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[Hamilton]

Thanks for the input John. Our columns have pre drilled holes ready to
receive stainless bolts. The rest of our anchors are being set with 1/2"
brass female ends epoxied 2" into the concrete walls. Im still sore from
helping drill the 150 + holes with the hammer drill I like all the ideas
so far, I will run them past my partners. This is the first one of these
we have done, so its a learning experience for sure. So far so good though.
We spent last week doing lots of layout, checking measurements and triple
checking things, making sure everything on our blue prints was going to work
as projected. We are going to take tomorrow off. We are supposed to get
high wind and upwards of 5" of rain tomorrow and tues. I have rain gear but...
working in that kinna weather sux lol! Thanks for all the ideas, much appreciated.

[RedRock]

Jack,
Could you hire a mobile crane to pick them up and lower them down through the ceiling opening? You might build a platform at the right height then the blocks could be set on top of them and slid into place.

[jvcstone]

We spent last week doing lots of layout, checking measurements and triple
checking things, making sure everything on our blue prints was going to work
as projected.

That is probably the most important part of the entire project. I have seen the results of "stone setters" not knowing what they were going to do before doing it. Stone gets damaged and folks get hurt.

Good luck, and enjoy doing something different. And remember that men have been placing mighty big pieces of stone a long ways up in the air for much longer then the internal combustion engine in all it's variants has been around.

JVC

[tilelayer]

Some mud work we are doing now for you mud people who are curious. If you look in the 1st photo we put a small shelf at the bottom because the walls are so out of plumb and we want to solve the water issue the tub is a bit small for the alcove it was put in.


Photos show, tarpaper and lathe and scrath coat, we are floating flush with plaster done with lathe strips this house is old. Tile is Us Ceramics Subway on the walls floors 2" hex, the jobs gonna look sweet when its all done.

[gueuzeman]

That's gonna be a classic that some future homeowner will want to rip- out in 50 years. Ricks grandson will come look at the job and say, "Still solid as a rock, I'm not rippin' it out.

gueuze

[Mountain Tile]

Yep, Nice work Rick.

[cx]

Rick, my son, a scratchin' tool don't cost but ten or twelve bucks and you can make proper horizontal scratchin' on that mud just like the big guys, eh?

[tilelayer]

i own one, i prefer not to use it, kelly. I was taught the x method. Its actually called a scarifier.

The whole point of the x's is to give something for the next coat to grab you don't want your mud to slide down the walls that's why you scratch it, some guys will use a notched trowel too.

[ceramictec]

I "used" a notched trowel back in the day when I did mud.

[Mountain Tile]

Yea Brian, V-notch works good.

[cx]

Originally Posted by Rick

The whole point of the x's is to give something for the next coat to grab you don't want your mud to slide down the walls that's why you scratch it,

Yep, that's the point of the scratchin' too, too, Rick, only it does a far more effective job than your Xs, say I.

[gwataloo]

piece of lath works too.

[Hamilton]

I use a notch trowel, usually a 3/8" square notch. Have used the official
scarifer in the past. Either work well. You comb the mud in a horizontal
direction. When that scratch is dry there is not sliding down the wall, in
fact you had better work fast to set your strips.

[tilelayer]

Seems fine to me, I don't plan on changing my mud routine anytime soon. Cause tommorow the final coat will be on those walls.you ain't gonna win this one

[java]

I always end up drawing pictures and signing my name a lot of times in them scratch coats.

Is it just me?