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[PetrH]

And Victor, I'm not even sure what to say about your stuff, except maybe there should be a mike drop at the end.

[Diaz.victor@aol.com]

Thank u petr, jay, what type of material is that?
Porcelain? Did u have to wall all over tile to get full coverage?
If u continue to install big tiles take a look at European tile masters
website. They have a ton of tools for large tiles
I used an 11' rail system to score and cut the tiles we installed
Worked very well

[jerrymlr1]

Originally Posted by Cody

I feel like a scrub posting my stuff on here

"Scrub"? Hardly....... That's some quality work. There are plenty of posters here that are cryin the blues because they ended up using a "recommended" scrub and would luuuuuv to have you doin their tile work Cody.

[Weitekamp Remodeling]

Here is a progress pic to answer your question about the walls. This is a modern design where the baseboards sit flush with the drywall (not on top of the drywall). this of course changes the order of operations that most of us are used to where you normally frame, rough in plumbing, rock, then do finish work like tile then trim out.

The tiles are porcelain and given the cost of them I wasn't comfortable with a snap cutter. Each tile cost over $450 and a lead time of 5 months so I decided a wet saw was a safe investment. Thanks for the tip on a website for toys.

[Karls tile Inc]

Sweet!

[Tiger Mountain Tile Inc]

Originally Posted by Weitekamp Remodeling

This is a modern design where the baseboards sit flush with the drywall (not on top of the drywall).

If you have a closeup of this detail I would be interested to see it. Does the base get installed before the drywall? I'm assuming there's a corner metal involved.

[Canvasback Construction]

Ha, thanks Jerry. Jay, that looks seriously nerve-wracking! Awesome job. I suppose you have to run your tile to within a 1/4" or so of the bottom plate of the wall to make sure the base covers it? I'm having a hard time picturing how the drywall and base come together-is there a seperation between them? I've never seen that before. Is that room with the sliding door sheeted with Kerdi-board? Looks like an interesting project!

[Weitekamp Remodeling]

Canvasback and Tiger

Nerve wracking is a complete understatement. I have an architect that designed this whole addition on the layout of these large tile grout lines. If you look in the pics you will notice that the jambs fall directly on a grout line. Imagine trying to do rough framing and allow for enough allowances so that when you set your jambs they fall exactly on your layout lines. grrr

The tile was laid to within 1/2" of the sill plates and then the baseboard which is 3/4" material covers that gap. The baseboard has a 1/4" kerf cut into the top to provide this reveal line. 5/8" Rock is then hung with a metal L bead at the bottom and any place where it touches a reveal line (like around door jambs).

The back part of the bath has a 10' x 5' shower that has a linear drain running through the center of it. This shower will be a curbless entry. This shower also came with quite a few challenges since the Architect wanted the linear drain to go from wall to wall. Schluter didn't sell a drain assembly that long so I went with Proline Drains that makes a pretty slick drain assembly where you can use multiple drains and connect them with a channel assembly. These will then be covered with tile-in cover. We should start working on the waterproofing and drain setup next week.

I'll take a progress pic tomorrow. The drywall finishers were working this weekend so I should have a nice crisp reveal line to show you.

[Autoplay]

Lady customer says I'm too slow,and not blending the colors to her liking. How do/should I deal with this customer?

[K_Tile]

Rich
Looks fine from here. If she wants more color variation tell her to lay them out in the garage herself and you will grab from there.

[Canvasback Construction]

Looks pretty dang good to me, Rich. Best thing to to with PITA customers in my experience is to do what Kevin says, have her lay them out like she wants them, if she's willing to do that then she won't have anyone to complain to if she doesn't like the way it's laid out. My goal is for my customers to be 100% satisfied with my work, but some folks are impossible to please. I really think that there are some people that feel the need to complain about something, no matter how trivial, just to have their opinion heard and considered. What can you do?

[PetrH]

If this was my job, I would offer to change out 3 or 4 tiles. You have a few spots with several very dark or several very light tiles side by side. When I set tile like this, I do pay attention to not having similar tiles or obvious pattern repeats close together.

Probably not what you want to hear, but changing out 4 tiles will take an hour if the thinset is not too old and you will win over a difficult customer.

As for being too slow, that's subjective on a job like this I would be setting 150 to 200 square feet per day, but 6 or 7 years ago I would have been happy with 100/day on planks. Is she paying you by the hour?

[Dave Gobis]

I agree with the customer blending. We had some clients like that and you can't read their mind on color, one designer in particular.

[GregO]

I agree that there are several clusters of the same color, but also 100% agree that the customer should then get involved with laying out the color variation prior to installation.

[jerrymlr1]

but also 100% agree that the customer should then get involved with laying out the color variation prior to installation.

Me too.