Tile Work

[JZap]

A side job I tackled this winter at an Uncle's house. Nothing like using a wet saw in the coldest weeks yet.
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This is only my second time doing tile, so let me know your opinions, besides the one tile by the threshold that has an inconsistent groutline. I'm going to fix that.

[chardscapes]

Did you put Ditra underlayment under the tile ?

[Ground effects NH]

I like the color, But I would have gone with a darker grout,:noidea: Just my $.02
Now you have me looking at my dining room.:nod:

[STLPONDS]

Looks good. How much do you folks get for labor on tile jobs in your area?

[STLPONDS]

I like the color, But I would have gone with a darker grout,:noidea: Just my $.02
Now you have me looking at my dining room.:nod:

Dining rooms are starting to be the new big thing in tile floors. It's hard for me to get around tile in a dining room. We just finished one before xmas that looked awesome. We did tile baseboards that really set this dining room off.

[Ground effects NH]

Dining rooms are starting to be the new big thing in tile floors. It's hard for me to get around tile in a dining room. We just finished one before xmas that looked awesome. We did tile baseboards that really set this dining room off.

That I would really like to see. Never seen tile baseboards outside of the bathroom.

[STLPONDS]

It's my brothers work/company so I don't have any pictures. The tile was 16" diagonal pattern and the baseboards were the 16" tile cut at 3" high. Like I said earlier it's hard for me to get around tile in the dining room. I like the baseboards though since they will never get beat up like wood. I'll try and post some pics of my baseboard tile from my bath that will give you an idea what it looks like on a 12" bases.

[JZap]

I charged him $25/hr I tried to discount b/c he's family, but fair is fair he says. I didn't choose the tile or grout. Underneath is pex style radiant heat. My uncle installed the backerboard, I had to make some adjustments the floor was waaay out of whack. This is an addition to a 80 year old house and part is old joists and part was a slab.

[ScottSears]

We have a number of guys locally who purchase our tile and Eldorado Stone thru us for basement remodels, fireplace surrounds, bathrooms, etc... Most of them have a few on the hook for winter already. Cutting outside may be a chilling thought but at least the better part of the day is spent inside. I do not know for certain what they are charging but I am thinking that most are treating it like any other "hard" application and factoring in accessibility, existing conditions, demolition and removal, as well as the Schluter Ditra product as an anti-fracture membrane.

[bigvictu]

Had a friend who did a slate tile job at his house and the tiles were way out of square. Some of the lines were uneven, would darker/lighter/same color grout be best for hiding this? I said cut them with a grinder but he doesn't have the time.

[Mbella]

Similarly colored grout would definitely help.