.if you've got someone who knows what they're doing to help out it would help!
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wendy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
wendy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Thanks for the tips Christ - I made note of all of
them! I think my husband and I are crazy enough to do
it ourselves, but know it will take some time. I have
a great eye for spatial perception, so we'll be good
there. I know it will be no walk in the park, and
hopefully, my mother-in-law's friend who has laid tile
before will help us out.
:)
Wendy
--- Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> I think it sort of looks easier than it is. My
> parents had tile put in
> their kitchen & living/dining room. My father had
> wanted to do it himself
> but we are all sooooooo glad he didn't try. The
> guys came in, did the job
> 1-2-3, cleaned up, came back the next day to do the
> grouting, cleaned up,
> and left. It's a real hard job physically and you
> could eat up a lot of
> tile cutting for corners and edges. Also, they just
> have the eye for
> spacing--every tile evenly spaced. Last, they did
> the grouting well so
> nothing budged!
>
> I do know that the guy who came recommended large
> tiles over small ones.
> Said it was easier to install and easier to maintain
> because there are less
> seams. Also, made them buy some extra tiles in case
> one got damaged
> somewhere down the road. Well, one did when my
> father dropped something
> real heavy on it and it was just a simple thing to
> have the tile replaced
> with one that matched perfectly because it came from
> the same lot...
>
>
>
> Chris
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of wendy
> Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 11:02 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: OT: New journey-laying tile!!!
>
> 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
>
>
>
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