Bathroom Porcelain Slab Tile Quote Help ?
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Mark Bischak, Architect
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Comments (20)That is what I thought. Everything was going good until we mixed the thinset. We mixed the thinset as per the instruction on the thinset. I wish I had read the ditra instructions where it stated on bag can be used to cover 150-200 sq ft of ditra to subfloor and one bag to bond 50 sq ft of tile to the ditra. Obviously we mixed it too thick and then the thinset went on this as well. My wife did add more liquid as we were realizing that it was too thick. We are just going to go forward with installing the tile on the ditra. It looks good and I know that when I was applying the ditra the thinset was getting decent coverage. We did set 16 tiles on Sunday and I walked on them yesterday and they seem very well fixed in place. No movement at all. How level do the tiles need to be under the vanity? This is a 48 inch vanity with 4 legs. I know it would be best to make sure it is level. The subfloor was leveled out prior to installing with some shingles and tar paper but all is still not perfect and I am not the best at adding/removing thinset to make each tile level with the surrounding ones. It is coming out good but nothing is perfect. OH...if things crack...we were planning on renovating the kitchen in three years so we will redo the floor and vanity at that time. Hopefully it wont crack but not the end of the world...we are only talking about 50 sq ft of tile. Thanks, Steve...See MoreLong, but need help with bathroom quote (xpost)
Comments (3)Your contractor seems to be mostly specifying Schluter products....so why not use the Kerdiband to waterproof the Kerdiboard?...See MoreBathroom Porcelain Tile and Supplier name changes
Comments (4)I appreciate your reply. Thank you for confirming the branding issue. So is there anyway for a consumer to independently verify that it is in fact the same tile? How can I go about confirming what was delivered to me is actually what I picked out in the showroom? Who would I call? (besides the showroom designer who is repeating what his supplier is telling him). I realize there is "lot to lot" color variations in all porcelain tile. The tile display boards in the showrooms can be old, so that new lots of porcelain tile don't compare to the sample on the board. This means I literally have no frame of reference for comparison. Tile looks different from what I chose, but maybe it is within acceptable limits of variation?? Impossible for me to know. It would have been much easier for me to accept the variation in appearance, if the showroom had just gotten the tile that I picked out and have seen carried in all the tile shops I've visited, instead of from an apparently little known company that has no online website or showroom displays. Why switch and create this confusion in the first place? Thank goodness the other bathroom tile was delivered and matched exactly what I had chosen from the showroom! No second guessing involved. Final question: Are your two different distributors located in two different countries as well? As I stated previously, I picked out tile clearly labeled "made in Italy." The boxes I received were stamped "made in Turkey." Is this your experience as well with branding/quality control? Different factories, in different countries, different brand names, different distributors, but you can confirm it is the same quality and the same tile to your specifications? As I said, I ultimately accepted the tile and it is installed. It fits with my color palette, but I would still like to avoid this type of confusion in future projects. Anyone else have a surprise on delivery such as this?? If so, how did you handle it with your contractor and verify it was the tile your picked out?...See MoreNeed help selecting porcelain tile for bathroom.
Comments (5)Thanks Skippack. Is very expensive to cut tiles? I thought retro was coming back — a return to the classics... but modernized. I know the marble look is very “in” now, but it is also retro and classic. Given my inspiration photo, what else would you suggest? I’m afraid to pick a wood look tile for the bathroom because I haven’t picked out the wood color for the adjoining room and I wouldn’t want the two to clash....See MorePatricia Colwell Consulting
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