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Forum: Tile Forum/Advice Board

12-23-2020, 09:11 AM

Replies: 22

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Posted By Izzmit

Well well well. Here we are. Finished last night,...

Well well well. Here we are. Finished last night, and the grout should hit its 7day cure tomorrow so i can actually use it.
(And thanks for the tip, Tool Guy KG)
Some more notes....

1) I bought...

Forum: Tile Forum/Advice Board

12-17-2020, 11:55 AM

Replies: 22

Bathtub small ledge

Views: 928

Posted By Izzmit

Once upon a time, (beginning of "the great...

Once upon a time, (beginning of "the great plague"), my 6 year old left a glop of hand sanitizer on the wood table. It took the finish right off.

Fast forward a few months, we were living in a...

Forum: Tile Forum/Advice Board

12-07-2020, 10:03 AM

Replies: 22

Bathtub small ledge

Views: 928

Posted By Izzmit

$ per sqft vs tears per sqft. Next time...

$ per sqft vs tears per sqft.

Next time i do this (master bath, remove tub), i will look into the Kerdi stuff more closely. Im not writing off Redgard -- it was fine, but now i haver a much...

Forum: Tile Forum/Advice Board

12-07-2020, 07:37 AM

Replies: 22

Bathtub small ledge

Views: 928

Posted By Izzmit

Thanks for the input. Looks like i should be just...

Thanks for the input. Looks like i should be just fine with 1 bag of LF mortar for both my big and medium tiles.

Finished my RG!
So, i used the fabric tape i mentioned a few posts ago. From the...

Forum: Tile Forum/Advice Board

12-05-2020, 01:29 PM

Replies: 22

Bathtub small ledge

Views: 928

Posted By Izzmit

Waterproofyness time. Notes! 1) Redgard is...

Waterproofyness time.
Notes!
1) Redgard is basically liquid rubber. Add water to it, it becomes -- very runny liquid rubber. Still a mess.
2) A challenge to remove from arm hair.
3) KEEP AWAY...

Forum: Tile Forum/Advice Board

12-04-2020, 07:46 AM

Replies: 22

Bathtub small ledge

Views: 928

Posted By Izzmit

Alright. Step ? of ? is complete! Mudded and...

Alright. Step ? of ? is complete! Mudded and taped. (But with fiberglass tape and thinset)
Note to anyone getting ready for a project like this:
Take pictures of your bare studs, and mark the...

Forum: Tile Forum/Advice Board

11-29-2020, 11:24 AM

Replies: 22

Bathtub small ledge

Views: 928

Posted By Izzmit

The bottom niche is positioned where the tile...

The bottom niche is positioned where the tile will hopefully land.
My wife decided this: https://www.flooranddecor.com/porcelain-tile/casablanca-sky-matte-porcelain-tile-100652973.html was the tile...

Forum: Tile Forum/Advice Board

11-28-2020, 11:24 PM

Replies: 22

Bathtub small ledge

Views: 928

Posted By Izzmit

Completed building out about 2.5 inches, and...

Completed building out about 2.5 inches, and added reinforcement for if we decide to hang a glass shower.

The oscillating tool was amazing for cutting out the old green board... Never heard of...

Forum: Tile Forum/Advice Board

11-26-2020, 11:06 AM

Replies: 22

Bathtub small ledge

Views: 928

Posted By Izzmit

6 inch tape seems a bit hard to come by. But I...

6 inch tape seems a bit hard to come by. But I see this:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07BPH1Y3N/ref=sspa_mw_detail_5?ie=UTF8&psc=1

So put up the cement board.
Tape all -flat- seams with...

Forum: Tile Forum/Advice Board

11-26-2020, 09:24 AM

Replies: 22

Bathtub small ledge

Views: 928

Posted By Izzmit

Hah! That's exactly what I needed. I had not...

Hah! That's exactly what I needed. I had not thought of shower door sizes, but it may be in the plans.

Along the vertical plane.... Just a 2"strip of the cement board? And lots of mesh tape.

I...

Forum: Tile Forum/Advice Board

11-24-2020, 10:02 AM

Replies: 22

Bathtub small ledge

Views: 928

Posted By Izzmit

And here I was, just going to put some mastic up...

And here I was, just going to put some mastic up over the greenboard and call it a day...

The plan is cement board or hardibacker in place of the greenboard, a pre-made niche (somewhere), and...

Forum: Tile Forum/Advice Board

11-24-2020, 09:17 AM

Replies: 22

Bathtub small ledge

Views: 928

Posted By Izzmit

Bathtub small ledge

I had never looked at remodeling a month ago.
And here I am neck deep in tearing apart my bathroom and reading every thread I can find in this forum. Better overbuilt than underbuilt, I suppose....

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