[srwcontracting]

I just got a job for some serious hagglers...on a relatively easy backsplash in a $500,000 house. Back and forth for three days and right before i was about to recommend they find someone else they accepted the price. They said"$20! thats alot, why do we have to pay for the grout".

They want me to recommend someone to install a deck, Im gonna give them my grumpy old bosses number for fun hahahahha

You probably lucked out not getting it!

 

[TileWizard]

Lol. I did get it! only because I came highly recommend from the distributor.

 

[BlueRidgeGreen]

I dubbed it the "Yin and the Yang" niche.

My guys and the clients keep calling it "The Tetris" :laughing:

 

[TileWizard]

Looks awesome! Who's idea was that?

 

[BlueRidgeGreen]

I was looking at a pic from a manufacturer selling waterproofing materials.....I forget who....what.....even when.

They had a layered view that showed a reg. rectangular niche and their product.

The missing tile on the upper left of the niche created the odd shape which in my little brain became the "soap dish" section.

This shower is for a couple, and they each wanted one.......so it went from there.

I love niches that play with the standard feeling of structural "integrity".

Thanks. :thumbsup:

 

[TileWizard]

I can't believe some crazy deaigner/architect hasn't made me do something like this. When this day come they will pay dearly tho.

 

[BlueRidgeGreen]

I can't believe some crazy deaigner/architect hasn't made me do something like this. When this day come they will pay dearly tho.

:laughing::laughing:

The joke's on me.....I only have myself to blame.

This one was real fun.

 

[BlueRidgeGreen]

I hated that hideous tile.

It was all I could do to keep from puking all over it.

(wouldn't have really affected the look though)

 

[Stevarino]

Very nice!
Different design too

Is that a basement?
Unusual placement of windows

Yeah the shower design was kind of a pain but it worked out. And it is actually on the second floor. Just odd windows.

 

[CraigHarimon]

quick little shower.
Mud bed marble pebble shower floor with Power Grout (bright white)
6x24 plank with tec (mocha) grout

 

[TileWizard]

i was wondering what the wood planks would look like on a wall, I kind of like it and i always like the step pattern. Is that a Better Bench?

 

[CraigHarimon]

i was wondering what the wood planks would look like on a wall, I kind of like it and i always like the step pattern. Is that a Better Bench?

yes it is a better bench 30"
with 2 wedi nithces

 

[TaylorMadeAB]

What Tile Project Are You Working On?

quick little shower.

Mud bed marble pebble shower floor with Power Grout (bright white)

6x24 plank with tec (mocha) grout

How long does something like that take you? From old shower demo, water proofing, and new tile.

The reason I ask is to gauge how I am doing on my own times.

 

[CraigHarimon]

this was 6 days for the shower and floor
1 demo
2 pan, durock shower and waterproof, I install and waterproof before pouring the mud bed.
3 shower walls
4 grout shower walls, tile shower base (I hand set the stones, it takes longer but looks better IMO), durock bath floor.
5 grout shower base, install bottom row of shower walls set bath floor
6 grout bath floor attend to details.

The white marble pebbles with bright white grout cost an extra day because I hat to set them after i was finished with grouting the shower walls (dark brown grout would have stained the floor)

 

[HS345]

quick little shower.
Mud bed marble pebble shower floor with Power Grout (bright white)
6x24 plank with tec (mocha) grout

Nice work. But a white floor in a dark brown shower? Definitely not my preference. But sometimes we all gotta do what the customer likes.

What are the niches trimmed with, Schluters? I use them quite a bit too. How did you miter them?

 

[TaylorMadeAB]

this was 6 days for the shower and floor
1 demo
2 pan, durock shower and waterproof, I install and waterproof before pouring the mud bed.
3 shower walls
4 grout shower walls, tile shower base (I hand set the stones, it takes longer but looks better IMO), durock bath floor.
5 grout shower base, install bottom row of shower walls set bath floor
6 grout bath floor attend to details.

The white marble pebbles with bright white grout cost an extra day because I hat to set them after i was finished with grouting the shower walls (dark brown grout would have stained the floor)

Exceptional! I really need to improve on my role setting time.

 

[Inner10]

this was 6 days for the shower and floor
1 demo
2 pan, durock shower and waterproof, I install and waterproof before pouring the mud bed.
3 shower walls
4 grout shower walls, tile shower base (I hand set the stones, it takes longer but looks better IMO), durock bath floor.
5 grout shower base, install bottom row of shower walls set bath floor
6 grout bath floor attend to details.

The white marble pebbles with bright white grout cost an extra day because I hat to set them after i was finished with grouting the shower walls (dark brown grout would have stained the floor)

At this point in your life a job like that must feel as natural as ordering a pizza.

 

[MarcoPollo]

Nice work. But a white floor in a dark brown shower? Definitely not my preference. But sometimes we all gotta do what the customer likes.

What are the niches trimmed with, Schluters? I use them quite a bit too. How did you miter them?

We use a metal cutoff saw for them. Small and portable you can get them with pretty tiny blades.

I know you didn't ask me thought I would chime in though lol

 

[slowsol]

Why isn't the tile stepped equally?

 

[HS345]

Why isn't the tile stepped equally?

Random stagger, like real wood. I imagine.