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Old 09-24-2008, 10:20 PM   #1
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My 1st Tile Job


these are my 1st job ever never done tiling befor

my 1st shower and tile job what you guys think ? the glass door was installed later on


2nd job same thing glass door and side strips installed by the owner later on


3rd job

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Old 09-24-2008, 10:26 PM   #2
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Just a petty pet peeve but the shower handles look off with the tile placement
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Just a petty pet peeve but the shower handles and spot look off with the tile placement
hence my 1st job...gotta learn somewhere
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Never forget that Quarter round and Bull nose tiles are your friend's.

It does get easier as you go too!
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Why is there a tub spout in the shower?
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To wash one's feet of course...where have you been? nothing new here in cali.
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Foot washing?.....Who does THAT?
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Well Mike from my experience from the past bathroom redo's we've done mostly the Asian and India communities...I'm sure that you've removed your boots before you enter or remove them at the entry huh?
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well that shower is in a basement, so the tub spout is for filling buckets of water or what ever els you would like to fill. isnt taking your shoe of at the door a worldwide thing? not just a asian/ indian thing
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A couple of questions...
What did you install behind your tile (walls and floor)??

Why did you use a 2 handle shower faucet?? Is it pressure balanced??
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do you know the ro-80? I think it was an audi product and preceded the mazda products. what is the history of this man, Wankel?
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do you know the ro-80? I think it was an audi product and preceded the mazda products. what is the history of this man, Wankel?
Wankel made a sub-par gas guzzling oil eating flawed engine and i kick my self in the butt every time i think about how i bought the car for the looks and didn't care about all the errors- granted my rx8 does get A LOT of looks, its not worth it imo.
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Sounds like you have a Mazda RX-8. I was talking about the RO-80, which was from the late 60's perhaps. A friend had one. He thought it was very innovative for the time. It had a sunroof. He told me that it was the forerunner of Audi. Maybe this explains the numbering of the Audi's-80-100, etc. now A4, A6, A8.
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good start man
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