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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 5/29/2009 4:00:54 PM

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I'm looking at the next 9 days off work, after today.�

Of course, there's a "little home improvement project" waiting for us.� � The Home Depot delivery truck should arrive today to drop off 400 sq. feet of floor tile and all the supplies needed to go along with it.�

ceramic or peel and stick?...

I wish it was peel and stick!

It's ceramic, and the boss wants to lay them diagonal. I've never installed ceramic tile, but I have a good book from Home Depot, and a good wet saw.

If only that were true... I suspect what you mean is the boss has ordered you to lay them diagonally.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 5/29/2009 5:57:33 PM

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Indubitably....

And no, I don't have a wet saw. Indeed, my attitude towards DiY is if it will take more than a couple hours then I'm paying a professional to do it.

It's simple math:

t = p * (h^3)

Where t is the time it will take me to do it, p is the number of professionals required to do it, and h is the number of hours it will take those professionals to do it.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 5/29/2009 7:01:54 PM

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My attitude toward DiY is the same. Too bad I don't get to make those decisions.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 5/29/2009 10:04:52 PM

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9 days off of work - Tithe.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 5/29/2009 10:11:47 PM

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Nine off paying work, you mean... You've got some honey-dos coming instead...

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 5/29/2009 10:40:26 PM

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Busted!

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 5/29/2009 11:48:56 PM

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ORIGINAL: USS America

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ORIGINAL: rogueusmc

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ORIGINAL: USS America

I'm looking at the next 9 days off work, after today.�

Of course, there's a "little home improvement project" waiting for us.� � The Home Depot delivery truck should arrive today to drop off 400 sq. feet of floor tile and all the supplies needed to go along with it.�

ceramic or peel and stick?...

I wish it was peel and stick!

It's ceramic, and the boss wants to lay them diagonal. I've never installed ceramic tile, but I have a good book from Home Depot, and a good wet saw.

Slightly more waste laying them diagonally but doing it that way, you don't have to worry about your cabinetry being straight and square plus I think it makes the room look bigger. I used to tileset for a living...

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 5/29/2009 11:51:20 PM

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Rental for 3 days costs more than buying the saw.� I'm sure, after reading your post, that you have one I could have borrowed.�

You could have laid it all then cut the edges in and only rented the saw for a day...

And the tile cutters work sufficiently unless you are having to go around corners...

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 5/30/2009 12:02:10 AM

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Remember Rogue, he has never done this before.

I would do the same thing

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 5/30/2009 2:20:58 AM

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 5/30/2009 3:06:21 AM

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Rental for 3 days costs more than buying the saw.� I'm sure, after reading your post, that you have one I could have borrowed.�

You could have laid it all then cut the edges in and only rented the saw for a day...

And the tile cutters work sufficiently unless you are having to go around corners...

Now, there's a good idea! Lee, what do you charge for a few days of "vacation" in NC?

The tile is going in our ground floor famiy room, replacing carpet that gets quite nasty with all the traffic in and out of our garage, and the backyard. (Including two dogs coming in from a sometimes muddy yard) The great news is that there are no curved cuts to make. There is a rectangle shaped closet that we are going to run the tile into as well, but again, all straight cuts. No doors will need to be adjusted for height, and the only place where the floor meets the rest of the house is at the very bottom of the stairs.

It's going to be a big job, and a long one due to learning on the job, but I don't think it will be particularly hard.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 5/30/2009 3:14:25 AM

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Nine off paying work, you mean... You've got some honey-dos coming instead...

Oh, it's paying work. It pays in domestic tranquility and other things.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 5/30/2009 3:18:49 AM

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My attitude toward DiY is the same.� Too bad I don't get to make those decisions.�

I choose cheaper cars and less DiY.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 5/30/2009 3:28:24 AM

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ORIGINAL: USS America

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ORIGINAL: USS America

Rental for 3 days costs more than buying the saw.� I'm sure, after reading your post, that you have one I could have borrowed.�

You could have laid it all then cut the edges in and only rented the saw for a day...

And the tile cutters work sufficiently unless you are having to go around corners...

Now, there's a good idea! Lee, what do you charge for a few days of "vacation" in NC?

The tile is going in our ground floor famiy room, replacing carpet that gets quite nasty with all the traffic in and out of our garage, and the backyard. (Including two dogs coming in from a sometimes muddy yard) The great news is that there are no curved cuts to make. There is a rectangle shaped closet that we are going to run the tile into as well, but again, all straight cuts. No doors will need to be adjusted for height, and the only place where the floor meets the rest of the house is at the very bottom of the stairs.

It's going to be a big job, and a long one due to learning on the job, but I don't think it will be particularly hard.

Mike this is a serious suggestion. Use the premixed thinset. Do not use the powder stuff you have to mix. It is not worth the time and the mess to clean up.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 5/30/2009 3:49:51 AM

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My attitude toward DiY is the same.� Too bad I don't get to make those decisions.�

I choose cheaper cars and less DiY.

Score one point for the Martians.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 5/30/2009 3:50:48 AM

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ORIGINAL: BrucePowers

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ORIGINAL: USS America

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ORIGINAL: rogueusmc

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ORIGINAL: USS America

Rental for 3 days costs more than buying the saw.� I'm sure, after reading your post, that you have one I could have borrowed.�

You could have laid it all then cut the edges in and only rented the saw for a day...

And the tile cutters work sufficiently unless you are having to go around corners...

Now, there's a good idea! Lee, what do you charge for a few days of "vacation" in NC?

The tile is going in our ground floor famiy room, replacing carpet that gets quite nasty with all the traffic in and out of our garage, and the backyard. (Including two dogs coming in from a sometimes muddy yard) The great news is that there are no curved cuts to make. There is a rectangle shaped closet that we are going to run the tile into as well, but again, all straight cuts. No doors will need to be adjusted for height, and the only place where the floor meets the rest of the house is at the very bottom of the stairs.

It's going to be a big job, and a long one due to learning on the job, but I don't think it will be particularly hard.

Mike this is a serious suggestion. Use the premixed thinset. Do not use the powder stuff you have to mix. It is not worth the time and the mess to clean up.

Thanks, Bruce, but part of the big pallet load of stuff the forklift dropped in my garage today was 5 big bags of powered thinset.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 5/30/2009 4:03:02 AM

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Good night - Tithe.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 5/30/2009 4:19:25 AM

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Good luck on your project USS !

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 5/30/2009 5:07:05 AM

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ORIGINAL: USS America

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ORIGINAL: BrucePowers

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ORIGINAL: USS America

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ORIGINAL: rogueusmc

quote:

ORIGINAL: USS America

Rental for 3 days costs more than buying the saw.� I'm sure, after reading your post, that you have one I could have borrowed.�

You could have laid it all then cut the edges in and only rented the saw for a day...

And the tile cutters work sufficiently unless you are having to go around corners...

Now, there's a good idea! Lee, what do you charge for a few days of "vacation" in NC?

The tile is going in our ground floor famiy room, replacing carpet that gets quite nasty with all the traffic in and out of our garage, and the backyard. (Including two dogs coming in from a sometimes muddy yard) The great news is that there are no curved cuts to make. There is a rectangle shaped closet that we are going to run the tile into as well, but again, all straight cuts. No doors will need to be adjusted for height, and the only place where the floor meets the rest of the house is at the very bottom of the stairs.

It's going to be a big job, and a long one due to learning on the job, but I don't think it will be particularly hard.

Mike this is a serious suggestion. Use the premixed thinset. Do not use the powder stuff you have to mix. It is not worth the time and the mess to clean up.

Thanks, Bruce, but part of the big pallet load of stuff the forklift dropped in my garage today was 5 big bags of powered thinset.

Then don't mix more than about a gallon at a time and use it then...about the consistency of peanut butter.

And the little spacers that they want you to use in the corners...don't use them in the corners. Use two on a side standing up where you can take them out when the tiles are set before you grout. If you leave them in the corners like the video says, it ends up making your grout thin at the corners and it will start to break away and look ugly.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 5/30/2009 9:25:16 AM

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Tithe...

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 5/30/2009 10:48:49 AM

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Saturday tithe.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 5/30/2009 11:08:29 AM

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Good morning tithe

All is well with the world today and Mrs Dixie finally believes she's pregnant now she's seen the sprog.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 5/30/2009 11:34:36 AM

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She was in denial until today?

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 5/30/2009 11:35:24 AM

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In other news, my new underling starts at work on Tuesday... Time to dust off the PHB costume...

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 5/30/2009 11:43:39 AM

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She was in denial until today?

She didn't think it was real.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 5/30/2009 11:44:21 AM

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In other news, my new underling starts at work on Tuesday... Time to dust off the PHB costume...

A new person to mould in your image?

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 5/30/2009 12:22:22 PM

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Yup...

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 5/30/2009 12:59:01 PM

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Remember, power corrupts

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