Recent content by Motordoctor

What kind of grout are you using? Personally I used Fusion Pro on my job, haven't had any issues with the color not matching. Even bought a second container of it, and it matched the first as far as I can tell. It's a little pricey compared to some but I figure it's money well spent. If you...

You have to say I am an optimist :) I actually put the last floor tile down about a month ago. Having to deal with a floor that had a couple of high spots (1/2"+)took way more time then I imagined. I actually put down another layer in the low spots of 1/4" CBU just so I didn't go through so much...

Got all the old plywood up. Probably a good thing I went that way, had some rotten spots going. Would you suggest putting a deck screw into each plank @ the joists just to be sure no squeaks? The planks are the tongue and groove style with nails driven in at an angle to keep them tight. Couple...

Thanks. The project got back burnered for a couple of days, got called into work for a few last minute projects. Usually this time of year there's nothing to do so when there's money to be had, I'm there ;)

Back to the questions again. Thinset. The game has changed since I'm not using the Ditra. My options here on local procurement seems to be either the Versabond/custom products from Home Depot or the tile store has the full line of Bostik thinsets. If I go with a border around the entire...

Amen to that.

Ok, the room size is such that it will take 3 1/2 sheets (14ft) lengthwise and 2 ft on each sheet to make the wall (10 ft)width. So I would run all three sheets together and stagger the 2 ft sections so I don't get 4 corners? Or alternate the sheets, meaning left to right, first sheet, 8ft +...

Well, With 1/2" plywood and a 1/2" diagonal and not hitting the joists, I would have to use 1" or slightly less, right? I guess if I'm to use deck screws, 1 1/4" is the only short size they offer from the big orange box store. One other question: #6 or #8 screws? Thanks again.

Should I use anything between the plywood and the diagonal planks? Other than screw it down? What screws do you suggest for that? The old standby drywall screws? Or deck screws. So far I've gotten up about one sheet of plywood. Have to say it's much easier than scraping that old **** off :beer...

So if I'm replacing the subfloor with 1/2" exterior plywood and the 1/4" cement board do I still need to use the Ditra? Only reason I'm asking is the cost of the plywood and the cement board is about the same as the Ditra will cost. The best price I'm seeing on the Ditra is $252 for 162 square...

Sorry to hear about that, had that once myself. The niece flushed the toilet, and she plugged it with too much paper. So she flushed it again. Not a good move. So what did she do after it started overflowing? Flushed it again. :willy_nil I have one concern about sawing the old plywood off...

Here's a picture of a tile again the hardwood floor. Basically it's going to be the height of the tile/thinset/Ditra above the hardwood floor. Personally I think it's going to be a toss up between what takes more time: scraping/sanding/cursing/etc the old floor or just bite the bullet and rip up...

Well, this place was built in 1949~50 so maybe that was the standard practice back then. I tried pouring a cup of boiling water on a section, didn't really make much difference. Tried two more sections, one with mineral spirits and one with Goo Gone. Same thing, no effect. Now I'm down to just...

Here's some pictures of it so far. The first picture is how much my nephew managed to get off in an hour by himself. Which is why I'm not having him do that anymore. Now he gets to hold the heat gun. Second picture is how much both of us working for an hour got off. Third picture is the tools...

Hey any suggestions on getting the black felt off that's under the tiles? Looks like a layer of vinyl, then a gray paper followed by the black felt stuck down to the plywood. I'm using a heat gun and a scraper to get the tile/gray paper up but it just slides over the felt. I tried a rasp type...