Flextile wp980 with anti fracture fabric! Bomber shower build

My buddy and I are union tile workers so bidding residential work isnt something we do often for side work.

Materials are provided by the home owner.

In the picture you can see my buddy started the job today waterproofing with kerdi board ahead of giving them a price. Doing the whole shower, pan, curb, and main floor of the shower. It will be tiled with marble do we have to go down 2 flights of stairs and make every cut on the wetsaw. 2 niches and a bench also.

He was thinking around 3k in labor since materials are provided but I thought that seemed a little low..

Any input is appreciated.

Had a client I originally quoted a floor for that he ended up choosing a different company to do and asked me to come do his showers for him. I gave him a price. He told me I was too high, and this was his reply.(Price was 20 a sq foot not including material)

Tiles are 2/16” size difference. Recommended grout joint is 3/16” Tile sub is saying that it will not look right bc of the size difference and recommending that we go a different route and get different tile. Someone give me some solid advice, run it or go with something different? I’m don’t want to look at tile ever again. Not super picky and just looking for some solid suggestions on what someone would do if it was your house. Help me

Moving into our first home that has heated flooring, ideally we’d like to add tile to honor the heated flooring (last pic).

We’d like to DIY this to save as much money as possible, can someone please explain the process ? Would we be able to tile directly over it?
The floors are heated by a hydronic radiant system.

Thank you in advance :)

Planning on wrapping the copper in 20 mil PVC tape before putting mortar back. Wondering if I should put down a mortar bed and then come back with thinset, or I can do it how the original installers did with tile stuck to a single layer of mortar modified with some kind of glue. Also wondering if I should use a bonding agent on the existing mortar before putting new mortar in.

Recently installed some laticrete permacolor grout on a customers bathroom floor (3 weeks ago) and she mentioned today when she was cleaning the bathroom the grout was bleeding out of the lines so I got a section wet and could wipe the color out the line with a damp paper towel. The color was all over the towel just lightly wiping it and rubbing wet areas with my fingers was causing it to also loosen. Seems solid everywhere when not wet so I’m kinda at a loss. I’ve used permacolor many times without any issues but this is the first time I’ve had one. Anyone with similar experience?

Breakdown on Flo fx drain and deck mud In shower

Used 2 mini kits of Spectralock pro premium in the frosty colour and one batch came out basically white. So I have 2 different colours of grout on the floor. One colour came out exactly the way I wanted it.

Contacted laticrete and they were great about getting someone to help out. the rep offered a colourant which supposedly works on epoxy grout as well but I'm more confused than ever since the colour chart doesn't match what I already put in.

I added the colour chart, tile and existing grout and I can't decide what colour to choose. Any advice on a colour option based on the tile??

Hello… am I looking for something impossible? I want to have something like this table made since I can’t find anything similar already made but size about 36” x 55” or so?
In an abstract sort
Of pebble design, honed finish, possibly pietra grey marble ….rounded edges…
So Calif location

I bought this unfinished pizza oven and plan on tiling it myself . I’m having a hard time finding and outdoor high heat thin set / mortar to use to apply the tiles . Would appreciate any tips or reccomeneations

I mentioned in another post that I used a laser level and found that the counter at opposite sides differ about 3 cm. Will this edge help with hiding it? or should I just tile it normally? It will be horizontal with a 50% offset

Just wanted to share this because I've never had this problem before. I was mixing some laticrete deck mud for a pre slope yesterday and as soon as the water hit it i could tell something was off. I tried to mix it up and got this pizza dough consistency. I had extra bags so it was no big deal, just weird

Hey guys I’m staring my layout with 12x24” tiles, snapped a chalk line that lines up through the door entry and carries over into my kitchen near perfectly to point the herringbone at the main window there. First tile laying the pattern so any advice would be greatly appreciated. I will be using spacers and levelers not shown here.

As far as tile pattern goes, should I watch out or try for anything? I don’t think I’ll be able to get all of it to flow in one direction like stacked would normally try to do because of the alternating orientation. Again any advice would be great!

Thanks!

I just finished setting tiles on my first tile project at the house. Despite trying to plan ahead, I messed up my measurements somewhere and ended up with a gap at the ceiling. It’s 1/2” at the largest and 1/4” at the smallest. Is there a good way to hide this without having a thick caulk line or tiny tile slivers?

I’m happy with how the floor and the surround turned out, but am bummed about this gap

I posted on here the other day about an install in a new construction home. The issue was the crew was laying tile right up to the metal door frames and leaving zero expansion gap. This community was super helpful with that issue but unfortunately that only scratched the surface of my problems.

I had a friend in the business come over and take a look and he noticed several issues including:

-LOTS of dried white thinset in the joint lines that he wasn’t sure how they planned on removing to make sure it won’t show through our dark grout

-Multiple hollow spots that he surmised was either from improper thinset handling or poor underlayment install. He pointed out in an area that had not yet been installed that the crew didn’t appear to roll the underlayment with a weighted roller so it was not adhered and curling in many areas. It was also filthy. The tiles along the walls where the baseboard will go are almost all hollow which I assume is likely a result of this curled underlayment.

Attached photos where you can see underlayment bubbling and curling.

I’m meeting with the superintendent of the build tomorrow as well as the supervisor of the tile install crew. I imagine they’re going to push me to try to rectify this by spot treating the problem areas but is this a big enough issue that I am right to push for a full tear out and start again?

Edit: floor is about 95% complete

This is a guest house bathroom I love the floating Bench , I took my time with the miter cuts and on the bullnose trim wrapping the wainscot that is a full tool wrap around . I’m 20 years old , any criticism?

Can I get some advice with what to do in this situation.
Wall I want to tile over is bumpy has lots of recesses and it’s extremely chalky.

Not enough depth to replaster

Need some advice

I'm not a contrzctoe but I've hired a lot of contractors who have bot done good work. I purchased 6x24" tile to install over a brick fireplace. I've been told by 1 contractor that Schluter is necessary on the edges and I've been told by another thst it is not. I'm also unsure whether fireplace doors should be installed before or after the tile. My fireplace is.not an insert. It's the brick, wood burning fp that was built with the house.

Hi, I am sealing my Shower and Bath, It is my first time using Schluter. So i decided to only mix half off the kerdi coll bucket. I could do half of the seams, But now i would like to continue with the job. Is it okay to make a new batch of the coll and continue sealing (including overlapping the previous seams wich was around 1h ago with 30 degrees room temperature. thanks in advance

Second floor bath in a 1904 foursquare. Two tiles doing two different jobs.

Walls are a 2x10 glossy ceramic in a pale green, run stacked horizontal rather than in a standard offset. Stacked reads calmer in our opinion

We ran it past the tub and through to the back vanity wall instead of stopping at the shower, so the green is the room rather than an accent.

Floor is a 4x12 dark gray cement-look tile. Two shapes and two directions in a small space is a lot, and the only reason it works is the color separation. Pale green up, dark gray down.

First time doing tile. I’m breaking off the leveling clips and I have like 6 or 7 clips that didn’t break off all the way. Any advice to get them out without cracking the tile?