You guys see this?

Mapei's Eco Prim Grip


JW

 

John, as good as the tile work is the drywall patch is needing some attention. :jester:

 

John, as good as the tile work is the drywall patch is needing some attention. :jester:

Lol

I suspected some heat over that pass!

I'm on it. I'm going to sand the edges and give it the first of hopefully two top costs.

Had some cracking on my old work that I Need to fix up as well. Looks like the glass door hardware stressed the top corner of the entry way.

JW

 

You're late to class

http://www.contractortalk.com/f73/tile-over-tile-using-eco-prim-grip-116975/

 

Well it ain't gonna win any awards but I'm happy with it. Laid the heated floor mat and buried it in Novoplane, it worked well but still left hills and valleys up to 1/8" that I had to compensate for.

Did all my cuts with a Sigma 2B3 and a grinder. Found some Ultraflex LFT, used LASH from home depot to, 1/2x1/2 notch trowel.

Only problem is I got more thinset on the face of the tiles than the back...got a lot of scraping tomorrow.:laughing:

Couldn't have done it without all the helpful advice from Angus...cheque is in the mail!

PS I learned that setting tiles sucks, I ruined my pants and my fingers and knees are killing me.

 

Heated floors are always a PITA, unless you're magical with SLC.

 

Looks good Inner10 !:thumbup:

I learned that setting tiles sucks, I ruined my pants and my fingers and knees are killing me.

I fail to mention those things and it seems Angus did also!

 

Looks good Inner10 !:thumbup:



I fail to mention those things and it seems Angus did also!

Thank you!

It is far from perfect though...I admit looking back the wonkyness of the floor was my demise. I should have marked all the high and low spots and started with the high spot and went out from there and keeping everything perfectly level.

The LASH system sure doesn't level anything (much like the instructions say). There are some places where the tiles are out of level just to avoid lippage...and some areas where there is slight lippage to compensate for a less than perfectly level floor.

Next time if I were to use the LASH clips I think I would mix the thinset a little thinner and use the bigger U notch trowel like Angus suggested instead of the 1/2x1/2. I found once the tile was dropped it was suctioned so strongly to the floor it was almost impossible to squish it down...and the 1/16" grout lines don't let any excess squirt out...so I did a lot of prying up the tiles and removing excess schmaltz with my margin trowel.

I took for granted how "self leveling" self leveling compound is...I also took for granted how much "workability" you have with thinset; you can't just muscle the tile into place.

I'l take some pictures of the errors when I get the mountain of dried thinset off the tops of them. :laughing:

Plus how do you guys keep your hands clean from mucking up the tiles? I had a grouting sponge, 5 rags and 2 buckets of water and I was constantly washing hands, switching rags, washing the sponge, wiping the edges of the tiles, cleaning the grount joints with a putty knife, wiping the tiles down (which didn't work around the LASH wedges) and still I made a massive mess.

 

I should add...my girlfriend gets home from work and looks at the tiles...then she gets her nose about 6" from one of the slightly high corners and picks at it with her finger and says "so how do we fix this?"



We don't!

...I think I was expecting more of a "thank you" or "good job"...not in this fvcking house.:laughing:

 

Oh come on 10 that's female for "wow, thanks honey" didn't you know that?

 

I should have told her to step on the corner...that should push it right down. :laughing:

 

"so how do we fix this?"

Im at my wife's 30th HS reunion all weekend just south of you in Massena NY. I can be there in 1 hr to do a fix. Please ask me to do it...please?

 

Your right around the corner from Cornhole, enjoy your reunion! :laughing:

That sounds as fun as visiting the in-laws. :whistling

 

That sounds as fun as visiting the in-laws.

Yeah...got the double whammy this weekend.

 

Try living next door to the in-laws, then come talk to me. :laughing:

 

Try living next door to the in-laws, then come talk to me. :laughing:

You didn't know their address when you were hunting for a house?

 

I was young and naive back then...:whistling

 

Been nailing tiles down last couple of days..

 

Interesting...are you working on a rooftop?

Here's a little fireplace I did today.

 

Interesting...are you working on a rooftop?

Here's a little fireplace I did today.

Thats very cool!

 

Just finished the first wash, waiting to do the second. Boy do my arms hurt.

 

The bottles are a nice touch :clap:

 

That's what I like to see, real products, real installers using epoxy..

I love it ! .. That floor is now stain proof

 

real installers using epoxy..

Real control systems installers :laughing:

 

Now that you have joined the Laticrete , epoxy grout family you will never go back. Don't worry the first time always hurts .. Lol !

 

Back at it, hacking things up.

 

Back at it, hacking things up.

Nice. But all this work you're doing is making me feel like I need to install some X10 stuff in my house :jester:

 

Back at it, hacking things up.

That tile is interesting.

 

I like the screw spacers. Been there

 

Old rusty box of lath nails...I even bought spacers but couldn't find them...story of my life. :laughing:

 

What I liked about screw spacers is what the wedges solved. A little adjustment for those high dollar really "true" tile installs.

 

Back at it, hacking things up.

Nice spacers! Always liked the herringbone pattern!

 

My last Master shower....

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My last Master shower.... View attachment 75373 View attachment 75374


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Thats beautiful. I am not a fan of chrome fixtures but it does look nice. How long did it take you to complete the install?