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.

Hmmm, I have calacatta marble in my master bath in 12x12s. I'm not really fussing over them but they don't get much traffic. I can say for sure that if I had a smaller format tile, like a mosaic, I'd fuss over the grout more and the tile less. But the large format marble will show etches more than a smaller, busier one. I have been using a large bathroom rug in front of the vanity and one smaller one for stepping out of the shower. The vanity one catches toothpaste, soap drips, etc. The floors look great and we've been using them for a WHOLE two weeks so I don't think pictures will help. My advice is to go for it but I'm the maniac who did a 4 year old's bathroom in limestone including 16x16 floor tile :) Hopefully, you'll get more practical advice from others. I just think a used and abused marble is still beautiful.

Thanks for your posts, everyone. I didn't word mine very well, and have to explain that Angel was hit on the road 15 years ago. That's how Jill found her. I love that story. Jill was a teenager, and in her friend's father's car when she saw the puppy on the road. They stopped the car and she got out and picked the puppy up. No one had a cell phone (like I said, it was 15 years ago), so they stopped at a house and Jill asked if she could use the phone to ask her mother to come pick up the dog. The woman said, "You can use my phone, but your mother isn't going to want to drive over here to pick up a dog." Jill replied, "You don't know my mother." :-) I thought about having Angel sleep in my room. The reason I haven't done it is that it's relatively easy to clean up messes in the bare hallway, whereas my room has rugs. And rugs seem to trigger her urge to pee, or at least that's what I suspect. Maybe it feels more like the outdoors. No, Wolfy is the one on arthritis meds. Angel doesn't take anything, which I guess is pretty remarkable. No, waitÂshe actually takes a heart pill, but she's taken that every day of her life since puppyhood. She's done amazingly well. Linda, I like the suggestion about the ticking clock, but Angel wouldn't be able to hear it. I might try bringing her into my room at night after first covering the rug next to my bed with a plastic trash bag (cut open) and newspapers. It's worth a try.

Helen, the driveway bit is what you have to do when you don't do routine maintenance. I've had a toilet on the driveway precisely two times in my lifetime. The first time was when I latched onto the white toilet my neighbor was throwing away because I wanted to replace the avocado green toilet in the powder room. Cleaned it outdoors before installing it. That same toilet was again taken to the driveway when it was removed because I was installing tile in that room, the toilet was out on the porch next to the driveway because that was the closest place to haul it and get it out of the way. Gave it the acid bath because 'why not since it's out here anyway.' Same toilet was removed when I repainted the bathroom this winter but no trip out in sunshine that time because there was about 3' of snow on the ground and the water woulda' frozen in the hose before it got to the john. I wouldn't have to deal with issues of trying to match the footprint of the toilet down the road. ...plus possibly dealing with flooring issues around the silhouette of the old toilet. ??? The flooring is supposed to go under the toilet, not around the toilet. Or are you talking about the flooring possibly being marred? Hasn't been my experience with either vinyl or tile. I wouldn't indulge in false economies and NOT replace a ten year old toilet in a full remodel. False economy, by my definition, would be not upgrading the pipes, drains, shut-off valves, supply hoses, using cheap closet/ flange bolts instead of stainless steel ones, etc. in a remodel. Toilets, OTOH, have an indefinite life and are easily, inexpensively repaired. Being a pay-as-you go DIY'er, reusing the toilet just seems sensible to me. VS trucking to the store, loading a new one on the cart, loading it in the truck, unloading it from the truck and, most likely, sending more American dollars overseas. (Some Totos and some Mansfield porcelain products are made in the USA. Maybe Kohler?). And then being out a tipping fee to dispose of it or having to get out the sledge hammer to break into small enough pieces to sneak into the garbage. But if toilet proprietor X is someone who needs to call for assistance to change a light bulb in the desk lamp, yeh, get a new one, installed. OTOH, if toilet proprietor Y is someone who doesn't know jack squat but managed to put air in a tire, once, he can probably handle repairing a toilet. Bottom line is that the toilet is the first thing out and the last thing in when remodeling a bathroom. So OP has time to think it over. And with a whole lot more information than he bargained for! :-) Have a good day!