Getting there..Urethane grout today,caulk saturday, gotta install wood floors for next 2 days.
working solo, so takes some time..

 

A hot tub with a view.

How would you like to hang out in this new deck with 4 or 5 of your closest girlfriends. Such is the life of a Vancouver Playboy...

Love the view.

Where on the top floor deck of the top floor penthouse here in Vancouver. Tomorrow I flood out one of two showers where building here.

JW

 

Astor , the curve has a trim or is that a diffrent tile . I'm looking thru my Evo , picture is kinda small.. But I can see a shiny line.. Schluter trim?

 

Yes, it is Schluter brushed nickel trim,kind of goes with shower and glass hardware..

Astor, What kind of stone is on top of that bench? Marble, Granite?

Granite,vanity top is coming up..

 

Nice floor blaze! You cut that marble sooo nice around those inserts. What did you cut those curves with?

John that is some groovy tile in that shower floor.

Astor, What kind of stone is on top of that bench? Marble, Granite?

 

Niiiccceeee !

 

29th floor

Penthouse Guest Room

Flooded the pan out today at 10:00 AM, The builder called at 4:00 today to say that an inspection will be called for Monday or Tuesday.

Nice. Perhaps a 100 hour flood test....

 

A hot tub with a view.

How would you like to hang out in this new deck with 4 or 5 of your closest girlfriends. Such is the life of a Vancouver Playboy...

Love the view.

Where on the top floor deck of the top floor penthouse here in Vancouver. Tomorrow I flood out one of two showers where building here.

JW

That's Awsome. Don't want to forget your pencil in the truck during that one.

 

A little oversized tile going in to the North Vancouver curbless.

Rob from Powerhouse is doing a great job here.

Those tiles are 2'x4'

 

John..How do you flood test a curbless shower?? Or did you fill the room with water ??:laughing:

 

Basic Kerdi shower

 

John flood test's EVERYTHING!!:whistling

 

Custom Window Trim in UBC

 

Flood Tests for curbless showers

Here is a look at the last one. We passed inspection in Burnaby a few weeks back with this set up;

Took me thirty minutes to set up.

An off cut of MDF molding
Mapaband
Aqua D
Some scrap Hardie
2 boxes of dry wall mud.



This shower the inspector was fine with just a flood test of the wet zone. The glass will be set in before the tile and provision made for anchors. This shower was inspected and pasted in North Vancouver District about 6 weeks back.

Not hard to flood out at all.

JW

 

New house I'm working on this is beginnings of the master shower.

4'x8' and 7' foot tall all gonna be travertine as of today. But things have changed a few times already.

 

New house I'm working on this is beginnings of the master shower.

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4'x8' and 7' foot tall all gonna be travertine as of today. But things have changed a few times already.

New construction? Whazzat?!!! :blink:

Good for you Chad, post up some progress pics. :thumbup:

My little bro lives in your neighborhood, Menifee.

 

I like the bench :clap:

 

What's his name Greg ? Does he work in construction too ?

This is my concept drawing for it. Travertine and green onyx in the inserts.
It's all the travertine just the shadows make it look like different tile.

 

What's his name Greg ? Does he work in construction too ?

This is my concept drawing for it. Travertine and green onyx in the inserts.

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Wow, nice. Is that a Roman Tub? If so, will you be building that from scratch?

My brother's name is Alex, he has a little plumbing company. American Classic Plumbing.

 

Nah it's a drop in jakuzzi tub.

I will keep my eye out for your bro.

 

Cool.

I'm originally from SoCal.....not sure how I ended up in Ohio. Pretty sure I was drunk at the time though. :biggrin:

Funny thing is.....I like it here. :laughing: Well, except for winter. :sad:

 

Funny thing is the setter that has worked with me for 12 years now used to work in Ohio too. I still haven't had him mud a floor out here but he said they mudded thousands of feet out there.

 

Cool.

I'm originally from SoCal.....not sure how I ended up in Ohio. Pretty sure I was drunk at the time though. :biggrin:

Funny thing is.....I like it here. :laughing: Well, except for winter. :sad:

:laughing:
Round here we call it White Mans Weather

The cold doesn't bother me... I hate the snow, slush and especially ice

 

Yep, exactly. I can stand the cold, just hate the rest, like you said.

Actually, the scenery in winter is beautiful, just sucks to drive in. If I didn't hafta go anywhere, I would love winter. :laughing:

 

Shoveling snow sux :whistling:

 

That's why I put chains on the ole garden tractor and hook up the ole box scraper.

The only shoveling I do is on job sites.

Okay, let's quit talking about winter. Yesterday was such a beautiful day, I set up outside. Clouds and sun and about 78 degrees. :thumbup:

 

I'd like to see your winter set up, Greg. Like it or not us Northerns have to deal with it.

 

Here ya go Angus, though I've posted these before. :thumbsup:

Trailer is just outside that garage door with a path shoveled to the ramp, and side door.

 

here is what I am working on for a few days 20 x 20 tile on a 45. Right on the river awesome view. It layed out pretty sweet as well. Had to use noble over the expansion joint on the porch floor. Never have seen a slab cut in a Lani before.

Got about 90 feet installed yesterday not bad for starting at 1 and leaving at 5. And its HOT out for you winter talkers:clap:

 

here is what I am working on for a few days 20 x 20 tile on a 45. Had to use noble over the expansion joint on the porch floor. Never have seen a slab cut in a Lani before.

I dont know how much that small strip of Noble is going to work.
it might help a little but they require it to be a little wider.

ps. I thought you were a Laticrete guy. you can use HydroBarrier, Blue 92 Anti-Fracture Membrane or the Crack Suppression Kit

 

You won't see a lot of Kerdi in my installs but here is a peak of the current steam shower project in Vancouver.

My plumber was there yesterday seeing if we can save the installation. It turns out that only the tile guy is to blame for the poor finish work and that the plumbing is good to go.

We cranked it up over 200 PSI and the lines held. Next we tested the steamer line and it too held fine.

The tile crew from Powerhouse will be back onsite tonight to finish off the walls and to flood this curbless shower.

JW

 

one more day and I should be done:clap::clap:

 

Booooo!

 

one more day and I should be done:clap::clap:

Holy lots of spacers opie man..

 

:thumbsup:well this job has to be as perfect as I can get it..............18 homes on this street cheapest is 900k and the biggest is over 2 mil............

but the neighboor came over and I measured thier home today.............1500 ft of travertine ..500 ft tear out and 900 feet of wood......with new base....I wont say the NICE VIEW i got to see today......if your on my facebook you would know what i am talking about:whistling:whistling


20 x 20 tile just is a PITA to cut on a 45. But im glad they settled for that instead of a solider course with 45 inside with dots in that........:thumbsup: