Should I have gone with different shower floor tiles?
Ashlee Smith
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Comments (4)Thanks Bill for jumping in. We are doing all the prep including Kerdi and leaving the actual tile install to a pro. I went today and purchased 1/4" wonderboard to bring up the naxos vanity side and also solve any of the painted wall issues in the vanity area. The naxos is 12x12 and will be put up on the diagonal. So I think now we will be a tad higher then the shower area....See MoreWhere should I stop/continue floor tile? Floor plans :)
Comments (4)Thanks, so it doesn't bother you that the last perimeter cabinet would be half on wood floor and half on tile? I'm getting excited, within the next month I'll have something that resembles a kitchen. I'll definitely post some pics when complete but for now here are somefrom last week (pre-drywall). In this pic you can kind of see where the tile stops. The pink paper protects the wood floors during construction. You can also see where the plant shelf starts (it's about 6 inches from where the last perimeter cabinet will land): Here's our beautiful new 45" window, perfectly placed for and ready for the addition of our kholer stages sink: In this pic you can see through to our master bath remodel that's going on concurrently (yes, we often ask ourselves 'what did we get ourselves into?'): Here you can see the entrance to our kitchen. We'll need to replace a few tiles becuase we widened the opening: This was the original kitchen layout before the demo began. Problems I wanted to correct were to move the dishwasher to the left of the sink so that the corner cabinets are always accessible; make use of the floor space by removing the 'right' wall and putting in an island; moving the fridge away from the wall so that it's easy to open the doors completely:...See MoreShould I change shower floor to same color as main floor in small bath
Comments (4)My bathroom is a bit larger but I still wonder if I should have chose all the same but most of the time I love that it matches yet varies too I did the exact as you, small faux marble squares, larger porcelain marble tiles in brick pattern on walls and a grey herringbone on my floor too. My floor is large format though. Here is my bath so you have reference of a similar tile scheme and the next picture is with all the same marble. Maybe it will help you decide...I used a greyer real marble threshold to bridge the two floors.. I love this pictured bath and looking at it makes me second guess my final choices sometimes than other times I like that from my room the floor and even the room do not look like a bathroom necessarily... So hard to choose xo...See Morehexagonal tile: should I have it redone?
Comments (34)And I have to respond to some of the other comments about the trades not caring anymore (sloppy work, lack of ethics, etc.). For those of us who have dedicated our lives to quality craftsmanship and service in our dedicated trade, it is sad to hear of such impressions of our craft. But we get it to a point, and make no excuses for the disasters we hear here, yet they don't really represent the majority of experiences. So let's be fair. It doesn't represent the industry as a whole. If someone does a bad job, the customer will tell 30 people. If someone does a great job, they might tell one or two (and oh, then there's the internet to add to this "discussion"). Here are some things that we think have contributed to some of the poor tile installations you hear about today. 1) The recession: Too many construction workers went off on their own to make a living and were not technically qualified, nor had the business skills to serve the market well. 2) Lack of interest in the trades as a career: Little value is placed on trade occupations and training (It's all about expensive 4 year college degrees pushed by high school guidance counselors and society as a whole). 3) Lack of respect for the trades overall: Related to the above but an evolving cultural shift from days gone by. 4) Younger folks that ARE working in the trades are from a different generation with different values and expectations. 5) Consumers often do not do the homework they need to do: This is BIG. 6) $$$$$$: Yes, I know there are times when someone paid for a quality job and did not get the result, but MANY of these poor executions were likely priced below the market value for quality work. Our customers pay us to deliver top notch quality. They tend to be seasoned home owners who have experience over years, expect quality, will pay for it and promptly, and respect us as we respect them. If I were a younger home owner today, I would start gathering my "go-to's" for this and that. I would use them repeatedly as need be and develop relationships that are built on respect. Because the circle will go round and round. Our two cents (and we are only here to pass on a little wisdom in our "seasoned" years as craftsmen and business owners)....See MoreAshlee Smith
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