This old thread got revisited. @dani_m08 to answer the question about extra probe, I believe I ordered an extra one when I bought the set up. The probe wire is just setting in the junction box I think but honestly I cant remember. When I laid out the underfloor heating and the probe, I just ran another probe near the first probe, and it was then sealed into the floor self leveling compound as per instructions. then the end was just threaded into the wall like the one that would be live, and not connected, but just laying there in the box. Regarding the tile layout. I just decided to run it this way, after getting instructions on the 90Degree way, IIRC. The herringbone that I love is from my childhood and the side walks in my neighborhood that all ran at 45Degree. so that to me is herringbone. I know you posted on @sochi thread about her amazing bathroom and a wall mounted faucet. I would totally do it if I had the right sink for it. In my case I had made my sink out of soapstone and an integrated backsplash. The pictures of this bathroom reveal are no longer available because of the use of photo bucket, when it was Gardenweb. I did not keep my account with photo bucket. I'll add some of the reveal pictures so you can see the sink and floor. Regarding the sink there is no ledge for water to drip from my hands when using the faucet. The water drips right into the sink. In my other bathroom with a deck mounted faucet I am always wiping up drips and it is a nuisance. I much prefer the setup for this sink. Below: I love the flush finish from the faucet to the bottom of the sink. nothing drips on a counter or edge of a sink. Below: looking in from the doorway. Below: Here I am finishing up the sink. the backsplash was epoxied on as a separate piece. The whole soapstone install in the room took next to nothing to buy as they were all small pieces that I epoxied together with a 3 part stone epoxy. Below: this is the counter at the tub, and is in 2 long pieces but I was able to epoxy them together at there edges to make a wide slab for the top. All the soapstone was finished with a 60 grit sandpaper to be rough and this lovely soft tone of blue/green/gray/white. I did not oil it so this color tone would remain light. Below: If I recall correctly @sochi helped me decide on this Hubberton Forge Mirror. I have 3 different metals in this room, but they are all a cool silver to black color. Below: the center of this tower shares space with the kitchen on the other side of the wall. there is also some extra space that houses some electrical wiring. this is an old simple house. this bathroom was an add on when it got move to the farm in the 30s IIRC. The plumbing was all rearrange and some of the details that were orignially there I kept but updated it, such as this tower feature. The old one went and the carpenter did a wonderful job with this one. Below: This feature was another thing I kept from the old bathroom but flipped it from the other end and had the carpenter put drawers in it. Before it was a hell hole. things got lost and the build was soooo old and creapy I didn't like using it for storage. Now it is perfect for storage.

A pedestal tub and cherry cabinets can be either traditional or contemporary - which direction are you going? If you were going traditional, riffing off Bill's idea, what about one of the larger hexes, 2" (Daltile Keystone Shapes) or even 4" (can't remember who makes it but I know someone here in the last two years used it)? American Olean "Chloe" mosaic with the white or silver-gray centers would also be pretty. If money's very tight, the white-on-white version of Daltile Octagon-and-Dot, which is quite inexpensive, would provide plenty of visual texture and, with a silvery gray grout, enough pattern to keep it from being a dull white floor. However, I think the carrara counter might get lost against a white or white-and-gray floor. If you're leaning toward something more contemporary, I think a slate-look porcelain with a gray-blue base and brown accents in it, like American Olean "Earthscapes" in Rainforest, would look really smashing. Blue is a wonderful complement to cherry and the gray would tie back to the gray in the marble. Green tones are also wonderful with cherry - maybe Daltile "Continental Slate" in Brazilian Green (this has a matching mosaic for a shower floor) has enough gray to pick up the marble veining as well as green and brown to complement the cherry. Or something slicker would be a sort of concrete-ish look, like Daltile's "City View" in "Downtown Nite" which is sort of a medium gray. Daltile's "Donegal" in Grigio would be a subtle but not dull floor, in a silvery gray to pick up the marble veining; it would allow many other things to star and keep the feel of the room lighter. How much maintenance are you willing to deal with? A large-format charcoal gray (like Daltile "Era" in Olos) on the floors would make the cherry glow and both the carrara marble and the white tub "pop" as the "stars of the show", but a really dark color does show every trace of lint and hair and soap scum. I could see it as well for the shower - a colorbody porcelain tile could be cut down to the appropriate size by your tile setter, since you need smaller tiles for traction - with a decorative band or two of carrara tiles horizontally around the shower and as a border on the floor to get the maximum impact from a minimum amount of the more expensive stone. Since your room is so big, you could get away with a big tile - the "Era" tile comes in a 12x24 that could be laid in a common brick or a herringbone pattern which would look amazing. Daltile "Veranda" is a pretty reliable tile, in Gunmetal or Patina for the darker look, or Steel for the lighter look to blend with the countertop. It comes in a 6x20" which could be used to create some really great patterns. There are a lot of great tiles on the market, BTW, I'm just most familiar with Dal and AO's lines, they're very easy to find and for the most part reasonably priced. (If you're interested in something from Daltile, watch Home Depot for their 20% off all special order flooring sales, as this includes all tile. Their prices beat the living ahem out of any of the tile stores when I ordered my Daltile tile there. It's exactly the same tile as you would get in a tile store, don't let anyone tell you it's inferior.) Did you have any plans for the main bathroom's walls? Tiled wainscot, just paint, special finishes like Venetian plaster?

I am going with a similar look and am doing a carrara & nero marble basketweave faux rug for the floor. I will probably have darker bardiglio tiles around the edges of the room and there will be a cararra twisted rope border (and nero liner tiles on each side of the rope) to delineate the "rug". This way, the pattern does not overwhelm the room and it is a very pretty look in and of itself. I wish I had a mock up of it because even dh has not seen what I chose (other than the basketweave middle), lol. Oh... and am using dark gray grout because white would be just plain suicidal in our house. Maybe Bill V has done similar and has a pic?

Dottie - I could not have done this without an educated designer - it's not just about the design choices although I would never have come up with design choices as my brain isn't hardwired in those kinds of visually imaginative ways. I can appreciate things but I don't know how to pull them together and I wouldn't have the ability to figure out where to even start in terms of the sea of vendors. I am good about researching appliances and functions but get lost in the sea of visual possibilities :-) And I can't even imagine dealing with codes and such since Los Angeles is code crazy - I wanted to move some floor electrical outlets up a bit from the floor as I found it difficult to reach them when I had some hip issues so I was thinking about for the future - I was told that if I move a plug, the whole thing has to be rewired back to the panel box. And the darn kitchen sink has to be approved by the UL LOL - who would think a kitchen sink could be dangerous.