Rod N
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Very nice!
Porcelain Tile in the Man Cave
- Thread starter Track t-4
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SapesOfIndia
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Congratulations!
Looks real nice
Looks real nice
Following is a compilation of the materials used to complete my tile floor.
Purchases were made from a local tile store, Home Depot and Lowes.
Prices were retail (no contractor discount) plus a 6% tax.
320 - 12”x24” Gres Geowhite porcelain tiles $480
2 - Schluter tile Reno ramps $86.76
1 – Red Guard crack isolation membrane (gallon) $46.97
1 – Grout haze remover (quart) $2.97
1 – 3/16” tile corner spacers (pkg) $5.18
14 – 50 lb Flexbond gray mortar (bag) $417.55
1 – 5-gal bucket 2.97
2 – 25 lb Ultracolor plus Bahama Beige grout (bag) $98.56
2 – Tilesaw blade discs $57.54
Total = $1,198.50
Purchases were made from a local tile store, Home Depot and Lowes.
Prices were retail (no contractor discount) plus a 6% tax.
320 - 12”x24” Gres Geowhite porcelain tiles $480
2 - Schluter tile Reno ramps $86.76
1 – Red Guard crack isolation membrane (gallon) $46.97
1 – Grout haze remover (quart) $2.97
1 – 3/16” tile corner spacers (pkg) $5.18
14 – 50 lb Flexbond gray mortar (bag) $417.55
1 – 5-gal bucket 2.97
2 – 25 lb Ultracolor plus Bahama Beige grout (bag) $98.56
2 – Tilesaw blade discs $57.54
Total = $1,198.50
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Cave Creek Ray
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Tt4,
Like yours too!
I had to throw in the towel this week. With temps hitting 114 downtown, mortar sets up awfully quick on warm concrete! The last part is the east end of the garage and that gets warm in the cool mornings after sunrise. I am going to give it the "max effort" this weekend and even if I can only work a couple hours each morning, I'll finish the last 6 feet. Then its grout and the big move of all the stuff (like your cars) onto the new tile while I do the other half of the garage. In the shadow part of the garage its plenty cool in early mornings up until about 9:00 or so. You probably didn't have that problem at your house eh?
I'll get 'er done. This ain't a race!
Five days worth...
Like yours too!
I had to throw in the towel this week. With temps hitting 114 downtown, mortar sets up awfully quick on warm concrete! The last part is the east end of the garage and that gets warm in the cool mornings after sunrise. I am going to give it the "max effort" this weekend and even if I can only work a couple hours each morning, I'll finish the last 6 feet. Then its grout and the big move of all the stuff (like your cars) onto the new tile while I do the other half of the garage. In the shadow part of the garage its plenty cool in early mornings up until about 9:00 or so. You probably didn't have that problem at your house eh?
I'll get 'er done. This ain't a race!
Five days worth...
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OJ Bartley
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You mean throw in the trowel?
Looks great so far, keep it up when you're able to. Moving around all your stuff from section to section *****, and it isn't ideal by far, but sometimes it's the only option we have. Hang in there!!
Cave Creek Ray
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OJ,
Sorry for the thread hijack. Guys like Track-man got me so motivated after seeing his work. His vehicles look like jewels in his shop!
I got up at 1230AM yesterday and laid out to almost the last line of tiles in four and a half hours. I have about 7-8 full tiles to place and then, when they harden up, I am going to pull out the tile saw and cut all the little edge pieces for install the next day. Then, its grout time.
Yeah, I am blessed with a ton of equipment and machinery. This barn complex is almost 2700 square feet. The main workshop room I am working on will require swapping everything onto the new tile -BUT, the good news is, a lot of the machines and cabinets go along that wall. This will be their last move. I have a gorgeous double set of Canadian New Age cabinets that are fairly easy to move. Those will go in the as-of-yet untiled section. The whole center of this room will be open for vehicles or wood projects. Kind of hard to see in the picture I posted but, that shot is half of the 37 foot wide room that is 42 feet long. It was originally intended as an RV/Trailer garage.
I want to paint the outside of the building too next winter. I'll do a thread on the whole project with lots of pictures that I have shot along the way. I am going to get my wife to shoot some pics of me laying tile so the folks who have never ever thought about doing tile can see it ain't rocket science.
I traveled for a living for 30+ years. I saw more incredibly bad tile work in bathrooms across this country that it convinced me, I could do better. Track t-4 probably had the same idea. His project is awesome.
A lot of people think tile is too labor intensive. I did almost zero prep except for a TSP wash, some oil removal and a little Red Guard. What I am spending in install time is kinda made up for in very little prep work. And here in AZ, I sure don't ever have to worry about "hot tire pick up" on my porcelain!
Again, sorry. I'll shut up for now. More later.
Sorry for the thread hijack. Guys like Track-man got me so motivated after seeing his work. His vehicles look like jewels in his shop!
I got up at 1230AM yesterday and laid out to almost the last line of tiles in four and a half hours. I have about 7-8 full tiles to place and then, when they harden up, I am going to pull out the tile saw and cut all the little edge pieces for install the next day. Then, its grout time.
Yeah, I am blessed with a ton of equipment and machinery. This barn complex is almost 2700 square feet. The main workshop room I am working on will require swapping everything onto the new tile -BUT, the good news is, a lot of the machines and cabinets go along that wall. This will be their last move. I have a gorgeous double set of Canadian New Age cabinets that are fairly easy to move. Those will go in the as-of-yet untiled section. The whole center of this room will be open for vehicles or wood projects. Kind of hard to see in the picture I posted but, that shot is half of the 37 foot wide room that is 42 feet long. It was originally intended as an RV/Trailer garage.
I want to paint the outside of the building too next winter. I'll do a thread on the whole project with lots of pictures that I have shot along the way. I am going to get my wife to shoot some pics of me laying tile so the folks who have never ever thought about doing tile can see it ain't rocket science.
I traveled for a living for 30+ years. I saw more incredibly bad tile work in bathrooms across this country that it convinced me, I could do better. Track t-4 probably had the same idea. His project is awesome.
A lot of people think tile is too labor intensive. I did almost zero prep except for a TSP wash, some oil removal and a little Red Guard. What I am spending in install time is kinda made up for in very little prep work. And here in AZ, I sure don't ever have to worry about "hot tire pick up" on my porcelain!
Again, sorry. I'll shut up for now. More later.
duneslider
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One tip for working in really hot areas is to keep the concrete damp. Keep the area you will be working as wet as possible without there being standing water. With the thinset between the tile and concrete there is only one place for the moisture to go...into the concrete. Keep it damp and that will keep it from setting as quickly, create a better bond, and cool the concrete and the area you are working.
Getting up at 12:30 am can help too but I like to sleep...
Back in the day before the nice thinset we have now and before porcelain tile became so popular, you would also soak your tiles in water before setting them so they would be damp and not **** the water out of the mortar.
Getting up at 12:30 am can help too but I like to sleep...
Back in the day before the nice thinset we have now and before porcelain tile became so popular, you would also soak your tiles in water before setting them so they would be damp and not **** the water out of the mortar.