Granny's gone and done it again

[prostar]

Thanks. I love your little winter shoulder.

I feel like the winter soldier title would go better to the Lorp...haha he’s certainly no ginger in the mcu

 

[campingshaws]

I feel like the winter soldier title would go better to the Lorp...haha he’s certainly no ginger in the mcu

Meh. Bucky is Bucky?

 

[campingshaws]

Ughhhhh just saw I said shoulder. lack of sleep has caught me.

 

[twisted-acres-farm]

The tile work in my bathroom looks like an 8 year old did it!
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i can do much better blindfolded!

OMG think I would have them take it down and do it right or NOT pay them

 

[twisted-acres-farm]

Twist, how closely related are musk ox and yaks?

I know you can cross breed yaks to domestic cattle and also bison. But musk ox I have no idea

 

[bruceha2000]

Those are spacers i used once, but he broke them into bits. The problem is they changed the size of the enclosure and left the existing tile. We can't seem to find replacement tiles . Idk what hubby plans to do about this latest development.

Broke the spacers? They are CHEAPPPPPPP. And they are shaped specifically to end up with straight grout lines in both directions!!! I'm not surprised those guys are available when no one else is. I think hubby hired Larry, Darryl and Darryl.

If you can't find tiles to match the existing ones it will look like poop no matter what you do. Maybe a nice acrylic surround?? Have to take the tile out, and hope the cement board (it IS cement board I hope) doesn't get messed up, whether you go with all new tile or a surround.

What are you supposed to do when you have a one in. gap Bruce ? Not that I plan on doing anything, just wondering.

You start by drawing a line dead center of the span. Lay the tiles out WITH the spacers installed. If the gap at the edges is less than a half tile, you move the line sideways by 1/2 tile. That way you don't end up with skinny pieces. You lay the tile working out from the line, not from the edge/corner. When doing a wall around a tub, you put a spacer on the deck of the tub so the tiles don't set on the tub, you need a gap the caulk can fill.

It looks like a big storm. Hopefully it will fade away.

Though it appears to be strengthening.

 

[twisted-acres-farm]

Broke the spacers? They are CHEAPPPPPPP. And they are shaped specifically to end up with straight grout lines in both directions!!! I'm not surprised those guys are available when no one else is. I think hubby hired Larry, Darryl and Darryl.

If you can't find tiles to match the existing ones it will look like poop no matter what you do. Maybe a nice acrylic surround?? Have to take the tile out, and hope the cement board (it IS cement board I hope) doesn't get messed up, whether you go with all new tile or a surround.


You start by drawing a line dead center of the span. Lay the tiles out WITH the spacers installed. If the gap at the edges is less than a half tile, you move the line sideways by 1/2 tile. That way you don't end up with skinny pieces. You lay the tile working out from the line, not from the edge/corner. When doing a wall around a tub, you put a spacer on the deck of the tub so the tiles don't set on the tub, you need a gap the caulk can fill.


Though it appears to be strengthening.

yep that's how we do it here PLUS I always silicone the gaps and edges of the cement board before the tile even goes up. BUT here we cheat and use 12 inch tiles in the motel room shower surrounds.

and add a little laytex into the grout mix as well.

 

[twisted-acres-farm]

I called Farmer's Union Ins today (farm ins) as I couldn't figure out why the total due was $30.00 more then all of the different ins fees added up to. Spent well over an hour checking and double checking trying to figure it out. The receptionist couldn't figure it out either so she asked the agent. Turns out that is the annual "membership fee" I suggested that maybe they should actually start listing it that way.

 

[CapricornFarm]

I bet you could do it better than most!

Thanks for the vote of confidence! I do have experience cutting and applying tiles on floors and walls. Have my own wet saw.
Guy says he can "fix" it. i told hubby i am not looking at that mess for the rest of my life, and if i need to i will do it myself.

 

[bruceha2000]

Cap, listen to Twist!

Using 12" tiles isn't cheating! Though those big suckers are heavy. Good reason to have a board spacer all along the tub deck so they will sit on it while the mastic dries. Pull that after the grout is done and then caulk when the grout dries.


There is a membership fee? Geez, seems they could skip that part given all the premiums people pay. But I guess if it is a co-op sort of thing, they want everyone to have the same "buy in cost". And yeah, they should break that out as a line item.