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Help penny tile issue!

5 years ago

help! s this what the penny tile should look like on a shower floor?? I see the squares?

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Dragonfly Tile & Stone Works, Inc.

5 years ago

Yes, staggering the sheets, but there's actually more to it than that (how you trowel the thinset, etc. and control your grout joints). Sometimes even pulling the pennies off and hand setting at the sheet perimeters . Techniques that an experienced professional understands. We don't know the material and how it was mounted so without all the information.....

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Sammy
5 years ago
Are you taking the picture through the glass?
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Filipe Custom Woodwork
5 years ago
Open the door and take a pictures from top down to shower floor.

I see a reflection of the wall tile on shower floor.
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I can't IMAGINE the amount of time it would take to grind out ALL the grout (thousands of grout lines to grind out = dozens and dozens of hours). The cost of the 'fix' is the tile setter's responsibility to 'eat'. Right now, s/he is trying NOT to purchase more tile and more grout, etc. That is money DIRECTLY OUT of his/her pocket. If s/he can get away with getting all that grout out (...wow...just...wow...?) it will only 'cost him/her' a few days worth of TIME (and a couple of packs of grout). BUT...if the tile is removed (which is STILL a possibility...ahem...if the new grout job does not 'fix' the look of the tiles, it will become the REAL fix) then the setter is going to have to purchase all the product s/he mangled installing this. The reason why you want to push for the right fix is this: the tiler must LEARN this lesson. The lesson is, "Don't bid 'low' on penny tile. Don't RUSH penny tile. Don't mess around with penny tile." Those are the lessons the setter MUST LEARN. It sounds harsh, but it is the way of learning the business of renovations. I would push heavily for the full removal and reinstallation of the tile. Sit down with him/her and talk this out. You need to ask what really NEEDS to be done to get this to work 'better'. Things like, how much MORE PREPARATION will you need to do to get the SUBFLOOR ready for this type of tile? If the tiler looks back at you with a blank stare, then you know you are in for more of a wild ride. The 'bid' should have included a PRICE RANGE for the subfloor prep. It should look like: - Subfloor prep: Conditional on tiles chosen and subfloor quality = $2-$5/sf. To Be Determined at time of install. And you would have had to add a signature to that range...beside the numbers...to show that you understood this to be a floating number that will solidify AFTER the job is completed.
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Kendrah
5 years ago
If the squares I am seeing are actually in the tile and not just a reflection, this is absolutely not how penny tile should look. It should be a seamless field.
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Flo Mangan
5 years ago
This is why I don’t like using this type tile in showers or anywhere really. You need installer who will take the time to pull off some tiles to hide the seams or at least cut edges of sheets so the grout lines are all consistent. No easy fix. Sorry. Penny tiles are the worst for this too because they come on the sheets and the layouts are very straight lines.
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Flo Mangan
5 years ago
Its not a bad job. Is the grout fully cured? Possible for grout to lighten and that will help.
pakmount
Original Author
5 years ago
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pakmount
Original Author
5 years ago
Here is the pic not through the glass
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scottie mom
5 years ago
No. That's not how it's supposed to look. Your installer doesn't know how to do a proper penny tile. Sorry. Can you post a larger picture? That one is almost impossible to see, but the lines are visible.
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pakmount
Original Author
5 years ago
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pakmount
Original Author
5 years ago
How’s this?
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pakmount
Original Author
5 years ago
Unfortunately these are the only two I have. The house is being built in another state and my husband sent these
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scottie mom
5 years ago
Oh that's better. The last one was tiny! It looks worst near the drain. Grout looks a little low too, but it's hard to say. I'm assuming it's just grouted? Odd that there are dark spots.

Very pretty tile :-/
Sammy
5 years ago
I’d say that’s average workmanship. Would it be be acceptable to me? No. Would I expect a free do over? Provided everything was done correctly in terms of waterproofing, absolutely not.
amateurdeziner
5 years ago
A friend of mine had the same problem with her penny tile. Come to find out, the tile setter had never done penny tile before.
Penny tile sheets MUST be placed offset...NOT lined up side by side.
Find another tile setter that has done penny tile and have him do the job correctly.
cpartist
5 years ago
He didn't offset the tile like its supposed to.
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scottie mom
5 years ago
Maybe not the best time to bring it up, but is there a proper slope to that drain? It's hard to tell from the photo, but it looks quite flat to me. If you're going to have to redo the tile, might as well make sure the shower waterproofing is done right.

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