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Originally Posted by MattCoops
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The first mud job is to establish the drain slope for the copper pan (or what ever the waterproofing membrane is) to guide any leaking water towards the tile drain hub. The slope on the second morter bed is to establish the finish drain slope for the tile work. Unfortunately, today most jobs do not get the primary slope under the waterproof membrane, mostly pvc today, and set directly on the slab or wood sub floor) so any water that gets to the pan will just puddle under the morter bed, and eventually cause a problem.
In the quest for faster and cheaper, this is just another example of a finer point of a trade that has been lost. Now I must rant about a couple of my other pet peeves.
1. Roofing and sheetmetal work, not a crew of half assed shingle
nailers, but a guy who knows how to form and solder flashings at
critical areas,instead of believing that every roof job is done
with twenty pieces of off the shelf base flashing and a case of
roofing cement.
2. A carpenter who knows how to install lap siding correctly ,
so that courses line up with the tops and bottoms of
windows, instead of notching around them and looking
like vinyl siding.
3.Trim guys who understand that it is their job to "produce"
woodwork that is pleasing to the eye in all aspects...proportions,
height alignments, spacing, visual relations to other building
elements that are in front of, behind, or next to whatever
they are installing, etc. This means you need more than a miter
saw and a nail gun, and will have to do more than pick up
any size of wood laying around and nail it somewhere.
And the list could go on. Yes, I am admittedly anal retentive, and my handle "troubleseeker" describes my job look. Always looking
to head off the "me first, screw everyone after me" attitude that will cause trouble for everyone that follows.
Thanks for that guys, maybe I can skip counseling this week now