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Lupuz
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Re: Anyone know how to lay bathroom tile? [Re: dr_gonz]
#3804915 - 02/19/05 09:42 PM (19 years, 13 hours ago) |
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I just finished tiling both of my bathrooms. It's not to hard. Lowes.com has detailed instuctions and even animations showing how to do it. The worst part is cutting them. If you don't have a lot to cut lowes will cut them for you, I'm sure home depot would do the same. I got the tile for one bathroom for free so I had to cut them myself. I put marble in the other bathroom and if I wouldn't have bought them at lowes I woulda wasted a shitload of money 'cause they break very easy. The guy at lowes broke around $100 in tiles cutting mine. I would have shit myself if I broke them. I accidentally broke one and didn't eat lunch that day to make up for it. If you want any advice I'd be more than happy to help, just pm me.
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Re: Anyone know how to lay bathroom tile? [Re: dr_gonz]
#3805200 - 02/19/05 11:01 PM (19 years, 12 hours ago) |
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Try to get it drunk first.
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Re: Anyone know how to lay bathroom tile? [Re: dr_gonz]
#3805241 - 02/19/05 11:15 PM (19 years, 12 hours ago) |
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Lupuz
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Re: Anyone know how to lay bathroom tile? [Re: ivi]
#3805302 - 02/19/05 11:38 PM (19 years, 12 hours ago) |
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It's not to bad. If you're not cussing when you sponge the grout you're not doing it right.
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Re: Anyone know how to lay bathroom tile? [Re: Lupuz]
#3805362 - 02/20/05 12:02 AM (19 years, 11 hours ago) |
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Lupuz said: It's not to bad. If you're not cussing when you sponge the grout you're not doing it right.

i LOVE finding that one peice of random shit, usualyl wood, dried halfway in and cannot be pulled out...fuckign everything and its bullcrap. floors blow imo! but ya its easy. helps to have a tile cutter, i rarely break any with it.
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Re: Anyone know how to lay bathroom tile? [Re: dr_gonz]
#3829866 - 02/24/05 08:32 PM (18 years, 11 months ago) |
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Make sure you have something soft to kneel on, otherwise your knees will be killing you for days. As Lupuz said, expect to curse a lot.
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Re: Anyone know how to lay bathroom tile? [Re: dr_gonz]
#3829896 - 02/24/05 08:36 PM (18 years, 11 months ago) |
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Oy! Yeah, 3/4 (pref. treated) plywood witha 1/4" subfloor, imo, that's the easy part. The website should have more on this too, but you gotta glue the subfloor and fill and sand for a good flooring surface. GL
PS: try not to cuss too much, in this kind of work, a little extra attention and patience will go a loooooong way
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Edited by LouiseLouise (02/24/05 08:39 PM)
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Re: Anyone know how to lay bathroom tile? [Re: LouiseLouise]
#3829927 - 02/24/05 08:40 PM (18 years, 11 months ago) |
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yeah, that was a bad idea ripping shit up... you can do it, but it probably will crack and won't be a good job. good luck though.
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Prisoner#1
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Re: Anyone know how to lay bathroom tile? [Re: dr_gonz]
#3830088 - 02/24/05 09:01 PM (18 years, 11 months ago) |
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drgonz said: I found my answer:
Floors requiring underlayment ? If removal of the old floor is too difficult or impractical and the floor is too damaged to use an embossing leveler, cover it with new layer of plywood underlayment. Unless otherwise directed by code, 1/4" BC plywood makes a good underlayment.
a self leveling underlayment is what they are refering to, in a bathroom if you dont want to worry about the floor rotting out again you'll need one, Scofield and Ardex are two that I've used, they have a higer burst strength than concrete and they dont shrink when they dry... there are several threads in OTD you can search for, afoaf and you_suck were the starters of the threads.
if you need more info, I'll be happy to help you out
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