Kitchen floor

VR3
VR3 Posts: 28,611
edited July 2011 in The Clubhouse
Well after my last tile job failed so poorly I decided this time I would contract a friend with experience to help me and he is doing a cool design...

He is going to alternate the center color with the outside color there..

Should be awesome!
- Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited July 2011
    That looks nice.....and expensive. How did you mess up previously?
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,611
    edited July 2011
    Well -

    Multiple ways - some my fault some not

    One - the house is older and the joist are 2 ft apart - so alot of flex in the floor...

    Two - we put the tile directly on the subfloor

    Three - See two

    So combine one and two.... you get tiles that pop right back off!! HAHAH - the most expensive, worst joke I have pulled on myself! lol

    So - I reinforced the floor, sistered the joist that are there and put one in the center between them so there is a joist every one foot now and I added 5 jack post under the house. We then put down the concrete board you see there and now the floor feels like a slab...

    Not to expensive - and my bud works for audio equipment so... not to bad :)
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,611
    edited July 2011
    I have a new room mate moving in in 3-4 weeks so I have been busting **** to raise funds and finish up the back end of the house...

    By the end of July - kitchen, bathroom, hallway and spare bedroom will have floors down and basically completed.
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • cubdog
    cubdog Posts: 835
    edited July 2011
    This reminds me of your plumbing exploits from a few years ago. The funniest thread I ever read on Polk.

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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited July 2011
    guy or girl roomie:wink:
    JC approves....he told me so. (F-1 nut)
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,611
    edited July 2011
    Plumbing exploits??

    It is a guy roomie - but a roomie that is paying a decent chunk of change to live here so I dont want him living in a construction zone... if that makes sense.

    It also put a fire under my **** to get things rolling as I have put the house on the back burner or atleast slowed it down a bit for a while
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  • cubdog
    cubdog Posts: 835
    edited July 2011
    Vr3MxStyler2k3 wrote: »
    Plumbing exploits??
    Didn't you have trouble with a washing machine or something in your basement a few years back. If not I'm getting senile.

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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,611
    edited July 2011
    Hmmm

    I think you are thinking of the wrong Vr3MxStyler2k3 ;)

    No basement here...

    I really have not had any plumbing issues... now I have had termite issues... LOL
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  • cubdog
    cubdog Posts: 835
    edited July 2011
    Vr3MxStyler2k3 wrote: »
    Hmmm

    I think you are thinking of the wrong Vr3MxStyler2k3 ;)

    No basement here...

    I really have not had any plumbing issues... now I have had termite issues... LOL

    I swear I'm not imagining this. You were living at home. This would have been 2005 or 2006. God help me if I dreamt this.:eek:

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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,611
    edited July 2011
    ......

    Man I honestly cant think of what you speak of... LOL...

    That would of been at my Moms house and I cant think of anything that happened there either... :(
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited July 2011
    Ceramics and flex don't mix ! Posts & Durock should do the trick for sure! Be sure to seal the grout, it really keeps it from getting stained. Remember when a glass dropped on the wood floor might just bounce, well, that's all in the past now!:biggrin: Enjoy!
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  • Gadabout
    Gadabout Posts: 1,072
    edited July 2011
    Very cool design

    My kness hurt from just contemplating tile work.

    Scott
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  • kevhed72
    kevhed72 Posts: 5,047
    edited July 2011
    That is a pretty serious design....but cool looking. If you had previous problems with tiles popping up, I would also mud AND screw down the backer board to the sub floor....the tiles won't go anywhere!!!
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,611
    edited July 2011
    Thanks guys!

    Here is an updated pics - he should have all the pieces cut in a few hours!
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited July 2011
    Wow such a busy design.... But all you!

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  • TECHNOKID
    TECHNOKID Posts: 4,298
    edited July 2011
    cubdog wrote: »
    I swear I'm not imagining this. You were living at home. This would have been 2005 or 2006. God help me if I dreamt this.:eek:

    cubdog
    Not a dream, perhaps maybe one of the two of you is just getting old? :tongue:
    Vr3MxStyler2k3 wrote: »
    Thanks guys!

    Here is an updated pics - he should have all the pieces cut in a few hours!
    So far looks like it will look spiffy.
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    cubdog Posts: 835
    edited July 2011
    TECHNOKID wrote: »
    Not a dream, perhaps maybe one of the two of you is just getting old? :tongue:

    Yeah I' m getting old, but I'm not crazy! Treys in denial I'm telling you. Never could plumb!

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  • newbie308
    newbie308 Posts: 767
    edited July 2011
    I'd have added a layer of 5/8 or 3/4" plywood with glue and screws before the cement board. I know it makes the transitions a problem, but the final product is an extreemly rigid foundation for such an expensive tile job! The other option is a 1" thick mud bed. That is heavy work which is why I chose the plywood!
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,611
    edited July 2011
    This is older - below the cement board is 3/4 slat board, 3/4 plywood and 1/4 plywood + cement board...

    Joist every 12 inches, the main joist sistered, jack posts, you name it - that floor aint goin ANYWHERE :)
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,611
    edited July 2011
    Ran into a snag as I ran out of some tile I acquired used - so we are going to introduce a third color into the final design... a darker brown - should flow nicely...

    Here is kind of where it is at right now... lots of intricate cuts around that utility closet there...
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,611
    edited July 2011
    My buddy is offering to do a matching back splash too...

    I have the best luck..

    Sheatrock buddies, electrical buddies, plumbing buddies, file buddies, landscaping buddies...

    And they all work for pizza and beer!

    Love you guys! :)

    Cant wait to see what this all looks like.... just awesomeness!
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited July 2011
    Wow, that is really incredible looking, man. Can't wait to see the finished pictures.

    Would LOVE to see your house some day. It's amazing all the work you've put into it, and it really shows!!
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,611
    edited July 2011
    Thanks AB!

    More than welcome to stop by!

    Unfortunatel the outside has gone a little neglected outside...

    However there is 400 ft of trench dug up in the yard that was just completed as far as digging goes this weekend. Going to look into gravel so put in there and can finally cover that back up - took over a year to do!

    Did alot of projects at one time! lol
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    stuwee Posts: 1,508
    edited July 2011
    Vr3MxStyler2k3 wrote: »
    My buddy is offering to do a matching back splash too...

    I have the best luck..

    Sheatrock buddies, electrical buddies, plumbing buddies, file buddies, landscaping buddies...

    And they all work for pizza and beer!

    Love you guys! :)

    Cant wait to see what this all looks like.... just awesomeness!

    You're very lucky, I shudder to think what that job would cost contracted out. I really like the way your going with it, thru all the hurdles, nice job!!
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,611
    edited July 2011
    Thanks man!

    My buddy said at his old company it would be a 3,000 or so dollar job... so I am very fortunate indeed!

    I might have... 500 or so in the floor when it is all said and done :)
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • brettw22
    brettw22 Posts: 7,624
    edited July 2011
    the design seems large from the standpoint that it's a relatively small room, but might have to see the finished product to be sure......

    The two tipes that are parallel to each other look like they have some serious gappage comparative to the rest of the grout lines.....are they all looking equal around all tiles?
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,611
    edited July 2011
    Yep - will be neat to see how it looks, no turning back now!

    None of the tile is actually in place yet, just in place to make the next cut - something could have moved, etc etc -
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,611
    edited July 2011
    Pic update!

    Should be grouted Monday or Tuesday night - sealed on Wednesday, back to having a kitchen on Thursday??

    Also while he has been doing that I started on the rest of the house...

    We are knocking out the kitchen, bathroom floor, hallway and spare bedroom at warp speed!
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited July 2011
    Looks pretty darn good. Awesome work.
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  • maggiefan
    maggiefan Posts: 223
    edited July 2011
    That's going to be a fine looking house there, Trey. Great job!
    Larry
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