Tile Craftsmanship

[Chad Fabry 55]

A true craftsman spares no effort to properly return the tile at the corners. All four corners had this level of workmanship.

[Tom Raymond 27]

This is tile craftsmanship. The grain is matched across the drain. 64 man hours, it's ready for grout.

[Chad Fabry 55]

Yours is nice bordering on OCD. My photo was tongue in cheek.

[Tom Raymond 27]

6 weeks on tilework in this house. 4 1/2 baths, 2 custom curbless showers, mudroom and laundry. The 2'x4' wall tile in the master shower was fun.

[Marc 88]

2 hours ago, Tom Raymond said:

This is tile craftsmanship. The grain is matched across the drain. 64 man hours, it's ready for grout.

I don't get what's going on in this photo.  There's Herringbone, a rectangle and a triangle.

Edited January 30, 2020 by Marc

[Chad Fabry 55]

I  think he had to do that to maintain pitch

[Tom Raymond 27]

Marc, on the left is a channel drain.  It has metal edging on it to make grouting cleaner and easier. The tiles are cut so the woodgrain pattern continues across the drain. 

On the right is a metal edge at the end of the shower pan. A large sheet of glass will be sitting there. 

I don't have a picture of the pan before I tiled. I'll post a pic after its grouted. 

[Jim Baird 38]

I visited a new const. site where a friend did woodwork.  

Small local bank, in offices installed faux wood grain tile that was 8x24" or so.

My unheard question was why not real instead of faux?

Tile cannot have been cheaper.

[Jerry Simon 38]

51 minutes ago, Jim Baird said:

I visited a new const. site where a friend did woodwork.  

Small local bank, in offices installed faux wood grain tile that was 8x24" or so.

My unheard question was why not real instead of faux?

Tile cannot have been cheaper.

Durability.  Moisture-resistance.

Edited January 30, 2020 by Jerry Simon

[Tom Raymond 27]

Marc, the wall tile is done. This angle might make more sense. It gets grouted tomorrow. 

Edited January 31, 2020 by Tom Raymond

[Marc 88]

6 hours ago, Tom Raymond said:

Marc, on the left is a channel drain.  It has metal edging on it to make grouting cleaner and easier. The tiles are cut so the woodgrain pattern continues across the drain. 

On the right is a metal edge at the end of the shower pan. A large sheet of glass will be sitting there. 

I don't have a picture of the pan before I tiled. I'll post a pic after its grouted. 

And the triangle?

[Tom Raymond 27]

(Let's see if this angle helps you figure out what you're looking at. The drain cover has been removed so we don't accidentally grout it into place.

[Chad Fabry 55]

I laid 300 sf of 3x14 in our foyer in a herringbone pattern. It was a hellish experience. The pricks that bought weren't flat and they weren't uniform .

[Tom Raymond 27]

These weren't uniform either. If you look at the first picture, the red spacers are 1/8" and the white 1/16". Had to mix and match to keep it square. 

[Marc 88]

11 hours ago, Tom Raymond said:

(Let's see if this angle helps you figure out what you're looking at. The drain cover has been removed so we don't accidentally grout it into place.

Much better.  Still a touch of Salvador Dali to it, unless those tiles are flexible - lower left corner of drain.