[opiethetileman]

tub hop I would be ok with hardi in the stall. if it was a shower i say CBU and my choice is permabase or next gen durock. I use a 3/8 roller and coat the wall and then do a heavy coat over that with my fabric. so i really dont prime the wall for say.

i will say this and it says on contract . I will back what i install 100% if they use the full laticrete system. yeah if ya think about a little money now goes a long way down the road. The reason why i am doing this stall the builder never hooked the tub drain correctly and its a upstairs unit

 

[opiethetileman]

some prgress using the tuscan leveling sytem with laticrete 253 gold thinset over hydrobarrier

 

[angus242]

Dan, what is the baseboard material gonna be?

 

[opiethetileman]

6 inch base. i cheated and took the vanity out so tile fit 3 wide side to side

 

[angus242]

Tile base.....don't you offer an upgrade to waterproof up the walls too?

 

[opiethetileman]

i discussed it they said no. I wanted to kerdi band the room for base and do tile base

 

[Tech Dawg]

I'll be finished up with this one tomorrow, here's some befores and the rest to follow... take it easy on me guys:whistling out of all the hundreds of bathrooms that I did this is my first tiled shower

 

[Tech Dawg]

couple more

 

[Tech Dawg]

did I mention that I hate SL...

 

[srwcontracting]

Looks nice! Interesting idea for shower with the layout that you had to work with.
I would have been skeptical of the staggered pattern above with the different shades, but it looks good!
Where did you get the rounded bench? Was it custom?
Nice work!

 

[Tech Dawg]

The tile is Happy Floors _ Denver Stone and all the accessories is Arley Mexican Durango stone... The Arley stone came from Conestoga Tile.
The staggard pattern and color selection actually do blend a little nicer when your in the room... it was an interesting layout but they were going for a rustic stone look

 

[HS345]

Nice work Dawg!

The only thing that worries me a little is the overhang of the shelves in the one niche. Are they made out of stone tile? Looks a little fragile to me.

 

[Tech Dawg]

Yeah, those are 1/2" stone, the underside was built out a little so they're stickin out about 4" with no support... little shaky but I made them fully aware of what can happen but they mainly wanted out that far for towels so I don't think there will be too much weight on those

 

[angus242]

I'd be worried about a slip hazard. If anyone lost their balance, their instinct would be to grab those shelves. Let's hope that never happens!

Oh, also when cleaning the floor, watch your head when getting back up.

 

[Tech Dawg]

Been there, done that... I hit my head on that sucker twice... but I had to give em what they wanted. Up close and in the shower there is quite a bit of room since it's about 84" long and the entry is roomy enough that they weren't worried with any of that

 

[opiethetileman]

nice work...i have been deathly sick for the last few days...........so no update on my bathroom but something funny on the way home was this. I got pulled over for weaving and driving slow at 330 in the afternoon. The office lights me up I pull over. He comes up to the truck asks for my dl and reg and I give it to him. he says you have a birthday near and i tell him yeah move NOW and i puked inches from being all over him. The guy was nice to say the least he followed me down to the rest stop which was less than 500 ft away and had me get fluids and told me to stay and relax before i drove off and he came back to check on me

 

[Tech Dawg]

That sucks Opie... sounds like the cops in your area are pretty nice though.

 

[opiethetileman]

most of the city police and highway patrol know my family......my grandfather was the county fire chief at one time

 

[katoman]

I'm working on an ensuite right now. I know, pics are coming. I'll try and get some up next week. My camera won't load into the computer right now.

Anyway, yesterday my stone guy comes with the quartz curbs, wall pieces and ceiling pieces, which mirror the curbs.

I show him my curbs are perfectly level and square. It's a four foot corner shower. Walls are dead plumb. I tell him everything has to be perfectly level, plumb and square. Especially for the glass guy.

So I leave him to do his job. When he's done, I measured from top inside corner to outside of curb. 131 9/16" Now I measure from bottom inside corner to outside of top piece. Same measurement. Next, I measure the same on the other side. Same measurements both ways.

Awesome, I love guys who are perfectionists. He was within 1/32" in four directions. Now the glass guy has no excuses. :laughing:

 

[Tech Dawg]

Anybody starting a new one next week?
I got a tub_to_shower(swanstone) faucet,doors,tile floor, R&R cabinets with new granite top and toilet... little pumped, it'll be my first go round with ditra and quartzlock2