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[Higher Standard Tile]

Rich I like the 12 x24 on a grid pattern. Looks good.

What thinset did you use over that adhesive residue? I am amazed how you guys on the gulf coast don't have to float or self level your slab floors for large format. There must have been a lot of good concrete guys there 20 years ago.

And what is the name of those leveling clips? I remember they are the one piece ones from Tuscan. Did you like using them?

Enjoy your well deserved vacation.

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I used Merkretes marble pro 720,which is a sticky,medium bed mortar.

The adheshive residue you referring to was/is......carpet glue adhesive,used to stick a very thin felt/fabric,to the concrete. It was used as a membrane material,for the existing tiled areas. I worked for a shop here years ago(early 2000's) that did just that,and knew at that time it wasn't in the book of sorts lol. Luckily for I,barely any glue was used,and/or the carpet adhesive didn't stick to the concrete well in most areas,as it was easier than it should of been,to tear up. If properly bonded,it's the worse nightmare in regards to tile removal.

There was one spot in the concrete I actually ground down as it was a dapout,which was overly filled with excess concrete. This house the slab overall,was in great shape as far as flatness,very minimal waves,and those were generally at the perimeters of the slab.

There's good and bad slabs here in FL lol. I started and trained in CAL,prior to moving to FL,and was utterly amazed of what they do here in FL,compared to CAL. In all my years here in FL for example....I've seen one building inspector,compared to CAL,I would see a building inspector on average,once a month.

The leveling/lippage clips are Tuscan,which I believe Pearl is parent company. They come in three colors,for various thickness's of tile. The red ones I used are for 3/8"-1/2" gauged material. I love them for the ease of use,verses other systems I've used over the years.

Thx for the well wishes! Look forward to seeing Belize,which I've never been to. Hopefully the weather is good/sunny skies!

[Gary K]

Isaac,

They are Tuscan Seam Clips...

[John K]

Isaac,

I've used the red Tuscan clips that Rich is using. I was shocked at first that he was using them, until I saw his layout.

The drawback to the clips is they don't have the down force to take a slight bow out of a large format tile. In other words they are limited to the clip. No way to adjust tension.

Cool idea for a straight lay flat material.

[Houston Remodeler]

We'll grout tomorrow.

Thanks for sharing the hot glue gun trick. It reallllly helped.

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Paul,have you tried using the suction method.....when overhead gravity tile setting isn't your friend? If done correctly,it's foolproof!

[Houston Remodeler]

The slant seemed to have made the difference in the tiles sliding down the wall. We installed 4 tiles first day, the last 2 today. the stick was protection for the very expensive tub decking.

[jondon]

A true work in progress photo, learning mud allowed me to do this project for a customer we previously did a bunch of tile work for. Neighbor backed into their mailbox while we were working there last winter. He decided it wasn't gonna happen again without doing damage to their vehicle

We needed to build out the stucco to be flush with the clay pipe in front and cover it in the back so I did it like I would do a corner. Had the customer go over it to put some kind of finish. Mud allows you to do little fun projects.

[Kman]

Pretty cool project, Jon.

Looks like she smacked it hard enough to crack the curb as well.

Many years ago I helped my dad do one of those. The customer lived on the corner and apparently a good number of drunk drivers went home that way and would take out his mailbox on a regular basis. We built one strong enough to make sure the next car that hit it would still be there the next morning.

Thank goodness ours is well off the driveway, or my wife would hit it once a week. I'd have to wrap it with copious amounts of bubble wrap.

[jondon]

Before & after, downtown Lancaster PA. Definitely out of my comfort zone with not much working space or parking space but we made it work. At least we were able to set the saw up on the porch not too far away.

[Davy]

Nice work, Jon.

[nelsonkoehn]

Wow, Jon, what a basis to work with! Looks like it was a good transformation.

The stub pipe down low is for?

And do you worry about sealing that with the waterproofing layer when it is that low?

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Isn't that a "Toe Tester"? Just read about those in John's E-book today. Out of the 100+ bathrooms I've been in, I haven't seen or heard of those until today. Must be geographical[emoji35] Beautiful work! Really digging the color of the marble[emoji122]

[John Bridge]

I think that must be a steam port. Toe testers are probably a thing of the past.

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Hmmmmmmm........ Well I'm going to put a Toe Tester in on my next personal project, just so people can ask me what it is.