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0119 - Deck Framing and Artisanal Tiles
January 16-22, 2006 | July 17-23
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HI. I'M BOB VILA.
WELCOME TO OUR QUEEN ANNE
VICTORIAN HERE IN ROWLEY, MASS.
TODAY, WE'RE STARTING TO FRAME
THE LARGE DECK
OUTSIDE THE DINING ROOM,
AND WE'LL LEARN MORE ABOUT THE
NEW PRESSURE-TREATED LUMBER
AS WE WORK WITH IT.
WE'LL GET STARTED INSTALLING
SOME BEAUTIFUL NEW HANDMADE TILE
IN THE BATHROOM.
THESE ARE MADE BY LOCAL
NEW HAMPSHIRE ARTISTS,
AND THIS TILE IS A LITTLE
COMPLEX TO INSTALL,
BUT IT WILL REALLY MAKE
THE BATHROOM THE JEWEL
OF THE PROJECT.
STICK AROUND.
IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US.
Vila: ALL RIGHT.
GOOD, TIM.
THIS HAS ALL THE MAKINGS
OF A NICE BACKYARD DECK.
RICHARD KLEINER IS HERE
FROM THE WOOD PROMOTION
NETWORK.
AND WE'RE GONNA TALK
ABOUT THE PROPERTIES OF
PRESSURE-TREATED LUMBER.
YES.
NOW, RICHARD, UP UNTIL
A FEW YEARS AGO,
A LOT OF THE PTL,
PRESSURE-TREATED LUMBER,
INCLUDED A COPPER ARSENATE
THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE
WORRIED ABOUT USING IT.
THAT PRODUCT VOLUNTARILY WAS
TAKEN OFF THE MARKETPLACE.
SO WE HAVE A WHOLE NEW
GENERATION
OF PRESSURE-TREATED
LUMBER TODAY, DON'T WE?
YES, BOB.
CCA WAS TAKEN OFF THE MARKET
FOR RESIDENTIAL USE
AND NOW WE ALL HAVE
ACTUALLY 2 GOOD CHOICES:
EITHER COPPER AZOLE,
OR, IN THIS CASE,
ALKALINE COPPER QUAT,
COMMONLY KNOWN AS ACQ.
ACQ. AND WHAT'S LIKE
CEDAR AND REDWOOD
HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT
OF NATURAL PRESERVATIVES
THAT'LL FIGHT OFF
INSECT DAMAGE AND DAMP,
RIGHT?
THAT'S TRUE, BOB.
YOU COULD USE ALMOST ANY
KIND OF WOOD TO BUILD A DECK,
BUT CODES RECOMMEND THAT
YOU USE PRESSURE-TREATED
SOUTHERN PINE,
PRIMARILY,
FOR STRUCTURAL USE.
ESPECIALLY
FOR STRUCTURAL USE.
THAT'S WHAT
I'M ALWAYS SAYING.
YOU KNOW, DECK FAILURE
CAN BE SUCH A TRAUMATIC
SITUATION.
WHEN YOU'VE GOT
A GOOD STRONG MEMBER
DOWN THERE,
LIKE THE SOUTHERN
YELLOW PINE--
THESE ARE WHAT?
4 x 4s? NO, THEY
LOOK LIKE 6 x 6s.
AND 2 x 10s.
2 x 10s, YES.
SO THESE WILL BE
OUR JOISTS, AND THESE
WILL BE OUR POSTS.
NOW EXPLAIN TO US
WHAT WE READ ON THE
BACKS OF THESE LABELS.
IN THIS CASE,
THIS MATERIAL IS
GONNA BE USED ABOVEGROUND.
SO YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE
THE LABEL SAYS
"FOR ABOVEGROUND USE.
THE POST SUPPORTS ARE
GONNA BE IN GROUND,
OR RESTING ON MASONRY.
SO IS THAT DETERMINED
BY THE AMOUNT OF TREATMENT
THAT GOES INTO THE WOOD?
YES, THIS IS TAGGED FOR
IN-GROUND USE,
AND IT WILL HAVE
MORE PRESERVATIVE
IN THE WOOD
THAN THE 2 BY MATERIAL.
OK, SO THE PRESERVATIVE
THAT'S PUT ON IT
DETERMINES THE DURABILITY,
THE STRENGTH OF THE LUMBER
AGAINST THE WEATHER
AND AGAINST BUGS.
YEAH, YOU HAVE TO LOOK
AT THE HAZARD YOU'RE
DEALING WITH
AND DETERMINE BY THAT
THE USE CATEGORY.
RIGHT.
FOR EXAMPLE, IN MARINE
ENVIRONMENT,
THEY USE 2.5 POUNDS
OF PRESERVATIVE PER CUBIC
FOOT OF FIBER, FOR EXAMPLE.
NOW, THE PRESERVATIVE
ITSELF, TELL US
WHAT IT IS.
WELL, IN THIS CASE, THIS IS
ALKALINE COPPER QUAT.
IT'S AN EXCELLENT
PRESERVATIVE.
LIKE MOST OF THE
ALKALINE WOOD PRESERVATIVES,
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE
A LIMITED LIFETIME
WARRANTY ON IT.
SO THIS DECK CAN LAST
30, 40 YEARS.
AND IT'S THE COPPER PART
OF THAT TAG.
THAT IS WHAT HELPS
PRESERVE THE LUMBER?
YES, THE COPPER
INHIBITS FUNGAL GROWTH,
CHASES AWAY THE TERMITES,
AND KEEPS THE WOOD STRONG,
STABLE, AND SAFE
FOR YEARS TO COME.
GREAT, OK, THANKS,
RICHARD. THIS IS GONNA
BE FUN TO BUILD.
ALL RIGHT, SO, TIM,
THIS IS NOT ACTUALLY
VANDALISM.
WHAT WE'RE STARTING
HERE IS TO REMOVE
EXISTING LAYERS OF THE HOUSE
WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO BE
ATTACHING THE DECK STRUCTURE?
RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT.
WE WANT TO BE ABLE
TO TAKE THE RIM JOISTS
OF THE DECK BEHIND
THESE LAYERS RIGHT HERE.
WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA APPLY
AN ICE AND WATER BARRIER
AGAINST THE BOARD STRUCTURE.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S WATCH
AS HE STRIPS THAT OFF.
NOW, TIM, A LOT OF PEOPLE
START DECK CONSTRUCTION
BY SPACING THE LEDGER
AWAY FROM THE HOUSE.
THIS IS KIND OF
THE RIBBON OF THE HOUSE.
YOU'RE TAKING
A DIFFERENT APPROACH.
RIGHT. WHAT WE'RE DOING
IS, WE'RE PUTTING AN ICE
AND WATER BARRIER
RIGHT AGAINST THE HOUSE,
SETTING THE LEDGER TIGHT.
THIS WILL STOP AND
CLOSE OUT AN AREA
FOR INSECTS.
IT'LL KEEP THE HOUSE
TOTALLY MOISTURE-FREE,
AS THIS IS
AN IMPERVIOUS LAYER.
YEAH, AND SO THE NEXT
THING TO ATTACH HERE
WILL BE
AN ACTUAL PIECE OF
PRESSURE-TREATED 2 x 10--
THAT'S CORRECT.
WHICH WILL ACT AS
THE LEDGER FOR
THE DECK CONSTRUCTION.
RIGHT.
SO IT'S ALSO
A GOOD IDEA TO APPLY THIS
TO THE LEDGER BOARD ITSELF.
AND YOU'LL SEE IN A MINUTE
THAT WE'RE GONNA BE
PLACING JOIST HANGERS
ONTO THE LEDGER BOARD.
AND BECAUSE OF THE NATURE
OF THE NEW PRESERVATIVES
IN THE WOOD,
YOU CAN GET CORROSION
IN YOUR METAL,
EVEN IN YOUR
GALVANIZED METAL.
SO THIS WILL PREVENT THAT.
ALL RIGHT, THIS IS
GONNA MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
AND NOW THE NEXT STEP
IS TO ACTUALLY ATTACH IT
TO THE HOUSE.
AND WE'RE USING
THESE FASTENERS, THESE
LEDGER LOCK FASTENERS HERE.
HERE YOU GO.
AND THE NEAT THING ABOUT
THESE IS THAT THEY
DRIVE RIGHT IN.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO
ANY PREDRILLING.
RIGHT ON YOUR LINE?
[MAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
THIS IS THE FIRST
OF 3 PIECES THAT WILL
BE SPIKED TOGETHER
TO CREATE A BEAM.
AND WE'RE TEMPORARILY
HOLDING IT UP JUST ON
A SAWHORSE.
AND NOW THE THIRD MEMBER
WILL GET NAILED ON TO
CREATE THIS TRIPLER.
WHERE YOU WANT TO BE?
AND WE STILL JUST HAVE IT
TEMPORARILY HELD UP
ON THE SAWHORSE DOWN HERE.
[NAIL GUN SHOOTING]
SO USING THE BIG LEVEL,
WE CAN ESTABLISH THE PITCH.
SO THAT WHEN THE DECK
IS ALL COVERED UP,
WATER JUST
SHEDS OFF OF IT.
AND THE BOTTOM OF
OUR JOIST IS AT 30.
SO WE'RE NOW GONNA CUT
ONE OF OUR 6 x 6 AT 30.
ALL RIGHT, SHOOT AWAY.
THE DOUBLER, THEN,
ON THE OUTSIDE,
PERPENDICULAR
TO THE TRIPLER,
IS REALLY THE BACKBONE
OF THIS DECK.
AND WHAT YOU'VE GOT OVER
HERE, ESPECIALLY WHEN
YOU'RE BUILDING THINGS,
YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH
USING A 2 x 4 AS
A DEAD MAN, TEMPORARILY.
BUT WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS
THE POSITIONING OF THE 3
6 x 6 POSTS
ONTO THE CONCRETE BLOCKS
AND THE BUILDING UP OF
A DOUBLER HERE--WE'LL HAVE
ANOTHER SECOND ONE HERE.
EVENTUALLY, THIS GETS
TRIMMED OUT IN 1 BY STOCK.
BUT WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO NEXT
IS THROW IN ALL THE JOISTS
IN THIS QUADRANT OF THE DECK.
AND ALL OF THESE ARE
JUST BEING TOE NAILED,
BUT THE REAL SUPPORT
WILL BE THE HANGERS.
Vila: CLOSED CAPTIONING
PROVIDED BY...
HI. I'M BOB VILA.
NEXT TIME, WE'RE BACK
AT OUR QUEEN ANNE VICTORIAN
KITCHEN REMODEL.
WITH THE FOOTINGS POURED,
WE'LL BE STARTING TO FRAME
THE LARGE DECK
OUTSIDE THE DINING ROOM.
THE DECK IS A BIG PART
OF THIS PROJECT,
NEARLY THE SAME AREA
AS THE INTERIOR RENOVATION,
WHERE THE HARDWOOD FLOOR
IS ALMOST FINISHED.
THEN WE'LL GET STARTED
INSTALLING SOME BEAUTIFUL
NEW HANDMADE TILES
IN THE BATHROOM.
MADE BY LOCAL
NEW HAMPSHIRE ARTISANS,
THIS TILE MAKES THE BATHROOM
THE JEWEL OF THE PROJECT.
THAT'S NEXT TIME ON "BOB VILA."
DON'T MISS IT.
HI. I'M BOB VILA.
NEXT TIME, WE'RE BACK
AT OUR QUEEN ANNE VICTORIAN
KITCHEN REMODEL.
THE DECK IS A BIG PART
OF THIS PROJECT,
NEARLY THE SAME AREA
AS THE INTERIOR RENOVATION.
THEN WE'LL GET STARTED
INSTALLING SOME BEAUTIFUL
NEW HANDMADE TILES
IN THE BATHROOM.
THAT'S NEXT TIME ON "BOB VILA."
DON'T MISS IT.
NEXT TIME ON "BOB VILA,"
WE'LL BE FRAMING THE NEW DECK
AND LEARNING MORE
ABOUT PRESSURE-TREATED LUMBER.
DON'T MISS IT.
ALL RIGHT, OUR BACK DOOR
HAS BEEN INSTALLED.
AND THIS IS NOT JUST
A SIMPLE FRENCH DOOR,
BUT IT HAS SIDELIGHTS,
SO THAT YOU GOT A LOT
OF LIGHT COMING IN.
AND OUR HOMEOWNER IS HERE.
JEANNE, COME ON OUT.
HI, BOB.
JEANNE MASHER.
HOW LONG HAS IT
BEEN NOW SINCE
WE STARTED?
2 1/2 MONTHS.
2 1/2 MONTHS,
YOU PROBABLY KNOW IT
DOWN TO THE HOUR.
AND WHAT'S IT LIKE
LIVING IN
A CONSTRUCTION SITE?
THE DAYS WHEN THERE
ARE A LOT OF WORKERS HERE,
I TRY TO CLEAR OUT.
IT'S LESS STRESSFUL.
WE HAVE A SMALL CHILD,
AS YOU KNOW.
SURE.
SO IT'S EASIER.
BY THE END OF THE DAY
WHEN EVERYONE'S GONE,
THEY'RE VERY GOOD
ABOUT CLEANING UP.
YOU KNOW,
IT'S LESS STRESSFUL.
YEAH.
TRYING TO KEEP IT
IN PERSPECTIVE.
WE'RE SEEING THE LIGHT AT
THE END OF THE TUNNEL NOW.
A LOT OF WORK'S BEEN DONE.
IT'S STARTING TO
COME TOGETHER.
YOU'VE GOT A BACK DOOR,
AND TELL US ABOUT
THE MUD ROOM HERE.
WELL, THE MUD ROOM
WILL HAVE TILE.
THERE'LL BE A CLOSET HERE,
WHICH WILL BE TERRIFIC.
JUST A NICE SPACE
TO KIND OF COME IN,
TAKE YOUR SHOES OFF,
IF IT'S MUDDY OR RAINING.
RIGHT, RIGHT.
MAYBE EVEN HAVE A SEAT.
AND THEN
THE BATHROOM TILE--
YOU HAD A FULL
BATHROOM HERE,
AND WE'RE
BASICALLY KIND OF
RECONFIGURING IT,
MAKING IT A LITTLE
BIT BETTER.
BUT YOU'VE REALLY
GOTTEN INVOLVED IN
CHOOSING THE TILE
FOR COLOR SCHEME
AND DESIGN OF
EVERYTHING, RIGHT?
THAT'S RIGHT.
WHEN OUR OLD BATHROOM
HAD TO BE TAKEN DOWN,
WE DECIDED WHILE WE'RE
STARTING FRESH,
LET'S REALLY DO
SOMETHING SPECIAL
WITH THE TILE.
IT'S A VERY SMALL AREA,
AND WE THOUGHT IT
WOULD BE A GOOD--
A GOOD PLACE TO REALLY
DEMONSTRATE SOME
OF THE POSSIBILITIES.
EXACTLY.
I'VE GOT SAMPLES HERE.
YOU FOUND TRIKEENAN,
WHICH IS AN ARTISINAL
TILE MAKER
UP IN KEENE,
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
AND LOOK AT ALL
THE POSSIBILITIES.
WHAT DO YOU CALL THIS?
THIS IS ACTUALLY GLASS
THAT THEY FIRED.
THEY IMBED THE GLASS
IN THE TILE, AND WHEN
THEY FIRE THE TILE,
IT ACTUALLY MELTS,
AND IT FORMS THAT BEAUTIFUL
DESIGN THAT YOU SEE.
AND THE COMBINATIONS
OF A WHITE FIELD TILE
LIKE THIS
AND THEN ALL THE OTHER
DECORATIVE THINGS
AND THE BULLNOSES AND
STUFF, VERY APPROPRIATE
FOR A QUEEN ANNE HOUSE.
AND IT'S MIND-BOGGLING,
THE CHOICES THAT THEY HAVE.
YEAH, YEAH.
WE STARTED OUT
ON THEIR WEBSITE
AND THROUGH THEIR PAMPHLETS,
GETTING IDEAS THAT WAY.
OH, LOOK AT THIS ONE.
THIS COMBINES A MOSAIC
TILE.
EXACTLY, YET WITH THESE
LITTLE FEATURE STRIPS
AND THEN THE MORE DETAILED
STRIP HERE.
EVERYTHING IS HAND-PAINTED--
YEAH.
IN NEW ENGLAND.
EVERYTHING IS
HANDMADE,
HANDMADE IN NEW ENGLAND.
AND THE COLOR CHOICES,
I UNDERSTAND,
IS LIKE 52 DIFFERENT
GLAZES TO CHOOSE.
EXACTLY.
IS THIS ONE
PART OF THE--
IT IS PART OF THE SCHEME.
WE'RE DOING SOME
FEATURE TILES,
AND THEY'RE GOING TO
INCORPORATE THAT.
WELL, LET'S GO INSIDE
AND MEET STEVEN POWERS
FROM TRIKEENAN.
HEY, STEVEN.
HEY, BOB, HOW ARE YOU?
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN AN ARTISINAL
TILE
AND JUST KIND OF
A REGULAR TILE?
WE'RE NOT MASS PRODUCED.
WE FOLLOW EACH JOB THROUGH
ALL THE WAY.
SO HOW MANY EMPLOYEES
DO YOU HAVE?
WE HAVE ABOUT 35 EMPLOYEES.
THAT'S NOT SO SMALL.
SO CAN YOU FIND YOUR TILES
ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY?
THEY ARE SOLD ALL OVER
THE COUNTRY, YES.
LET'S LOOK AT A TYPICAL
BACKGROUND TILE.
OK, HERE'S JUST A PLAIN
4-INCH FIELD TILE.
THESE WE EXTRUDE OUT OF
A BIG EXTRUDER,
BASICALLY, JUST LIKE
A BIG PLAY-DOH EXTRUDER.
JUST PUT A DYE ON
AND EXTRUDE THESE.
SO YOU'RE SQUEEZING
THE CLAY THROUGH A FORM.
YEP.
AND THEY COME OUT--
THEY COME OUT IN A RIBBON
LIKE THIS, AND THEN
WE HAND CUT ACROSS.
SO THAT MEANS THAT
THERE COULD BE A LITTLE
BIT OF IRREGULARITY
IN TERMS OF THE SHAPE,
RIGHT?
RIGHT.
AND THEN WHAT ABOUT
THE GLAZE ON THEM?
THE GLAZE--WE EITHER
SPRAY THE GLAZE ON,
OR WE HANDDIP THE GLAZE,
DEPENDING ON THE KIND OF
SURFACE QUALITY THAT YOU
WANT TO ACHIEVE.
THERE IS A CERTAIN AMOUNT
OF IRREGULARITY HERE.
THIS CORNER,
FOR EXAMPLE,
IS NOT AS WHITE AS
OTHER PARTS OF THE TILE.
YEAH, THIS GLAZE
WE CALL SHARK SKIN.
WE REALLY LIKE IT,
'CAUSE IT HAS THAT FROM
DARK GRAY TO LIGHT GRAY
VARIATION LIKE
SHARK SKIN WOULD.
IT'S GOT A SOFT MATTE
FINISH TO IT,
WHICH YOU'VE GOT THROUGH
MOSTLY THE CHEMISTRY
OF THE GLAZE
AND HOW WE APPLY IT.
OK, AND WHAT ABOUT ALL
THE DECORATIVE ELEMENTS
THAT ARE INVOLVED IN
SOME OF THESE PROJECTS?
WELL, HERE ARE SOME OF
THE MOLDINGS THAT WE MAKE.
ONCE AGAIN,
WE EXTRUDE THESE.
AND WE ALSO HAVE HYDRAULIC
PRESSES THAT WE MAKE SOME
OF OUR DECORATIVE PIECES ON,
AND THEN THESE LITTLE GUYS
ARE HAND-PRESSED.
ALL RIGHT, BUT YOU HAVE
HYDRAULIC PRESSES.
NOW, WHAT DOES THAT
LOOK LIKE?
SO, I'LL MAKE A DIE
WITH THIS FORM ON IT.
AND WE'LL PUT IT
ON THE PRESS AND SQUEEZE
TWO DIES TOGETHER
WITH CLAY IN BETWEEN,
AND THAT WILL FORM TILE.
AND THAT IS MADE
OUT OF STEEL, THE DIE?
THEY'RE MADE OUT
OF PLASTER.
OUT OF PLASTER.
THAT'S INTERESTING.
SO THAT YOU CAN REALLY
SEE THAT THERE'S A CERTAIN,
NOT QUITE PRIMITIVE,
BUT THERE'S A CERTAIN
HANDMADE QUALITY TO EACH
ONE OF THESE LITTLE RONDELS.
YEAH, AND WE CAN GET
VERY FINE DETAIL ALSO
IN OUR GLASS WINDOW SERIES.
THESE LITTLE GUYS
ARE HAND-PRESSED.
A SHELL.
WE PRESS THESE
RIGHT OUT OF--
AND THEN THE GLAZE
IS ONLY THE BLUE STUFF
IN THE BACK.
YEAH, IT'S GLAZED,
AND THEN IT'S RUBBED OFF
WITH A SPONGE,
SO THAT'S HOW YOU
GET THAT EFFECT.
GREAT. NOW, AS I
UNDERSTAND IT, JEANNE,
YOU REALLY SPENT
A LOT OF TIME
WORKING OUT THE LAYOUT
OF HOW YOU WERE GONNA--
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT
HOW THINGS ALL COME
TOGETHER.
'CAUSE THERE'S ABOUT
6 OR 7 DIFFERENT
ELEMENTS, RIGHT?
SURE, THERE ARE, YES.
THERE WERE, AS WE
TALKED ABOUT, MANY
DIFFERENT GLAZES AVAILABLE.
BUT BECAUSE THIS IS
SUCH A SMALL SPACE,
I WAS HAPPY TO HAVE
THAT LIMITATION
AND DAVID AND I DECIDED
LET'S GO WITH A VERY SIMPLE
COLOR PALETTE.
THAT'S WHERE WE STARTED.
AND SO THE BACKGROUND,
AS WE SEE THERE
ON THE LEFT WALL,
IS THIS SHARK SKIN,
RIGHT?
THAT'S RIGHT.
THE WHOLE BODY FIELD
IS SHARK SKIN, EVEN THE FLOOR.
NOW, CAN YOU SHOW US
THE LAYOUT MAYBE DOWN
ON THE FLOOR
SO THAT WE CAN SEE
ALL THE DIFFERENT
DECORATIVE ELEMENTS
AND HOW THEY
FIT TOGETHER?
SURE, YEP.
THIS IS THE BASE PIECE,
AND THEN IT GETS A ROW
OF 4-INCH TILE.
AND THEN A DOME LINER.
AND THEY'RE
DIFFERENT COLORS.
YEP.
AND THEN IT PROGRESSES UP
INTO THE MAIN BODY FIELD
WITH THE SHARK SKIN.
AND THEN AS YOU'RE
GETTING TO THE TOP,
WHAT HAPPENS?
THEN WE KEY IN
ONE OF THE DECORATIVE
SHELL INSERTS.
SO THOSE TILES WOULD
HAVE TO BE--YOU HAVE
TO CUT THE CORNERS.
RIGHT. GOT TO CUT
THE CORNERS ON THOSE.
AND THEN WE HAVE
2 PENCIL LINERS.
PENCIL LINERS.
YEP.
JUST THIN LINERS.
AND THEN THIS
SHEEP'S WOOL 3 x 3
RUNS ALL THE WAY AROUND
THE ROOM.
ANOTHER ROW OF 4 x 4s.
A SHEEP'S WOOL 1 x 6,
AND THEN WE CAP IT WITH
A 2 x 6 BULLNOSE.
GOOD.
WHICH FINISHED IT OFF
TO THE WALL.
ALL RIGHT, DAVID CLOUTMAN
IS HERE, WHO'S BEEN
INSTALLING THE TILES.
AND YOU KNOW, DAVID,
WHEN YOU'VE GOT AN
ELABORATE SET
OF DECORATIVE TILES
LIKE THIS,
WHERE DO YOU START?
YOU USUALLY START
AT THE BOTTOM, BOB.
AND IN THIS CASE HERE,
WE'RE GONNA STAY UP A ROW,
BECAUSE THE SUBFLOORING
ISN'T IN YET.
OK, SO WE DON'T HAVE
OUR FINISHED FLOORS,
WE'RE KIND OF STAYING AWAY
FROM THE ONES THAT COME
IN CONTACT WITH THE FLOOR.
AND YOU'VE PUT UP
THE FIELD TILE.
ALL OF IT IS SPACED
ABOUT 1/8 INCH OR SO?
YEAH, IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT
3/16 OF AN INCH.
OK, SO THERE'S A CERTAIN
IRREGULARITY TO ALL
OF THESE TILES.
THAT'S REALLY GONNA READ
WHEN IT'S GROUTED.
YEAH, THE GROUT WILL
HIDE A LOT OF THAT.
YOU DON'T WANT TO
HAVE THEM TOO CLOSE,
CAUSE IT'LL SHOW MORE
OF THE IRREGULARITIES.
MM-HMM.
SO THAT'S WHY I CHOSE
THIS GROUT JOINT.
SO WHICH TILES
GO IN NEXT?
WE'RE GONNA START
WITH THE BORDER,
USING THE DESIGN HERE.
AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE
IS KIND OF ESTABLISHED
A LEVEL LINE
AROUND THE ROOM, RIGHT,
FOR EACH ONE OF THESE
DIFFERENT ELEMENTS.
YEP.
OK.
THIS IS THE BORDER TILE
THAT'S GONNA START--
SO THAT ONE GOES THERE.
RIGHT ON THIS LINE,
'CAUSE I'M GONNA CARRY IT
RIGHT UP AND AROUND.
SO IT GOES UP AND AROUND
THE SHOWER AREA,
WHICH IS IN THE CORNER
OF THE ROOM.
YEP.
YEAH, SO YOU'RE GONNA
SEE THIS OUTSIDE THE SHOWER.
WHAT KIND OF MASTIC
ARE YOU USING?
THIS IS JUST AN ALL-PURPOSE,
MULTI-DUTY MASTIC.
YEAH.
THIS ONE HAPPENS TO BE--
OH, IT'S PRE-MIXED.
YEAH.
YEAH, IT'S A QUALITY
MASTIC.
SOME PIECES YOU HAVE TO
PUT A LITTLE EXTRA ON,
BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE WAVY.
EACH TILE'S UNIQUE.
JUST GONNA FOLLOW THIS.
AFTER THIS, IT'S GONNA
GO STRAIGHT THROUGH.
THE OTHER ONE'S GONNA
BEND AT THE WALL.
THERE YOU GO.
WELL, IF THERE'S ONE
THING TO BE LEARNED
IS THAT PATIENCE IS
A VERY IMPORTANT
ATTRIBUTE
WHEN YOU'RE DOING THIS
KIND OF INSTALLATION.
YOU GOTTA
TAKE YOUR TIME.
AND THEN FROM THERE,
YOU'LL BE TURNING
THE CORNER
AND GOING UP
VERTICALLY, DAVID?
YEP.
OK, THANKS. WE'LL
GET OUT OF YOUR WAY.
WE'RE RUNNING
OUT OF TIME.
NEXT TIME, WE'RE GONNA BE
PUTTING DOWN A BEAUTIFUL
CEDAR DECK,
AND WE'RE ALSO GONNA BE BUILDING
A COPPER ROOF.
TILL THEN, I'M BOB VILA.
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