Scratched glass mosaic tiles on shower wall - please help!
John
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Comments (12)Yes, the mosaic is bordered by a thin limestone pencil tile. The white tile is thinner than the mosaic, so the pencil tile makes a nice transition between the two. This is not our tile, but it's the picture that inspired what we did with the pencil tile. Laying the tile out on the livingroom floor, just a single tile width, really helped to visualize what pattern we liked. I was going to do a full sheet of masaic (12") as the stripe, but when I laid it out it looked like too much mosaic. We played with the widths of the mosaic by cutting one sheet into 3" rows and adding or taking away sections to make different width strips. Doing this, coupled with taking the width of the cuts neccessary for the white tile into consideration really helped to visualize the look....See MorePlease help review plans to add master bath from scratch
Comments (5)Thank you for asking for more clarifications: This is an existing master bedroom, not an addition. The outside shape of the home on the "top" and "bottom" of the drawing page can't be changed due to property setbacks. The "right" side of the drawing currently has two patio doors that open to a 4ft wide catwalk that is around 4-5ft above ground - the house is a split entry so there are windows for the downstairs bedroom and office under that catwalk. Due to the roof design and cost to change it, we don't really want to consider pushing out the wall on the right that has the patio doors. To the "left" of the drawing on the other side of the wall of the existing bathroom is the kitchen. To the other side of the wall of closets in the bedroom and "below" the area noted as 5ft hallways in the bedroom is the opening for the split entry steps. Not shown in the drawing to the left of the kitchen and steps is the living room/great room....See MoreCutting edges off of delicate mosaic glass sheets...PLEASE HELP!!
Comments (16)A few options in no particular order: 1) He can cut the entire sheet on a wet saw with an appropriate blade. The sheet will be able to withstand the process...or it won't. 2) If the sheet is too delicate for the wet saw, he could keep everything dry by score/snap/nippers to cut the long tiles to length. Some glass snaps evenly, some doesn't. Depends on glass size, shape, surface irregularities, and the skill of the one holding the tool. 3) If the glass does not give decent and repeatable results by cutting manually (raggedy edges, edge fractures), he could pull the long tiles off the mesh, install the sheet on the wall, then cut each removed piece to length and then set them. Depending on what tools he has in his tool kit, some glass can be dry cut without thermal cracking. Your mosaic are small enough where that could be a possibility. But in general I prefer to not dry cut glass with an abrasive wheel....See MoreNeed help with fitting mosaic tiles around shower drain.
Comments (9)I have a very similar hex tile on my bathroom floor and a square floor drain,because I have a zero-entry shower pan and I wanted a back up in case of overflow. My floor drain has a tile-able cover and so my contractor ran the hex tiles right up to the edge, tiled the cover. and grouted. Before he finished the bathroom, the grout along the edge had crumbled a bit and he redid it. We leave the cover on at all times, yet the grout has crumbled a bit at the edge again. So... I don't have an answer for you! But I am interested in answers you get! I do love your tile, though....See MoreJohn
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