to some of the questions indicate that you did put a lot of effort into trying to build it correctly. Time will tell how well that worked out, at least one thing that seems to have been overlooked was taping of the seams. Impossible to tell about any of the other stuff on actual execution.
As to the finish tile work, yes it's quite rough looking. Some of that has to do with attempting a glass mosaic shower your first ever tiling attempt as well. It just amplifies the skills you don't have yet.
 
#132 ·
Lol TNT I assure you the last thing I experienced was hurt feelings don't flatter yourself bro like you said its business, which my business completed projects and just cashed out for $12K, not saying that means anything special, but does mean I haven't been giving a damn about this site and especially the guys like you, thoughts and opinion. Guys like you are my very favorite, your the ones that are basically the best indications of being on the path I should be or confirmation that I'm doing something right bc guys who like you are living as your ego self, the ego feels threatened by me, so it cannot not be affected by guys like me, hence your amount of involvement in this post and saying my feelings are hurt bc ultimately that's what want for me to experience, thinking that if you can make yourself think my feelings really are hurt, then ego enters a comfort zone not worrying about you get getting feelings hurt. You project, like most spiritually asleep humans, what your inner truth is on the next man so you don't have to face it and accept who you are. Wake up son
 
#133 ·
I think coming on here and getting to where you are calling guys out on how they raise their kids is a dick move.

You don't know anything. You don't even have the experience to know what you don't know. It seems like people these days think that looking it up on Google is the same as having skills.

There are many actual Master Craftsman on this board. I've been in the trades for 20 plus years and many of these guys can run rings around my skill set and I know it. I am learning every day.

You need to learn a lot more before you spout off about how you are going to test your skills, or make bank or pretty much anything.

If your feelings have been hurt in this thread, welcome to the real world. You wouldn't last 1 day on a real jobsite.

And sheesh, are paragraphs really that hard to comprehend. You can't even take that simple advice.
 
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