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What tile project are you working on?

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#1 ·
It's been a little dead hereabouts lately, so I thought I would try and liven things up a little.

Post some pics of your current tile projects in progress. The good, the bad, and the ugly.
 

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1)yea doors are going
2)home owner wanted bought the wonderboard
3)adding another wall for the showerhead
4)I was going to do 3 2x's for the curb and wrap them in wonderboard and hydroban. or cut a bunch of 2x's on 3 degrees to and 5 inches long and stand them vertically and wrap them. Or I got some wire mesh. I could do 3 2x's and wrap them in mesh and mud them and slope the mud. Suggestions?
on those little knee walls, thy are going to have glass sitting on them to the ceiling. I sloped them at 3 degrees. That sound good to you guys?
 
#453 ·
The last time I used Wonderboard, the joints were really funky. They had kind of a mound at every long joint in the CBU. Really pissed me off and had me working way harder than I needed to. Not to mention it seems to be as stiff as a limp noodle. I haven't used it since.

I do like the spacings you used on those screws though. Looks like some nice precise work.

As far as the knee walls go, what are you using for the capping? If its a solid sill of some sort I usually slope it down about 3/16ths. When they come in to install the glass, they use saddle brackets that screw down into the sill and mount the glass to those. It allows for enough play for you to get a good slope and for them to get a nice straight install.
 
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josh, the caps are going to be solid granite
tile widard, I didn't stagger because the length was about 5-4 so I stood em vertical. Also there used to be windows there so I had a double stud to break and I could screw the board farther back from the edges. It chips off when you have to screw so close to the edges on a single stud in my experience anyways. Do you think the wonderboard is more brittle than say durorock or permabase?
 
#456 ·
I didn't stagger because the length was about 5-4 so I stood em vertical. Also there used to be windows there so I had a double stud to break and I could screw the board farther back from the edges. It chips off when you have to screw so close to the edges on a single stud in my experience anyways.
You need to stagger the joints. I don't understand what you mean about the length.
Your trade says carpenter. You should know about staggering. If you don't like screwing into a single stud, get yourself a couple 2x4s and sister them up.
 
#460 ·
Hey Bluebird,is this a sunkin shower cause I dont see the shower pan wraping the curb?

Also next time try to place 2 2x4' run the shower pan trough them,tuck it nicely and fill up the emptiness between the 2x4's with the queckrette and try to hold the shower pan in between the queckrette.Nice work over all.
 
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kato I'm not getting what you and blaze are getting at. I have sloped the curb toward the shower and wrapped it in cement board. I have installed the kerdi drain and am hydrobaning the walls, pan, and curb. I am not doing a pvc liner just surface drain and waterproofing to into the drain. Am I missing something?
 
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for this job at least.. urethane ? really ? pre mixed and flexible ! ? thats for the weak.. cant control your timing on epoxy ? is epoxy too hard for you fellas ? i pity the urethane user ! .. spectralock 2000IG for my commercial and spectralock pro for residential... Man up ! hahaha .. :thumbup:
 

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Floormasta78 said:
for this job at least.. urethane ? really ? pre mixed and flexible ! ? thats for the weak.. cant control your timing on epoxy ? is epoxy too hard for you fellas ? i pity the urethane user ! .. spectralock 2000IG for my commercial and spectralock pro for residential... Man up ! hahaha .. :thumbup:
Opie's counterpart...... :laughing: