medallion inlay
It depends on the suitability of the subfloor and on the thickness of the medallion in relation to the wood flooring. If you have particle board...
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almost 7 years by Tileguybob
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amount of tile needed
Get your actual square footage and add about 15% for a diagonal set. Unless you just plain luck out you wont get half cuts along more than two adjo...
almost 7 years by Tileguybob
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floor strength
Phil, http://www.johnbridge.com/vbulletin/deflecto.pl The above is a website with a helpful little thing that tells you if your floor is up ...
almost 7 years by Tileguybob
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cement board
You can use the thinset. What I am concerned about is the 1/2" ply under the cement board. Is there anything else there too? If not, that is not en...
almost 7 years by Tileguybob
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sealing
The same companies also make quality sealers. Seal both the tile and the grout
almost 7 years by Tileguybob
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cleaning travertine
Get a real stone cleaning agent. Some of the better tile retail stores, especially those that carry a large selection of stone tiles, will have it....
almost 7 years by Tileguybob
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carpet cleaners
One option would be to find a cleaning company that uses the HOST dry cleaning treatment. It is ground corn husks soaked in a citrus liquid, spread...
almost 7 years by Tileguybob
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underlay??
Not sure what you are describing. If you mean is it necessary to have a cement board under the tile, that depends on what would be under the cemen...
almost 7 years by Tileguybob
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hardibacker
1/4" will be fine since the cement board does not offer any structural support like plywood, but it does offer the best surface to set tile on. If ...
almost 7 years by Tileguybob
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kitchen floor
Ceramic tile will not crack from the cold alone. It would need prolonged exposure to moisture first so that it gets absorbed into the body of the t...
almost 7 years by Tileguybob
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cement board
When installing the cement board, use thinset under the board. Comb it with a 1/4" square notch trowel, set the board in the thinset and then use g...
almost 7 years by Tileguybob
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cement board
It really does not matter which side you set on. Most of the time the smooth side is used on floors and the rough side on walls for a little better...
almost 7 years by Tileguybob
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tile
Put down a backerboard in a bed of thinset and use galvanized roofing nails or backerboard screws every 6" to hold it in place. Putting tile over p...
almost 7 years by Tileguybob
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Benissimo
You are probably better off doing a search for Benissimo seeing as that post was from 2.5 years ago. There is another company in the DC area called...
about 7 years by Tileguybob
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tile over tile
If the existing tile is not loose or cracked the you can go over it using a modified thinset. Clean the old tile real good after you use coarse san...
about 7 years by Tileguybob
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tile
ceramic tile cannot be refaced in any way. It can be painted with little or no success also. If you want to change the color you have to change the...
about 7 years by Tileguybob
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Poly
When it gets applied to wood and later needs to be removed for whatever reason, it has to be sanded off. That wont happen with tile under it, so on...
about 7 years by Tileguybob
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grout
There are two types of cement based grout, sanded and unsanded. The sanded is use in grout joints that are wider than 1/8", unsanded is used when t...
about 7 years by Tileguybob
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marble
You should call in a professional stone refinsher. There are special honing and polishing machines they use that cant be rented and require an expe...
about 7 years by Tileguybob
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paint removal
If you can hit it with a sander or grinder that would help. If the paint covers the slab, it, in and of itself, offers a reduced bond ability of th...
about 7 years by Tileguybob
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