I'd get one more opinion. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Victor Gouveia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Blind Handyman Listserv" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 3:09 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] To Scratch or Not To Scratch
> Hi Folks, > > Had a contractor here yesterday, two in fact, and each gives me their own > interpretation of something I need done to my kitchen floor, so I'm > wondering what you all think. > > I'm going to be replacing the ceramic tiles on my kitchen floor upstairs. > I'm going to be laying thicker tiles down than I already have up there, as > my current floor tiles are all cracked and coming up. > > Suffice it to say, this is a long time in coming. > > In any case, like I said above, I get a different story, as to how to go > about installing the floor from each of the contractors. One says that I > should rip everything up, and just lay down three quarter or five eighths > inch plywood without any scratch coat, and I should be fine. > > The other says that I really don't need to rip up the sub-floor, as it > feels sturdy to him, and that all you need to do is apply a good scratch > coat to it, and install the new tiles. > > As some of you may or may not know, I'm a pretty hefty guy, weighing in at > around 375, so this floor will have to put up with a heavy weight. Add to > that the fact that this is the main kitchen for the house, so we're > talking a great deal of traffic and with a five year-old running around, > we're bound to get some spills and food stuff on the floor. Hell, I'm not > that clean an eater either. > > In any case, which contractor is right. > > Can you make an argument for going with the scratch coat alone, or ripping > up the sub-floor altogether and installing the plywood without the scratch > coat? > > I should also note that the scratch coat would also entail laying down the > wire mesh, so I guess that would make the scratch coat even stronger, but > I'm still hesitant to do this, as I have had two contractors tell me that > I should rip up the sub-floor in the kitchen and start from the bottom up. > > Any ideas? > > Victor Gouveia > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html > or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > Visit the archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > List Members At The Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ > > If you would like to join the Blind Computing list, then visit the > following address for more information: > http://jaws-users.com/mailman/listinfo/blind-computing_jaws-users.com > > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
