Check out my newest floor tile project

[Pliablemoose]

Phase 1, should be able to get all the cut pieces installed tomorrow evening.

Sorry about the pic size, used daughter's digicam & didn't check settings.

Still have the tub/stool room to do, using a ~1 inch mosiac tile for it.

 

[allisolm]

Looking good - how're the knees holding out?

 

[Pliablemoose]

Knees aren't too bad, it's such a small room, didn't get much of a chance to hurt them.

Love the tile & border, just wish it wasn't so expensive.

 

[parsley007]

good job :beer:

 

Instead of starting my own thread for this: My kitchen has a linoleum floor currently. If I wanted to install a laminate (like Pergo), could I just tear up the linoleum and plunk down some laminate? Or would I have to tear up what's underneath the linoleum as well?

 

[GasX]

Originally posted by: jumpr
Instead of starting my own thread for this: My kitchen has a linoleum floor currently. If I wanted to install a laminate (like Pergo), could I just tear up the linoleum and plunk down some laminate? Or would I have to tear up what's underneath the linoleum as well?

you can install directly onto the linoleum very easily. If you remove the linoleum, you have to wash and scrape the underlayment to remove the glue residue. Then you are good to go.

 

[MustISO]

Nice work. Should look great!

 

Originally posted by: Mwilding

Originally posted by: jumpr
Instead of starting my own thread for this: My kitchen has a linoleum floor currently. If I wanted to install a laminate (like Pergo), could I just tear up the linoleum and plunk down some laminate? Or would I have to tear up what's underneath the linoleum as well?

you can install directly onto the linoleum very easily. If you remove the linoleum, you have to wash and scrape the underlayment to remove the glue residue. Then you are good to go.

Interesting. It's a really small kitchen (only about 40 sq. feet, I assume) so this could be a nice weekend project if I had a sawhorse handy, since there'd be lots of cuts to make for the diagonal edges.

 

[bigdog1218]

Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
Knees aren't too bad, it's such a small room, didn't get much of a chance to hurt them.

Love the tile & border, just wish it wasn't so expensive.

What really bothered my knees when I worked with my dad was constantly getting up and down, with some good knee pads kneeling all day was never a problem.

 

[Pliablemoose]

Originally posted by: bigdog1218

Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
Knees aren't too bad, it's such a small room, didn't get much of a chance to hurt them.

Love the tile & border, just wish it wasn't so expensive.

What really bothered my knees when I worked with my dad was constantly getting up and down, with some good knee pads kneeling all day was never a problem.

I only laid ~25 square feet, a couple hours work, the intricate stuff is next with all the cuts/bevel of the border, edges next to the walls. I did the easy part today.

jumpr, Mwilding is right, you can go directly overtop of the existing floor. A compound miter saw is ~$100 & would make all those diagonal cuts go very fast. I usually just plop mine down on the floor when I'm cutting moulding.

 

[przero]

Pliablemoose - NICE!


jumpr - you may want to rethink laminate in the kitchen. we have had some serious issues with laminate products and small amounts of moisture. Juat a thought.

 

[Pliablemoose]

Originally posted by: przero
Pliablemoose - NICE!


jumpr - you may want to rethink laminate in the kitchen. we have had some serious issues with laminate products and small amounts of moisture. Juat a thought.

I think the laminate itself (brand, etc) makes a huge difference in how the floor turns out. We have a slab foundation & I love tile, so we plan to do the whole house. Working @ my own speed I can come up with some pretty cool patterns. I scrounged up a massive used contractors tile saw on eBay a couple of years ago, makes it almost fun to cut tile.

My wife keeps forgetting I used to do construction work before I went to college & tells me "You could make a living doing this kind of work."

Here's how I do yardwork: Undocumented labor

 

[Evadman]

wow, looks great!

 

[PanzerIV]

Good work Pliable. It will be well worth if after you're done. I wish you the best of luck on the rest of the job!

 

[jjp]

You may have to replace the cabinets now....it looks too good.

 

[ShotgunSteven]

That looks very cool. Makes me want to do some renovation around here.