Now that I agree with, always have a few spares around because the time you need it and don't have it, is the time you can't get it. Scott Howell [email protected]
On Jan 20, 2009, at 11:39 AM, Jennifer Jackson wrote: > I do think it is advisable to buy a few extra squares of the tile > for any possible later repairs. I have a tile with a broken place on > the edge in my entrance way and I do wish I had a matching one to > replace it with. I do not know what happened there, but the tile is > really nice looking otherwise and has been here for about 30 years. > > Jennifer > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: RJ > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 10:29 AM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Recommendations for Kitchen Floor? > > When Joyce and I laid our porcelain tile, with use a almond grout > and sealed it, No problem after five years. Even dropped one of my > cast iron skillet on the tile. Broke the handle on the skillet, but > didn't hurt the tile. I think that was luck. > RJ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jennifer Jackson > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 11:16 AM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Recommendations for Kitchen Floor? > > White grout is a pain to get really clean. I hear stories all the > time about women putting strips of bleach soaked rags and paper > towells along the grout lines to try and get them clean. Perhaps the > newer sealers prevent this? > > Jennifer > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Scott Howell > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 9:31 AM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Recommendations for Kitchen Floor? > > Claudia, it would not hurt the tile, but surely would be the end of > the glass. :) As far as cleaning it, we have not had a problem. I > think with a good grout and I assume a sealer is used as well, you > shouldn't have any problems. We have three dogs and despite their best > efforts, we have always been able to clean it with just a Swiffer. > Sometimes my wife and I will scrub it with brushes on our hands and > knees, but that is rare. It is a white tile, so you know it will show > dirt, but yet the Swiffer takes care of that. > Hope that helps. > > Scott Howell > [email protected] > > On Jan 20, 2009, at 7:52 AM, Claudia wrote: > > > Scott, > > > > Will it do anything to the tile, if you drop glassware on it? > > > > And, how does it clean up? > > > > Are there perferations or holes in the tile, where dirt and grime > > can get through, thus making it more difficult to clean? > > Thanks. > > > > Claudia > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Scott Howell > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 5:14 AM > > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Recommendations for Kitchen Floor? > > > > Ceramic tile. You get a good ceramic tile and it wears incredibly > well > > and yes it is more work to install, but we love our floor. Ah, just > > don't drop anything on it. If you drop a glass, it is toast cause > that > > tile is mighty hard stuff. > > Scott Howell > > [email protected] > > > > On Jan 19, 2009, at 9:02 PM, Claudia wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > We need some recommendations for a new kitchen floor here. > > > We have some kind of tile floor here, feels like vinyl, but it's > all > > > coming > > > up now. > > > We really don't know what to put in that'd be low maintenance and > > > not over > > > the top, as far as expense goes. > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > Claudia > > > > > > Join either of my groups; the first is for visually-impaired > women, > > > while > > > the other is for people wishing to discuss homemaking issues. > > > [email protected] > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
