Nearly done with my first tile job--any suggestions on finishing the trim? Overall not perfect but pretty happy with it. Share photos of your tile if you have them.
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Nearly done with my first tile job--any suggestions on finishing the trim? Overall not perfect but pretty happy with it. Share photos of your tile if you have them.
That looks a bit like my first shower tile job (pic related). I hope you backbuttered all that shit like I did...
It kinda looks like you fricked yourself on the top row, but all is not lost. I'd paint some waterproofing membrane above that jolly tile at the top, and then finish it off with some chair rail tile. Tile will happily stick to drywall with waterproofing membrane on it.
I really hate that offset pattern, and that right side is whack. It's still better than some 'professional' work I've seen, though.
Thanks for the feedback. If I could go back in time or shift it easily, I'd probably change the 33% offset, but, too late and makes me happy enough. You really wanted to do every size if tile you could for that huh. Did you plan it out or just get started?
This was done at peak pandemic time with my $1500 Biden stimmy check. Every store within 100 miles ran out of the standard 3x6 white tile as soon as I ripped out my old yellow fiberglass shower. I had to improvise with the sheets in the middle to get it back together. It still pisses me off. I had the layout nailed, including the niche, so I wouldn't need to do any stupid cuts, and I ended up with what you see there instead.
Well it came together. Wish I did a niche like that. Can I do those corner shelves still where I am now or do you need to slot them in while youre tiling up?
The way I did those shelves was to bevel cut some large format marble tile. Be sure to cut a relief in the back so they can drain if you do it. I worked it into the design so I just had to nip the mosaic tile to fit them into the layout, but you could (carefully) notch your existing tile to make slots for them to fit into.
It would probably be a real pain in the ass, but it is possible. Probably worth the effort, given how much I loved having all the space for my girlfriend's fricking products all over the place. I'd either try to chip out a couple of tiles and notch them before replacing, or try using a dremel to avoid cutting through the waterproofing.
>painted walls in A FRICKING BATHROOM
>"wood" flooring instead of tile
are you poor?
>uncovered outlets right behind tap
what the frick at least there's a GFCI but my entire installation is on a GFCI so even then we're better
lepa kuhinja brate
Hahaha gorenje me odalo
I tebi klonja, ja bih iste ploce stavio
>gorenje me odalo
donekle, mislio sam može biti i slovenac ali onda sam video METALAC X Granit XQUADRO PLUS sudoperu
>ja bih iste ploce stavio
to je mama izabrala već davne 2014, bili na moru 2 godine ranije i vc u hotelu je imao slične
Si ti zanatlija ili si i ti razmisljao da uzmes tu sudoperu? Meni se na kraju i ne svidja jer je nabubren onaj deo za sudove sve ima osecaj kao da ce nesto da padne (a nece)
>Si ti zanatlija
ne
>ili si i ti razmisljao da uzmes tu sudoperu?
gledao sam sudopere ovako
>nabubren onaj deo za sudove
nije granmatrix propao bez razloga, izgleda da im taj lažni kamen nešto ne ide
the shower looks fricking sick, rest of bathroom is pathetic
Also: be sure to clean your grout job carefully before you move to the next area. Don't worry so much about the pot time on your grout. I had a frickton of haze to clean off this job, because I rushed through, trying to get everything on the walls before the grout set up.
Three hours later, I had part of one wall sort of clean, and my leftover grout was still useable in the bucket. It took ~10 hours to get the shit off that would have been easy if I'd gone slowly applying it in the first place.
Thank you. Havent thought about grout much but like everything else as ive been working through this I bet it is quicker to do it the first time than need to go back and fix your frickup before actually being able to do the next step
>33% offset
It looks like 25% looking at the back wall. If you're just alternating like you have, go with a brick 50% offset. If you're using actual thirds, then the pattern should only repeat every 3 rows. I try to avoid sliver pieces with layout.
My last customer chose a premixed black grout, Fusion Pro. That crap dried just about as fast as it hit the tile. Then a little bit of water made me concerned about color variation because it pitched blue.
It turned out good but it's not a product I want to go back to. I want to force the grout well into the joints and glide the surface to the desired look. Having effectively no working time and limited ability to sponge the haze sucks. The manual had some stupid order tasks including finishing with a microfiber cloth. The jerks in the video are just smearing it everywhere. For advantages, it doesn't need sealed and can work in very thin joints, no need to mix obviously. Disadvantages difficulty to clean during and after, difficulty to work, rapid dry, limited water assist
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This is just a nice general short about troweling and the importance of coverage.
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No premixed grout should be used in a shower, even if it claims it can be.
You can use vinegar mixed with water the next day to clean off grout residue
Probably 1 part vinegar to 3 part water or stronger if needed but you have to be a bit careful if you're using crazy grout colors, although any standard white grout should be fine
Overall it looks fine, all the joints are pretty consistent.
When you laying out subway tile the most important part is that your first course (the row of tile at the bottom where you start) is perfectly level. That way when you stack on top of it using spacers you can assume the next few courses will be level too. It's good to check every few courses to make sure nothing is getting out of level.
What happened with the sides on the back wall? The slivers are growing on one side and shrinking on the other as it goes up. Are both your walls out of plumb?
There's a bunch of faults but in general most people wouldn't notice them unless they were tile guys themself so whatever, as long as you had fun doing it
I have my own thread but Im greedy
Also bump to see more jobs
Posted this already like three times but wynaut
Started in the middle with the eye design. Didn't use spacers because I was worried about working time having never worked with tile. The tiles in the middle are not proportionally sized so there was one spot we had to cut a tile but looking back I bet we didn't have to.
Used silicone instead of grout.
I know what I would do differently next time..
Pointers from nonnoobs welcome
flush the toilet before taking the picture next time
Sorry to disappoint you anon, but it doesn't do anything special, it looks like any other generic toilet when it flushes. Plus, I don't feel like flushing the toilet and hopping up on the tub to take a picture, when there's nothing in it for me. You have your own toilet, I hope ? Good luck
That is wall tile
I love that tile
I love that toilet paper holder.
your adhesive is to thin. count on tiles falling off within 6 months depending on your grout. "huh huh what the hel does grout have to do with it" well anon if it is high polymer with little sand it may hold tight but never flex if the opposite is true it may over flex.
Full bath in my loft office over my detached garage. Used TileRedi pan,
Came out awesom, did all work by myself. Room is 26' x 13', walled in the corner. Roof is 12/12 so it really limits you. Put sky light so I can pee standing up. Was just gonna put a urinal waifu flipped out even though she NEVER comes up here. Anyway, I pretty much live up here. And I love it, Home theater, super loud stereo/surround system I can play on blast and dont hafta hear b***hing..
3rd tile job I ever did but I saw thousands in my years as a const guy.
>Nearly done
Nah, the grout is easily 50% of the work. Found this out myself doing my first tile job recently. Like you, I thought I was nearly done after I got the tile up.
However, you've just gotta spend the time and you'll get it done.
It's just grout. It questionably equal work on a backsplash. It doesn't even compare to leveling and flattening the walls for substrate, waterproofing, pouring a pan, and doing tile layout. Just get the float out and run it.
I refuse to do anything but a bonding flange if it's not a prefab pan. Pouring the pan twice for the 3 piece shower drain would drive me insane with the amount of wasted time moving cement and waiting for it to dry.
Oh yeah fair, I was just doing a backsplash with no waterproofing requirements.