Textured tile for shower walls- bad idea?
mary1000
10 years ago
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Comments (2)I unnastand what you're looking for-- just a regular vertical brick joint. No big deal. :-) Although I like the idea of tiling to the ceiling (when you tile a wall, tile it ALL!), I have a feeling the vertical brick joint may make the wall look alot taller than it really is, if that's the effect you're looking for....See Moretiled shower floor- bad idea in cold weather states?
Comments (7)If you use the radiant floor heat as an alternative to a wall heater, the extra square footage is nice. Our climate isn't very cold but it is nice to have the chill removed by the floor when you step in the door to the room, not just the shower door. We have the whole floor done in radiant heat. Not a big deal to add the extra square footage. We have central heat but our house is a pier and beam foundation, built in 1935 so we still have some draftiness on cold windy days/nights. This floor heat provides a nice little addition in a room that tends to have a higher chill factor because of the tile if there is cold weather outside....See MoreIs it a bad idea to tile on top of existing shower floor tile?
Comments (13)If I correctly recall your saga, you had a supposedly well built mud bed with supposedly well installed marble tile over it. Then you brought in a friend to seal it. After sealing is when you had the issues. If I recall, when the drain was later pulled, there was evidence that the sealer had percolated down into the mud bed. In a properly working shower, tiling over existing tile can be done. My understanding is your shower is broken. My understanding is that what forensic work has been done to your shower has not resulted in a cause of failure. It has only resulted in people pointing fingers at the other guy. The sealer guy points at the tiler. The tile guy points at the sealer guy. The GC shrugs his shoulder and points at you because you brought in the sealer guy on your own. You point at the GC and ask when will my shower be fixed? If no one can define the problem, how can they come up with a solution? They can't, so they all wink at each other and say "let's cover it up!" The only way to properly install new tile over bad tile that is on a bad mud bed is to completely isolate the new work from the old. There are three important points of contact: That means a NEW membrane has to be installed on top of your old work to prevent water from percolating down into the old work. That means that around the floor perimeter, the new membrane has to be tied into the wall's drainage plane or the wall's membrane that was installed behind the current wall tile. That means that the new drain has to be properly detailed into the old. So, what can you do? You can simply do what has been recommended. Simply cover over what you have. Bury it. Fingers crossed. Hope for the best. It's the easiest. You might have no further bad symptoms. Or the pan might start showing problems, 6, 12, or 24 months down the road. Or you can cover it up keeping the three points of contact in mind. Do understand that this route would require a conscientious and competent mechanic. Or go with the choice that over the long run will likely involve the least amount of labor, be the least expensive solution, and have the greatest chance of success: Have a competent mechanic remove the failed bed and install new. I wrote too much. (sigh) Good luck!...See MoreAre 3d tiles a bad idea for a kithcen backsplash?
Comments (29)Your backsplash will be a focal point in your kitchen, in the sense that it will be on a vertical surface that will be more visible than the countertop. But you will want to ensure that everything works together as a whole, so that one element does not "fight" any of the others for attention. The items that are fixed choices (for you, it sounds as if those would be your cabinets and countertop) will determine the appearance of the others (your backsplash and wall color). How they all might go together and complement each other is easier to see after your fixed choices are installed. Good to shop now, but there’s no substitute to sitting tile samples on the counter to see how they look with counters and cabinets at different times of the day and in different kinds of light. We have a similar color scheme - white quartzite counters with black veining and bright white cabinets. We're in the process of choosing a backsplash that will be beautiful and special but not so much so that it competes with the countertop for attention. And you might be surprised by how challenging it is to find a white that "goes" with other white elements in your kitchen! Also, for your outlets, you might consider plug mold installed under and at the back of the upper cabinets. Got that idea from Gardenweb - we love ours - multiple outlets just where we need them, and out of sight! Our backsplash will be interrupted by only two switchplates. Just remember that if you have an electrical device that lives on your counter, the cord may show (unless that device is tall enough - like our coffeemaker - to hide the cord). As for 3D tile - I would avoid it in the kitchen. Even if the type of cooking you do doesn’t produce a lot of grease or splatter, the 3D tile will provide more surfaces on which dust will settle. You can provide plenty of backsplash interest with a beautiful glaze or pattern....See Moreivester
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