Its to compensate for all the cracks on the floor. That way the tiles won't crack later..

 

: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:

I think I want to see the views......

 

3 lovely ladies enjoying the SUN with NO TAN LINES.............:clap::clap: and no I didnt move my wet saw stayed right were it was and used it alot today:laughing:

 

That must of been horrible!?!?

 

just AWFULL...............i tell ya AWFULLLL:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

 

Ok, ill bite, what's a soft joint?

 

soft joint is a expansion joint that is filled with matching caulk.......in the last section of the dodge floor I had to put 4 soft joints in that floor with latasil

 

Ok, thanks. Now I will wait for the callbacks. Is that just for seperate slabs, or is it for cracks too. I always thought the iso took care of that...

 

I believe the rule of thumb is three times the tile size.

 

I believe in the rule of thumb , and its up someones ass if they complain about my work and don't want to pay extra

 

I believe in the rule of thumb , and its up someones ass if they complain about my work and don't want to pay extra

Ok that's crude but funny, I guess.

 

125 on my trowel when it comes to expansion joints and cracks..
Dan, thats a funny reply to your gel king buddy.. Hahahaha!..
Its all in good humor Brian. You are a good guy.

 

With Noble its 2 1/2 the size of the tile.

Dan you look like you are at just 1 tile diagonal, you needed to be 2 1/2 (diagonal) tile width.

but it's not my floor, just trying to help you out since you never seen a cut joint in a lanai slab nline2long:

 

With Noble its 2 1/2 the size of the tile.

Dan you look like you are at just 1 tile diagonal, you needed to be 2 1/2 (diagonal) tile width.

but it's not my floor, just trying to help you out since you never seen a cut joint in a lanai slab nline2long:

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seeing how the homeowner is a engineer and that is what he wanted and he is writing the check for. I do belive I will do what the engineer wants. The house is 9 years old i am pretty sure its done moving by now. But if I get some hair gel and a white truck I can be the tile police. Now I dont go posting snotty remarks on your pictures I expect the same:whistling. Thats right you blocked me on facebook because I had to correct you so much:thumbsup:

I thought you said this place is for tile hacks??? and now ya come over here alot. WOW FAN CLUB FAN CLUB............autographs at 9 pm with beer.............

 

Progress pic of my job in the Temecula Wine Country. Finished the flooring in powder and laundry. And finished the shower and floor in the guest bathroom. Also had my buddy work on this today to move it along.

 

Progress pic of my job in the Temecula Wine Country. Finished the flooring in powder and laundry. And finished the shower and floor in the guest bathroom. Also had my buddy work on this today to move it along.


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Nice. :thumbup:

Looks like a lotta holes to cut.....:jester:

 

Yah and the diverter valves are 2 1/2" so it's tuff to find a diamond hole saw that size.

 

Rotozip floor bit. :thumbsup:

 

Yah might try that. Usually don't have good luck with the RotoZip but this is travertine.

 

The floor bit will cut through that like buttah. Amazon is the cheapest place to get 'em. Keep in mind the bit takes a 1/4" collet. They are a little slow, but it beats the heck outta payin' for an expensive hole saw you might need once in a blue moon.

 

thats mud... where is the kerdi.. :thumbsup:
great work amigo Chad

 

Actually gonna let this dry over the weekend and HydroBarrier the mud on Monday.

 

Good boy.. Hulk it up !

 

Don't cry when someone points out how your doing something wrong.
It's fine when you yap and make outrageous stories and we all need to listen, but the other way around doesn't work for you I guess. :jester:

Learn to take criticism the right way.
Your membrane across that joint is still wrong no matter if the guy is a teacher, plumber, architect or astronaut.

You told me how to cut my plank tile rows and use tue waste and proper spaces with no H's. I listened, learned and do them all that way now.

 

when I grow up I wanna be like BRIAN................he is my idol:laughing:

 

Brian is hard to debate with - trust me I know. :laughing:

He is really good at spelling to. Has a nicer truck than me and a better tan.

I hope he hangs around more and show cases his work. Brian and a handful of other posters on John's forum are the only reason to visit that site and read through the remaining 80% of crap - eh? - No? Pooky?

As a side note Brian is the only other online tile guy I've seen post multiple flood testing pictures.... FYI

Here is a look at the current state of my last NuHeat Pad installation. I double checked that last sentence at it is spelled right. I said Pad. Not Wire. Whoops - someone screwed up. Long story but yet another reason I'm not installing any heating pad again. I broke my rule and let the client talk me in to setting his custom heating pads. My work needed to be removed with a 7" grinder. The original concrete pour looked like crap and needed to be ripped out.

This is a new crew with a new product. I like how they prepped the floor for the first pour. They primed it and then added on top the sandy mixture.

 

He doesn't flood test.

 

I've seen the pictures.

 

Idiiots... How is that.fur spelling..
And Dan , ge does have great tips and ideas. so does John and everyone else.well maybe not Chad thinjs he is a Tile God , hahaha !..We all do things diffrent...

This post with all the misspelling was done intentionally and makes no sense.. I hope you guys can get a laugh out of it..

 

I flood test. But I ask my customer if 3 years after ,it leaks to let me know.. Thats my flood test..

 

I flood test. But I ask my customer if 3 years after ,it leaks to let me know.. Thats my flood test..

Don't you mean leaks enough to spill through the drywall down stairs.