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  1. General DIY Discussions
    Has anyone ever done this? I have hardwood floors in my bungalow that are in decent shape; have been refinished once in 20 years so they have a lot of life in them. The subfloor must be good because they are flat, are aging well, and no creaks. My outside door opens right into the living...
  2. Tiling, ceramics, marble
    Tile and grout installed within past week. Grout lines seem too low in many spots even though some spots are fine. Some areas are clumpy and some have holes. Can we add more grout on top of this or do we need to re-grout? The tile is porcelain. The tile has a distressed look which are the dark...
  3. Kitchen & Bath Remodeling
    Hello, I’m building a kitchen addition. The wall with the stove (not the sink) will have a big tile backsplash, extending up the wall. I've installed a backsplash before, but it was in a place that already had drywall and paint (so we had to work with that). But here, the stud frame is still...
  4. Windows and Doors
    I recently installed an exterior door and I am trying to figure out the best way to fix the interior part. There is tile leading up to it but as shown in the picture, it looks terrible. My other doors have shoe moulding but I can't find a good example on how to install that with tile. Has anyone...
  5. Flooring
    We're redoing our floor and and the underlayment was damaged so we tore that out. While doing this I noticed that our subfloor is only 1/4" thick! We are shocked! Now we are not sure how to proceed with this since we're new to this whole thing! Should we replace the whole subfloor or is there a...
  6. General DIY Discussions
    Hi, I'm currently working on tiling my basement shower using Kerdi board and Kerdi thinset and I finished the back wall which looks really good but I foolishly tried to do another wall late at night cause I wanted to get a second wall up before having to go on a work trip on the Sunday. This...
  7. Remodeling
    Hi all, I am redoing my backsplash. The previous removal was brutal because the screw heads were compromised from the tile adhesive. For whatever future the backsplash may hold, I want to try and prevent this happening again. Is there anyway to protect the screw heads before tiling over them...
  8. Tiling, ceramics, marble
    Hi, We have a shelf in our tile shower that has a bunch of adhesive? on the bottom that's ugly and I want to remove. I'm not sure what it is but I assume it's whatever adhesive was used to glue the shelf in place. Any thoughts on how to remove it? I tried scraping it but it really doesn't...
  9. General DIY Discussions
    Hello Everyone, Quick question, I want to install hardiebacker around my bathtub in preperation for porcelain tile. I'm seeing conflicting information regarding the gap beween the hardiebacker and the tub flange. In some cases, I see a small gap (1/8"), with thinset and cement board tape...
  10. Remodeling
    Good morning! Can you guys tell me what you think caused these glass tiles to crack? These are all from 3 different bathroom showers in my house. The work is roughly 2 years old and I’m wondering if these glass tiles are installed improperly or not. Thanks in advance!
  11. Kitchen & Bath Remodeling
    Hello! We would like to replace an old tile countertop and tile backsplash to spruce up the old kitchen before putting the house on sale. Thinking of putting in butcher block as it's not that expensive as stone, and maybe subway tile for the backsplash. Looks like there is plywood underneath the...
  12. Tiling, ceramics, marble
    Help! I have tub walls I’m tiling. I used the Schluter membrane in the corners, smoothed it out and forced it in the corner with a drywall blade. When done had a good 90 in the corner. After drying though, it shrunk in and now I have a dime sized curve in the corners. This throws off my tile...
  13. Kitchen & Bath Remodeling
    Hello, I'm about to tile my first shower with 6x12s, with All-Set + 1/8" horseshoe shims. Rubi and some other "official sources" I've read say to remove em 20-30m "after the thinset begins to set up." Silly question maybe, but when does thinset "begin to set up"? All-Set has a 20-30m open time...
  14. Flooring
    Hi all, I’m removing old vinyl sheet flooring and will be using schluter-ditra over the plywood subfloor to install 24” x 24” glazed vitrified tiles. The home was built in the mid 80s, and the floor adhesive has been so hard to get up. Been using a heat gun and a scraper and lots of sweat, but...
  15. Concrete, Stone & Masonry
    I'm building a garage workshop with a small bathroom. The floor is a concrete slab. The corner of the bathroom has a role in, curbless shower. My wife is interested in either tiling the whole bathroom or none of it at all, and therefore not interested in doing just the shower. The slab...
  16. Tiling, ceramics, marble
    Hello, I am embarrassed to admit, but having done a few tile floor I am always running into the issue of the damn thing not being flat, requiring me to go back and do special things to make it so, with mediocre results. Basically, I use thinset to put cement board down over plywood, and...
  17. Kitchen & Bath Remodeling
    I'm putting up large format tiles for a shower enclosure. I've finished the cement backer board, and need to tape/mortar the joints. Everything I've read says to use thinset for this, but what I have is (polymer-modified) medium set, since that's what the large format requires. Can I use this...
  18. Flooring
    Hello, I hired a contractor to redo my tile flooring and I'm upset with the quality of his work and I wanted to get opinion from people with more experience on industry standard for tile installation. lippage like this all over. low grouting - the contractor states this is standard and what...
  19. Tiling, ceramics, marble
    Hey all. I have a question about hardiboard cement backer board. I’ve been slowly getting this stuff up in a small shower remodel space. I am almost done and have the label/smooth side out. I’ve watched/read about a dozen videos/blogs, but somehow only today did I read something that says...
  20. Tiling, ceramics, marble
    We're in the process of converting a breezeway into a full mudroom. Currently, the floor is a concrete slab. We would like to tile this area, however, we need to raise the height 2-3 inches to keep the step up into the main house within code. What would be the best way to achieve this? My...
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