Set three new curbs and three new pre-slopes today in Vancouver. All three shower will be getting a linear shower drain - Wedge Wire Grills.

The one main shower overlooks the court yard and the other two are "His" and "Hers". Nice.

The owner came by today and introduced himself. Thanked me and David for working on his home. :thumbsup: Class man.

It takes so little to say thanks. :clap:

 

Set three new curbs and three new pre-slopes today in Vancouver. All three shower will be getting a linear shower drain - Wedge Wire Grills.

The one main shower overlooks the court yard and the other two are "His" and "Hers". Nice.

The owner came by today and introduced himself. Thanked me and David for working on his home. :thumbsup: Class man.

It takes so little to say thanks. :clap:

Think that shower might get a little cold in the winter with that huge window?

Not sure if my wife would feel comfortable with that layout!

John, I think you set more showers in a month than I do all year! Your blogging and posting must really payoff, not to mention the nice work.

 

This window looks out into the clients own court yard. It only measure about 30'x30' but he designed his home to be open to the elements. I love this idea and it reminds me of Spanish Villa's.

The home is loaded with skylights and custom LED wiring. It will be another showcase. These jobs with Werner Construction rock. Darren gets so many cool jobs.

I picked up Darren's showers over a beer or three a couple summers back. We live on the same street and I coach his daughter Soccer. This is the third project in under a year he has given me. :clap: 12 showers!

Blogging about showers has helped our business for sure. Not a week goes by that someone doesn't call or email me to say they say my work and would like a quote. Networking with your suppliers and cold calling on new builders is key for us to stay busy.

Steve I don't have to tile all my projects so of course I can show off more. We have a hard time staying smoking busy because of this but delays from builders is not the end of the world when all the jobs lap over one another.

JW

Working with a brand new porcelain in stock at our supplier. Yay? Nay? I like it.

I think I like it to! It looks so varied and random - just like the same thing. How many different types of patterns did you find? More than 20?


Here is a better picture of the courtyard.

 

Another walkin shower completed!

And finished installing a hangrohe shower system ( got this lead from a plumbing supplier....guess a lot of the plumbers around here were afraid to do. Pretty crazy how pricey they are.....but really quality!)

Pics are all out order....iPad acting weird

 

Tile Backsplash Centerville, Ohio

ooops.

 

I remember about 9 years ago when I got my first Hansgrohe faucet via an online order from the homeowner, it had these stainless steel lined hoses that went do to two stainless steel tubes for the hookups. So I spent the better part of a day going to 4 different plumbing suppliers asking for the adapters and showing them off, until one of them finally knew what to do. The tubes actually fit into a 3/8" compression fitting. :laughing:

The faucet was beautifully made though, despite costing over $400 at the time. Those Germans really know how to craft!

 

With some of the German or Italian fixtures you need to trim the flared part of those supplies off to fit Canadian or US plumbing pieces. I spend 2 days figuring this out... LOL

In the last seven years we have not seen this again but many of the fixtures sold require Euro to North American adapters. Ikea here in Vancouver sells Euro fixtures but not the conversion pieces. The store that sells the conversion pieces sell to it's clients only. You can see the recipe for disaster here.

JW

 

One of the service areas using 6x6 quarry, Each service are is 800' and there's 3 sections. The rest of the floor will be 12x24's.

 

One of the service areas using 6x6 quarry

Nice!:thumbsup:
Racking the quarry?

 

Yes we're using racks sprayed with oil to keep them clean.

 

Yes we're using racks sprayed with oil to keep them clean.

We clean ours every couple hundred feet. WD-40 works well also.

 

I like using oil so I have something to put on my sandwich at lunch time. :biggrin:

 

I like using oil so I have something to put on my sandwich at lunch time

LOL...it does go well with thinset!:thumbsup:

 

Slate tile project

 

Matt that looks great but I'm not sure it's the best call for a kitchen Island. I imagine spills will be hard to clean off of that Ledgestone.

Is it real Ledgestone or man made?

I would recommend you up sell a sealer coat or three. My guy uses his sprayer to get into all the nooks and crannies.

One bottle of wine or orange juice is going to make a large stain down that stone.

JW

This fireplace got three coats with Aqua-Mix sealer.

 

This is what i'm playing with...

 

Matt that looks great but I'm not sure it's the best call for a kitchen Island. I imagine spills will be hard to clean off of that Ledgestone.

Is it real Ledgestone or man made?

I would recommend you up sell a sealer coat or three. My guy uses his sprayer to get into all the nooks and crannies.

One bottle of wine or orange juice is going to make a large stain down that stone.

JW

This fireplace got three coats with Aqua-Mix sealer.

Two coats of sealer so far. We did the backsplash too. Pretty sure its man made. Thanks for the compliments.

Also agree with you about perhaps not the best for an island, but hey it looks nice, got me a few thanks, and is what the customer wanted so its just what the doctor ordered. :wink:

 

Orlando...that's a wild Tic-Tac-Toe board!
Matt...very nice!

 

Two coats of sealer so far. We did the backsplash too. Pretty sure its man made. Thanks for the compliments.

Also agree with you about perhaps not the best for an island, but hey it looks nice, got me a few thanks, and is what the customer wanted so its just what the doctor ordered. :wink:

That's a killer idea for an island!

 

This is what i'm playing with...

Just curious, do you just face nail the boards through the ditra?
That's going to be a pretty awesome floor. Guessing silicon caulk is the only way for that?

 

No nails thru Ditra, each piece is individually cut to fit square.

And i'm using Latiseal all around

 

3 coats sealer

 

No nails thru Ditra, each piece is individually cut to fit square.

And i'm using Latiseal all around

And thats how you make it harder. :thumbsup:

How flush is the tile to wood?

 

1/16..

 

Matt, nice looking island.

Orlando, that's going to be one sharp floor.

 

Gotta touch up a few things on Monday, but we're pretty much done here until the shower door comes in on Wednesday.

 

Gotta touch up a few things on Monday, but we're pretty much done here until the shower door comes in on Wednesday.

Nice job. I like the shade variations on the tile and good choice on the low curb :clap:

 

Nice job. I like the shade variations on the tile and good choice on the low curb :clap:

Is that right? 4:47? Late night or early morning?

 

Is that right? 4:47? Late night or early morning?

Early morning.. I was feeling under the weather yesterday and hit the sack early but woke up early. Sorry for not posting at reasonable times :lol:

 

Just makes me feel lazy for sleeping in.