What did you accomplish today?

Aeroknow

Aeroknow

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SHOULD finally be done sticking tile in this god damn house tomorrow. I think i need a little more thinset though. And the trip to town fucking kills me. Once I grout the backsplash and a couple other little spots, set finish plumbing in the kitchen, i’m damn near done in the house. Still gotta do most of the base but that will be the absolute last thing. Easy peasy. Might not even do it before i call for the final. It’s just about deck time. Can’t wait lol
Couple other little finish things to do but no biggie. All about the monster deck job.
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Justin-case

Justin-case

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Aeroknow said:
Kerdi pan/tray for the win :-D. I haven’t done a mud pan in years.
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Yep, unfortunately that's where the industry has gone. I just cant being myself to put styrofoam under tile then rely on thinset to seal the pan, no thanks. I know it's faster, but that's about it. I cant see any other advantage. Earlier this Spring I watched a tile contractor whack in a schulter pan right against denseshield that was previously installed on the walls. I think they used some red guard on the seams, but still, not my cup of tea. I did this one with a mud pan, and hardiback walls. I also used two cinder blocks to form the bench. Then redguarded everything.
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Aeroknow

Aeroknow

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Justin-case said:
Yep, unfortunately that's where the industry has gone. I just cant being myself to put styrofoam under tile then rely on thinset to seal the pan, no thanks. I know it's faster, but that's about it. I cant see any other advantage. Earlier this Spring I watched a tile contractor whack in a schulter pan right against denseshield that was previously installed on the walls. I think they used some red guard on the seams, but still, not my cup of tea. I did this one with a mud pan, and hardiback walls. I also used two cinder blocks to form the bench. Then redguarded everything.
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Yeah i hear ya. But as a union lather, i can say i feel confident in it. I filled mine up, linear drain and all, for the pan test and let the water sit for like 5 days before i got the inspector out. Never was really a fan of the whole kerdi system before but i’m down now.
 
Justin-case

Justin-case

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I took my time laying out and assembling the lower portion the liquor cabinet today. Its constructed of three quarter inch baltic birch plywood, and at $130 dollars a sheet, you want to make sure it's right the first time. My job can be stressful in that sense, but I still prefer the more tedious tasks involved in construction.
 
Justin-case

Justin-case

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Aeroknow said:
Yeah i hear ya. But as a union lather, i can say i feel confident in it. I filled mine up, linear drain and all, for the pan test and let the water sit for like 5 days before i got the inspector out. Never was really a fan of the whole kerdi system before but i’m down now.
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I think they were having issues using motified motars early on. Seems like they have it figured out now.
 
Grandpapy

Grandpapy

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Justin-case said:
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I took my time laying out and assembling the lower portion the liquor cabinet today. Its constructed of three quarter inch baltic birch plywood, and at $130 dollars a sheet, you want to make sure it's right the first time. My job can be stressful in that sense, but I still prefer the more tedious tasks involved in construction.
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Nice Vacuum:blsmoke: Oh snap! A flight deck of planes!
 
Justin-case

Justin-case

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Had some help pouring this small piece of side walk out this morning before my cuz-inlaw goes in for surgery to remove a few bone spurs. They say he wont be able to work for 8 weeks. Which will give me some time to breathe. I'm not used to keeping two guys going full time, but I really needed the help recently. We will see what comes up in the next month.
 
raratt

raratt

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Moved the light switch box and installed the double switch. Had to cut out a 2X4 in order to do it. If I have to cut the cover for it to make more room so be it. Happened to have some adhesive wall patches so I just put that over half of it and got the first coat of mud on it. It will be behind the cabinet anyway so how it looks doesn't matter..
 
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