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[Simplyjames]

Coming from a fellow who's only ever used thinset, that looks way crazy cool. It's interesting to consider this method is basically what has been done for centuries worldwide.
That mud doesn't actually bond to the substrate, right? It more like an uncoupling deal?


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[Houston Remodeler]

LAZ,

The guys I hired to mud the floor did such a fantastic job I didn't need a leveling system.

[Houston Remodeler]

Got a few tiles up after lunch today.

[Karls tile Inc]

We use thinnest on the floor and on the back of the tile. The mud is in between. If you look closely at the edge of the mud you can see the white thin set. I use Ardex X4 as the bond coat.Every tile is set with a level. We also use lasers to make sure everything is going is still lining up height wise especially when we have wrap around hook ups. This job has 2 big wrap arounds.

[Weitekamp Remodeling]

Karl What equipment are you using to cut/snap these large format tiles? I did a job lost year with 47x47 porcelain tile that was a nightmare yet fun. Had to purchase a 48" rail saw just to cut these tiles that were about 1/2" thick.

[Karls tile Inc]

Using a Rubi 1200 hand cutter and a Rubi DS 2500 wet saw.

[Karls tile Inc]

Looking good Paul.

[Tiger Mountain Tile Inc]

Originally Posted by Karl

Using a Rubi 1200 hand cutter and a Rubi DS 2500 wet saw.

That's like one van load of tools right there.

Looks great.

[Weitekamp Remodeling]

Karl

How do you like the Rubi DS-250. I bought the 48" for my job and hated the dang thing. The tile I was using was 47x47 and 9/16" thick. This saw no matter what I did just couldn't make a straight cut. Changed blades, still wandered, spent countless hours calibrating the saw, no luck. It worked great on thinner 3/8" 24x48 tiles but no go on the larger ones. Ended up going to my stone fabricator and spending just as much to have him cut the tiles on their 10' rail saw.

Just sold the saw for $500 to get it out of my shop.

sure hope you are having better luck than I did

[Karls tile Inc]

I have the 48 saw as well and sometimes cuts straight. The bigger DS 250 cuts a little better but would always be off about by about a 1/8. I even had rubi come and adjust so I could make straight cuts. I think that the key to make those saws to cut straight is having them set up so the legs of the saw are all level to each other. If the legs are off it twists the table of the saw ever so slightly and can make the cuts go off.

[Weitekamp Remodeling]

Karl. Sorry to hear you have/had the same problems with your saw as I did. Never thought to try fully leveling it out but dang you shouldn't have to do this with a saw.

[Houston Remodeler]

On the larger rail saws a level deck is critical !

We found this out the hard way cutting tiles that were $187 each

[jondon]

Paul looks like the perfect layout there full tile up under the winder and coming under the niche. I see you are still using the Lash System

My guys finished this one up while I was out in Seattle on vacation. John has been with me since 2012 and his son started working for us in June. At 19 he has jumped right into the game, doing every phase of tile installation.

[smifwal]

Jon that looks stellar. You got good guys. What metal are you using between the field and the inlay?

[jwmezzanotte]

Few fun little cuts