I love how you share all your Tiling techniques. I'm preparing to tile my shower this spring and I'm glad I found your channel. Keep up the great work and the videos coming. Thanks from Live Free Or Die New Hampshire!
Thanks for taking the time to make this video. I was curious how it was cut and now I know. Also its nice to know about the general price and easy upkeep this large tile will provide. Please keep it coming!!!
I like how you talk to say the right words for RU-vid haha. Love your videos I will be doing my bathroom soon. I think I will start with my laundry room floor, followed by the garage steps to gain some experience. Also thinking to tile the small patio area for experience also with the large formats.
One more beautiful and smart video! Simply can`t understand why you have used a n angle grinder? Is that just because you have no large format wet cutter, or there is another reason? Sometimes we can see a very thin 6mm the same size Italian porcelain tiles. I can state, they`re too brittle and you would crack them by angle grinder easily. Also, it seems like grouts in your video are about 5-6mm... It can`t meet today`s requirements :) May be an option to buy (if you have your business connected to this), or just hire a 1200 or 1800mm wet cutter? It costs ~$300 /day or 300 for two days if you take it on weekend :) One more option is to bring the tile in a specialised stone/tile services. They can cut for around 20 bucks per linear meter (including edges polishing). That`s in case if you have just one floor tile for your DIY project.
Beautiful. Great design. Nice to have an alternative to the 2” sheets with all their grout lines. Though for my customers, I think it be better/clearer to be saying ‘cut from a single piece’.. instead of a ‘one-piece shower floor’. Question: For those of us with less confidence with grinder skill, is there any kind of guide strip you know of? Thanks for posting your designs and experience, much appreciated. I’d never have come up with this on my own.
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@Bishop Jaiden Thanks so much for your reply. I found the site through google and I'm trying it out atm. I see it takes a while so I will get back to you later with my results.
if you were to attemt this using a traditional mud pack floor instead of a foam pan, can it be done or do you have to pack the pitch differently ? perhaps using the goof proof rails or something? or is a foam pan basically the same as a mud pitch in the way it conforms?
Do you use much of the USG?? I think their system is just as good as Schluter. The only thing I don’t care for that is their drain system. Just not as many options as Schluter
I first saw this type of shower floor in a hotel in Germany, I showered in it several times, it was not slippery and I really liked it. But the tile needs to be appropriate. I am investigating this as I plan to do it for my own shower now. From my research the tile needs to have a dynamic coefficient of friction (DCOF) of 0.42 or greater. This is to comply with ANSI A137.1-2012. So ask what the DCOF value is before buying the tile. For more info see www.thespruce.com/coefficient-of-friction-specs-to-buy-best-1822608
Gotcha! Is there a way to tell when purchasing like a grading or designation from the supply house or is it more just the feel of the finish? Thanks for the reply!
Dan Allen, while I encourage my customers to feel the tile as part of the selection process, look for a COF or DCOF rating with the tile. This coefficient of friction rating helps quantify it. Most reputable manufacturers are including this data with their products, using accepted testing guidelines from one of the national tile institutes (don’t remember which one).