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They did a lovely job of cutting the ditra too, and then made absolutely no effort to seal it where the subfloor meets the walls.
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Why would you even use Ditra there? It looks to be over a wooden subfloor, and I've always used hardi cement board over wood subfloor. Ditra would be more common over a slab floor to decouple the tile from the slab, or for waterproofing in a shower. My wife wants to do a similar tile in our back entry/powder room space, and my plan was 1/4" hardi under the tile, mostly to minimize the height difference between the tile and the Pergo in the kitchen.
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PitViper posted:My wife wants to do a similar tile in our back entry/powder room space, and my plan was 1/4" hardi under the tile, mostly to minimize the height difference between the tile and the Pergo in the kitchen. whoever "renovated" my kitchen floor just slapped tiles down with no regard for the height difference. and when i was working on the dishwasher recently, i also learned that if i were to pull up the tiles, i will most likely find some ancient linoleum that was already there when they put the tiles in 
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Mar 15, 2021 19:41
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Our last house the previous owner helpfully tiled the entry and downstairs bath.... By basically using a dollop of improperly-mixed thinset under each tile, and some sort of non-cement grout in the very uneven gaps. It made removing them and redoing both spaces much easier, I will say.
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Mar 15, 2021 19:47
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Previous owners in my house tiled two of the kitchen walls, the wall above the sink and the cooker/cabinets wall. On one wall the tiles were half offset with each other, on the other wall they were quarter offset. Drove me mad till I ripped them all out. They did a very sloppy job as well with oddly cut tiles and uneven lines. They also tiled on top of the old tiles that were in the kitchen.
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Motronic posted:
I know nothing about tiling, though I just read a little about Ditra. Could you explain about the grout comment?
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Ebola Dog posted:Previous owners in my house tiled two of the kitchen walls, the wall above the sink and the cooker/cabinets wall. On one wall the tiles were half offset with each other, on the other wall they were quarter offset. Drove me mad till I ripped them all out. They did a very sloppy job as well with oddly cut tiles and uneven lines. Oh Markorepairs finally managed to sell the place? 
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Mar 16, 2021 00:08
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DrBouvenstein posted:
can someone explain to me how the tile "should" look here, in terms of the symmetry/pattern? most of the floor tile i've seen in my life has at least one end/corner like the bit here with the tiny strips in the corner
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Lutha Mahtin posted:can someone explain to me how the tile "should" look here, in terms of the symmetry/pattern? most of the floor tile i've seen in my life has at least one end/corner like the bit here with the tiny strips in the corner Usually you start a full tile centered in the room along both axis and go out from there so that the thin strips where the tiles meets the wall are the same size on opposite walls and look symmetrical.
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Mar 16, 2021 00:37
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Pigsfeet on Rye posted:I know nothing about tiling, though I just read a little about Ditra. Could you explain about the grout comment? Sure, per the instructions as i recall and from a skim here: http://pdf.lowes.com/installationguides/4011832035982_install.pdf You need to use modified thin set under it and unmodified over it. Modified has latex compounds and other things in it that give it different drying and strength characteristics and Schulter says this is the way it must be done. So if you're going to spend all this time and effort (and maybe have a chance at the warranty but whatever) why wouldn't you follow the very specific instructions given to get the durability out of the product you paid extra for to get durability? If you don't want to deal with all the trouble skip the extra poo poo and just slap down whatever is cheap and easy.
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^^^ but it shows that you're cutting-edge competent using the latest thing! ^^^DrBouvenstein posted:Usually you start a full tile centered in the room along both axis and go out from there so that the thin strips where the tiles meets the wall are the same size on opposite walls and look symmetrical. In this tiny powder room, installing tile is like a knife fight in a phonebooth. There would also be substantial waste to lay an aestectically-pleasing floor ("substantial" being a relative term in this room).
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DrBouvenstein posted:
oh my god, it's like a hollowed out potato.
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PainterofCrap posted:^^^ but it shows that you're cutting-edge competent using the latest thing! ^^^ Which is why you use smaller tiles for rooms like that. This is clearly what they were going for, from Pinterest: 
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One of the previous owners tiled the ceiling of the bathroom, just ran the same tile on the wall straight up and did the whole ceiling too. The only reason I can guess (besides general derangement) is that they were trying to mitigate condensation/moisture because they did not bother to install a fan when they added a shower to the room. We fixed the fan situation but I'm basically too scared to tackle any of the tile because I know whatever I find will be horrific and tens of thousands of dollars to repair.
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Motronic posted:Sure, per the instructions as i recall and from a skim here: http://pdf.lowes.com/installationguides/4011832035982_install.pdf Despite my giant rant against schluter's waterproofing in one of the other random threads here, this has actually changed. Schluter now allows modified mortar, so long as it is their own. I discussed this with the rep actually, he said it's because they can't control other companies mortars, if they say it works and then change their formula, Schluter would be on the hook for any failures. It makes sense, but is still rather convienent. I wouldn't use unmodified to set anything larger than a 6x6 tile, so schluter's Allset makes me way more comfortable using the kerdi/ditra system. DrBouvenstein posted:Usually you start a full tile centered in the room along both axis and go out from there so that the thin strips where the tiles meets the wall are the same size on opposite walls and look symmetrical. I'd definitely go full tile off the vanity wall, bury the cuts behind the shitter. The pattern should have been laid out on the narrow end being centered between the door transition and the opposite wall, eyeballing it you would have ended up with roughly about 3/4 of a tile on each cut and would have been more aesthetically pleasing. Sirotan posted:They did a lovely job of cutting the ditra too, and then made absolutely no effort to seal it where the subfloor meets the walls. If it's just being used as an underlayment and not a waterproofing you don't have to worry about it. You do want to keep the perimeter ungrouted though (if it's visible, just use a caulk joint that is color matched to the grout) to allow the walls and floor to do their own thing as the house expands and contracts. AFewBricksShy fucked around with this message at 13:06 on Mar 16, 2021 |
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AFewBricksShy posted:Despite my giant rant against schluter's waterproofing in one of the other random threads here, this has actually changed. That makes things a bit easier and yeah.....I'm no tiler but my experience with unmodified has not been good. It's still not clear why kerdi would be getting used in their particular application other than spending too much time watching their shill Mike Holmes.
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Would that even really matter? Unless the toilet had a constant leak it doesn't seem like there would be enough flow to even be lukewarm in the upper tank
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Mar 17, 2021 14:01
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Took these myself. There's a resort across the bay from our cottage. This could use some protection from the elements. At least something to keep the rain from getting in it.  "Hold my beer" 
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Mar 17, 2021 14:08
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Blistex posted:
well that is bad work for a post-apocalyptic world. what's that? we don't live in constant fear of starvation and you actually have the time to plan ahead and easy access to resources and experts? no excuses then.
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Sentient Data posted:Would that even really matter? Unless the toilet had a constant leak it doesn't seem like there would be enough flow to even be lukewarm in the upper tank Stayed at an AirBNB in the Before Times and someone had put in an obviously unpermitted ~*~master suite~*~ on the second floor of the house that included a half bath stuffed into a closet where someone had plumbed the toilet up to the hot water line. I was there in the summer so it was already pretty warm up there, but when you flushed the thing it would make the entire bathroom uncomfortably warm and humid. I guess if you wanna give your rear end a little steam bath it's fine.
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Sentient Data posted:Would that even really matter? Unless the toilet had a constant leak it doesn't seem like there would be enough flow to even be lukewarm in the upper tank Either way, you'll end up paying for water to be heated that doesn't need to be heated. Depending on local power/gas rates, that can add up.
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Blistex posted:Took these myself. There's a resort across the bay from our cottage. Neither of them are outdoor-rated panels. Not surprising, considering it looks like regular old NM cable running into them (maybe one UF) and directly buried.
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Mar 17, 2021 15:42
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My ex-father-in-law had a toilet in their house that they plumbed with hot water because "the water would condense on the side of the bowl." The gently caress, who cares? If that damages your floors you should get better floors FFS.
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mycomancy posted:My ex-father-in-law had a toilet in their house that they plumbed with hot water because "the water would condense on the side of the bowl." Yeah, that's not how "better floors" work. I hope that was sarcasm. It's an actual concern, and there were specific thermostatic mixing valves made that took a hot/cold supply to go to the toilet to deal with this issue before air conditioning (and therefore dehumidification) were common. It's always fun when someone find one of those things and start posting about it because nobody currently in the trades was around when those things were still being produced. It's like having to explain why switch loops are a thing to someone doing babbys first electrical job in an older home.
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I hate this but also love how absolutely ridiculous it is.
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Collateral Damage posted:I hate this but also love how absolutely ridiculous it is. It was right there on the blueprint!  edit: Yes you can come crash in my spare room, Fortunato 
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Sentient Data posted:Would that even really matter? Unless the toilet had a constant leak it doesn't seem like there would be enough flow to even be lukewarm in the upper tank There are tankless toilets.
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gently caress 3 bedrooms and 1 bath.
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AFewBricksShy posted:Despite my giant rant against schluter's waterproofing in one of the other random threads here, this has actually changed. Would like to read this rant, got a link?
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NoneMoreNegative posted:Yes you can come crash in my spare room, Fortunato I may have lived in worse, but if so I washed the experience out of my mind with alcohol.
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Sentient Data posted:Would that even really matter? Unless the toilet had a constant leak it doesn't seem like there would be enough flow to even be lukewarm in the upper tank Depending on how immediately hot the water is, it may eventually crack the porcelain. I had a mixing valve go bad and back-feed hot water into a commercial wall-hanger water closet and the bowl cracked because it was going from relatively cool ambient to very hot too fast. Might be less of a problem in tank types, but I wouldn't risk it unless it was designed to run hot water.
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We are testing a humidifier at home, since we spend a lot of time there now and the winter air is bone dry. Combine that with a toilet filler valve that sometimes sticks slightly on, and there was so much condensation on the floor we thought something was leaking. Good Construction: It's a well done vinyl floor, so we just grabbed a squeegee and pulled it to the shower drain.
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Bedroom 2 does not have a door
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Found on Reddit from someone who just bought this place and was trying to figure out how to "fix this bad design":  
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Sirotan posted:Found on Reddit from someone who just bought this place and was trying to figure out how to "fix this bad design": A simple curb would do a hell of a lot. Jesus that is a bad design .
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NoneMoreNegative posted:Yes you can come crash in my spare room, Fortunato A Balconey is where you store your processed meat products.
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Zopotantor posted:There are tankless toilets. One of the three stalls at my old work had hot water hooked up to it (tankless). If no one has used the toilet in a while, it's just like a normal toilet. If you used it soon after someone, you got the ultimate "ugh, someone's rear end just heated up this seat" feeling, which is not preferable to a normal cold toilet seat.
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