It stupid question time, why because I can.
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What type tile in wet area ( shower , tub) ceramic, galss , poreclin,,etc
what size look go around tub and shower. I was thinking the small 2×2 on floor but dont think 12×12 look good on walls
bead board. I like natural color wood. what about wet bathroom. How tall do I need. what type protection.
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whatcha got against vinyl?
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do they make vynil tiles.
Sure, I've taken lots of them to the trash!LOLSorry to derail you
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Porceline is as water resistent as you get, so that for shower floors. No greater than 2 inches, 'cause the slope will drive you nuts.
On walls, any good tile is OK, but avoid Salito or porous stone and tile.
Bathroom floors--same as walls or shower floors.
Regards,
Scooter
"I may be drunk, but you're crazy, and I'll be sober tomorrow." WC Fields, "Its a Gift" 1934
Yo Boris, is that you? Where you been? (Or did I miss a name-change in the 'new registration' ruckus last year?)
Good to hear from you.Dinosaur
How now, Mighty Sauron, that thou art not broughtlow by this? For thine evil pales before that whichfoolish men call Justice....
Still around.No need to answer questions or give opinions when other are so correct and johnny on the spot.Regards, Scooter"I may be drunk, but you're crazy, and I'll be sober tomorrow." WC Fields, "Its a Gift" 1934
Too bad I didn't realise it a coupla weeks ago; I could have used your input on a tricky application. From my local suppliers I was getting nothing but pissing 'experts' left and right of me, each flogging their own product line. That always gives me a nice, warm feeling of security....
I went over to John Bridge Forum though and also got some good advice from the Schluter rep. It's a roofed but open front porch, with a heated living space below. The substrate is down now; ¾" ply topped with Blueskin with ½" Durock screwed on 8" centers on top of that. I'm gonna lay the Ditra and the tile on Monday if it doesn't rain again....
BTW--yet another local supplier tells me that the special compound for taping joints in CBU is no longer manufactured, so I had no choice but to use thinset. At least I had the right tape in stock myself.
Is this true--no more dedicated cement-board compound?
Dinosaur
How now, Mighty Sauron, that thou art not broughtlow by this? For thine evil pales before that whichfoolish men call Justice....
I'm a regular over JB, and I may have responded to your question. If not, it was because someone else did and gave you good advice.Regards, Scooter"I may be drunk, but you're crazy, and I'll be sober tomorrow." WC Fields, "Its a Gift" 1934
It was Granite Girl, Davy, & bbcamp who chimed in. Together they convinced me to persuade the client to scrap her idea of using cheap big-box 'rustic slate' in an outdoor application. The stuff isn't really slate, it's shale and it soaks up so much water it would have been a mass of rock flakes after the first freeze-up.
Instead, we're laying stone-look porcelain tile rated for exterior installations. Couldn't start till 11am this morning; temps were near freezing overnight and didn't get up over 50ºF until noon. Ought to finish it tomorrow and I'll leave it tented with a heater going for two days before grouting.Dinosaur
How now, Mighty Sauron, that thou art not broughtlow by this? For thine evil pales before that whichfoolish men call Justice....
I have a Jones for tumbled marble
Alfred E. Newman for president (we'd be better off)
Porcelain is what you want - but marble is better - on the shower floor. The closer the groutlines the more grip fro the feet. (you'll need to seal the marble and the grout).
Adjust the size of wall tile depending on the size of the stall...smaller stall, smqaller tiles. 6"x8" vertically looked good on one stall I did.
"Bead board" - how's that? do you mean MDF? Nasty in a bathroom - backprime it, seal edges and ends, give several coats of alkyd paint to face. If you mean t&g then allow slack* for moisture movement - again seal all edges and ends, and use a good urethane finish, pref an exterior type, tho watch for the yellowing. Ask your fav paint store
* I'd restrain the tops and bottoms behind something else - baseb'd or chair rail - and not nail into them.
BTW, continuing the tile around the walls to wainscot height can look really luxurious. Define the top with a border tile that'll go around the stall at that same height, too.
ps -there are no stupid Qs
All the best...
To those who know - this may be obvious. To those who don't - I hope I've helped.
You're good with any tile except terra-cotta, but porcelain is gonna be the best (also the most pricy, usually).
I know you're gonna use Durock and thinset and not greenboard and mastic, LOL....
If you're building a shower, use a Kerdi membrane, too. Get the free DVD video from Schluter.
Size of tile depends on your taste. I like 1" hex porcelain for the floors (DalTile) and 3x6 ceramic laid brick-wise on the walls. 4x4 is the biggest tile I'd put in a normal sized bathroom...which does not include McMansion-style personal spas big enough for a Roman Orgy. In those, you want 24x24 marble like you see in shopping malls....
That said, I've laid 8x8's on the floor in a 10x6 bathroom (at the customer's insistance) and it didn't look too bad. But that was mostly because the room was so crowded you could hardly see the floor....
Dinosaur
How now, Mighty Sauron, that thou art not brought
low by this? For thine evil pales before that which
foolish men call Justice....