Ceramic Tile Advice Forums - John Bridge Ceramic Tile

Welcome to John Bridge / Tile Your World, the friendliest DIY Forum on the Internet


Advertiser Directory
JohnBridge.com Home
Buy John Bridge's Books

Go Back   Ceramic Tile Advice Forums - John Bridge Ceramic Tile > Tile & Stone Forums > Professionals' Hangout

Sponsors


Reply
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Unread 12-09-2007, 05:27 PM   #1
Scottish Tile and Stone
Ohio Tile Contractor.. Hydroban shower specialist
 
Scottish Tile and Stone's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Painesville Ohio
Posts: 5,107
Been setting these monsters.

This is what Ive been up to lately. The larger ones are about 170#'s and the smaller ones are about 80#'s or so.. Most are set on mechanical hangers, You can see the mud set ones.. Very cold on this job.
Attached Images
    
__________________
Scott.

www.scottishtileandstone.com
Laticrete hydroban showers
Mud set stone.

ditra kerdi stone showers waterproof mudset stone backsplashes glass tiles,laticrete, hydroban,ohio,cleveland,painesville,backsplashes,
Scottish Tile and Stone is offline   Reply With Quote
Sponsored Links
Unread 12-09-2007, 06:16 PM   #2
dbol
Registered User
 
dbol's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: southwest PA
Posts: 923
sick job!!!!!
wouldn't happen to be a mausoleum would it?
__________________
doug
dbol is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 12-09-2007, 06:41 PM   #3
K_Tile
Member of Million SF Club!!
 
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Ohio
Posts: 2,648
Are you using the Tuscan Leveling System? LOL

Nice Work!

Your lift looks modified. Not quite OSHA standards
__________________
Kevin
K_Tile is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 12-09-2007, 06:44 PM   #4
johntrent
Registered User
 
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Northeast Florida
Posts: 1,999
Nice work Scotty! How thick are those? What kind of mechanical hangers?

Never had an opportunity to work with anything that big - curious as to how you handled it.
__________________
John
johntrent is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 12-10-2007, 07:56 PM   #5
claycarson
Commercial Cleaning and Maintenance
 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Boston
Posts: 795
We had a client select 2 foot by 4 foot marble for a wall this summer. She chickened out when she saw the price or delay in getting them, so they decided on smaller tiles....easier for us.

How big are these monsters, in terms of inches?
__________________
Clay

www.tileboston.com
claycarson is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 12-10-2007, 08:11 PM   #6
Scottish Tile and Stone
Ohio Tile Contractor.. Hydroban shower specialist
 
Scottish Tile and Stone's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Painesville Ohio
Posts: 5,107
Yes its a mosoleum.

That lift is only "slightly" modified.. I use the wall as the railing.

I think the small ones are around 3'x2' and the larger ones 6'x2' give or take a few inches.

The mechanical hangers are 2 studs fastened into the concrete and then a copper "L" hanger bolted to the studs. The stone rests on the hangers and you screw in a rosette to hold them in place.Its a pain in the ass, cuz you have to make sure each hanger is plumb and level. Then you mud set the black stone boarder around it.
The mud set ones are just mud and 2 thick copper wires mudded into the walls
__________________
Scott.

www.scottishtileandstone.com
Laticrete hydroban showers
Mud set stone.

ditra kerdi stone showers waterproof mudset stone backsplashes glass tiles,laticrete, hydroban,ohio,cleveland,painesville,backsplashes,
Scottish Tile and Stone is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 12-10-2007, 10:01 PM   #7
Dave Gobis
da Man!
 
Dave Gobis's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Racine, WI.
Posts: 5,775
I saw a 4'x4' in the lab for testing last week, it weighs in at 116# !
Dave Gobis is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 12-10-2007, 10:25 PM   #8
Marge
Registered User
 
Marge's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Arizona
Posts: 14,636
Scott...wow!
__________________
Marge------
Marge is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 12-10-2007, 10:31 PM   #9
mctile
Fort Collins, CO. Tile Contractor
 
mctile's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Fort Collins, CO.
Posts: 989
Man Scott, nice piece of work! Have you done many of these kind of installations?
__________________
Matthew



Fort Collins Colorado Tile Installation
mctile is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 12-11-2007, 12:05 AM   #10
geetpicker
Registered User
 
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Western PA - just a bit north of Pittsburgh
Posts: 226
boy I can't wait to get back east and set in all that snow! Get the bucket warmers goin'...

Nice work.
__________________
Brian D. Shindledecker
Anya Rules!!!!
geetpicker is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 12-11-2007, 06:45 AM   #11
Scottish Tile and Stone
Ohio Tile Contractor.. Hydroban shower specialist
 
Scottish Tile and Stone's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Painesville Ohio
Posts: 5,107
Thanks everyone.

Mc. this is my first go at these things. Was a bit of a learning curve to get the hangers plumb and square.

Dave. I cant say for sure the exact weight of these ones, just going off of what the main guy said. These are also 3cm. When picking them up, they sure feel heavy.

Supposed to have an ice storm coming. This should be fun..
__________________
Scott.

www.scottishtileandstone.com
Laticrete hydroban showers
Mud set stone.

ditra kerdi stone showers waterproof mudset stone backsplashes glass tiles,laticrete, hydroban,ohio,cleveland,painesville,backsplashes,
Scottish Tile and Stone is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 12-11-2007, 07:36 AM   #12
opiethetileman
Registered User
 
opiethetileman's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: in a closet with a pail of hydroban and a pail of spectraLock waiting to get out.
Posts: 6,788
scoot you should said it was you out door bbg area that would have been funy
opiethetileman is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 12-11-2007, 08:33 AM   #13
Dave Taylor
Retired Moderator - Veteran DIYer -- Schluterville Graduate
 
Dave Taylor's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: St Marys County MD
Posts: 7,381
Scotty said................

Quote:
Yes its a mosoleum.
If'n sumpin' taps yer' shoulder while-a-workin there, Scott..... don't turn around!
__________________
Dave T (DIY'er)
Welcome to "Tile Your World", the friendliest forum on
the net.
Dave Taylor is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 12-11-2007, 08:47 AM   #14
MudMaker
The Revolution has begun/Make America Great Again
 
MudMaker's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Centerville, Ohio
Posts: 8,327
Man Scot, that is Sic...
Nice work...... and I thought workin in cold garages was bad..
Ma hat goes off to ya...
__________________
mm (aka "Paco")
MudMaker is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 12-11-2007, 06:28 PM   #15
Scottish Tile and Stone
Ohio Tile Contractor.. Hydroban shower specialist
 
Scottish Tile and Stone's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Painesville Ohio
Posts: 5,107
never thought of that one opie.. It would of been a good laugh.

Thanks fellas. Heading back up there in the am for a few more days.

Dave. While being there, I have heard some not so pleasant stories of when they open the cript to put the second casket in.. Makes ya kinda turn green
__________________
Scott.

www.scottishtileandstone.com
Laticrete hydroban showers
Mud set stone.

ditra kerdi stone showers waterproof mudset stone backsplashes glass tiles,laticrete, hydroban,ohio,cleveland,painesville,backsplashes,
Scottish Tile and Stone is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Stonetooling.com   Tile-Assn.com   National Gypsum Permabase


Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump


All times are GMT -6. The time now is 12:54 PM.


Sponsors

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.7.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2023, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright 2018 John Bridge & Associates, LLC