Help with cement tile alternatives
Ash Y
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Pros and Cons of Encaustic Cement Tiles as Bathroom Floor
Comments (26)Hi everybody, I’m a tile installer. Even though this thread is a little old I thought I’d chime in. I have 12 years installing tile. I was just contracted to install an encaustic cement tile. I had not worked with this tile previously and was Not informed of the 2 page pdf of handling instructions. I was already halfway done with my floor when I found out that I had done everything wrong. Luckily my installation was very clean but I still had to sand off effervescence which is lime leaching from the tile surface. after sanding dusting then scrubbing with special cleanser then rinsing with water again I still am not happy with the result. But they are much better. While doing all this extra work that I can’t charge for I noticed hairline fractures in all the tiles. what could I have done so wrong that the tiles have fractured? I won’t name the company here out of professional courtesy but I am beyond upset that a product such as this could be sold for $50 sqft. It should be pre-sealed and the warnings should be on the box at least. I’m asking the company to refund my clients but I am still out 4000 in labor. it may be the last job I take under my company before joining the tile union again. I will never recommend cement tiles for installation in any application....See MoreHelp me find a cheaper alternative to this tile! ABB...
Comments (9)Browneyes - we've been looking at AKDO's Stagger in Parchment. Found here: http://www.akdo.com/products_detail_coll.asp?pid=4905&collid=108&subcollid= It's pretty much what we like, but the narrowest strip in AKDO's tile is a bit narrower than we hoped for. When I emailed Susan, I told her what we saw that we liked and what we were hoping to find that would be different from what we've seen. She seemed to feel that she could help. Right now, on Susan's site, she is featuring a "We have curved milk glass tile, as seen on Houzz" photo, so hopefully there's a good chance you'll have some luck with her. I used the email found on her site here: http://www.susanjablon.com/contacts It's: Customer.Service@SusanJablon.com I got some samples from Glass Tile Oasis and while they were fine, I wasn't finding anything that was quite right for us...may search there a little more if Susan doesn't work out....See MoreHow to restore/imitate "cement wainscot" or "Keene's cement" tile
Comments (1)I have no experience with what you're talking about, but I found this link that might help. Good luck Here is a link that might be useful: tiles from plaster of paris...See Morehelp sourcing (domestic) cement tile, please
Comments (2)Thank you for those great resources, Amal. What really sparked this was I received my color samples from Villa Lagoon Tile, and I was less than overjoyed with the Maple Sugar. (However, the folks at VLT are *so nice* -- eight years ago when we used their patchwork quilt tiles for the floor of my son's personal care room Lundy, the now-retired owner, was just a dream to work with. I admit I have warm fuzzy feelings about wanting to work again with them.) Granada Tiles offer lots of yellow color choices (others as well, but I am after yellow), so I may purchase their sample kit. At play there is GT charges a 30% fee for custom colorways, and based on my loving-hands-at-home calculations, I'm looking at that 30% adding an additional >US$3,000. It may come down to my deciding that Yes, getting what I want is worth it or No, it's not. I'm not there yet. I suspect the other costs will ultimately also factor into my decision .... I did go ahead and order the Gold and White color samples from The Cement Tile Shop, so we'll see how they look in real life. We'll be gutting our master bath to accommodate a curbless (roll-in) shower so we (my children's father and I) can more safely bathe our youngest child, who is multiply and profoundly disabled and unable to assist / participate in his own ADLs (Activities of Daily Living, like bathing). As of now we lift him in and out of the tub, but sooner rather than later someone will get hurt, and that is just not a goal of ours! I found a reclining shower chair about which I am *very* excited -- not pretty but wow will it be functional. Thank you people who think of, design and produce these adaptive pieces! I want to also add the plumbing specialist with whom I've been working has been an absolute dream. She has steered me to Keuco for the shower rail because it is also a grab bar -- two in one -- as well as appropriate hand showers (big but not huge) with extra long and smooth hoses, so no hair or skin can get pinched in between the coils. The pretty will come in with the yellow + white tiles -- very chipper. I am anticipating a bright white space with the tiles on the floor and leading up at least one wall of the shower, maybe three if that won't prove overkill ... can't figure that bit out. My partner weighed in that he'd like it to have the flavor of an updated crumbly + ornamental Recoleta apartment, and I can definitely get behind that. Hello Round Top! Anyway, so it's fun planning, and I am enjoying being very thorough with the planning so we make the best, most Accessible, safest space for all of us. But of course most of all for our sweet son....See MoreAsh Y
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