Is this tile wall sheets of tile or individual tiles laid together?
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Comments (12)Amen, Glenn. I started when I was 12 helping Dad on weekends and evenings when Mom worked. At 15, I helped during evening weekends, and summer vacations (and getting paid!) when he went out on his own. At 17, I went to the Armstong School of Resilient Installation to learn all that I could, which was before certifications. They confirmed shool completions back then but didnt "certify" as they do now. All my life I have been taught on the job and Dad pulled me aside when other co-workers and his bosses did things inappropriately to save time and cut corners, telling me this isnt the way you should do this, but we do what we have to when we work for someone else. Every facet from pattern scribing inlaid resilient sheet in a room full of pipes and old radiators, all the way down to professionally and expertly installing vinyl/rubber cover base corners. Nothing was too big or too small to do right. At 21, me and Dad had a falling out in business. He had his own busienss now doign commercial and residential subcontract work and was becomming like so many others we laughed at and despised for doing shoddy work to make a buck, then I went out on my own. I am not maligning my Father. I love Him and he taught me pretty much evrything I know, but I couldnt do the work he was asking me to do anylonger when I knew it wasnt right. He had changed. Business had changed him. Money and time was becomming more important that job quality. Business certainly isnt easy, but a time comes when it's either right or its wrong, with little middle ground. Whhen professionals hit that crossroad, then take the wrong path, it changes them, and each time they elect that improper path, it makes the next crossroads easier and easier to take the wrong path, until the day comes that money and time means more than giving people who trust use with their work a professional job. I am an advocate of installer and buiness educataion no matter how they go about obtaining it, whether that be on the job, through a mentorship, union apprentiship, manufacturer or distributor training session, or certification. If certifications are the only way they can get proper training, they shoud go get it. Consumers need to step up and make a fuss when anything isnt exactly how they want it to be. We live in a low cost wallmart and home depot world, where as long as the price is right, they can live with almost anything. As an employer, I instill in my men and women the same installation and customer service values my Dad originally instilled in me, and I demand that on every job. I believe much of the talent has moved to the commercial spectrum too. Its where the money is at. Interesting you should say that (about commercial work getting the good men). When I left Dad, I went all commercial for about 10-11 years before we started opening up stores. Did alot of traveling and made alot of money. Now we bring those values and quality to the residential sector. In the end if something isnt done right, it doesnt matter why....See MoreGlass tile backsplash with plastic sheets, not mesh?
Comments (8)Whoever came up with the idea of replacing the sturdy glued and back mounted mesh on glass mosaic tiles with flimsy plastic or paper on the front that lets them fall all over the place and pulls them off the wall when you peel it, is an absolute !@$#! moron. How in the world did this become a trend for glass mosaic?...See MoreIs it easier/faster to install 2x4 mosaic sheet tile or subways?
Comments (4)Thank you, mark rachel. I was wondering about whether the tiles might be crooked on the sheet, which could end up causing more work. The sample sheets I've seen so far seem fine but that's only a few compared to the couple hundred we would need for the bathroom. Both DH and our tile installer are perfectionists, and I could see them spending a lot of time fixing any crooked smaller tiles on the sheet, which might end up taking longer then just installing individual subways....See MoreSubway Tile- Sheets Or Individual Tiles?
Comments (7)In a shower, with tile on sheets, you need to be sure to have good contact between the tile and the cement board - this is the thinset. Be sure the backing doesn't interfere with this. Also, sometimes, if you're not real careful, one can see where the sheets meet. Not to be critical, but I don't understand why some people are really concerned about the tile spacing. It all gets dirty, and all has the same problems....See MoreJilly
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