No experience here but much interest in the responses! My wood floors and carpeted upstairs are trashed!
I can't see my husband and I laying tile ourselves but maybe some people from the organization will help us. Janine -- wendy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey guys, > > My husband and I have decided to go with the tile in > replacing our carpet in the living room, hallway and > one bedroom, plus we figure we might as well replace > the kitchen and master bath linoleum while we're at > it > as it needs replacing too. We're going to move on > this > in the next two weeks, since I'm having foot surgery > on the 25th of April and would like it completed by > then. There is some beautiful tile out there. What > stinks is that the labor costs twice as much as the > tile. So if you have a 10x10 room, and the tile is > 2$ > per square foot (on average), it's going to cost you > $200 for just the tile. But the labor is another > $3.25 (HD) or $3.50 (Lowe's) per square foot, so > what > we could do for $200 will end up costing us > $525-550. > That's a lot! And when you're talking about 800 > square feet, it gets expensive. Plus, sealing the > tile is extra (we will for sure do that ourselves), > and tearing up the carpet is extra (we'll do that > too), and floor prep is extra (probably do that > too!!!). LOL. So we might possibly lay the tile > ourselves with help from a few friends who have > already done it. My husband is scared to do it-he > doesn't want to mess our house up. I am more the > do-it-yourself type, so I'm all for it. Anyone out > there ever lay tile? Any thoughts or advice? > > :) > Wendy > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > >
