porcelain in the "ghettolenno" garage

[inphx]

Dream begins:

A lift would be handy... sweetie pie knows what i need for my birthday . Lets start by respecting cuts.

This is going to take some time..

Weeks....

Weekends only...

Little more... when will it end?

Not done yet. the packing straps are cut to 2-3" pieces and slid under tile as next row is laid to assist in lip matching - process is good enough for me.

These are pei 5 porcelain - i did a job on the daily driver with the lift with the jack stands and oil, radiator and ****** drips and it wiped up clean not slippery.

The pallet full of tiles face down on the pallet jack is handy to maneuver a stack to the current workplace. Also helps build biceps.

The led tubs on the rafters work fine for illumination - the joint electrical connectors - although i think they are seated well... sometimes need a tap to refresh a **** connection. I think the heat or wind flex makes it a bit of live connection.

This is all the garage journals fault - mantra is build as big as you can and it wont be enough.

 

[Shea]

Wow, that's some large tile... Looking good so far!

 

[AA7483]

Looks great!

 

[deezee]

Most respect!

 

[Rewind97]

How well will it hold up if you drop something?

 

[chruler]

I love that you started the tile in the middle so you'll end up with an even width border around the walls! I used to install ceramic and nowadays see way too many installations where the the room starts with 1 full size tile in the corner. This style looks particularly bad in narrow hallways. Nice job!

 

[Cobradriver]

Damnit! I had picked out a matte through body porcelain for my place. After seeing these pictures I might change my mind! Son of a b.....

BTW,that'll look bad *** when done!

 

[Swissfloors]

This floor is looking amazing! Look forward to pics of the finished product! Maybe we need to incorporate porcelain tiles into our products! l love it! Congrats.

 

[PoorOwner]

What size of notch trowel did you use? The thinset seems extremely thin for the size of the tile, but you must have really flat concrete because it seemed to come out well.

 

[inphx]

I came up with a process recipe where i skim coat the floor, drop 5 scoops of mapei ultraflex 2 (i think the putty knife is 5"), back butter the tile and use a 1/4" tooth trowel to prep the floor before setting the tile.

Yes the floor is very flat, concrete guys did a great job.

 

[inphx]

I love that you started the tile in the middle so you'll end up with an even width border around the walls! I used to install ceramic and nowadays see way too many installations where the the room starts with 1 full size tile in the corner. This style looks particularly bad in narrow hallways. Nice job!

Thanks. My motivation was to match the tile edge to the expansion cut for the longest span and center... and hope the other concrete cuts line up close to tile seams. I know for certain the right 3/4 of the garage during grading was scraping into granite so pretty sure its on a firm footing. The slab has been in place over a year and no cracks of concern leading into this.

And ... i love your measuring tool solution - it was costing me some dough to get my calibration references.

 

[inphx]

Damnit! I had picked out a matte through body porcelain for my place. After seeing these pictures I might change my mind! Son of a b.....

BTW,that'll look bad *** when done!

I did want an "aircraft hangar" type of look.

 

[bullnerd]

Looks really cool!

Wheres the tile from?

 

[Tony_G]

Looks like a showroom, good job!

 

[Cobradriver]

I did want an "aircraft hangar" type of look.

Funny you should mention that......I'm working on purchasing a piece of property at a small grass strip,across the taxiway from my brothers hangar/business.

I plan on using it as my retirement place.

Couple of quick questions....

Brand of tile?

Size?

Polished through body or a high quality glaze?

Supplier?

Thanks !

 

[zmotorsports]

DAMN!!!

Looks great.

 

[Angelfire]

It's looking great (and I'm feeling for your knees....currently wrapping up my own install at the moment). Given how shiny they are, how are they when wet?
Cheers.

 

[inphx]

A test report says "Pendulum Test" 57 dry, 13 Wet BS 7976

 

[marty_p]

Looks like a showroom, good job!

True that!

But many new car dealership showrooms don't look as fine, much less their service department!

Keep us posted...

 

[Angelfire]

A test report says "Pendulum Test" 57 dry, 13 Wet BS 7976

I haven't heard of the pendulum test before so interesting stuff. Found this that helps to explain it a bit:

http://www.floorslip.co.uk/pendulum-test-to-check-floor-to-bs-7976-and-BS13036-4.html

Cheers.

 

[subvet]

That's a great looking floor

 

[Craftsman51]

Looks awesome!

 

[Dakota00]

Looking good!

 

[Gerald O]

Very nice! That's a huge space to tile -- my back aches just looking at it.

 

[protegeV]

looks amazing. cant wait to see the finished product!

 

[inphx]

Thank you all! I believe the conclusion will be anti climactic... I am moving vehicles from old house and cluttering the workshop as i go. No money shot of finished floor at the end. Very happy with results. My old place had Home Depot rustoleum epoxy, it held up fine but no comparison.

 

[motofool33]

love the floor where is the tile from and how much did it run ya?

 

[MDJAK]

Looks amazing. Lot of hard work I’m sure. Must see it finished.

 

[inphx]

So i was rolling a pallet jack with 40 tile cartons each 29 kilo and i had to make a few runs to try get it over the raised lip of flooring. First pallet went fine and second one was stubborn and i had to get some momentum and it caused some damage. About 2557 lbs on the pallet jack. I needed to break out a tile to put a fresh one down. Here is a video of dropping a hammer on the tile that needed to be replaced. (i do not know how to embed video)

video of hammer dropping on tile

Dropping Hammer

 

[PoorOwner]

I don’t think you should have run up the tile with a jack like that.

A 1/4 ply or Masonite board would have avoided it. But I am sure you know now.

 

[ard]

That audio...id kill myself.



But nice floor!