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The craftsmanship looks great but I can't get behind that design.

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LED niche's

Thought I'd be a little creative.
I've done a lot of under cabinet, decks and stairs.
So I thought I'd give it a go on my last tile job.
Dam
It looks impressive. The homeowner hugged me. She was so happy

 

I had to drill a hole centered on this pipe nipple for a steam head. I didn't drill it when I set the tile because I didn't have the size bit needed and I had ordered it but it was not in yet. I didn't want to hold up the job.

Here was my solution...and it worked very well. I drilled a 7/8" hole in some scrap GoBoard that just fit around the pipe. Then I drilled that out with the diamond hole saw centered on that 7/8" hole. That let me use the pipe as my guide to start the hole. Ended up with a perfectly centered larger hole.

 

I saw some guy on FB do the exact same thing.....:laughing:

Tom

 

I saw some guy on FB do the exact same thing.....:laughing:



Tom

Same thing on IG too... [emoji28]

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Wow...already being used by the masses...[emoji23][emoji23]

 

Cut of the day...and I set these individually because the sheet lines were awful.

 

Yeah a stone floor isn't very common for me to install. Last one I did was several years back and I didn't even think about sheet lines...it was a 3x3 shower. Looking back on pics of it, it turned out well.

Just finished one. Thought about doing individual setting :no: Still recovering from a travertine 1x1 mosaic that I had to set in strips and individuals. Crap tile, from a crap store supplied by the, customer. This one spun each sheet for best fit / look. Set the 4x4 shower and had a moment of pause. The edges were flipping obvious, well too late now. Grouted and turned out well. Best I can tell the edges of the mats changed how those joints looked. Grout changed that.

 

We have hand set stones on the last 5 or so we have done. It works much better.

 

Yeah the sheets normally look like ****

 

We have hand set stone for about three years now. Some sheets are actually pretty darn good as is, but we don't want to risk it.

 

And to clarify, the last 5 jobs also means about the last 5 years... :laughing:

Craig was the first one I saw post about it if I recall and now I'm in the same camp as you, don't want to risk it.

 

Yeah a stone floor isn't very common for me to install. Last one I did was several years back and I didn't even think about sheet lines...it was a 3x3 shower. Looking back on pics of it, it turned out well.

 

Little accent niche and corner wrap on our current shower. Also some prep for tomorrow.

 

Hack!

 

Alright...here is something new I tried. Keeping with the theme of setting smaller sheet tiles on Kerdi...the upper tiles for the last bit of tile in this shower were thinner than the ones below. I decided to apply them to Kerdi like I had done for the other decorative mosaics. That's was fine but then I had a brain fart and forgot one thing... installing a 2'x5' slab like that wouldn't be easy because of handling and flexing.

My solution was a few steps. First I wanted to be able to attach suction cups to the "slab" to be able to move and install it. Also I wanted to add something to help keep the flexing of the panels to a minimum. I tried the clear, adhesive type carpet protection on the face of the tiles and that worked awesome! That alone wasn't enough to give a proper seal for the cups so I hot glued some 1/4" melamine to the film and that worked really well. Then wanting to stiffen the assembly a bit more for moving around a spot glued some 1/2” GoBoard scrap across the film. This worked really well too.

Next I cut them to size using the Makita tile saw with track adapter. Then I skimmed the wall and applied thinset to the back of the panels.

It was perfect. It took 2 of us to install the back wall but I was able to install the smaller side pieces solo.

It won't be something I do every install but it worked fantastic for this situation and probably saved me some headache and time vs skimming out the wall to accommodate the thinner tile.

Tomorrow I will peel the film and strips off once the thinset cured overnight.

 

Glad it worked out.

All said and done was it faster or just easier to work on?

 

I say both...at least for me. Simply rolling out Kerdi on a flat surface and being able to lay down full tiles was quick. I was able to get them flat, with full coverage, and straight way quicker than installing them on a wall. I had the 3 sections applied to the Kerdi in less than an hour yesterday. Then today I had about 3-1/2 hours cutting them to size and setting them. That includes some head scratching time solving some of the issues. I am not a fast tile guy so I doubt I could have set them individually in that time especially when you consider I would have has to skim the wall to accommodate the thickness issue or applied Kerdi to the wall first before setting the tile.

The other benefit was cutting them as a panel vs individual pieces was much quicker and more precise with the track and Makita IMHO.

Not something for everyone or every install, but I will use the method again.

 

Grouted up! Those deco tiles sucked to grout with urethane!!

 

Very nice Andrew.

Tom

 

Little custom vent I did. Also client wanted to add a small corner toe shelf. Made the shelf at the shop and installed after I tiled. It worked really well! http:https://cloud.tapatalk.com/s/5d0c0e13aa565/VID_294790904_034800_858.mp4

 

Little custom vent I did. Also client wanted to add a small corner toe shelf. Made the shelf at the shop and installed after I tiled. It worked really well!

What adhesive did you use to stick the shelf to the wall?

 

This thread has been dead for awhile...here is some fresh pics. Waiting on the Quartz for the bench. Door gets installed tomorrow.

Mud floor with Schluter linear drain and corner shelf. GoBoard for the walls and ceiling.

 

 

 

 

 

 

February’s jobs

 

First floor in over 2 years. I don't miss the kneeling haha

 

Hack.....

Tom

 

Whew...tough crowd here