Need help rewmoving black sticky tile adhesive.
Maggie Malone
8 years ago
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Comments (8)Since you need a bump I'll chime in... I prefer charcoal grout with black pebbles. A few times I've blended grout colors together blending charcoal grout with a dark gray for a "light" charcoal or a really "dark" gray, or blending carbon black with any grout to darken it. That's my personal preference with the black pebbles. With other pebbles more contrast is okay, but with black pebbles I'm always drawn towards dark grout with minimal contrast. Funny thing is with dark tiles I like dark or light grout. It's the black pebbles that sway me to dark on dark for whatever reason....See Moreremove black sticky adhesive on concrete
Comments (1)The adhesive needs to be encapsulated by an engineered cementious underlayment compound specifically designed for the purpose. We call these skimcoats. If you don't isolate the adhesive residue, there is the danger that the tiles may not stick, because a chemical reaction between the two dissimilar adhesives may take place and destroy the bonding characteristics of each. Ardex FeatherFinish fits into this category and Mapei makes PlaniPatch, and there are others. Read product descriptions to make sure any product you may want to use is the appropriate material....See MoreBlack liquid coming up through grout in tile floor
Comments (17)"Tile does not help with noise reduction, if anything it multiplies it. Sound bounces off the product and will echo. Carpet on the other hand is softer and will absorb sound." Disclaimer: I'm not an acoustical engineer, though I worked in audio production for many years and watched several studios being built -- some more successful at keeping noise out than others. :) There are two main strategies in noise control. One is to reduce reflectivity (echoes) by adding sound-absorbent materials (soft surfaces) inside the noisy space. That's worth doing, but it does nothing to block noise from outside the space. Isolation is where you should normally start. That's accomplished through two methods, usually used in combination: isolating room surfaces from vibration, and blocking noise transmission. Vibration isolation is often done by putting resilient material of some kind between the building structure and the finished room surfaces. Blocking is done by sealing gaps, and by adding dense sound barriers. In the old days, lead sheet was used. Today, it's usually mass loaded vinyl (MLV). Even a second layer of drywall can help. If you're going to use soft absorbent material, you should put in in the room you want to be quiet, after using isolation methods to shut out as much outside noise as you can. You can also use padding inside wall/ceiling/floor cavities to reduce internal reflections there, but it's not a substitute for dense barrier material. Tara, please correct me if this is wrong, but I suspect that the objective in your building was to reduce footstep noise being transmitted to the condo below. Good, heavy, solid tile might indeed help some, compared to a wood floor....See MoreBasement Reno - Need help with floor and tiles!
Comments (9)It isn't the look of 'wood' that is the problem. It is LAMINATE is NOT APPROPRIATE for kitchens. That's it. That's all. Wood counters + wood flooring is a stunning look. Laminate floors (the things with fibreboard middles with a photograph sitting on top) are the things that have issues with KITCHENS. That's the only draw back. If it were me, I would look at a cork floating floor in the kitchen (sealed once installed) and then laminate throughout the rest of the basement. Or cork flooring throughout and be done with it. Just NO LAMINATE in a kitchen. And vinyl planks are DIFFERENT from laminate...even though they look the same (picture of wood on top) they are VASTLY different products....See More
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