Wanted to share the results my garage tiling project. I was inspired to do this after reading about many other similar projects in this forum, so I hope this post will in some small way help someone else decide to take the plunge as well.
Garage is a 2 car tandem in a townhouse, size is roughly 375 square feet. Location is Toronto which gets pretty cold but I have never seen any water freeze inside.
After lots of searching though this forum and some helpful advice from some friendly people that I private messaged, I went with the following:
Tile: PEI V Porcelain from Lowes. I basically went around to local stores when their stock was getting low (according to the online inventory check) and asked them to give me a deal if I bought all of what they had left. Total for tile was $354.28.
Mortar: Decided to spend a bit more than I had originally intended and went with FlexBond because of the cold weather concern. Total for the mortar was $209.74.
Grout: Polyblend sanded in charcoal. Total for the grout was $28.58.
Edge Profile: Schulter Schiene in stainless steel. Total for edge profile was $68.81.
Caulking: Mono Ultra Exterior in grey. Total for caulking was $37.67.
Misc: Knee pads, spacers, etc. Total for misc was $22.15.
TOTAL COST: $721.23
TOTAL COST PER SQFT: $1.92
The work was done by myself, my wife, and my father-in-law. My wife and I have never tiled before, my father-in-law has done lots of tiling in the past and taught us his Jedi ways. Fortunately he has all the tools we needed so that saved us from having to buy a bunch of things. The actual tile setting took most of an entire long weekend in May. The grouting, cleaning, and caulking was done in bits and pieces over the following week and a half.
The project was more of a pain in the *** then I had expected, but overall we are really happy with the result. Just hope it lasts.
Garage is a 2 car tandem in a townhouse, size is roughly 375 square feet. Location is Toronto which gets pretty cold but I have never seen any water freeze inside.
After lots of searching though this forum and some helpful advice from some friendly people that I private messaged, I went with the following:
Tile: PEI V Porcelain from Lowes. I basically went around to local stores when their stock was getting low (according to the online inventory check) and asked them to give me a deal if I bought all of what they had left. Total for tile was $354.28.
Mortar: Decided to spend a bit more than I had originally intended and went with FlexBond because of the cold weather concern. Total for the mortar was $209.74.
Grout: Polyblend sanded in charcoal. Total for the grout was $28.58.
Edge Profile: Schulter Schiene in stainless steel. Total for edge profile was $68.81.
Caulking: Mono Ultra Exterior in grey. Total for caulking was $37.67.
Misc: Knee pads, spacers, etc. Total for misc was $22.15.
TOTAL COST: $721.23
TOTAL COST PER SQFT: $1.92
The work was done by myself, my wife, and my father-in-law. My wife and I have never tiled before, my father-in-law has done lots of tiling in the past and taught us his Jedi ways. Fortunately he has all the tools we needed so that saved us from having to buy a bunch of things. The actual tile setting took most of an entire long weekend in May. The grouting, cleaning, and caulking was done in bits and pieces over the following week and a half.
The project was more of a pain in the *** then I had expected, but overall we are really happy with the result. Just hope it lasts.
